Originally Posted by
David Weaver
I've not had any virus issues in 7 years on an HP laptop. I don't use "paid" antivirus, either. Used to be AVG and now avast or whatever the other free one is on another PC. I guess you could get a mac, but it seems like a heck of a penalty money-wise, when it sounds like a little bit more savvy on a windows machine is all that's needed.
When I bought my last HP laptop, an equivalent Mac was more than three times as expensive.....what a penalty.
You shouldn't have to learn to be a geek or tell the difference in a spoofed email from your bank in order to be able to safely use your computer. Some people would rather spend their time doing other things than learning geek stuff just to keep them "safe". My parents are in their 70's. I don't think there's much hope in my Mom learning what's safe to click or open, nor should she have to.
That's exactly the point people with Mac's are making. We don't have to do that. You see it as a "penalty", I see it as not having to pay for inferior products that expose me and my family to dangerous things. If I had to pay 10 times more to never have to deal with anything like that again, I'd gladly pay it and not ever see it as a punishment.
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