If you use Windows, you'll spend more time overcoming your system than you will publishing. It'll go down when the cable companies buy into it, maybe even when the telephone companies buy into it if they're smart. But right now it's pretty damn expensive if all you want to do is let the world know about your church circle's wonderful cookies. Their are other ways, and I'll talk about them later. A computer is a companion.
Computers listen, and they talk back.
Buy a companion you won't want to hide from.