Both macOS and Windows have come a long way since the early days of personal computing, and it might be tougher than ever to choose an operating system for your new computer. Competition only got stronger in the 2000s, with the birth of the “Get a Mac” campaign by Apple and the “I’m a PC” response ad by Windows. In 2020, both platforms continue to thrive, despite an early dominance by Windows in the 1990s and the near-death of Apple before the turn of the century.
One of the earliest ongoing examples of the platform wars in technology is the original fanboy argument: PC or Mac? It’s a question that has plagued PC users for over thirty years, since Macintosh and Windows were launched by Apple and Microsoft, respectively, in the mid-1980s.
