> Of course, it's not a Mac and you get all of the nastiness that comes with Windows (viruses, having to reload every 6 months to keep things snappy, etc), but

> Of course, it's not a Mac and you get all of the nastiness that comes with Windows (viruses, having to reload every 6 months to keep things snappy, etc), but I'm beginning to see it as a more economical option than a Mac and potentially easier to deal with than Linux FWIW, I've found modern Linux to be very easy to deal with, with the exception of some one-time install issues. They are annoying, but nowhere near the annoyance of the ongoing issues one has with Windows or macOS.