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<blockquote data-quote="thingy" data-source="post: 60527"><p>Virus protection and avoidance is very simple. If you can get your head around linux I am surprised you got hit so badly by viruses. I would comment more but this is a mac forum not a PC one.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You can get the computer itself with no peripherals if you are referring to the PowerPC verion (ie, not the imac or emac). You can get adapters as well, but the colour quality will not be as good. All mac stores should have them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This depends on what powered system PC you are comparing it to, and what powered system mac you are looking at. CPU speed would also be useful here, not just RAM.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Very simple, yes. Dare I say simpler even.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As long as it has the mac logo on the box, otherwise it probably will not have the correct drivers. Be prepared to research hardware a bit more, if there is something you want, check out the box for a mac logo. Failing that, check out the manufacturer website for downloadable mac drivers. Your choices will be a lot more limited than they are for PC. The positive side to this is that mac peripherals tend to be of a higher quality. You do not get the variance between good and bad quality that you do with PC peripherals.</p><p></p><p></p><p>MSIE5.5 compatible at best from a mac. You will not get true PC MSIE compatibility. It will be similar to the restrictions you get if viewing a page through Firefox or some other browser. Keep the PC on hand for testing if needs be. Personally, I would be happier as I use firefox, so it will mean more sites better compatible with majority of the browsers.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No. Macs are slowly rising in popularity, so one day they could be as bad. The virus/spyware writers code for maximum exposure, which is the only reason they target Windows so fiercely. For now you are safe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thingy, post: 60527"] Virus protection and avoidance is very simple. If you can get your head around linux I am surprised you got hit so badly by viruses. I would comment more but this is a mac forum not a PC one. You can get the computer itself with no peripherals if you are referring to the PowerPC verion (ie, not the imac or emac). You can get adapters as well, but the colour quality will not be as good. All mac stores should have them. This depends on what powered system PC you are comparing it to, and what powered system mac you are looking at. CPU speed would also be useful here, not just RAM. Very simple, yes. Dare I say simpler even. As long as it has the mac logo on the box, otherwise it probably will not have the correct drivers. Be prepared to research hardware a bit more, if there is something you want, check out the box for a mac logo. Failing that, check out the manufacturer website for downloadable mac drivers. Your choices will be a lot more limited than they are for PC. The positive side to this is that mac peripherals tend to be of a higher quality. You do not get the variance between good and bad quality that you do with PC peripherals. MSIE5.5 compatible at best from a mac. You will not get true PC MSIE compatibility. It will be similar to the restrictions you get if viewing a page through Firefox or some other browser. Keep the PC on hand for testing if needs be. Personally, I would be happier as I use firefox, so it will mean more sites better compatible with majority of the browsers. No. Macs are slowly rising in popularity, so one day they could be as bad. The virus/spyware writers code for maximum exposure, which is the only reason they target Windows so fiercely. For now you are safe. [/QUOTE]
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