Comparison of Etch-A-Sketch and Mac Etch-A-Sketch Mac Classic No. of Colours 2 2 Resolution 20002000 512 * 342 No. of buttons 2 1 Preemptive Multitasking Yes No Hardware line draw Yes No Price <$2 $1000 Power Consumption No Yes Laptop Yes No Slow Operating System No Yes Non Volatile Memory Yes No Choice of Coloured box Yes No Robust design (shakeable) Yes No After considering the above options, I decided to buy the Etch-A-Sketch.