Реферат: Macintosh Vs Ibm Essay Research Paper The

software that were made for that particular model. That is one reason many of the big time

business users would not want to buy a Macintosh for they would want their investment to last

awhile and if they needed to they would want to upgrade their systems as cheaply as possible

and the IBM-Compatible made it cheap for them to do so. The Macintosh computer itself usually

costs about two times as much as a comparable IBM computer. They also tend to confuse their

customers by bringing out many new models out all the time. For instance in 1993 alone, Apple

introduced 17 different models of their Macintosh computer.

Software for the Apple computers is harder to come by then for the IBM-compatible computer.

Apple controls all the software for their computers and will not license it to any other developer.

So you do not have the variety you do with the IBM computers. A big thing that has become

very popular in the last few years is something called the Internet. Almost everyone has

experienced the internet in some form or the other. You can almost do anything you wanted

over the internet. From writing a message to some distant relative and have it arrive to that

person in minutes, or playing a chess game with someone from Russia. You can also get any

program you are looking for over the internet, and many of these programs are usually only for

the IBM-compatible computer for there is more people with an IBM computer and thus more

people making applications and games for the IBM computer. So basically there is just a ton of

software out there for people who own an IBM-compatible computer.

With the IBM-compatible computer you can continue to upgrade it, even someone who bought a

computer five years ago could have upgraded it so that it is just as fast as any computer of

today, but with the Macintosh you basically would have to buy a new system. Also since IBM

had used a third-party for its operating system other companies could license the operating

system to make their own compatible operating systems, as well as any other software for it.

Compatible hardware could easily be assembled. As well as peripherals and components that

will improve the IBM compatible computer. From some of the common components, like CD-

ROMs, Modems, Sound Cards, and Printers. You even have a choice from about 20 different

styles of mice that you could use on your system, from three basic groups: Roller, Track balls,

and Touch Pads. They have some other ones, like one that clips onto your monitor and shoots

infrared beams across the screen to detect movements by your finger, and so it basically turns