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Macs are easier to use, cheaper to maintain and way less vulnerable to viruses than PCs.
Yet a growing number of Mac loyalists are standing by their sleek machines. It's not because Macs are hip looking, or even that they have superior graphic, audio, video and multimedia features. It's because Macs make economic sense. Jonathan Hirshon, principal of Horizon Communications , found out the hard way about the high costs of PCs. After his database management software supplier stopped supporting the Mac version, Hirshon abandoned his company's network of eight Macs.