It's much less vulnerable, but still Winders.
Now I have been looking at a new macbook I can maybe get after I figure out how Im going to do my taxes by hand but I was looking at a new HP with Windows 7 for $800 that includes a full paid for suite of MS Office (not the 60 day trial) that I can get now on an easy pmt plan
A couple of things:
1) New MBPs (15s and 17s) are rumored to be coming out soon. Prices might be dropping on older ones - http://www.macrumors...otential-refresh/
2) I recently took over a Win7 laptop at work. I'm still configuring it, but so far I don't like it much. The GUI is very different from Win2k or XP... If you haven't used it yet, try to play with it in a store. I got a couple of books to study up on.
3) There are many versions of Office. Make sure any one you get has what you need (a recent preload at work got a version of Office without PowerPoint).
4) Apple has payment plans, too. :-) I think just about everyone does, or has their own credit cards - even Amazon (but the requirements may differ). Be careful to understand the terms if you finance it...
5) I doubt that Win7 can be instantly rooted the way earlier versions (supposedly) could be when attached to the Internet, but it is still Windows. Maybe take a look here - http://www.winfrastr...ws-7-OS-hardening - I haven't tried that myself.
HTH a little.
Good luck.
Cheers,
Scott.