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Originally Posted by jgaiser
A I've been running Linux since 1992. I've *never* had a virus. And before you start ... Yes I understand that there are a lot of apps that only run under Microsoft (though Wine is getting better).
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I've only been dual-booting to Linux since 2012, but I don't yet use it most of the time. Maybe I picked the wrong distribution (OpenSUSE), and maybe I'm still too much of a newbie to judge, but:
-- Linux updates are rarely, if ever, automatic, and much harder to install than those from Microsoft, including Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. Being told I have to make sure I have all the old OpenSUSE updates before putting on a new one is not user-friendly, and deters me from putting on any of them.
-- The application I use the most is Calibre. Yes, it runs fine on Linux, and updates come out at the same time as they do for Windows. But it is easy to install an old Calibre version on Linux (the one in your distribution), and harder to update there.
-- Years ago I may have had a Windows virus. But Windows 8 is secure enough, by default, that I don't think the risk is high. Those who go to shady web sites may find their mileage varying.
Getting back to the thread topic, as I've said before, Apple was a great hobbyist computer company before they came out with that newfangled Macintosh line. But even the Apple II line was overpriced.
Apple is one of the world's great companies and is is having an extraordinary run of successes, but, one of these days, the public will find that the price differential -- partly caused by Apple's enforcement of minimum retail prices -- isn't worth it.