[Leica] OT: New iMac question

[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

If you run Windows on your Mac, your exposure to viruses is identical to 
what 
you'd have if you were running Windows on a PC.

Viruses on Macs are not impossible. The reasons why there have been so few 
of 
them are not absolute, and could change.

The fundamental reason why viruses are so common on Windows machine is based 
on a strategy that Microsoft has used to help create and maintain its 
monopoly. Apple has not yet shown signs of wanting to adopt such a strategy.

I do not run an antivirus program on my Macs, but I am very careful when I 
am 
installing new things (software, widgets, templates, etc) to read the 
directions and to read every warning box before clicking "OK".