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Anything is possible, but after using Macs for both business and personal life for over 30 years (yes, I go back to the Apple IIe), I feel pretty confident that Apple will stay on top of it.

I do not feel confident that our infrastructure will stay up, because so many of them are based in easily hackable older systems based on outdated ancient software. The dangers that frighten me are not Mac-based, but come from the competition’s failure to understand security.

I am now in my twilight years, and see the seniors around me struggling with PCs, depending on their grandchildren to troubleshoot their computers, and constantly frustrated by the problems they encounter.

Those of you who love to play with an open system need to understand that many “regular folks” on limited budgets do not have the time, expertise, or money to hire IT help in order to keep up with ever-changing technology and the accompanying woes from trojans, viruses, worms, and Microsoft’s constantly changing notions of an easy to use interface.

I know this isn’t a popular concept around here, but I see the Apple OS as “conservative”, and Microsoft’s as “liberal”. (Paying no attention to the political views of their founders, or to which political party they choose to support)

Thanks, Swordmaker, for keeping us older users informed about the facts regarding the spin, FUD, and tiresome efforts to manipulate public opinion. It really helps.

I know this isn’t a popular concept around here, but I see the Apple OS as “conservative”, and Microsoft’s as “liberal” (Paying no attention to the political views of their founders, or to which political party they choose to support).

In a real sense the most conservative approach to computing, IMHO, would be to buy a used Mac. But you want to consider all the factors in perspective. Not only do you buy the computer, you also pay for internet access. And you should support FR, too.
I recently made a prodigal - not “liberal” - decision to buy a 5K iMac, spending $$ I had but really didn’t need to spend. I just figured that it basically is the last word in desktop computing, in the sense that its display is as big as you want on your desk, and its resolution is as good as I at my age can see. Absent a new killer app for intensive number crunching - such as a AI app - I don’t need any more CPU/GPU processing power than this. If I ever decided that additional RAM was useful, I have open slots to double the RAM to 16G. It boots up quick because of the fusion drive. So I basically decided that there would never be any point in ever buying a new computer if I didn’t get this one. But since I spend a lot of time on FR, I decided it did make sense to get this one.

Thanks, Swordmaker, for keeping us older users informed about the facts regarding the spin, FUD, and tiresome efforts to manipulate public opinion. It really helps.

Hear, hear!