I have both a PC and a Mac--and I started on an Apple II + way back when (well, OK I learned programming in Fortran on an IBM mainframe long before the Apple). Anyway, I love my iMac for the way it handles music and photos and the ease with which I can sync my iPod Touch and my iPad (compared to what my husband goes through to sync his iPod to his PC). That said, I do almost everything else on my PCs (one desktop and two laptops). The variety of software just isn't there for Mac. I love the way I can control the files, etc. on my PC (yes, that probably has more to do with familiarity than with the actual features of the operating system). Considering the amount of use they get, I probably have had to reboot my Mac as often as my PC. We love the looks of the iMac and it is great to have a computer handy downstairs when we want to look something up on the Internet and are too lazy to walk upstairs (where all our other computers are). But--if my main PC dies, I will definitely be replacing it with another PC. As to viruses, it isn't that Unix is invulnerable--it just hasn't been a big enough target. There have been a couple recent virus/trojan attacks against Macs and I am sure that will only increase as more and more people use Macs. Pat in Toledo On 4/13/2012 11:06 AM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Gale > > I was quite used to DOS before the GUI and yes some wonderful mistakes were initiated by the odd wrong charachter. > As to reboots, sure it can help on occasion but its rare these days and I do not for one minute believe other systems are immune from either the need for a reboot or the risk of a virus / trojan > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > >> I used UNIX for years before the graphical user interface became the norm. Amazing what you could >> accomplish with a few keystrokes. For example rm /* would wipe out everything on the hard drive >> without any of the "Are you sure?" stuff. Now I use Apple and yes, I do love it. >> >> Windows users are accustomed to rebooting to cure hangups. They are also accustomed to concern for >> virus attacks. Apple users don't worry about either. There are UNIX systems that have been running >> without a reboot for 3 decades. >> >> So you may have Windows but that's not much. >> >> Gale Gorman >> Houston > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >