I'd also like to add here that if you are going to stick with Windows and are looking for malware protection, PCMatic is the #1 most based company you can choose from. CEO Rob Cheng made his first million in Gateway computers, rolled it into PCMatic and never took a dime of VC or silicon valley money.
They also operate on a whitelist approach where they only allow trusted good applications to run, vs the usual approach which is based on blocking the bad.
I'd also like to add here that if you are going to stick with Windows and are looking for malware protection, PCMatic is the #1 most based company you can choose from. CEO Rob Cheng made his first million in Gateway computers, rolled it into PCMatic and never took a dime of VC or silicon valley money.
They also operate on a whitelist approach where they only allow trusted good applications to run, vs the usual approach which is based on blocking the bad.