> especially anything network related That's surprising. The last few Windows machines I've owned I've had to fiddle with networking stuff. In particular, they

> especially anything network related That's surprising. The last few Windows machines I've owned I've had to fiddle with networking stuff. In particular, they would all begin to intermittently lose internet access after about 6 months, requiring me to go through a series of steps to flush the DNS cache, renew IP, and reset winsock. On the other hand, I've never had a networking issue on a Mac for the 15 years I've owned them. It's weird how much people's experience can vary on these types of things. I've heard networking being a headache on Macs from others too. I've just never experienced any issues before.