<p>“Our experience is that Macs never slow down and don’t get affected by viruses. My oldest son swears to never buy a PC again. We have saved a lot of money by not buying antivirus software for the Mac.”</p>
<p>Macs most certainly do get viruses, give me your son’s macbook and I will get a virus on it on. The difference between pc and macs when it comes to viruses and thing of that nature is that the mac user base is so low that people don’t tend to make viruses for them. Think about it, the majority of average users and companies use pc’s, its more effective to your use time developing viruses for windows based machines. </p>
<p>Its the same reason that you see android phones gets viruses and not iOS because if you look at the user rates, android dwarfs iOS.</p>
<p>Now as far as mac is better for school, don’t believe. Macs tend to be overpriced and if you buy a windows based laptop with similar specs it will cost cheaper OR if you buy a windowslaptop with a similar price as a macbook, the windows based SHOULD perform better, so long as you aren’t buying a bridge. </p>
<p>Macs do look damn good aesthetically though plus its the “cool new hipster” thing to do, like wearing designer torn clothes. Popular trends and over-hyped media to the ignorant will always make something appear better than it is.</p>
<p>Edit: plus for some reason people love to compare a macbook pro to a windows based laptop that has lop sided hardware comparison, leaning towards the macbook pro.</p>
<p>If you’re buying a desktop, pm and I will help you build one; NEVER BUY A PREBUILT DESKTOP NEVER…the only reason I buy premade laptops is because you can’t buy laptop cases like you can desktop cases</p>
<p>2nd Edit: In defense of the macs though, if someone is too lazy/stupid to learn how to handle and maintain a computer then the mac is the way to go because it is damn near ■■■■■■ proof. </p>
<p>This reason and look is the only reason to buy a mac over a pc.</p>
<p>But LOL @ all those people saying you have to maintain a pc so much more than a mac. You obviously aren’t doing something right if you’re getting BSOD on your PC; so YOU are the problem not the machine</p>