
Though that had little to do with my decision-making process since I could take my work computer home when I need to work remotely.Īt the time, I thought long and hard about going with the sleeker and sexier MacBook, but in the end, I decided to go with a PC again. I needed a faster and more powerful computer to run this website and others.Īt the time, I was still working in Corporate America. At the time, I was using an old laptop running Windows. This article, for example, details my previous decision-making process of choosing a Dell computer instead of buying a MacBook. But it means that your choice of computer platform may have less of an impact than it may have 5 or 10 years ago. That isn’t to say that your choice of computer platform doesn’t matter – it does. For example, many of the following programs are platform agnostic: Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, PDF software, email clients, etc. In some cases, you will only be able to do certain tasks on certain computer platforms.īut many apps are now cross-platform or can be accessed via cloud computing tools. Think about the software you use most frequently. The reason? Most popular deliverables can be made on either platform. But many companies are opening the doors to Macs. Much of corporate America and most government agencies still use Windows-based PCs.

The last 5-10 years have brought about amazing changes in computer technology.
