Difference between a mac and a pc

Differences Between Mac and PC Users
Differences Between Mac and PC Users

In today’s computer age, there are two different types of people, Macintosh users and PC users. Both are very passionateabout their computer and form an allegiance towards them. This allegiance places the person in a “computer paradigm”. Many people never even think about switching from a PC to a Mac or vise versa. Aswitch would be a change and people are naturally afraid of change, especially when they already have to change the software on their computer regularly because of changes in technology. Its evenharder to switch when a person has become brand oriented towards computers, or thinking one is better than the other just because its a certain brand. 

At some point in a person’s life they encountercomputers for the first time. This encounter has a dramatic affect on that person. Was it a good experience? Was it a bad experience? Did they understand immediately how it functioned or did they needinstruction? All of these factors place a person in a computer paradigm. For example: If a person was first introduced to a Macintosh and immediately picked up on how it worked, they would most likelybecome a Mac person. Or maybe the person never figured out how to work a Mac, but understood how a PC operated. Then most likely the person would become a PC user. The computer paradigm a person fallsinto all depends on their first experience with a computer.

However, most paradigms shift at some point. If a person is forced to switch out of their paradigm they will go against their priorbeliefs. For example: If a person starts to work for a Macintosh based company, and they are a PC user, they may be forced out of their paradigm. Since using a PC in a Mac based company would beinefficient software wise, the person would have to learn the new software. Perhaps the person would accept the new paradigm and become a total Mac user, or stay in their current PC paradigm and only use a...