27" Mac

[BrianG]

The lack of AV/malware is inherent in any linux box, whether that's a Mac or any other of a billion flavors of Linux. And really, that's only because malware writers want to get the most bang for the buck so are writing for Windows. If M$ stopped Windows tomorrow, there would be a new target OS.

My wife says Macs are for work and PCs are for play. I counter that with either platform can be used for both; it's just a matter of convenience (don't need emulators or the like on Windows). I too am tired of needing resource-hogging AV/malware software, but it's the way it is for now if you run Windows. So, the choice is 1) Use windows which can run anything on any system, but you have to deal with malware. Or 2) Use Linux/Mac and not worry about malware, but getting games to run takes some jumping through hoops. Pick your poison.

And yes, Macs are "pretty". No denying that. But like Linc, I prefer function over form for the most part. That and the lower hardware cost and ease of working on a PC is a big plus. To me anyway.