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Originally posted by BlueSkyJaunte
Now the reason to go the Mac route:
+MUCH lower risk of virii, intrusion, trojans, worms, et al.
+If there is an Apple store near you you'll get decent LIVE ENGLISH-SPEAKING service.
+Unless you're a balls-out gamer (which you're not) you'll have access to all the software you need--most of it already bundled--despite what the rest of the folks here say.
+There are even a few games to play.
+TONS of free software. OpenOffice 2.0 is all I use at home, and it'll read and save MS Office format docs, if that's important to you.
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Mac side stepped the virus wagon not because it's the superior OS but because it has a signifigantly smaller install base. Virus writers want to unleash havok and thus concentrate on the most popular product to showcase their efforts. That said the Mac products are damn nice but too expensive IMHO. A weekly Windoz update that installs as a background process is no skin off my nose. I know that the products I produce, the documents I create, will work on the majority of laptops on today's desktops.