Apples run in a more secure environment than Windows. It's not simply because there are less users of Apple software and thus less viruses. And they run all Windows programs if you install Windows on your Apple computer, because they also function as PCs. I don't understand what you mean by Force Close, since that's the same as CTRL-ALT-DEL and works just as, if not more, often than on Windows.
-Rudey
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Originally Posted by CrimsonLadybug
I work with both...
As for a MAC...
Pros:
* The majority of viruses are written for Windows so if you don't have Windows, you don't have anything for viruses to feed on.
* Everyone tells me they are a thousand times better for creating graphics or music. I create graphics on both my PC and the MAC at work and other than the fact that I am too poor to afford the Adobe Creative Suite I don't see a lot of difference. And I don't create music so.......
* They don't freeze up nearly as much.
Cons:
* When they do freeze up Force Quit (i.e. CTRL+Alt+delete on a PC) is a lot harder to access and doesn't always work. Of course that is the case on a PC too...basically that's a computer thing.
* While a lot of things are being made to be compatible with OSX, there are still a lot of software and hardware out there that aren't.
* As software becomes dual compatible, so will viruses, nulifying the first Pro I offered.
Basically, I used to hate MACs but they have improved on them a lot from when I used them in high school and really there isn't a lot of difference in the two anymore. That I can see. How is that for convincing?  |