Quote Originally Posted by Jerhart View Post
I have a Macbook Pro 3 years old.

Never had any problems.

Never have to buy/download additional anti-virus/spyware software.

You get what you pay for.
I have an HP tablet 3 year old and have never had any virus/spyware problems. I have had virus protection in the past, but I don't really see why that's a negative.

The best and cheapest solution is to not download things that are obvious malware, but that's not 100% so yeah you can spend 10 minutes, one time, to install antivirus software. That's a lot less time than it would take to pick out a new mac.
But if you're really concerned, you can download Ubuntu, and that's free!