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Comparing and Contrasting PC’s and Mainframes David L. Spencer University of Phoenix POS/355: Introduction to Operating Systems Group ON03ITP10 Luis Ramos, Ph.D. December 30, 2003 After researching mainframe computers, I am convinced that business mainframes would be the best option. They seem to be the most reliable choice of computing platform. Its strengths include the availability of updated software, automatic error logs, reboots are not necessary, and they someday may eliminate the services of a system administrator. On the other hand PC’s are not too difficult to maintain and practically anyone can easily add new components with little or no training. PC’s may crash more than mainframe computers, but the maintenance is guaranteed to be less expensive than the maintenance on a mainframe. When comparing PC’s to Mainframes the first point of comparison is the price. For large businesses with thousands of employees, mainframe computers are the best choice especially