<p>Guess you’d have to add up all the security software expense and downtime due to scanning to the cost of a PC. Not to mention all the PC rebooting, rebooting, rebooting…did I mention rebooting? ;)</p>
<p>Funny, I’ve never once paid for security software (Microsoft Security Essentials + Malware Bytes Anti-Malware + Super Anti-Spyware + a couple other programs), and I’ve never had an issue with downtime while scanning my PC. It’s also possible you know to have your computer scan itself when you aren’t using it… like at 3-4am like my laptop is setup). </p>
<p>Nor have I had an issue with rebooting (which I have timed using software before… I have it down to less than 2 minutes, 30 seconds to completely reboot, and I can get it dropped down to about 2 minutes, including login). </p>
<p>I love all these “arguments” of why a Mac is better. None of them hold any water. These tired old arguments are more hilarious than anything, as they show that you have no clue what you’re talking about when you use them.</p>
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Well, to be fair, there is a big Hackintosh community out there that’s devoted to getting the Mac OS on non-Apple computers. </p>
<p>I do find it hilarious that any company that sells computers (laptops or desktops) with the Mac OS software is sued by Apple for copyright infringement. For anyone interested, I suggest looking up the Psystar lawsuits and such. There’s a lot of cases to choose from, but Psystar is the last big one I recall.</p>
<p>I suggest Avast. It is an excellent PC security application and has a free product for download as well. The professional version has plugins for MS Office Outlook.</p>
<p>The boot time scan feature of Avast is an excellent tool to run from time to time.</p>
<p>See: [About</a> avast! antivirus](<a href=“http://www.avast.com/about]About”>Avast About us | About AVAST Software)</p>
<p>AV comparatives does comprehensive tests of the anti-virus software out there every year, and F-Secure won product of the year last year (December 2010).</p>
<p>Avast! is just one of the many free security suites out there, and like the time old Mac vs PC debate, security software will get just as fractured responses. Generally it comes down to preference, although again, there really is no need to spend money on security software for your computer.</p>
<p>Personally, I use Soluto for boot time analysis. I should probably run it again in the near future, since I haven’t done so since about mid-April.</p>
<p>"In CGS2060, MS Access is a required program (one of the projects in the class revolve around having to create a database in the program) and MS Access is Windows only. That was made clear from day 1 in the class- either find a windows computer or you were SOL for that assignment. It might have changed since I took it in spring 2010, but that was the case then. "</p>
<p>It has changed then because it’s not in 2060 or 2100 (though it should be in 2100 imo)</p>