ArcterJournal:

Argh, I hate being a geek sometimes. When I see a computer belonging to a relative that's in such bad shape and instead of just leaving it alone I have to volunteer to "fix it up and make it better", leaving me to be here at the computer at 9 at night on a Sunday running virus scan after virus scan on an old and busted laptop.

That's exactly why I recommend Macs to my non-technical friends and relatives. My brother in law and I were commiserating over the this kind of thing recently. My father in law - a man with multiple degrees and doctorates, who built his own PC (and he's over 80) - needs this kind of periodic help. If he had a Mac, he wouldn't have those problems.

Linux? Sure, it's a possibility. For the non-technical user though, I think a Mac is simpler. And the intel Macs aren't much of a premium (price-wise) over PCs anymore.

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