I heard this before and a friend of mine says that reason alone is good enough for me to spend the extra cash on a MAC.
Now I send $40 a year for WEBROOT SPYSWEEPER and $40 a year on NORTON ANTIVIRUS for my pc. I honestly have not had any more problems because of these
programs but I hate spending the money yearly to have them. Does that mean I will not have to buy those programs anymore if I get a mac?BDx13 - 8-24-2007 at 03:17 PM
two main reasons - market share and security.
1. since macs make up a mere 5-6% of the total PC market, there are not as many viruses and spyware programs written thargeting them.
2. one of osx's builtin security features is especially effective - every time a program attempts to install itself on your machine, you are
presented with a popup window that requires you to enter your admin password before the installation can proceed. in most cases, a program will only
be installing itself when you double click an install file you downloaded or put in the disc drive. in the rare case that you actually recieved an
email with a virus attached (i've never recieved one on my mac), it the install won't automatically run like it would on a pc.
while i probably should (just to be extra safe), i don't run any spyware or antivirus apps on my macs. just the firewall that came with the computer.
what BD said. I have used macs for the last 3 years and I love them, I could never go back to anything else.
MM.upyerbum - 8-24-2007 at 10:55 PM
All the virus writers use Macs. clevohardcore - 8-25-2007 at 02:27 AM
I read both articles that link directly. They are good info. in fact enough for me to decide right now which is what I did. I am going mac when I buy
another computer. I am selling mine right now. Once I get some cash from that I am buying one. My cousin offered $600 and my buddy offered $450 -
$500. That will be enough to offset the difference. Hope one of them buy it. I have no need for 2 computers.BDx13 - 8-25-2007 at 08:12 AM
it seems like you've been on the fense about this for a while.
glad you're coming around.
i'm sure it'll take a day or two to get used to, but it'll be worth it in the long run.
if you want some input on which mac to get, just lemme know.clevohardcore - 8-25-2007 at 08:40 AM
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Originally posted by BD
it seems like you've been on the fense about this for a while.
glad you're coming around.
i'm sure it'll take a day or two to get used to, but it'll be worth it in the long run.
if you want some input on which mac to get, just lemme know.
^^^^^^ Definitely. A frined was sayting what most of you already do and that is get a external HD as well just for music. So that is what I will do.
As for everyhting else I will definitely go to you for info. Liek always all of you guys and gal are kick assDave - 8-25-2007 at 08:49 AM
I always thought people who bought mac's were the ones that couldn't figure out how to use a PC.
joemaconmovies - 8-25-2007 at 10:48 AM
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Originally posted by metal mulisha
what BD said. I have used macs for the last 3 years and I love them, I could never go back to anything else.
MM.
i am also in this category.clevohardcore - 8-25-2007 at 04:08 PM
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Originally posted by Dave
I always thought people who bought mac's were the ones that couldn't figure out how to use a PC. It was a HP that was big and off white that was
200MGHZ
^^^^^^^^^^ I remeber a guy telling me something like that back in 1997 when I bought my first pc at this place caled SUN TV and Appliances.tireironsaint - 8-25-2007 at 04:39 PM
I've always found it to be that the PC loyal folks were the ones who couldn't figure out how to use macs. Personally I have no problems with either,
but they both have their place.hardtone - 8-25-2007 at 11:05 PM
As an IT Engineer I like both platforms, PCs are more affordable as of now, and have more apps to chose from. Though MAC is starting to have more
options in available software. A couple of guys I work with run an app called Parallels Desktop which allows a user to run a windows XP virtual
session on a MAC OS X. It?s cool because you can benefit from the MAC hardware but use windows to run some programs you might need?Murk - 8-25-2007 at 11:44 PM
i bought this computer in 2001.
all i do is keep up with updates, run Ad-Aware and defrag regularly.
sure, sometimes my shit freezes up, but that's usually from me running too many programs etc.
other than that, it's been just fine for many different uses.
