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You’ve lost me! What are you referring to?
I am led to believe that the Mac is a superior computer to what people call a PC, meaning a computer that runs one of the Windows OS but there are only something like 10% of computers world wide in the domestic situation that are Macs and even fewer with Linux.
We peasants have to put up with what we can afford and get easily.
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Linux is completely free (I recommend ubuntu:
http://ubuntu.com) There are literally thousands of FREE applications available at the click of a button. These range from FREE Openoffice which is just as good as Microsoft Office, but costs about £400 less, you don't need to install or configure an antivirus, firewall or spyware scanner, the default install is very secure for a desktop user.
It really is the best decision I have made switching to Linux. Even more so now that Windows Vista is out, it costs a fortune and all its features have been available on Linux for months or years.
I'd recommend you trying a live-cd which means you can run Linux from the cd just to try it out, it dosn't remove your windows or even install itself, just runs from the disk.