As a result, Macs have a tendency to last longer because of the strict control over quality and integration that Apple has for its product manufacture. This opens the door to a much wider variety of manufacturers and quality levels – and Windows has to work with all of them. Lunch in this instance would be like all your friends making plans five minutes before the end of work, and no one able to agree on where to eat. By comparison, Windows is an operating system, and each machine’s hardware is different. In that sense macOS is like having a lunch with friends that was planned months in advance. Mac and Windows are completely different systems, and Apple in particular retains control over every aspect of each computer’s production – both hardware and software. There are a number of key differences between a Mac and a PC that affects their lifespan, so let’s have a look at the most obvious: the system itself. It’s important to note that none of the manufacturers – Apple, Dell, or whoever – have claimed that their computers last longer than competing models.
