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The Macs are made with limited specs, and so is the OS. By limited, I mean that, they don’t support a lot of the same things that a Windows OS is expected to support and serve. If you want simplicity without expandability and controlled by Apple, then, of course, Macs are the devices for you.
Limited nothing. I seem to recall a time when Mac's were banned from exporting to certain countries specifically because of their advanced architecture. I can expand my Mac's physical hardware capabilities (Storage, Memory) just as easily as I can my PC.
It appears your argument boils down to "there's more apps for the PC than there are for the Mac" sure, I'll cede that point. It's a red herring IMO because you're missing the one of the key reasons people purchase them in the first place: ease of use. Then there's stability, reliability, the fact Mac's don't get attacked by viruses and malware constantly, and there's no such thing as "patch Tuesday" for Mac's.
But, if one wants to look for affordability, and capabilities/features, and support for a decade or more, and if you’re also looking for an ecosystem with millions of applications, then you have to go with a Windows machine.
Not a point we need to argue. It's well known Microsoft supports operating systems far longer than they probably should which BTW stifles innovation on their part. Mac's don't have this problem. ;-)
BTW, within my family, we have 2 iPhone 5s, and 2 iPads, and 2 Android smartphones (LG G2; love that device), and one Windows smartphone, one Windows tablet, and 3 laptops, and a humongous-power desktop with Windows.
I didn't need to hear how many smartphones, desktops, etc.. you have in your home. But if that's all ya got, you have some catching-up to do. ;-)
You’re still drinking the Apple “kool-aid”.
Macs are still being made with the “same” components as PCs, and they’re still being made to limit what an owner can do with them. A purchaser cannot “upgrade” or swap out the the hardware and can’t fix it if something goes wrong, and can’t upgrade to a different OS.
There is nothing special about the hardware on Macs, and their is even less special about the Mac OSes. In fact, Mac OSes tend to go unsupported after about 3-5 years.
Also, that’s a bunch of bull about Macs not getting viruses. The only “protection” that ever favored Macs, was the fact that they were a minor player in the PC market-place. It was mostly “security through obscurity” that had Mac users feeling safe.
Macs aren’t selling very well lately, and they could be going the way of the dinosaur within the next 3 years, perhaps 5. Even Apple is not showing that much love for Macs, and they’ve been concentrating their efforts on iPhones and iPads. A lot of people in the industry are making the same claims as I have regarding how Apple is not really serious with their Macs anymore. They’re just “mobile” and iCloud and iTunes, mostly.
As for ease of use and viruses, there are more secure and just as easy Linux variants. Macs get Viruses and in many ways are less secure than patched Windows 8.1 machines.
Not a point we need to argue. It's well known Microsoft supports operating systems far longer than they probably should which BTW stifles innovation on their part. Mac's don't have this problem. ;-)
It's called supporting business and allowing the poor to have working computers for years.
Put down the Apple Koolaid