Two good reasons to go MacIntosh

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:

http://www.vbrad.com/pf.asp?p=Misc/hum_ms_cars.htm

 

Ask a Mac owner about the wide range of application sofware available
and he will answer, "What application software?"

And what does a Spy wear anyway? A trenchcoat??


Matt

 

Didn't you know? the Mac userbase is made up entirely of hippies who just
use I-Tunes and the few graphics programs that are out on mac.

 

We do know that Windoz users are blue suits who just follow what they
are told.

From a Mac, never crashes, totally infection free.

 

That's because most of the SW home users need comes with a Mac. <

Think about it, M$ is strictly a software company. They aren't going to
give away their lively hood.
Apple is a hardware company which also makes some excellent software,
used on both Macs and Win.

Many Win users many not know it, but their Quicktime which is the
internet standard for media, is an Apple product and Apple gives it away.

 

And it has that wonderful built-in feature that if you delete it from
your startup programs, it adds itself back.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

OMFG!!! This is a particularity of spyware isnt? Going back in the startup
after (trying) removing it! Is Quicktime a spyware?

hmmmm...

 

Get some Anti virus software.


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Virus Database (VPS): 0534-2, 24/08/2005
Tested on: 25/08/2005 11:03:21 AM
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http://www.avast.com

 

Oh really! I have had QT.. and on updating PC's just left it out.

What media IS it the standard for? Let's see...I do streaming video of
football and soccer, and news excerpts. I dont GAF about Music videos or
movies, FTM!

But what movie trailers I do watch, either WMP or Real handles very
nicely... but maybe they repackage QT technology?

Of course I come from the 'blue suit' background where we needed software
that actually did something to add to the bottom line... whereas Jobs
defaulted on his corporate market share in favor of artistic types...

So dont wonder WHY MS and the PC took over.. Apple had the mid-level
manager desktop ( Apple IIe and Word Proc, plus visicalc), and gave it
away!

I'm sick and tired of Mac users crowing about their superiority in their
own little limited spere!

Mac is to computer users what AOL is to the internet! Same target market!

Before you flame back, tell me this.. did Apple invent the GUI? Did their
suit against MS on Windows have merit?

 

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

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

 

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.

 

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

 

Dweeb is a good thing.

MS


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Tested on: 25/08/2005 1:25:10 PM
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get a life. both companies are owned by the very same person. duhhhh.......

 

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.

 

Sounds like someone's jealous.

 

It really is Apple and it is quite widespread. I use it to play movies
produced on my Minolta stills camera. Won't play on another format.

I tried to without QT (trying to minimise stuff on my computer) but cannot.
I need Real player to run BBC programmes (long story but somehing to do with
what format was available when the BBC started offering audio files) and I
use WMA for other things.

DAS
Windows user, not fanatic about Mac

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
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Which two?

Not obvious to what you replied.

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling

 

Oh, Christ.

Here we go again with the smug Macintologists vs. the blinkered, yappy,
defensive Microsoftians.

And in completely inappropriate groups, too.

What fun.

DS