Mac or PC?

I get asked which of the two is a better purchase, PC or Mac? My response is generally the same with every circumstance. To answer the question, it's really up to you. If you have been a PC user your entire life and Windows is the only operating system you know, it would be a BAD choice to switch over to Mac. My recommendation would be to stick with PC. Same as if you were a Mac user interested in the Windows world, stick with what you know until you get some hands on experience working with either OS (Operating System).

I am a PC user but to be in the field I'm in you have to be well versed with all computers and operating systems. I do own an old G4 iMac and once I learned my way around the Mac OS in my opinion it's not to bad. It really all depends on you. Take sometime to stop by an electronics store to play around with their computers on display. Open a file, create a text document or browse the internet. Give yourself sometime using the OS before you make a costly decision. Believe me, I have seen people with expensive paper weights sitting on their desk literally collecting dust.

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My computer is slow...

When is it slow? When you power on your PC? While browsing the internet? These are a few questions I ask before I proceed with troubleshooting. A few things to consider when asking these questions are, How old is my PC? When's the last time I had it serviced?


Computers are just like cars in the sense that they need regular maintenance. Set aside an hour or two a week to clean up your computer of temporary internet files, history, cache and cookies. I use CCleaner for this. The program can be found all over the internet.  Just by running this software once a week you can dramatically increase the speed and overall performance of your system.

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Another thing to consider is avoid cramming your system with programs you don't use, and data you probably don't care to have. Perform your house cleaning. I run through my system deleting old files, folders and even emails I no longer need to have. Once a month I go through my installed Programs and remove any that I no longer need nor want.

Last thing I wanted to mention to speed up your PC is start-up programs. Start-up programs are programs installed and configured to launch themselves in the background when turning your PC on.  For the most part all of these can be remove but please use your best judgment. Anti-virus programs will be configured to start-up with your computer as well so be careful not to remove any of their components.

To do this - Click start, then click Run and type msconfig

This will launch the Microsoft System Configuration Utility

Click the Start-up tab and remove what isn't needed

 

Thanks for reading. Hope this helps!