**The Great Debate: Windows vs Mac**

When it comes to choosing between a Windows computer and a Mac, many people are left wondering what sets these two apart from one another. The answer lies not just in price, but also in experience.

In recent years, it's become clear that the majority of computers sold today come with a hefty price tag over $1,000. And while some may say that this is simply due to brand loyalty, others argue that there's more to it than that. The quality of the hardware, for one, has improved significantly since the days of building PCs from scratch.

For those who are considering making the switch to a Mac, there are several options available at different price points. One affordable option is the iMac, which can be had for around $1,000. This may seem like a lot, but when you consider that you're getting a comprehensive computer with top-of-the-line specs and a sleek design, it's not so bad.

Of course, there are those who would argue that Macs are simply too expensive. But what they may not realize is that the cost of owning a computer is far more than just the initial purchase price. Think about all the money you'll save by not having to spend your weekends tinkering with broken hardware or paying for software updates.

**The Cost of Ownership**

One of the biggest advantages of Macs, in my opinion, is their reliability. When you buy a Mac, you know that it's going to be there for you for years to come, without breaking the bank. And let's not forget about the ease of use. With macOS, you don't have to worry about navigating complex software or dealing with confusing interfaces. It's designed specifically with the user in mind, making it easy to get up and running quickly.

Now, I know that some people may say that Windows is just as user-friendly, but let's be real here: Microsoft has never been particularly concerned with creating an intuitive experience for its users. Instead, they've focused on providing a robust platform for businesses and developers. And while that's certainly useful, it comes at the cost of a more consumer-friendly interface.

**The Developer Preview**

For those who are interested in staying up-to-date with the latest developments in the tech world, I'd like to point out that Apple has just released its Developer Preview of Mountain Lion. This is a comprehensive overview of what's to come, and it includes all sorts of new features and tools that will make your Mac experience even more enjoyable.

Of course, this isn't exactly news – many people have already heard rumors about what Mountain Lion will bring. But for those who are looking to stay ahead of the curve, I highly recommend checking out Chris' latest video on locker.com. It's a thorough analysis of the features and functionality that will be included in the final release.

**The Microsoft Experience**

Now, I know some of you may be thinking: "But what about Windows? Don't they offer a similar experience to Macs?" And yes, they do. But let's be real here: Microsoft has never been interested in creating an experience that's on par with Apple's. Instead, they've focused on providing a platform for businesses and developers.

And while this may be useful for those who need it, I think it's fair to say that the Microsoft experience just isn't the same as the Mac experience. It's like comparing apples and oranges – both are fruit, but one is much more delicious than the other.

**The Future of Tech**

As we move forward into the next few years, I think it's clear that the tech industry will continue to shift in some big ways. One thing that's already becoming apparent is the importance of user experience. With the rise of cloud computing and mobile devices, it's never been more important to have a platform that's intuitive and easy to use.

So if you're considering making the switch to a Mac, I say go for it! Not only will you be getting a top-notch computer with excellent specs and a sleek design, but you'll also be joining a community of users who value ease of use above all else. And who knows? You might just find that it's worth every penny – or at least worth the cost of replacing your old hardware when it breaks down after a few years.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthank you for watching liking commenting sharing and subscribing right now wow in case you didn't catch the news Apple announced mountain lion to be released later this summer so in a few months time uh you're going to have an operating system on uh well OS 10 that's an upgraded experience really not a replacement but an augmentation of what you've known uh for at least uh to this point with OS 10 see it's not called Mac OS 10 anymore it's just OS 10 outright inspired by the iPad imagine for Mac now if you take a look at the article that I Linked In the videoos description I kind of gave a synopsis an overview really explaining what this means for people uh this is I would say a pretty fantastic upgrade if if you use an iOS device like an iPod touch an iPad or an iPhone uh so you've got deeper integration with iCloud synchronizing just about everything that you might have on your computer with your mobile computers like your iPod touch your iPhone or your iPad yes those are computers messages is a new client that's available for OS 10 you can download a beta right now if you have lion uh and it integrates the the messaging system like the unified Messenger on iOS that we saw with the release of iOS 5 that's going to be built into the desktop uh outright but you can try it right now reminders an application you saw on iOS now is going to be a desktop app Notes as well these things are going to synchronize okay that's what makes this nice this isn't just uh a few apps it's a better experience a cohesive experience that's what mountain lion is all about inspired by the iPad reimagine for Mac so they're not causing you to have to think differently or treat your Mac like it's an iPad it's not that at all uh it's just allowing you to have a more seamless experience with your data instead of having to manage your data here and separately here and separately here you only have to do it in one place and then it writes it everywhere so long as you're using applications there's a notification center that's part of it is kind of ripped off growl if you're familiar with that tool on OS 10 for notifications uh share sheets kind of a little update I mean allows you to more easily share content in an application that supports it uh Twitter integration Game Center integration which is quite interesting so are we going to see more games for os10 come into the app store for the Mac I'm guessing yes So for anybody who would sit there and say well the Mac isn't good for gaming well wouldn't you like to have something like Game Center elsewhere you know a unified experience no matter where you are playing the games so now the idea is you can have an iOS game and a a Mac based game through the App Store and be able to play your friends and gain achievements no matter how you happen to be playing the game it's a unified experience uh airpl mirroring let me try it again AirPlay mirroring is also interesting much like airplay on an iOS device essentially if you have an Apple TV you can beam what is ever on your screen to the TV without configuring anything nice Wireless easy it's so simple and that's the whole idea technology isn't getting more difficult to use folks it's getting easier gatekeeper is something that really is for those of you who know people who are Their Own Worst Enemy when it comes to software how many times have you gone and looked at a computer to realize wow you installed some software you shouldn't have installed happens a lot especially for those who don't know what they're doing with computers and let's face it there are a lot more non-geeks in the world than Geeks well gatekeeper is an option that you can set so that you only authorize apps downloaded through the App Store through uh Publishers who are vetted or or you can just open up the floodgates and take whatever apps you want to download from anywhere so they give you a choice but the bottom line for the average user this is a much more comprehensive experience if they already have the gateway drug that is an iOS device and they were thinking should I get a Windows computer should I get a Mac what's the difference well the difference isn't so much price as much as it is experience and I don't know if you knew this but it's it's it's it's been said 91% or let's just say a fair amount okay I'm not going to bludgeon you over the head with that statistic 91 % or a fair amount of computers being sold today that are over the $1,000 price point are Max and some people say well you're just paying extra for the brand but you also may be paying extra for the quality of Hardware it's not build a plastic anymore so if you're thinking about possibly looking into getting a Mac an affordable one you could go this route and for those of you say it's too expensive well the next time you go to buy anything keep that in mind cost is relative what's expensive to you may not be expensive to somebody else and you got to think about the time that you might spend fixing something that wasn't broken to begin with OR shouldn't have been broken there are a lot of ups and downs certainly that will come with mountain lion but I'm expecting that it is going to be available for right around $30 that's what lion was available for and that's a full license it's not like some confusing scheme where you have to buy one version or another it's just one version that you can get pricing is yet to be announced and for anybody who would be as well someone who would question my Integrity I'm not getting paid by Apple they kicked me out of the affiliate program all I'm doing here is presenting you the information you are free to do with it whatever ever you please and for anybody who would say well I get my updates for free you do windows service packs come out for free I get Point revisions for os10 but you have to pay for the upgrade what you didn't pay when you went from Windows Vista to Windows 7 and don't sit there and tell me that Windows 7 was not an upgrade to Windows Vista there's so many arguments you might throw out there but at least try to have them hold water before you you are more complete geek if you understand not just your side of the force but the opposite side uh you owe it to yourself pay attention to these Trends because they're not going away anytime soon take a look at the article that I crafted for you on locker.com giving you my analysis it's linked in the videos description here below uh you know I know this is a it's big news because everyone seems to be uploading videos about it trying to get a hold of a developer preview which you can get if you're a developer legally no matter how many times Chris says he isn't paid by Apple P people still say he does I I don't know I don't know why I even have to come out and say that I don't get paid by Apple when I do a video about Windows and I've already done two of them today people don't accuse me of getting paid by Microsoft uh I think that it's good through my though my M through my Apple my Apple ID I can upgrade all my Macs for one price exactly I I love that can't wait to run Mountain line on my new Mac Mini that I can get from Chris that Mac Mini might or might not run it's it's an older one uh but it works it's got my autograph I don't know who's going to get it who wants this Mac Mini I can promise you will not run lion or mountain lion uh it's got a failed hard drive but it's worth something less than nothing at least at this point in time uh so you know it just depends on what you want what you're looking for I think uh OS 10 lion or mountain lion not lion lion is the one we have now mountain lion is the next one coming out 10.8 uh is going to be a pretty decent upgrade it's it's incal it's not just software but really sewing together of all these services that creates a comprehensive experience let me just let me just put it to you this way I want to see something similar come from Microsoft but Microsoft doesn't care about user experience they just don't they don't they never really have they're getting there but but they care about the Microsoft experience not the user experience and if the Microsoft experience equaled the Apple experience I'd be just as happy with it but it's not about making the user feel stupid it's about giving them the power to do what they need to do with technology without beating them over the head with it uh and and I have to say that over and over again because I know it just it's going to generate so much hate but I think that hate for these features in this software is more jealousy than anythingthank you for watching liking commenting sharing and subscribing right now wow in case you didn't catch the news Apple announced mountain lion to be released later this summer so in a few months time uh you're going to have an operating system on uh well OS 10 that's an upgraded experience really not a replacement but an augmentation of what you've known uh for at least uh to this point with OS 10 see it's not called Mac OS 10 anymore it's just OS 10 outright inspired by the iPad imagine for Mac now if you take a look at the article that I Linked In the videoos description I kind of gave a synopsis an overview really explaining what this means for people uh this is I would say a pretty fantastic upgrade if if you use an iOS device like an iPod touch an iPad or an iPhone uh so you've got deeper integration with iCloud synchronizing just about everything that you might have on your computer with your mobile computers like your iPod touch your iPhone or your iPad yes those are computers messages is a new client that's available for OS 10 you can download a beta right now if you have lion uh and it integrates the the messaging system like the unified Messenger on iOS that we saw with the release of iOS 5 that's going to be built into the desktop uh outright but you can try it right now reminders an application you saw on iOS now is going to be a desktop app Notes as well these things are going to synchronize okay that's what makes this nice this isn't just uh a few apps it's a better experience a cohesive experience that's what mountain lion is all about inspired by the iPad reimagine for Mac so they're not causing you to have to think differently or treat your Mac like it's an iPad it's not that at all uh it's just allowing you to have a more seamless experience with your data instead of having to manage your data here and separately here and separately here you only have to do it in one place and then it writes it everywhere so long as you're using applications there's a notification center that's part of it is kind of ripped off growl if you're familiar with that tool on OS 10 for notifications uh share sheets kind of a little update I mean allows you to more easily share content in an application that supports it uh Twitter integration Game Center integration which is quite interesting so are we going to see more games for os10 come into the app store for the Mac I'm guessing yes So for anybody who would sit there and say well the Mac isn't good for gaming well wouldn't you like to have something like Game Center elsewhere you know a unified experience no matter where you are playing the games so now the idea is you can have an iOS game and a a Mac based game through the App Store and be able to play your friends and gain achievements no matter how you happen to be playing the game it's a unified experience uh airpl mirroring let me try it again AirPlay mirroring is also interesting much like airplay on an iOS device essentially if you have an Apple TV you can beam what is ever on your screen to the TV without configuring anything nice Wireless easy it's so simple and that's the whole idea technology isn't getting more difficult to use folks it's getting easier gatekeeper is something that really is for those of you who know people who are Their Own Worst Enemy when it comes to software how many times have you gone and looked at a computer to realize wow you installed some software you shouldn't have installed happens a lot especially for those who don't know what they're doing with computers and let's face it there are a lot more non-geeks in the world than Geeks well gatekeeper is an option that you can set so that you only authorize apps downloaded through the App Store through uh Publishers who are vetted or or you can just open up the floodgates and take whatever apps you want to download from anywhere so they give you a choice but the bottom line for the average user this is a much more comprehensive experience if they already have the gateway drug that is an iOS device and they were thinking should I get a Windows computer should I get a Mac what's the difference well the difference isn't so much price as much as it is experience and I don't know if you knew this but it's it's it's it's been said 91% or let's just say a fair amount okay I'm not going to bludgeon you over the head with that statistic 91 % or a fair amount of computers being sold today that are over the $1,000 price point are Max and some people say well you're just paying extra for the brand but you also may be paying extra for the quality of Hardware it's not build a plastic anymore so if you're thinking about possibly looking into getting a Mac an affordable one you could go this route and for those of you say it's too expensive well the next time you go to buy anything keep that in mind cost is relative what's expensive to you may not be expensive to somebody else and you got to think about the time that you might spend fixing something that wasn't broken to begin with OR shouldn't have been broken there are a lot of ups and downs certainly that will come with mountain lion but I'm expecting that it is going to be available for right around $30 that's what lion was available for and that's a full license it's not like some confusing scheme where you have to buy one version or another it's just one version that you can get pricing is yet to be announced and for anybody who would be as well someone who would question my Integrity I'm not getting paid by Apple they kicked me out of the affiliate program all I'm doing here is presenting you the information you are free to do with it whatever ever you please and for anybody who would say well I get my updates for free you do windows service packs come out for free I get Point revisions for os10 but you have to pay for the upgrade what you didn't pay when you went from Windows Vista to Windows 7 and don't sit there and tell me that Windows 7 was not an upgrade to Windows Vista there's so many arguments you might throw out there but at least try to have them hold water before you you are more complete geek if you understand not just your side of the force but the opposite side uh you owe it to yourself pay attention to these Trends because they're not going away anytime soon take a look at the article that I crafted for you on locker.com giving you my analysis it's linked in the videos description here below uh you know I know this is a it's big news because everyone seems to be uploading videos about it trying to get a hold of a developer preview which you can get if you're a developer legally no matter how many times Chris says he isn't paid by Apple P people still say he does I I don't know I don't know why I even have to come out and say that I don't get paid by Apple when I do a video about Windows and I've already done two of them today people don't accuse me of getting paid by Microsoft uh I think that it's good through my though my M through my Apple my Apple ID I can upgrade all my Macs for one price exactly I I love that can't wait to run Mountain line on my new Mac Mini that I can get from Chris that Mac Mini might or might not run it's it's an older one uh but it works it's got my autograph I don't know who's going to get it who wants this Mac Mini I can promise you will not run lion or mountain lion uh it's got a failed hard drive but it's worth something less than nothing at least at this point in time uh so you know it just depends on what you want what you're looking for I think uh OS 10 lion or mountain lion not lion lion is the one we have now mountain lion is the next one coming out 10.8 uh is going to be a pretty decent upgrade it's it's incal it's not just software but really sewing together of all these services that creates a comprehensive experience let me just let me just put it to you this way I want to see something similar come from Microsoft but Microsoft doesn't care about user experience they just don't they don't they never really have they're getting there but but they care about the Microsoft experience not the user experience and if the Microsoft experience equaled the Apple experience I'd be just as happy with it but it's not about making the user feel stupid it's about giving them the power to do what they need to do with technology without beating them over the head with it uh and and I have to say that over and over again because I know it just it's going to generate so much hate but I think that hate for these features in this software is more jealousy than anything\n"