"Experts" Say Macs Are Not Safer Than PCs

Posted by pudge on Wednesday May 29, 2002 @03:31AM from the and-i-say-that-the-middle-east-is-a-great-vacation-spot-this-year dept.

MoneyT writes "As reported at vnunet, experts are claiming that Macs are no safer than PCs in terms of protection from a virus. Seems more to me like they're just saying that we Mac users aren't invulnerable, but until I see things like nimda taking out my Mac, I'll stick with the iBook." The article doesn't mention that the "7,000 macro viruses" attack Microsoft products (leaving uses of a Mac only as a web server completely protected from them), nor does it quote any statistics about how many Mac vs. Windows viruses exist, and it doesn't address the real- world fact that Macs are hit with viruses far less often than Windows machines.

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Re:No Data? by MoneyT · 2002-05-29 14:32 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Sorry, I had to contribute the story cause I knew that the editors wouldn't be able to resist. Besides, after having 4 rejections, I needed an accepted.

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Re:No Data? by Jebediah21 · 2002-05-29 16:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I don't blame you at all. Hell, it is an eye-catcher. Just bothers me that the editors get baited by such things.

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