Re: Two good reasons to go MacIntosh

Aug 24, 2005 5 Replies

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Bill 2 20 years ago

1. Got a Norton anti-virus update notice this morning (1.5MB).

> 2. Got a Norton anti-virus update notice this afternoon (1.5MB). >
> Ask a Mac owner about computer virus and he will answer, "What virus?"
> Ask a Mac owner about computer spywear and he will answer, "What spywear?"

Ask a Mac owner about computer software and he will answer, "What software?"

Ask a Chrysler, Ford or GM owner about Mac viruses and spyware, and he will say "WTF does this have to do with my car?"

Other than this:

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Backyard Mechanic 20 years ago

Nomen Nescio wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@dizum.com:

Of COURSE....Mac's OS is VIRUS proof! Right?

Or MAYBE there's ANOTHER reason for that...or TWO

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dmac 20 years ago

now if you were a hacker would you hack the system where few will get affected or the one where many will be affected. only reason Mac/UNIX are considered safer is because so few (comparatively) people use them.

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Backyard Mechanic 20 years ago

"dmac" wrote in news:1124984277 snipped-for-privacy@spool6-east.superfeed.net:

And because the MS hack game was STARTED by Unix/Linx dweebs!

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High Sierra 20 years ago

Dweeb is a good thing.

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Mark 20 years ago

That's because nobody is going to bother writing a virus that will affect, what, 25 people? If you think there is a reason other than this, you are quite delusional.

See above.

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