[Iceman_2K]

Have to agree - system restore is nothing like Time Machine. I've used Time Machine numerous times to restore all files on the same, and sometimes different machines, with no problems regarding installed apps, modified system files, and personal files. Trying to do the same with System Restore on Windows 7 was a pain in the ass, and often times, you're better off just doing a clean install and manually copying files, or recloning the drive.

Originally Posted by Anjew

wrong, system restore people use is nothing like time machine which is a backup and system restore all in one dumb friendly package which comes FREE. It does not restore user files, emails, documents in configurable intervals(different folders can be set to daily hourly whatever depending on importance or preference). If you have windows 7 or Vista(in a limited way), you have shadowcopy but to an average consumer its like teaching someone born into a GUI era command line functions as they wont know the locations of the profiled data as they are most likely in a hidden folder tree... xp does not have shadowcopy and system restore files are one of the first items to be infected as well.

Malware is still a very real issue. A large portion of users dont even update java, not to mention many also dont even know what it is. there are thousands of websites ready to exploit windows machines with old versions of java including windows 7.

Some people just need their tool to work and not have to deal with malware which offets the benefits of slightly higher specs. I'm not saying Mac's do not get infected as well, just very uncommon for now.

Have you seen daily driver PC's compared to Macs after a couple years or sometimes even months?