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Macs the bomb.
I've had an ibook for a few years and it has had a hard life. In and out of my truck, freezing cold to blasting covered in sawdust, dirt and dog hair and it's never missed a beat. Add to that that I never even think about viruses.
That being said man are they expensive and I would think that running vista on a mac would eliminate the virus protection. |
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No, the operating system is what leaves you vulnerable to viruses - unfortunately since most people use Windows, most virus creators make viruses for windows. I'd get ESET nod32, as I mentioned before - it's seriously fast, and rated very highly. The modern macs running windows are basically just (expensive) branded PCs - same parts inside, same operating system, shiny packaging.
For what it's worth, I've been running Vista for a few months now without any problems, although I understand that people may feel safer on XP, so might be worth sticking with that for peace of mind. Most of the complaints about Vista seem to be either people who hate change (everyone hated XP when it came out), or people who try to install it on old computers which aren't powerful enough to run it properly.
Also, the 2 hard drives for vista thing is rubbish - you can run it on a single hard drive without a problem - either the HP guys are giving you a hard sell, or don't know what they're talking about (most likely both.
And yeah, Windows ME was awful, wish I'd never experienced that.