Another important consideration is what type of device, or form factor, you want: a laptop, tablet, desktop, or 2-in Recent Apple products tend to offer a limited set of form factors to choose from.
However, to get the same features from current Apple products, you would have to purchase each of them separately—a laptop, a tablet, and a stylus. A device not configured to provide the right level of performance can make all the difference between finishing your work and winning a game or suffering from lag and being blocked all together. You can expect a greater experience and to not have to worry about poor connections, mediocre displays, or lagged responsiveness.
Comparing prices between PCs and the latest Macs 1 is difficult because they usually have different preinstalled software and configurations. The latest Macs are likely to require you to buy extra add-ons that will quickly start to add up. Comparatively, you can be confident and feel supported knowing that most PCs will already have the ports to support a variety of connections.
In our multifaceted lives, we need our devices to seamlessly flex along with us as we shift from one activity to the next. Do you plan on connecting an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, or USB-connected device? With a PC, a gamer can confidently connect their gaming headset and controller. Someone who works from home can easily manage their applications by connecting up to four external monitors the latest Macs can only connect to one other monitor. With a PC though, many of these features are already on it, and because they are compatible with a greater number of software programs and external devices, you are free to plug in external hardware or access the features you want.
Having a great device will mean close to nothing if you get hacked. According to the State of Malware Report by Malwarebytes, the volume of security threats for Mac endpoints in was nearly double the number on Windows endpoints.
On top of that, there was an overall higher prevalence of threats on Macs, more than percent over the previous year. Additionally, Windows 10—with built-in Windows Security—provides the latest antivirus protection, allowing you to take advantage of increased security no matter where you are or how you use your device.
PCs are known for supporting a diverse array of applications and being compatible across the plugins and applications that creators use every day. That was nearly a year and a half ago. Getting up and running was pretty simple. I just logged in with my Microsoft account you most likely already have one too and set up the security features. In addition to setting a password, you can configure your laptop to unlock with your fingerprint or by positioning your face in front of the camera, a convenient feature called Windows Hello.
Migrating my personal data was trickier. For my documents, I did some research and decided to use Google Backup and Sync.
I used it to back up my whole Documents folder from my old MBP into the cloud, then download all of it as one big zip file to my new PC. I extracted it into the local Documents folder on my new PC, then set Backups and Sync to back up that folder from my HP, which would ensure that everything I do in those folders from then on would be instantly backed up should my new computer decide to self-destruct.
My external hard drives were another pain point. Because I do a lot of photo and video work, I had quite a collection of large, full hard drives that were now effectively paperweights. So, for each of the hard drives I wanted to continue using I had to buy a new, blank hard drive, then use a program on my MacBook Pro Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the old drives to news ones, which would be in the exFAT format readable by both operating systems.
It took my MacBook Pro 44 hours to duplicate 1. Muscle memory is very stubborn, so this made things frustrating. How does that happen? On the third day, I somehow managed to infect my browser with some adware.
I think it piggy-backed in with a disk utility I downloaded. Those gripes are all software-related. On the hardware side, things were better. The laptop was fast and responsive, the screen was sharp, and the keyboard was easy to type on. Having a legacy USB port proved to be invaluable, especially in those early days as I was using a thumb drive to move files from the old machine to the new one.
I also loved having a built-in micro SD card reader, even if I would have preferred a full-sized SD card slot. But still, better than the dearth of connectivity options on the MacBook Pro. Apple really set the standard in the modern capacitive touchscreen world when the original iPhone came out.
Considering how good the touchscreen on the iPad and later iPad Pro got, I assumed a touch-display on a MacBook Pro was just around the corner.
After spending about 18 months with the HP Spectre x, I can tell you unequivocally that having a touchscreen on a laptop is great. It just makes multitasking that much easier. A touchscreen is also great for working with images in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Because Mac users are a minority, Apple has been careful to make sure that their products can work with Windows software. As a result, Macs can read drives that are formatted for Windows and can often convert Windows software to something that is compatible with OS X.
The biggest PC advantage is cost. Because there are so many PC makers, it is possible to find a wide range of devices at different price points. Although Apple is trying to catch up, PCs have more opportunities for touch screens. With Windows 8 and Windows 10 created with touch screens in mind; laptops can convert to tablets, desktops can use touch screen monitors, and tablets can be used like computers.
Windows PCs have far more software created for them. PCs are more easily upgraded and have more options for different components. A PC user can select from many motherboards, processors, storage drives, video cards, graphics cards, audio cards, and memory. This enables PC users to build a custom machine, or upgrade an existing machine quickly and easily.
A PC emulator is not normally able to run games designed for another system. A modern PC and Mac both use very similar hardware. The hardware combination in Macs is standardized, so that there is very little variance between different tiers of systems. PCs do not have a standardized hardware configuration and some minor components could come from generic manufacturers.
Both are equally fast and have comparable storage capabilities depending on the model chosen. Macs are generally considered to have a better design than PCs, with most models having very smooth, modern looks.
There are some comparable PC designs, however, and there is a much wider variety of looks than for Macs, which tend to all have the same aesthetic. This is because Microsoft licenses many different companies to make PCs, so there are many more available designs. Along with their distinctive look, Macs are also associated with a particular culture that is seen as urban, cool, and innovative.
Many Mac users report being extremely pleased with their devices, and enjoy participating in the culture that comes along with having the computer.
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