Actually almost all consumer routers don't contain a firewall in the textbook definition; they just translate the open internet into a NAT network, which effectively does the same job as a firewall would. In a lot of them there is even a section in the configuration web page called "Firewall", but this is still not a true firewall.
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Also, this:
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the problem with PCs is the users. the difference with macs is they hide or automate everything so the user can't mess it up as easily.
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..is roughly how I feel about the whole thing.
-Annikk