I would never buy an anti-virus software for my Mac. It would be money down the drain. May as well burn a couple of C-notes.
Which means that when you compare the cost of buying a Mac and a PC, you need to add the cost of a virus software onto your PC price in order to compare apples and oranges.
You can buy a MacBook for as little as $1100. If you buy it refreshed, and get 10% off, that’s only $990. An iMac costs $1000; a refreshed iMac costs $900. Great price for the best computer on the market.
Yeah..., it is humorous that the biggest argument that Macintosh users have with one another (concerning viruses on that platform) is whether they should even bother with purchasing an anti-virus program — at all — since none exist for the Macintosh operating system.
The Windows users probably wish they had that kind of argument going on for their platform...