[Wooly]

Applebores all remind me of the “Smiling Bob” character from the Enzite TV ads. Boring, one dimensional, and a severe inferiority complex where they have to constantly get the newest overpriced Apple gadget so they can run out and proclaim how they are, smarter than anyone else.
I have known several of them (and them is the best term). If you see one of them that you know in public and say hello, there response will be about their newest Apple purchase or it will be a condescending comment about your Windows computer.
The reality is most of them do not know how badly they are being screwed by Apple, most of them do not know anything about how a computer actually works and if they do get Adware on them (and it does happen) most just think it is a online ad from ITunes or Quicktime.

[D-fendr]

most of them do not know how badly they are being screwed by Apple

I have to run both platforms for software testing. I know which one I feel screwed by.

[Swordmaker]

Re: condescension

The only ones posting on this thread that are showing condescension are Windows users who have never used a Mac. . . Like you Wooly.

I have been using Mac OS X for eight years, totally bare of any anti malware protection, and have NEVER seen any “adware.” That’s because it just does not exist for Macs dispute your claim that it does. Nor has there been any self- replicating, self-transmitting, self-installing viruses or spyware.

There are about 14 Trojan applications in the wild that use social engineering to trick Mac users into downloading and installing them.