You might have seen a video I made previously about why you should buy a Mac
instead of a PC. Well, to prove that I'm not just an Apple fanboy,
in this video I'm going to talk about why you should go PC instead of Mac.
I've been using Windows and PCs since my parents bought me my first ever computer,
which was a Dell latitude D620 in 2007 when I was in grade 8. A few years later in my senior year
of high school, I saved up and built my first custom desktop PC. Since then I've always owned
both a Mac and a PC at the same time, and I think it's time I gave my personal opinion on the topic.
Starting off with probably the main difference between Mac and PC, and that is the price.
Now I'm a firm believer that cheap Windows laptops are almost never worth it. They are
almost immediately outdated, and always seem to stop working within 2 years. That being said,
some of the higher end laptops and those from reputable brands such as Dell or HP
can be a very good choice, especially as there are often sales on, something that Apple literally
never does. You?re paying the full RRP on those bad boys up until the day they are discontinued.
The true power of PC though is in it's ability to scale price wise to absolutely anything
you want or need. I'm mainly talking about custom-built PCs here, but it also applies
to pre-built systems to a lesser extent, and also laptops simply because there's such a
huge range to choose from. You can allocate your budget to exact components, down to the quality
of the case or choosing to focus on CPU or GPU power. You just can't do this on Apple systems,
and if you do want to upgrade for more storage or power, the price is so ridiculously high
it's almost never worth it. There's a reason why people call it the "Apple Tax".
Did I mention I had to sell a kidney in order to make this video?
Now I did mention in my previous PC vs Mac video that the resale value of Macs
was a huge benefit of that ecosystem, but the sheer customizability of PCs
shouldn't be taken for granted and might actually rival the Mac's resale advantage.
I still have parts from my original 2011 gaming rig floating around in my own setup and also my
parent's computer that I built for them. The beauty of a PC is that if a new upgraded part
comes out, or a part dies, you can simply buy a replacement, swap it out with the old part,
and sell the old part on Ebay or Craigslist. For the last few years pretty much everything
on a Mac computer is soldered onto the motherboard, so that's just not possible.
Moving on to the next most obvious reason, and that is of course gaming. You're certainly not
going to be buying a Mac just for gaming, but even after 10 years,
the gaming experience on Macs still has not changed much. Most games don't work,
and even if they were compatible they probably wouldn't run well.
I'm a casual gamer, mainly shooter games like Call of Duty, Escape from Tarkov,
and Battlefield, and there's no way I can do this on anything other than a PC, nor would I want
to. For this simple reason, if I was forced to only use one device, I would have to choose a PC.
Next is raw power, and this is a topic made very interesting by the recent M1 Macs,
and also now the rumors about the upcoming M1X release later this year. Currently,
if you're looking to build a system to absolutely rip through 3D modelling or animation, editing,
intense coding, or even bitcoin mining, PC is your best choice. I?m talking Ryzen 5950x
and RTX 3090s with 64GB of DDR4 RAM for example. A seriously powerful device. Yes, Apple has
the ridiculously expensive Mac Pro, but you can build a PC that will outperform it for less cost.
Traditionally this has also been the case for the MacBook, Mac Mini, and iMac lines as well.
A similarly priced desktop PC will outperform them in almost every way (although quick disclaimer,
the M1 Mac lineup is seriously disrupting this, more on that in a future video).
Moving on to compatibility and customizability, and I'm not just talking about Windows being the
most popular operating system on the planet. You can customize Windows and the hardware of your PC
to be compatible with almost anything. Just recently I upgraded my studio with a 72
terabyte NAS from Synology. I wanted 10 gigabit ethernet connectivity. All I needed to do was
buy a PCIE network card from Ebay, download some drivers, and boom - my PC was now fully
10 gigabit ethernet compatible. Some Macs do come with 10gbe compatibility out of the box, but for
99% of people, they will never ever need this, but they?re paying the premium for it anyway.
The point I'm trying to make is PC gives you the opportunity to mix and match parts to suit your
needs, and especially for people like me, those needs can change as often as every few months. A
Mac device has essentially zero customizability once it's shipped from the warehouse.
Finally we have the operating system, which is obviously Windows (I won't touch on Linux in
this video). I wanted to provide a unique opinion on this particular topic, so decided to focus on
the biggest difference between Windows and macOS in my opinion, which is just simple muscle memory
and familiarity. If you?re like me and you were born in the mid 90s, or if you're older,
you would have grown up using Windows and you're probably very familiar with it by now. In my
last video I talked about how I think macOS is a more stable and user friendly operating system,
and I still agree with this. However, even now after using macOS for 10 years and even
working as an Apple tech for a few of those, I still feel like I understand Windows better
and can use it more in-depth than I can when using macOS. You have more finite control over
your programs and settings, never really run into compatibility issues, and for most of us,
we've literally grown up using Windows so it's embedded into muscle memory for life.
This might not exactly be a unique pro of Windows over macOS, but it is the reality. Many macOS
users I've spoken to take a very long time to familiarize themselves with it, and this involves
a lot of concentrated effort and practice that a lot of people just can't or won't do, and that's
ok. Think of it this way, you've been tying your shoelaces the same way your entire life. How would
you go if you suddenly had to learn a completely new way of doing it? It would take some time to
learn the new way, and an even longer time to be able to tie them as quick as you used to.
Anyway, that's it for me for this video. Hope you enjoyed listening to my opinion,
and I'm very curious to hear your own thoughts on this topic down in the comment section below.
This topic is one that's been debated for over a decade now, and with the recent updates to macOS
and the release of the M1 chip, the lines between Mac and PC are more blurred than ever these days.
So, thanks for watching this video, and I'll catch you in the next one.