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To: for-q-clinton; zeugma; antiRepublicrat
Hey we agree. Both are about equally secure or insecure, the only difference is which one is more desirable. In competition hackers will want the overpriced item, in the real world hackers will want the most users to get the most bang for their buck.

Not at all the same thing. You are assuming that everything else is equal and it is not. It is much easier to write malware for one platform than it is to write for the other... and that makes a big difference. That differential has made all the difference for the past ten years and continues to make a big difference in the choices the malware writers have made about which platform they write their malware for. The evidence for your position is entirely against it. We know the malware authors are willing to write malware for small demographic targets because they HAVE done so... and done so profitably... and we have posted numerous examples of their micro-malware efforts. They just have not been successful in writing malware for the very large Mac platform because it is difficult to do so.

As for Macs being overpriced, the price of anything is what a willing seller and a willing buyer are able to agree it's worth... and millions of transactions have established the price of Macs. Ergo, it is not overpriced. The value of the PCs have been established as well... very low.

123 posted on 06/29/2011 3:45:37 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone. See swordmaker....macbots really do post ga)
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To: Swordmaker

Oh I see. When it benefits mac the argument counts. When it doesn’t benefit mac the argument doesn’t count.

I see how this is going. I’ll let you get the last word in as I know you won’t stop posting until you do. I think it’s obvious to the thinking people out there how obtuse you’re being.

Now go ahead and get the last word in...I know that makes you feel as if you made your point.


127 posted on 06/29/2011 6:16:28 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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