| Compared to a windows PC, Apple Macintosh | | | | visible while making the other applications easy to find |
| computers are considerably more user-friendly and | | | | in just a few clicks. |
| easier to use. The launcher, which is the bar of icons | | | | It's also remarkably easy to back everything up, |
| at the bottom of the screen when you first start, is | | | | thanks to the time machine program, which will make |
| a much more straightforward method of accessing | | | | periodic backups of your computer on an external |
| commonly used tasks than the windows start menu. | | | | hard drive behind the scenes. The macintosh |
| It also integrates some handy features like download | | | | software suites, iLife and iWork, are well designed |
| and document stacks which help you keep track of | | | | and useful applications that help to make a Mac |
| the files you use the most. | | | | useful without buying a lot of applications. Considering |
| What's more, the installation of applications is just a | | | | that such common applications as Adobe's creative |
| few clicks, and the removal is just a matter of | | | | suite and Microsoft's Office suite can be purchased |
| moving the applications to the trash, much easier | | | | and installed if needed, you can easily make a Mac do |
| than using the clunky add/remove programs system | | | | almost anything you could want to use a PC for. |
| of windows. The dashboard feature allows you to | | | | Another advantage of the Mac OS is that viruses are |
| keep information handy without it getting in the way. | | | | much rarer, making an antivirus program almost |
| Windows has recently incorporated widgets on a | | | | unnecessary which you could never do on a PC. Since |
| sidebar of the desktop, but it takes up valuable | | | | such programs are normally a drain on system |
| screen space at all times. | | | | resources and an annoyance to manage, you can |
| The dashboard, by contrast, is gone when you don't | | | | rest easy knowing that smart browsing habits should |
| want to see it and only a keystroke away from | | | | be enough to keep you safe on your Mac. |
| letting you see the weather, translate a phrase, or | | | | Add to this the convenience and thoughtful |
| manage your calendar and to-do list. This is a major | | | | organization mentioned earlier, and the appeal of a |
| player in the main strength of the Macintosh | | | | Mac should begin to be clear. On a final note, the |
| operating system, which is that it's less cluttered. | | | | hardware is just beautiful and modern Macbooks, |
| Whereas windows frequently shows large menus | | | | iMacs, and Mac Minis have incredible visual appeal |
| with every program you've ever installed cluttering | | | | compared to the often utilitarian designs of most |
| your view, the engineers behind the Mac OS seem to | | | | other PC computers. So, the question no longer is |
| realize that most people only use about 10 | | | | Mac or PC but what kind of Mac do you want? |
| applications with any regularity, and make those | | | | |