Mac and PCs both have their die-hard devotees, so be careful posing this question or you might find yourself on the recieving end of an impassioned rant.
The main argument in favour of PCs is that you get better value in terms of sheer bang for buck. That is if you take a Mac and a PC with the same price tag, the Mac will be slightly slower at accomplishing most tasks. Why the price difference? Its partly because Apple use high quality components and throw in lots of good software, but competition between PC manufactures also has a lot to do with it. Apple's design budget must also be factored in: everything from the computers to the boxes they come in are produced with almost obsessive attention to detail. You might also make the case that, since whole industries (such as publishing) are effectively locked in to Mac use by industry-wide convention, Apple's pricing of high-spec computers strikes a balance between
winning new consumer users on the one hand and maximizing the revenue from commercial sales on the other.
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