What are the advantages and disadvantages of Mac OS and Windows?

Answer 1

Personal opinion, not much. You get only the brand and a different operating system. Software is more limited.

Main advantages: Ease of use and reliability, reliability, reliability. Also, much better customer support. If by "software" you mean "games," then yes, "software" is more limited. There isn't anything else you would miss.

For the moment MAC OS is known to not get viruses. This is because not many people own them compared to the amount of people in the world that own PCs. Also those that do own MACs use them for media purposes. Ex: music production. Whereas those that use PCs use them in business applications and much more. For that reason hackers aren't too intrested in spending time in cracking a MACs firewall thus for a few more years you mignt not see MACs getting viruses or until hackers see that it's worth their time to get some valuable information. The second thing you might want to know about MACs is that if your an engineering student like myself, we use AutoCAD a designing program which are only available for Windows, the MAC wouldn't be much of a help. Hope this helps!

But back in the real world: Mac OS X does not get viruses because it is built on the UNIX operating system which has been around for decades and is proven to be highly secure. If the Mac is running the Windows operating system (on a Mac you have a choice) then it is liable to become infected with the thousands of viruses and malware that infect the poorly implemented Windows operating system. If you are an engineering student you can enjoy using applications such as AutoCAD (See links below) on your virus free Mac.

1. Windows has had the right mouse button standard for many, many years. The context-sensitive menu that pops up on right-click radically improves efficiency. Apple has finally started including a right button with some Macs.
2. In Windows, each application has its own menubar. On Mac, there is only one menu bar and it is replaced with the menus of each application as that app becomes active. This is confusing and becomes especially perplexing when an application is on a second monitor but its menubar is on the first monitor.
3. In Windows, you can drag any edge of a window to resize it. On Mac, you can only resize a window by dragging its lower right corner. This is really frustrating when the lower right edge of the window is off the screen. In that case, you have to first drag the window to make the lower right corner visible.
4. Apple computers cost more than Windows PCs for equivalent-power hardware.
5. Apple computers use proprietary hardware and cannot be upgraded with more powerful motherboards as technology improves. Windows PCs use standard form factors and any component can be upgraded.

There's no real big disadvantage.

People say that the software options are not as big as Windows unless you get a Windows emulator. That is not true. You would see if you get Wine or CrossOver

Who cares if you can't put, say, a new graphics card in and you can't do it on a Mac? They always come with good drives and graphics card.

The "less control" thing is not true.