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| Thread ID: 76433 | 2007-02-01 01:11:00 | Mac or PC | mabix (10146) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 521467 | 2007-02-03 05:12:00 | Well Im so used to a pc a mac is out of the question. | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 521468 | 2007-02-03 05:14:00 | Yes pctek, if I dig deep enough I will hit China, although I'm not sure because my geography isn't that great For the record plod, you'd hit Portugal :) As for the link from the register "The worm is not spreading in the wild and uses an internal counter that means it will expire on February 24, so it's unlikely to ever be much of a problem." |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 521469 | 2007-02-03 05:15:00 | Well Im so used to a pc a mac is out of the question. That might all change when you get into Vista since it is a virtual copy of a Mac. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 521470 | 2007-02-03 05:41:00 | Its everywhere... www.dailytech.com Not the article, the 140 user comments that follow. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 521471 | 2007-02-03 05:46:00 | Its everywhere... www.dailytech.com Not the article, the 140 user comments that follow. That is just one site... how about this selection apple.slashdot.org www.osnews.com |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 521472 | 2007-02-03 05:48:00 | Sorry, I don't click on any of your links, Your bias is so far out of whack that whatever you post is rendered worthless by default. Hence, I shouldn't even reply to you, so...why do i? My GOD, I'm at fault for much of your babble. Muhahahahahaha. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 521473 | 2007-02-03 05:52:00 | OK the two links I posted weren't to do with the one you posted, although they are both related to the resulting comments from Bill's interview with NewsWeek about the features in Vista which probably amounts to the same kind of response from readers. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 521474 | 2007-02-03 05:56:00 | .sigh..........you know most PC malware is self inflicted too. Its pretty hard to get infected if you are just doing a bit of email and browsing to safe sites. While I do have various anti-malware programs on my PC they must get awfully bored continually finding nothing. At least PC people generally have the brains to be cautious. Mac people in their unending belief that the things are bullet proof are likely to have unhappy surprises sooner or later. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 521475 | 2007-02-03 06:33:00 | .sigh..........you know most PC malware is self inflicted too. Its pretty hard to get infected if you are just doing a bit of email and browsing to safe sites. While I do have various anti-malware programs on my PC they must get awfully bored continually finding nothing. At least PC people generally have the brains to be cautious. Mac people in their unending belief that the things are bullet proof are likely to have unhappy surprises sooner or later. True, but it is still MUCH harder to randomly infect a Mac without user intervention which is probably why the platform is as safe as it is. I agree that there are vulnerabilites discovered in the system as there are in all systems, Apple just tends to release patches to many of the potential vulnerabilites before they are compromised by outsiders. Theoretically with the Mac market share as it is Apple should have approximately 16,000 examples of malware that can infect the system considering how many there are for Windows. If Windows was secure as its claimed to be there wouldn't be as many botnets as there are which are generally caused by nieve users clicking on dodgy email links which then get auto installed into unprotected PCs. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 521476 | 2007-02-03 15:19:00 | i look at it this way: for me, mac is out of the question untill gaming is supported. in the mean time i have my xp pro working just fine, and spybot/adaware/avast all have a pretty uneventful life, even on limewire. i'm using linux on my new server, so will comment when i've got used to it vista is out of my price range, and why would i bother, really... who cares how pretty your mac is? it's whats on the inside that counts! my pc looks good in clear acrylic, glowing red, with two LCD displays. sure old PC's are ugly, but that's fashion: so are old macs historically macs were ****, but they have caught up. and last but not least: why do mac fanatics feel the need to convert others? why are they so insecure? or are they just showing their 'individuality'? My real point is that if everyone converted to macs, that's where the viruses will go, so in the interest of data-defence/self-preservation, why increase the chances someone will care enough to give mac a virus or two? and once everyone has converted to mac, you won't be able to brag about your mac any more 'cause everyone else has the same thing! (and Dell computers are NOT to be used for pricing as they are not real computers) |
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