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A Six-Step Plan for Apple
An anonymous reader writes "Open letter from Alex Salkever to Jobs. One thing in particular strikes me: 'The latest round of attacks on Microsoft software is terrifying. If using a Mac means servers in Russia are less likely to harvest my passwords and offer my identity to the highest bidder, I think that's an offer I'd like to hear more about.' I think he's got something there."
...ehh, nevermind.
In Soviet Russia, Chuck Norris will still kick your ass.
I think the Mac OS has been escaped the brunt of virus attacks thanks largely to its miniscule user base. I am a Mac user myself and I don't run any anti virus software but I do not think it is impossible to write a virus or exploit some security hole in the OS.. I just feel secure because I know most virus writers are happy to target the world of Windows! :)
Back to the article, I do not think Apple will introduce a headless iMac; rumors seem to suggest another all-in-one solution! I would line up for either :)
Apple won't listen. If Apple listened it would have never gotten itself in such a conundrum in the first place.
Apple's long history of being deaf to the market and rude to users is what got them to where they are in the first place, starting from when they moved from the Apple ][ to the Mac without providing a downward compatible option. The story continues from there: tiny screens nobody liked, b/w monitors only, no floppy support, overpriced Macs, single button mice nobody but Jobs likes and on and on.
I guess i'll chime in here with my biggest issue with Apple. I am a typical finance/home user. Some photos, some audio, but I live in outlook (heck I need to, my company uses exchange and there's no other way I know of to be sharing calendars and what not given that restriction) and furthermore I live and die with Microsoft Money and Quicken to manage personal finances. About 3 months ago, I rushed out and spent nearly twice on a powerbook what I normally spend during my annual dell upgrade fest. I brought the beautiful computer home and I found several main issues that would turn off any "try-hard die-hard" mac fan: 1) there is no outlook. there is nothing close to outlook. i couldn't share calendars, i was a corporate outcast. safari does not properly display outlook web access from my exchange host and the 3 other browsers i downloaded failed to do this properly as well 2) the version of office is one step behind. frankly speaking, when all my colleagues are buzzing it up on office xp with colored tabs and all the Excel yahoo features, I'm stuck 3 years ago 3) there is no Microsoft Money, the MAC version of Quicken does NOT download from everywhere the PC version does, and i'm left typing in all my stock quotes by hand. look, i tried as much as the next guy to get this to work, but these are huge dealbreaker issues that will face any semi-sophisticated wanna-be mac advocate. i wish that i had been able to figure out a solution, but it just plain didn't work out. i can't see any real conversion of business users until this works itself out and i see business use as a huge route into the home. Good luck apple
If using a Mac means servers in Russia are less likely to harvest my passwords and offer my identity to the highest bidder, I think that's an offer I'd like to hear more about.
What about the servers in PANAMA???
Hire a Linux system administrator, systems engineer,
1.) Macs does graphics apps better.
2.) Macs aren't easy to contaminate with viruses.
3.) Macs don't really have spyware and adware.
If the above is true, that's only 3 things Macs are superior than windows. Games, corporate apps, freeware choices, price.... unfortunately M$ still has the advantage.