Battle Between MAC vs PC
Playing Games
Of all the possible criteria, remits, and requirements, gaming provides the most unambiguous winner. It’s a nailed down, copper-bottomed certainty that the PC is the better choice. There are far more games for the PC, and where the same game is available on both platforms, it runs better on PC. The end. Likewise, before anyone suggests using Boot Camp as a quick-change option for transforming a Mac into a gaming PC, that only works up to a point. That’s because of Mac’s limited configurability. Trying sticking a Nvidia Titan X into a trashcan Mac Pro. Yeah, right. By contrast, the PC has a wealth of options regarding components that enable you to max out your gaming performance at any given price point. The possible exception to this may arrive with the upcoming new Mac Pro.
Apple says the new model will major on configurability, so it’s just possible that we may finally have a desktop Mac with some reasonable upgrade chops. In that scenario, dual-booting a Mac into Windows via Boot Camp might make a decent part-time gaming rig. Until then, it’s PC all day long, and thrice on Sundays.
Winner: PC
Being Creative
Tricky one. Apple has long styled itself as existing at the intersection between liberal arts and technology. Although that rings faintly ludicrous when you consider its puritanical policing of software in its app store, there’s no doubting that generations of content creators have favored Macs. Exactly how much better or worse Macs are for creating content is quite a subjective subject. But many people certainly do prefer the software packages and GUI of Mac in a creative context. On the other hand, whenever performance is a critical part of the package, Macs fall behind. Apple’s Mac Pro workstation is staggering on with ancient hardware. In short, if you want to render in a hurry, choose a PC.
Macs also look rather old hat with the arrival of Microsoft’s Surface Studio, and its intriguing form factor and input solutions. It’s far more innovative as a content creation device than anything Apple has done for years—the touch bar on the latest MacBook Pros doesn’t come close. For that alone, the PC deserves a marginal victory. However, when the new Mac Pro arrives next year, it could be a very different story.
Winner: PC
Going Mobile
What is the best laptop in the world? Quite often, the answer to that question has been some MacBook. However, MacBooks needn’t be the absolute best in every category to remain relevant. The MacBook line is certainly more up to date technologically than Apple’s tiring Mac Pro product, for instance. And when it comes to perceived quality, the best MacBooks are peerless. As a physical object, the crazy-thin 12- inch MacBook is probably the single most gorgeous portable computer yet conceived. You tend to know what you are getting with Apple portable, too. You can usually assume that great build quality and good battery life are givens.
Usually! With PC laptops, it’s often a bit of a gamble, especially if you are ordering online and sight unseen. On the other hand, Apple boxes you in with a limited range of choices and configurations, a situation that is epitomized by the aforementioned 12- inch MacBook and its single USB C port for everything. PCs can be had at all shapes, sizes, specifications, and prices. In the end, it all depends on your remit and the things you care about most. An honorable draw, then.
Everyday Computing
Or to put it another way, what is the best overall combination of hardware and operating system? Macs certainly score in a number of areas. For starters, they present a more consistent face more of the time. Apple maintains closer control of both hardware and software, so you’re less likely to face minor glitches, be that in terms of stability or interface quirks— when you can’t easily blame someone else’s hardware or the software, you just need to get everything working. It’s also true that when equipped with a high-DPI display rendering in so-called “Retina” mode, the Mac has the PC beaten for the crispness of its fonts. They are gorgeous.
Macs also integrate exceptionally smoothly with certain peripherals that have been designed for Mac (although that’s a bit of a double-edged sword in the value department). And yet MacOS is very much a walled garden compared to the huge expanse that is the Windows ecosystem. Windows remains a little rough around the edges, even Windows 10. But if you’re like us, and you want maximum power and configure ability, as well as the broadest software and hardware compatibility, the PC has Mac comprehensively licked.
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