You said -- "Run, an antivirus and firewall, if you get a virus. reinstall your cloned OS, it takes a whole 15minutes."
I've read in some PC articles that the PC-dolts have a new strategy with their computers now. It's called "use it and throw it away."
The situation is so, so bad for so many PC users that they figure the only way they can survive is to used their computer for six months (about as long as they can take the attacks) and then throw away the PC and buy a new one.
That's the only way the mass of people with trash-PCs know how to cope. The others, just buy it, use it -- get so infected that they put it away and never use it again. There are a lot of trash-PCs being used as closet-space right now.
Now, on the other hand, many who have switched over to the Mac are pleasantly surprised to find out that they can actually use their computer for years and never have one occurence of the nasty critters that crawl all over trash-PCs.
I personally know families that just can't cope with the 60,000 viruses out there for the trash-PCs. They moan and groan about how this won't work and that happens and this crashes and what-have-you. I just look at them and say, "Well..., it's time to grow up and get a Mac."
Ain't that nice....
To those who still have some sanity left after using trash-PCs -- come on over to the Mac world and have some peace and quiet and get some adult things done and have fun. No more having to think like a computer-nerd in order to use your computer. It just works. That's the nice part about it.
Regards,
Star Traveler
If you want to pay top dollar for old outdated hardware more power to ya.