If you want high-volume Internet access and the least complexity in use, maximum stability and minimum disruption, I would suggest an IMac hooked up to a cable-modem service like RoadRunner or Cox, running Mac OS9.x. It can run for years without crashing, and is fast as anything, not too expensive, and provides all the software you could need -- with PalTalk being one exception, except that you can run it on an emulation program.

As for it being hard to find out something about Macs, John, I must disagree. The web is crawling with Mac docs.

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