03-19-2013, 07:31 AM
oiramittedeneb Wrote:Irritated. I´ve been fighting with some sort of “redirecting†virus and a Trojan-thing the last two days! But apparently everything is working now (until my Norton anti-virus trial version expires).
Read up on some of the freebie anti-virus pc stuff... they say most are just as good as they pay for.
If you are able to save up I would highly recommend looking at a MacMini refurb. They are difficult to get but the price is great and they are the Apple work-horse! For a bit more than $500 you have a small, quiet and really great machine.
So far there has not been a real virus/attack on mac users (fingers crossed). We dont have those obnoxious nearly daily updates that Microsoft comes up with... and if you have a question about something about mac then it is pretty easy since everyone is using the same system.
I was worried buying extra apps would be expensive but there are so many free stuff out there it is great.
If interested go to the Apple Store look for the refurbished tab and see if there are any MacMinis. Dont bother with the servers, of course. You can use your own monitor and keyboard, mouse.