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plenty of decent free anti malware out there
avg, avast, defender for spyware, for example. Lot of my friends use the free stuff and it works for them. What, freeware is great for open source but crap for Windows?

Having said that I fully recognize freedom from malware is a nice Mac and Linux feature they get to have almost purely for being obscure. I haven't lost a windows install or data to malware since 2002 or so, since I learned how to avoid it. It depends a lot on your usage patterns. The vast number of average users will be fine with free anti-malware protection.

The crapware of all kinds they put on Windows PCs is shameful - but it does lower the price. Its removal should be factored in. I think they charge about $50 for that, or you can do it yourself. It takes some effort but you can still leave Best Buy with the PC of your dreams for a whole, WHOLE lot less than a Mac. I think Dell and Lenovo and possibly Sony seem to be doing better with crapware anyway. The most recent machines I have worked on were running very fast from the factory.

Of course you might want to factor in the cost of a rape and pilla . . er a Mac repair or upgrade in your TCO???
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plenty of decent free anti malware out there  eggmanbubbagee@... | 03/27/09
"you can still leave Best Buy with the PC of your dreams"  kozmcrae | 03/27/09
Freddy is at the Apple store  eggmanbubbagee@... | 03/27/09
Freddy will rot...  kozmcrae | 03/27/09
This is a reply to the story  silent.griffin | 03/27/09
What?  pdskep | 03/27/09
What? cont'd  ShoreLeave | 03/27/09
that's a VERY good commercial, thanks for the link  eggmanbubbagee@... | 03/27/09
Agreed!  Loverock Davidson | 03/27/09
Amen to that!  radams36@... | 04/09/09
Typical Mac thinking.  Confused by religion | 03/27/09
Free anti-malware  compudog | 04/07/09
Microsoft's new "price" television commercial (Updated)  Loverock Davidson | 03/27/09
Jason is a very reasonable person  markbn | 03/27/09
how many mac guys are there in this planet?  jk_10 | 03/27/09
Only 6%??  oncall | 03/27/09
Is it up to 6? They are in 6th place, behind Toshiba.  eggmanbubbagee@... | 03/27/09
Apple would probably like to shoot Jason's kneecaps  paul@... | 03/27/09
Kind Of Like The Seinfeld/Mojave Commercials?  itanalyst2@... | 03/27/09
no, not like that  eggmanbubbagee@... | 03/27/09
Mac anti-malware  Jason D. O'Grady ZDNet Moderator | 03/27/09
Hmm...  Sleeper Service | 03/28/09
Is the job really done? I wish!  dave95. | 03/28/09
None...  Sleeper Service | 03/28/09
Patronising?  dave95. | 03/28/09
Perhaps they are...  Sleeper Service | 03/28/09
"Total Cost of Ownership"  Theli | 03/27/09
don't foget buying Windows too  eggmanbubbagee@... | 03/27/09
In all fairness  soonerproud | 03/27/09
So Blizzard ports to Mac  LiquidLearner | 03/27/09
Well said!  radams36@... | 04/06/09
The best deal out there  terry flores | 03/27/09
RE: Microsoft's new  Yves D Poulin | 03/27/09
Great points  greg_glockner@... | 03/27/09
Jason makes some good points IF  LiquidLearner | 03/27/09
Amen!  Jason D. O'Grady ZDNet Moderator | 03/27/09
I call BS on you, Jason!  radams36@... | 04/09/09
Look at the Checkout Price in the Video  Edesw88 | 03/27/09
sort of  eggmanbubbagee@... | 03/27/09
Re: Addons and Accessories  Edesw88 | 03/27/09
sort of  compudog | 04/07/09
Someone finally agrees with me happy  Jason D. O'Grady ZDNet Moderator | 03/27/09
I Bought The Exact Same Laptop  itanalyst2@... | 03/27/09
RE: Microsoft's new  vince7@... | 03/27/09
RE: Microsoft's new  shollomon | 03/27/09
Only 2 Gigs of RAM?  vince7@... | 03/27/09
Look again...  Edesw88 | 03/27/09
Thanks Vince...  Sleeper Service | 03/28/09
Vista Performance  reziol | 04/06/09
Yes and No  ~Obelix~ | 03/27/09
RE: Microsoft's new  vince7@... | 03/27/09
Ready when I am ...  vince7@... | 03/27/09
what, old folks who can't edit a message  eggmanbubbagee@... | 03/27/09
LOL things got slow so I tried to keep the flow going  vince7@... | 03/27/09
sorry, you didn't deserve my comment  eggmanbubbagee@... | 03/27/09
Its all good ...  vince7@... | 03/27/09
I'm still a PC, since 1990  eggmanbubbagee@... | 03/27/09
"Old folks" well I guess I can be consederd one(67 in May)  Michael L Hereid Sr | 03/28/09
Misconception: Apple Users = Happy / PC Users = Unhappy  Urkel | 03/27/09
Update: I'm a Mac guy actually is a Human Being  Urkel | 03/27/09
Dreading Upcoming Podcast  Urkel | 03/27/09
TCO  ~Obelix~ | 03/27/09
The Mini 9 for $249 runs Ubuntu?  Fusillade | 03/27/09
No, Not Really  RyGuy12 | 03/27/09
Microsoft: Unsafe at Any Price  David Blomstrom | 03/27/09
Irony  Sleeper Service | 03/28/09
What?!?  randomnoise | 03/29/09
Your tears are like wine...  Sleeper Service | 03/29/09
RE: Microsoft's new  notsofast | 03/28/09
I was just about to say this...  gamefreak9310 | 03/28/09
Wow, and I thought you couldn't get less objective.  Spiritusindomit@... | 03/30/09
Ah, yes, the old IBM clone price bone...again  mikifinaz1@... | 04/06/09
Microsoft's new "price" television commercial  richdave | 04/06/09
RE+1  radams36@... | 04/06/09
RE: Keep walking!?  compudog | 04/07/09
Who looks for a computer with those qualities?  MikePonti | 04/07/09

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