<p>Honestly, I use both Macs and Windows machines and it doesn’t really matter. Macs last longer than most models of Windows machines but I could buy two brand-new PCs from good manufacturers for the same price in the space of the same time for the same price as I can get a similar Mac with lesser specifications. Most of the programs you’d need to do any work you have to do come for both operating systems and there are usually equivalent programs for the ones you can’t get (you can’t get OneNote on the Mac; use Evernote. You can’t get Papers on Windows; use Zotero.)</p>
<p>It just comes down to what you have the money for and which OS you prefer. I just bought a new computer and while I thought about a Mac for the second time I passed it over for a Windows-based machine. With similar specs to the computer I got, a Mac would’ve cost me at least $450 more, and the brand I bought is known for lasting a while so it’ll be fine.</p>