Are Macs more Safe than Secure? No

Roughly Drafted Magazine ^ | 5/16/2009 | Daniel Eran Dilger

[Swordmaker]

Non-FUD article on Mac security from Roughly Drafted Magazine... PING!

Ignore the gratuitous, irrelevant final paragraph's political sniping... ;^)>

Mac Security Ping!

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[JoeProBono]

[mkjessup]

Ahhh, this article changes nothing, i.e., Apples are perfect, Windows-based machines are garbage, what else need be said?

ALL HAIL APPLE.







/sarc off

[WVKayaker]

Don't you hate having to drive your MS yugo, while Mac folk are flying down the highways of light? Sucks, brother, sucks!

[driftdiver]

Yep, apple has those cool commercials so it must be fine.

Funny, I haven’t had a virus on my PC in 6 years. Stay of the porn, hollywood, and kiddie sites and you will be fine.

[driftdiver]

“Don’t you hate having to drive your MS yugo, while Mac folk are flying down the highways of light? Sucks, brother, sucks! “

A perfect example of the major reason I would never buy a MAC. Its the perfect example of how liberals think.

If I want a different OS than windows I’ll use my linux machine.

[WVKayaker]

A perfect example of the major reason I would never buy a MAC. Its the perfect example of how liberals think.

Isn't America great? We have CHOICE!

Unfortunately, some people lack a decent argument, so they use ad hominem attacks, instead of facts. No facts, huh?

[mkjessup]

Don't you hate having to drive your MS yugo

Yeah, but yugo through rain, yugo go through snow, yugo through ice and hail, yugo and go and go and go...

[mkjessup]

Yep, apple has those cool commercials so it must be fine.

Of course. Coolest commercial = best product.

Funny, I haven’t had a virus on my PC in 6 years. Stay off the porn, DailyKOS, DU, 'Rat sites, hollywood, and kiddie sites and you will be fine.

Made just a couple worthwhile additions to that list, ;)

[driftdiver]

You want facts? MACs have plenty of security and safety problems. I see threats to MACs every day and they are increasing. On top Apple is much slower to respond to security threats.

The weakest point in either OS is the user. Entice the user to click on something and you own it.

But hey, if you don’t have any users and no software then its a bit easier to keep it ‘secure’.

[WVKayaker]

Yeah, but yugo through rain, yugo go through snow, yugo through ice and hail, yugo and go and go and go...

I prefer the robust strength of Mac!

[WVKayaker]

You want facts? MACs have plenty of security and safety problems. I see threats to MACs every day...

I have five Macs up and running. No threats. No Viruses. OSX has my back!

Where's the FACTS (not ur OPINION!)?

[Gomez]

Funny, I haven’t had a virus on my PC in 6 years. Stay off the porn, DailyKOS, DU, 'Rat sites, hollywood, kiddie sites, sites tat serve ads, and never, never, ever mistype a URL in the address bar and you will be fine.

Added a couple more.

[driftdiver]

FACTS? You seem quite ignorant of the reality. Do you have anything except hyperbole and pretty pictures?

[mkjessup]

If I want a different OS than windows I’ll use my linux machine.

Yep, in my case it would be this dinosaur sitting in my basement:

[driftdiver]

Oh I’ve mistyped URLs still don’t have a problem.

The world runs on Windows for desktop and Unix for servers.

Pretty jean wearing boys use MACs because it makes them feel like a rebel.

[driftdiver]

You might be a geek if ____________

Does it still run?

[DainBramage]

On another note, my son dropped a g4 ibook yesterday and broke the lcd. Ive found sites with instruction for replacement but need help on best deal for the screen.

Any help would be appreciated greatly.

[mkjessup]

Does it still run?

Yes, but only occasionally, just to blow the dust off the bits.