Yeah, sure, Stilly, but I had no luck training Edmund (who shared the machine) to watch what he was doing on line. Windows Firewall caught a lot of it, but not nearly enough, and I was tired of shelling out for Norton and MacAfee and their ilk. I figure the Mac has paid its excess cost back already by taking care of all that for me.

Also, more to the point, I don't enjoy hunting -- and paying -- for the latest in preventive software to protect me from arseholes of the world. Tweaking the computer is not what I do for fun. Others' mileage may vary.