The Mac will cost significantly more, have fewer features, and run on outdated hardware. com and configure a pc in that range, and then do that with on Apple.
A Mac with features 1/2 of that will cost you 2000-3000 usd. You can purchase the parts for and build a high quality gaming machine for 1000-1500 usd. However, because the mac has a lower user base, hackers do not bother - why steal the money of 9% of computers users when you can target 91%? What annoys me is Apple claiming that this is due to their genius programming skills - no! WIndows 2000 is roughly as secure as Mac OS.Ģ) Macs are overpriced and inversatile. At all international hacking contests, the mac is hacked within 30 minutes, the pc takes several hours/days. I will quote what I recently explained to my friend over facebook, who was contemplating the same question. Not sure about the Harvard part, but in term of economics and utility PC is better.
