Hello I am writing a comparison contrast essay on Mac vs hp I was wondering if anyone could give me some pros and cons with Mac vs hp
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
use google.
I did I just don't know how accurate it is because they were opinon based I love my Mac book pro I know it's better than hp I just wanted a list of pros and cons about it vs hp
anything here will be opinion based as well. Neither is better, it depends on the users preference. maybe try looking for comparisons of OS X vs Windows.
I am a Mac advocate (as are most people in this forum). You will need a contrasting Windows advocate to balance these observations. My statements below are not exaggerated or intended to be Mac biased, albeit most of the comments rate the Mac higher. Maybe others can chime in with additional positive Windows attributes.
HP is one PC vendor is a sea of others; they are near or at the top of the heap judging by their marketshare. The differences among PC vendors is slight compared to the differences between PCs and Macs so this is really a comparison on Macs verses PCs and OS X verses Windows, regardless of the PC vendor. A different topic would be contrasting the differences among the PC vendors.
PC and Mac hardware reliability: About equal. Disks and SSDs are the parts with the highest failure rates and they fail at the same rates in Macs and PCs.
Mac software reliability. Mac OS X is more stable and easier to upgrade and maintain.
Windows PCs cost: Less expensive to purchase, more expensive to maintain, harder to use, less productive for user, worse Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Mac data protection. A higher percentage of data protected. Time Machine is built into OS X and is an excellent, easy to use first-line backup system with good full restores and excellent recovery going back into time. Given the Mac's automated ease of use a higher percentage of the data is protected. Easily augmented with backup systems based on incremental-update cloning.
Mac security: OS X has built in anti-virus security and does not need 3rd-pary programs to augment it. As a result Macs live in a virtually virus-free world.
Mac TCO (Total cost of ownership): Better. Pay $100s more for the initial Mac investment. Quickly recoup that investment in increased productivity and lower maintenance costs. Case in point. Our company subscribes to the Apple Joint Venture program for $100 per employee per year. For that fee Apple delivers most of what we need for an IT department. They provide spare equipment when a Mac is sick. They provide 24/7 consulting even when the equipment is not covered by AppleCare. They provide priority service when one goes to an Apple store. We walk into an Apple store with a sick Mac without an appointment. (We make appointments when possible.) A “Genius” helps us in short order. We walk out of the store with a loaner Mac, usually in less than a half hour from when we arrived. Unofficially they are liberal in their repair and replacement policies. In short they do what is necessary to minimize the impact of Mac issues on our business productivity. With this service we no longer need to stock spare Macs and we have one ¼ time tech for the IT department. This service is available anywhere in the world there are Apple stores and there are Apple stores near every one of our geographically distributed staff. That is a dramatic savings compared to the size of the IT department the would be required if we were running Windows. In short, the total cost of ownership for the Mac is significantly lower.
Superior uptime: Using cloning-backup technology when a Macs disk or SSD is sick we simply boot from the clone and continue computing. Ditto when we pickup a loaner Mac from an Apple store.
Windows: A wider array of application software supported.
Mac: Runs Windows in tandem with OS X if there are Windows applications required that will not run on OS X. Most Mac users do not need Windows to cover the necessary application suite. Very few software vendors do not support their software running on Windows on Mac hardware. For those that do not, the cost of the software usually exceeds the cost of the hardware. An example is SolidWorks.
Mac: Standard productivity programs such as MS Office and email integrate seamlessly in a mixed Mac-PC environment.
Mac: Better portability with longer battery life.
http://blog.laptopmag.com/2013-macbook-air-battery-life-vs-windows-8-ultrabooks
PC: Better upgradability. Most MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models have fixed RAM and SSD sizes that cannot be upgraded.
Windows: Better and less-expensive hardware for serious gaming.
Superior Windows features not in MacOS: You need to research these. Most likely there are some significant ones. When I was a Windows user for a decade I found none but things may have changed.
I am writing a compare contrast essay on why I think Mac book pro is better than windows I needs some pro and cons
