While I'll concede to your point about GarageBand, you are kind of off in regards to the rest of your points.
If you buy any retail DVD reader or have your PC pre-built with one software akin to iMovie and iPhoto are absolutely free, just like on a Mac.
As for FireWire, my PC I just built recently has FireWire built into the motherboard and it's just a common nForce4 motherboard. It cost me zero extra dollars at all and so you are slightly off on that point.
As for spyware or viruses, any moderately computer literate person can avoid tehse with ease. Simply allow Windows Update to do the critical updates when its needed and when browsing the web make sure your software firewall is on, which all Windows PCs that are SP2 or greater have, or browse behind a router which will keep you safe from spyware.
One could also go ahead and spend the ~$50-$60 CDN dollars for antivirus software as well, but I've never, ever, had a virus following the basic advice that I gave above. That's one more point you have to tick off your pro-Mac list.
As for on-screen font, CTRL + mousewheel really is a beautiful thing as it allows fast zooming in Windows. Additionally, the more readable font for Macs is arguable as some people find the Mac OS X font hinting harder on their eyes than the generic Windows font rendering or the ClearType Windows fond redering.
Me, I'm indifferent and find ClearType and the Mac OS X rendering to be pretty much interchangeable. I suppose that's one more point that you should've researched a bit more on the Windows side as it is readily available for Windows computers.
I will say that I enjoy my iBook and some of the features of Mac OS X Tiger very much, but the Windows trolls do have a few points in that some of the much lauded Mac features are really overblown and available in consumerate form on the Windows platform.
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While I'll concede to your point about GarageBand, you are kind of off in regards to the rest of your points.
If you buy any retail DVD reader or have your PC pre-built with one software akin to iMovie and iPhoto are absolutely free, just like on a Mac.
As for FireWire, my PC I just built recently has FireWire built into the motherboard and it's just a common nForce4 motherboard. It cost me zero extra dollars at all and so you are slightly off on that point.
As for spyware or viruses, any moderately computer literate person can avoid tehse with ease. Simply allow Windows Update to do the critical updates when its needed and when browsing the web make sure your software firewall is on, which all Windows PCs that are SP2 or greater have, or browse behind a router which will keep you safe from spyware.
One could also go ahead and spend the ~$50-$60 CDN dollars for antivirus software as well, but I've never, ever, had a virus following the basic advice that I gave above. That's one more point you have to tick off your pro-Mac list.
As for on-screen font, CTRL + mousewheel really is a beautiful thing as it allows fast zooming in Windows. Additionally, the more readable font for Macs is arguable as some people find the Mac OS X font hinting harder on their eyes than the generic Windows font rendering or the ClearType Windows fond redering.
Me, I'm indifferent and find ClearType and the Mac OS X rendering to be pretty much interchangeable. I suppose that's one more point that you should've researched a bit more on the Windows side as it is readily available for Windows computers.
I will say that I enjoy my iBook and some of the features of Mac OS X Tiger very much, but the Windows trolls do have a few points in that some of the much lauded Mac features are really overblown and available in consumerate form on the Windows platform.