Flwrite wrote:
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Security problems seem to be getting worse, not better, and I don't get the
feeling that Microsoft is getting a handle on the problem.  Never saw a bad
word about Macs.  Reading a little about Mandrake-linux, and they claim to
be user friendly, and also very secure...

Macs use another branch of unix to that of linux. There are many similarities.

Very good machines with a reliable (virus free) OS.

Marketed and packaged very differently to MS...

Regards,
Martin