Here we go...A mac question

[GUY SMILEY]

if you actually want to do anything else with the computer, like browsing the web, work, IM, games and basically using it has a computer then get a Mac

if on the other hand it is JUST for ableton and other music software ( a music pc) and nothing else get a pc. do not connect it to the internet, do not install games, do not install a firewall, do not install anti virus.

EXACTLY RIGHT

[synnack]

The security/virus issue is way overblown. A properly setup PC just doesnt contract viruses anymore, even if you live on Limewire.

Misinformation is a virus itself. This is bad advice. Even with the best AV installed, PC's will still get infected. You just wont know it anymore.

[dysanfel]

This is exactly why you save money buying one mac rather than a PC for everyday use, and a PC for making music.

That is of course unless you run OSX on your PC, which I do and it is quite nice.

[GUY SMILEY]

The security/virus issue is way overblown. A properly setup PC just doesnt contract viruses anymore, even if you live on Limewire.

Misinformation is a virus itself. This is bad advice. Even with the best AV installed, PC's will still get infected. You just wont know it anymore.

i had a pc for years (about 10 i think) and have never had a virus. still think the mac is a fuck sight less stressful overall though

[adventurepants_]

The security/virus issue is way overblown. A properly setup PC just doesnt contract viruses anymore, even if you live on Limewire.

Misinformation is a virus itself. This is bad advice. Even with the best AV installed, PC's will still get infected. You just wont know it anymore.

incorrect. There are more than enough tools to keep a PC 100% safe. One place I worked at had about a 30 second gap from the time you plugged a virgin machine to the network, to the time that a port scanning virus picked it up and installed itself. We installed decent tools, and never had a single infection.

The whole 'disconnect a pc from the internet otherwise it wont be safe' is just ignorance. It hasnt been true since about 2001.