Posted by Marc Martin on Jul 20, 2012; 4:54am
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/help-with-new-iMac-tp4022442p4022445.html

On July 20, lthngsbrtnbtfl2 <[hidden email]> wrote:
> he heard that macs tend to be better than PCs in terms of electrosensitivity?

I've occasionally heard that Macs are supposed to be better than PCs
for ES, however I've never actually heard a compelling reason for
why that would be.  So I'm inclined to think that it is a myth.
After all, the absolute worst cellphones for ES seem to be made
by Apple, so why would their computers be any better?

And if you're going to counter by saying that Apple uses "greener"
materials, I'll counter by saying that Lenovo is probably as
good or better in that regard (PC).

I switched from a Mac to a PC years ago, when I was more ES
than I am now.  I don't recall any difference from an ES
perspective.  For me, it seems like the monitor, the video
card, and the resolution I run them at are the primary
problems.  And extended hard drive/network traffic
being #2.

I'd say that in general, the most tolerable computer is the one
you can distance yourself most from -- so that would be a desktop
computer that's as far away as possible, so you are only close
to the keyboard and mouse.   And a computer monitor that is
large enough that you can put it at least a few feet away from
you (I prefer small HDTV sets to computer monitors -- nice and
big with fairly low resolution).

Also, older stuff is typically more tolerable than newer
stuff -- either because they are operating at lower
frequencies, or because they have offgassed.

But there are always exceptions to the generalities, so
I'm sure one could find a particular newer laptop that is
better than a particular older desktop, etc.

Marc