{"id":10972,"date":"2012-01-12T18:14:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T18:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\/?p=10972"},"modified":"2012-06-28T09:12:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T09:12:59","slug":"im-a-mac-and-a-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\/blog\/im-a-mac-and-a-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a Mac and a PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I need some help. Mac or PC?<\/p>\n<p>My MacBook&#8217;s days are numbered. The arrow keys have stopped working and the battery overheats which slows the machine down to a painful crawl. Do I replace it with another MacBook or do I switch to a laptop?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/uk\/macbookpro\/\">Pro<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hp.com\/united-states\/campaigns\/envy\/envy14_beats.html\">Envy<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>At work I use a Dell desktop and at home I use my dying MacBook. This setup has been beneficial as it means I am constantly testing Clear Books on the two main operating systems used by our customers.<\/p>\n<h3>Operating Systems<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the breakdown. In the blue corner we have Windows winning with 69% and in the green corner we have Macintosh with a respectable 25%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\/2012\/01\/12\/im-a-mac-and-a-pc\/operating\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10973\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10973\" title=\"operating\" src=\"http:\/\/clearbooks.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/operating1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Browsers<\/h3>\n<p>When in the office, on the Dell, I use Internet Explorer a fair bit\u00a0(gasp). Internet Explorer is the main reason I use a PC and recently I even turned down a spare iMac because no one else in the office likes Internet Explorer. It&#8217;s down to me to represent, on a regular basis, all the non techies who use Clear Books.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the breakdown of our customers by browser: Chrome 33%, Firefox 26%, Internet Explorer 26%, Safari 15%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\/2012\/01\/12\/im-a-mac-and-a-pc\/browser\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10974\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10974\" title=\"browser\" src=\"http:\/\/clearbooks.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/browser1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am debating switching to a laptop because I am more comfortable with the development tools on a PC as I am using them throughout the day in the office (e.g. WAMP server, Tortoise GIT, PHP Storm) .<\/p>\n<p>So which wins? The MacBook and cross OS\/Browser testing or the PC and a favoured development environment?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I need some help. Mac or PC? 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