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Benefits of a Macbook over a PC
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<blockquote data-quote="Juan Largo" data-source="post: 821226" data-attributes="member: 47345"><p>@Joel -</p><p></p><p>Some clarification is needed regarding your third question. If you compare a Mac running OS X to a PC running Windows, then you could definitely say that the Mac is more 'stable' than a PC. OS X uses a Darwin kernel that is derived from FreeBSD (a Unix-like operating system). Unix is inherently very stable, which allows you to operate a Unix computer for a very long time without every having to reboot it. This makes Unix ideal for servers. The same thing can be said about OS X -- a lot of Mac owners never turn off their computers. However, a Mac isn't any more stable than a PC running Linux, which is also derived from Unix.</p><p></p><p>The other major advantage of OS X over Windows is that there are currently no viruses for OS X in the wild. The same thing applies to Linux as well. So you can compute without worrying about your Mac becoming infected or having to install a lot of anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. Apple does release security updates from time to time, but these are almost always for eradicating trojan horses that users were tricked into installing. </p><p></p><p>So as D3v1L80Y said, the differences are really all about the OS, and not about the hardware.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Juan Largo, post: 821226, member: 47345"] @Joel - Some clarification is needed regarding your third question. If you compare a Mac running OS X to a PC running Windows, then you could definitely say that the Mac is more 'stable' than a PC. OS X uses a Darwin kernel that is derived from FreeBSD (a Unix-like operating system). Unix is inherently very stable, which allows you to operate a Unix computer for a very long time without every having to reboot it. This makes Unix ideal for servers. The same thing can be said about OS X -- a lot of Mac owners never turn off their computers. However, a Mac isn't any more stable than a PC running Linux, which is also derived from Unix. The other major advantage of OS X over Windows is that there are currently no viruses for OS X in the wild. The same thing applies to Linux as well. So you can compute without worrying about your Mac becoming infected or having to install a lot of anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. Apple does release security updates from time to time, but these are almost always for eradicating trojan horses that users were tricked into installing. So as D3v1L80Y said, the differences are really all about the OS, and not about the hardware. [/QUOTE]
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