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Originally Posted by excaliber7388
The computer he's reffering to is a desktop
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Fair enough, but I've seen more powerful portable systems than a top end fully upgraded Macbook Pro.
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Where did I say every 5 mins?
About once a day if you're working pretty hard on it
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I was generalising somewhat when I said 5 minutes. My computer is on for upwards of 12 hours each day, and not uncommonly over 48 hours in one go. I do music production, programming in various environments with numerous compilers, and do the odd bit of video editing and web design. This is in addition to heavy web browsing, emailing and gaming usage. Many of these tasks occur simultaneously. I also run the Grid.org research/folding client, so I am constantly using 100% CPU time. If that doesn't count as working pretty hard, then i don't know what does. In just under 3 years with the system, the 2 blue screens I have seen have both been caused by my own very unsafe C code.
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In reference to the Macbook RSS (Random Shutdown Syndrome)
I believe an update fixed that.
It may have been related to the heat problems, but the Macbook didn't have that as bad. The MBP did.
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It was caused by a bug in the SMC firmware, essentially a driver issue (although there are numerous heat based reports). My point was that all computers can have problems.
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And the fact that I do have to scan every now and then. It's slow, and it takes up time. You're guaranteed to have less time wasted if you're using a Mac.
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There are virus' and exploits for OSX, just as their are for Windows. A scan can run in parallel with any other application, so you are not really wasting any time. Windows is targeted for malware due to it's popularity, but a careful user should not have a problem with this. If OSX was the more dominant system, then the boot would simply be on the other foot.
Now, you may have had problems with a Windows based system in the past, and I'm glad to hear that your happy now that you run OSX. But to think that your situation is typical of all Windows based systems is inaccurate and misleading.