MAC or PC

Ah the age old question amongst computer nerds.  You will see very passionate reasons for both sides when you talk to people.  I am different from most.  I am a user.  I use what is in front of me.  In fact I use both macs and windows machines on a regular basis.  I will try my best to show some reasons for both here.

Macs
First I should tell you I am using a mac to write this.  I have a mac book pro that I use for my personal stuff.  I really do like it but it does have some limitations.  First it's strengths.
1.  It is easy to use.  I like the clean interface and for the most part I don't have to worry or think to much about maintenance.  It takes care of everything for me.
2.  The screens on macs are always nice.  In fact when you get a mac you are getting a high quality machine.  I will exclude the mac mini here since you buy your own monitor and keyboard.
3. The customer service is outstanding.  Just yesterday I was talking to them and my laptop is older and they still helped me out for free.

Windows
Windows is an excellent operating system.  Windows 7 is anyway.  They are not supporting windows xp any more and I will never use Vista.  I am running windows 7 on three machines I use.  It is an outstanding OS.  It is secure and easy to use.
1.  There is a ton of software out there for windows.  If you are looking for an incredible range of choice windows is great.
2.  There is a good range of prices.  There are a lot of different machines that run windows 7 out there.  So you will have a wide variety of choices when buying one.  (A note here though I don't buy cheap computers as my mom used to say "you get what you pay for!")

In short I think both are great and I don't mind using windows at all.  I do prefer my mac but that is because I love the keyboard and screen.

I think the best reason for making a choice is your phone!  If you have an iPhone and or an iPad I think you should take a serious look at a mac.  To put it bluntly they integrate the phone and computer better than windows.  If you are not using an iPhone or iPad then I would look at a windows machine.  My house we are invested into the iPhone and iPad so running a mac makes sense.  I do have several machine that are windows here as well though.  My son just got a computer that he paid for and he wanted a windows machine because he wants to play a game that doesn't run on a mac.  A good reason from my point of view.

I guess it comes down to what are you going to use it for.  Remember if you talk to someone at the store they may or may not know a lot about macs.  Most IT guys are trained heavily in the windows side of things.  To keep an open mind I always do my own research (I love the internet).