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Ignoring the viruses. Or I'm just simply immune to them?Charlie7940 said:Wow...how do you manage that?

The only protection on my computer is a firewall...
Ignoring the viruses. Or I'm just simply immune to them?Charlie7940 said:Wow...how do you manage that?
But nothing can beat the paper-eating PC: http://www.apple.com/switch/stories/ellenfeiss.html691175002 said:LOL that site has me ROFL but it does have some useful info...
Then what the hell ate my files in a prepress studio? There are only Macs there, and yes, that whole system got virused. And it wasn't a gentle virus (as most the PC-viruses are), it wiped clean the hdds...Echo_ said:dude there are no spyware or viruses on macs at least no one has gotten one before
unprotected also means no firewall. I couldn't even get my pre-blaster patch version of XP on the internet for 3 seconds before it tried to turn itself off.The only protection on my computer is a firewall...
Id never pay for a machine with a floppy drive.I'd never pay $499 for a machine with no floppy drive. >_<
Because generally they do. x86 platforms are catching up however.I just seriously don't get why so many people assume that Macs prevail over Windows in media applications.
LOLNo spyware/viruses
Dont tempt me.Should I start a contest to see if someone could infect me?
Well there ya goThe only protection on my computer is a firewall...
Not an advantage3. you can overclock a mac(some sodiering is requered)
Again not an advantage4. Thier cpus are made by IBM and Motraola
Sounds like catch-up5. Lot of the PC ram, HDD, Opict drives will work with the mac.
from macdailynews.comDave Thomas, former chief of computer intrusion investigations at FBI headquarters, and current Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division of the FBI has told the Scott Granneman of SecurityFocus, "that many of the computer security folks back at FBI HQ use Macs running OS X, since those machines can do just about anything: run software for Mac, Unix, or Windows, using either a GUI or the command line. And they're secure out of the box. In the field, however, they don't have as much money to spend, so they have to stretch their dollars by buying WinTel-based hardware. Are you listening, Apple? The FBI wants to buy your stuff. Talk to them!"
Granneman reports, "Dave also had a great quotation for us: 'If you're a bad guy and you want to frustrate law enforcement, use a Mac.' Basically, police and government agencies know what to do with seized Windows machines. They can recover whatever information they want, with tools that they've used countless times. The same holds true, but to a lesser degree, for Unix-based machines. But Macs evidently stymie most law enforcement personnel. They just don't know how to recover data on them. So what do they do? By and large, law enforcement personnel in American end up sending impounded Macs needing data recovery to the acknowledged North American Mac experts: the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Evidently the Mounties have built up a knowledge and technique for Mac forensics that is second to none."
from macdailynews.com
Looks like there are some reasons for using a mac
Lord AnthraX said:Macs are good for hardcore video editing so many people have told me.
I do understand that it's easy to get a virus just by connecting to the Internet but lets face it, most people practically go looking for them.