I solved this problem about 3.5 years ago. I bought the wife a Mac and used Ubuntu on my computer.
The iMac I bought for her works as well today as it did that day I bought it in 2006. Actually it works better with Snow Leopard on it.
I know all the arguments people make about Mac—too expensive, etc. But we simply haven’t had to spend a penny on anti-virus, nor a minute of time on removing viruses.
And I don’t see the need to replace that computer for years to come.
In the end, I would rather enjoy a worry free computing experience instead of all the stuff I see on this post.
Amen...running Linux Mint here....but I do have a laptop which has one job....Turbotax...