switch to linux. free and open source, and failure rate is lower than Micro$oft.
bodhi is pretty to look at. ubuntu is pretty easy to get used to if you're new to linux.
the people who write viruses are usually using linux, so there are fewer viruses for linux.
linux isn't near as user friendly and what do you mean by lower failure rate? Microsoft is pretty simple and straight forward and most computer deaths are related to hardware failure which doesn't have much to do with microsoft. Virus' are also super easy to avoid with good internet habits.
Thanks, I will have to keep that in consideration!