One of the big advantages that Apple has over every other computer maker out there in the market is that when you buy a mac you know that the system you purchase is a well tuned machine! What do I mean by this? Well ever since Apple has been around, they have controlled every aspect of their product, from all of the hardware through to the software that you get with your computer. This is a huge contrast to other computer companies that need to run Windows – and an even bigger problem for Microsoft. This is due to the fact that Microsoft can be installed on computers with infinitely different combinations of set up, with different hard drives & monitors & mother boards. It is a nightmare for them to have to be compatible with each and every computer out there.

This is the beauty of a Mac, because apple controls everything you know that they have optimized their operating system to run optimally on the hardware you have in the computer because there is only one set up available and that’s the one Apple put in the computer to start with. This is where they good stuff comes in for the home user: say for example you just purchased a new digital camera heres two scenario’s:

Windows: Plug it in, please install drivers, muck around finding drivers, install, doesn’t work because driver is too old, find the right one, install, restart, ensure you have the chunky memory hogging software that came with the camera to get your pictures off, and then finally get your pictures off the camera

Mac: Plug the camera into the computer, give it 5 seconds, your photo software opens and you can do what you please with your photos.

As Apple knows the hardware in your computer they can bundle all of the drivers necessary on the computer and ship it so when you plug in your device it works!

The other advantage of this is that OS X (the apple operating system) is designed specifically for this platform, this means that your system is a very stable system. You will notice that even if a program stops responding (which is inevitable on any computer) it won’t crash your whole system, that single affected program will shut down leaving the rest of your work space in tact. Its these nice little things that make using your personal computer a pleasure and not a task.