Originally posted by ThePreacher
Everyone I have talked to who owns a mac is in love with them. They tell me to rush out and get one ASAP. Problem is that my computer does everything I need and want it to do for now. Also why should I pay $2500+ for a top of the line mac when I could build a faster and more powerful PC for less.
I used to be a PC user for many years. However have now switched over to Mac and have a G4. The G4 is far superior. It takes a little while to adopt to a new Operating system but when you do, you will find it more user friendly and more stable then a Windows platform. The G4 is the First home supercomputer running a 128 bit processor rather than a 64 bit processor like PC. This gives hugh power gains. A 400MHz G4 will kick ass over a 800MHz Pentium 4. The new G4's with twin and faster processors are better again.
Main advantage is every time PC upgrade and release a new model the last is made redundant. You are left to throw away your RAM, Processor and Motherboard and start again. Where as an old Mac can have the latest Processor adapted to it. Thus you can keep cost down over the long term by only upgrading components as you require them.
A Mac is also very versitile with programs. True there are not very many games for the Mac but their Graphics and other programs are superior. You can still run all your old PC software on a Mac anyway! I have Virtual PC which runs PC ver Win`98. My old games and apps work without a problem.
Take a good look at the new Macs before you make up your mind.