Get a Mac. No spyware. No viruses. No hacks. No restarts. And you can still run Windows if you really need to, on Mac.
The days of having to choose are over. The new Mac's are cheaper and more powerful than any comparable HPs or Dells.
Anyone buying 20th century hardware or OS now days is just a masochist.
HAHAHAHA! whatever.
This is a myth. True, Macs don't give you a BSOD, but they still have problems and still should be rebooted on a regular schedule.
(This comment should not in any way be considered an endorsement of the crapware put out by the evil empire.)
Once you go MAC, you never go back.