Out of the box BRAND NEW. And I've downloaded quite a bit of spyware protection. Mac doesnt need any. Nor does it need any anti virus programs. It was a job keeping my pc in tip-top shape. This is a lot easier. With a dock, I dont have icons clogging up my desktop, either. It's rather nice. It has its drawbacks. After you close a program you have to quit by hitting Apple->Q or go up to the menu and hit quit in the program drop box to get it to fully quit. On the upside, if I accidentally close the box the program is still open. If I hit "F11" it'll move the current window I'm working on over to the side so I can access my desktop. It's a rather nice machine...