Persuasive Speech 1 Nick Capizzani

Apple or Microsoft?
Nick Capizzani

Topic: Mac vs. PC.
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that Macs are better than PCs
I. Introduction
A. Attention Material I’m sure everyone in here has seen the latest ad campaign Apple has released by now. Where Apple tries to point out all PC's flaws and persuade consumers to buy a Mac. While these ads are funny there is some truth behind these ads.
B. Preview: Today I am going to show you why Macs are substantially better than PCs, why PC users stay PC users, and what can be done to curve the marketplace which is proximately controlled by Microsoft.
Body
1. Background on Apple
a. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
b. They created the company in 1976 in Cupertino, California
c. On January 10, 2006, Apple released its first Intel chip computers.

2. Features
a. Microsoft has grown into a computer giant that controls 95% of the marketplace.
I. There needs to be more Mac labs in homes, offices, and at schools.
II. Purdue there are only a few labs around campus that strictly use Macs.
III. Macs simply last longer than PCs, granted the price is more but in the long run you are saving money.
b. The Mac operating system was designed for high security, so it isn’t plagued by constant attacks from viruses and malware like PCs are
I. By the end of 2005, there were 114,000 known viruses for PCs
II. In March 2006 alone, 850 new threats were detected against Windows.
3. No other operating system, Vista included, offers the rich features and simplicity of the Mac operating system.
a. Windows Vista has such a strong resemblance to the Mac
b. Only with a Mac do you get a system built by the same people who make the OS, the applications, and the computer itself
c. A Mac has USB drivers for printers, external drives, digital cameras, input devices, iPod, and more

Transition: Now that you know why a Mac is a better choice than a PC I will explain why most PC users don’t make the switch.
C. Solutions to the problems
1. Contact our president at Purdue and tell her you would like to see more Mac labs here at Purdue
2. People don’t understand how much better it is because they haven’t taken the time to sit down and use one.


REFERENCES
1. http://www.apple.com/dotmac/
2. John P. Adams “Why Windows Users stay with the PC”. Copyright 2006
< http://www.switchingtomac.com/wp/8-reasons-why-windows-users-stay-windows-users/>
3. Computer World <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=macintosh_os&articleId=9023959&taxonomyId=123>