thinking about getting an Apple Mini for my grandparents

[kermalou]

what do you guys think?

i have a Win XP system I can give them but dont want the headaches of having to fix this and that.

Thanks, Shawn

 

[amol]

yeah, but you'll have to get them a keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc

 

[Cobalt]

Sounds like a great idea.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Amol
yeah, but you'll have to get them a keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc

pilf them from the winxp system.

 

[iamme]

give them XP SP2 with updates, turn on automatic updates, take away administrator rights, install antivirus (auto update definitions), install firewall....should be fine, imo.

 

[kermalou]

do i have to worry about spyware and stuff with the mac?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I thought you were talking about the MP3 player

For them, I'd get a mac and call it a day

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: kermalou
do i have to worry about spyware and stuff with the mac?

Soon. Serving ads and creating zombie spam mailers is a business now, not just the province of punk kid vandals. There's money to be made infecting macs, even if it's a tiny population compared to Windows PCs.

Still, even as mac exploits appear there will be 100 Windows threats for every mac one.