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To: TimF who wrote (306400)5/22/2009 5:14:40 PM
From: Murrey Walker  Respond to of 793719
 
But maybe your thinking of a virtual Windows setup, which if it gets infected, could probably just be deleted leaving the Mac intact

Exactly. Parallels is an application which allows you to concurrently run Windows and Mac.

WRT Mac's immunity to viruses, we're talking of a miniscule risk. Yes partly due to a smaller installed base, but the Mac/Unix based OS is very robust to say the very least.