Macs have always been the "go to" in the publishing business - so my first computer was a Mac. That thing was virtually bullet proof. And for 10 years I didn't know what a virus was. I then had a PC my SIL built/re-built in his basement. When I "retired" we decided we needed to upgrade. My daughter, son, sil and to some extent my wife are all pretty good with PCs but really don't like Mac. Since I don't have my Mac support staff from the mag anymore - we went the other way. I've had more hiccups with various things (viruses, worms, reboots and Windows 8 included) in a year than I did in 15. I think a lot of it is as much to do with the "times" as the machine. But it's frustrating when you know nothing about computers - *and don't want to*. I very much agree as far as the virus thing goes.