I've had it with MS operating systems primarily and the PC's that run it in general. My work PCs are built by the company that also did our Unix mainframe and perform beautifully, however at home I've been through 2 Dells (actually still have one but refuse to use it), a Gateway and a Compaq.

We've got cable internet and all Cox protection programs are always updated. They still all end up getting bogged down, sometimes painfully slow surfing, constant pop-ups despite pop-up controls, we use the Norton virus and spyware scans several times a week all to no avail.

I though about having BSI build me one for home but, maybe I'm naive, my understanding is that Apples have far fewer of these related problems and I'm just fed up with Windows at the moment.

I'm in the market for a laptop anyway so I figured why not get myself an Apple. I don't do a lot of graphics work but I do some. I would like wireless internet access. The ability to watch DVDs isn't high but it's nice to be able to. Other than that it's primarily word processing and spreadsheet work.

I don't really know where to start so I'm looking for some suggestions. Thanks!

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