Intel Head Recommends Apple

pboulang writes "noted in this article in the WSJ: Pressed about security by Mr. Mossberg, Mr. Otellini had a startling confession: He spends an hour a weekend removing spyware from his daughter's computer. And when further pressed about whether a mainstream computer user in search of immediate safety from security woes ought to buy Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh instead of a Wintel PC, he said, "If you want to fix it tomorrow, maybe you should buy something else.""

Comments

Re:Linux?

[jacquesm]

in other news, Apple rumoured to have ported OS/X to intel...

The beatings will continue until moral improves

[B747SP]

He spends an hour a weekend removing spyware from his daughter's computer

If this is an every-weekend thing, he really needs to consider a change of tactics: Spend an hour a weekend beating some sense into his stupid stupid daughter! (and/or himself)

Even the *really* dumb punters that come to me with computers loaded to the gills with spyware crap don't come back with repeat problems after the first time. Clean the computers, put a couple of blocking whassnames, remove MSIE, MS Lookout Express, MSN Messenger, MS Media Player, replace with Firefox, Thunderbird, GAIM or Miranda IM and Media Player Classic/Real Alternative/Quicktime Alternative. Beat a bit of sense into the punter (not much, just an inkling of a clue is usually enough) and they go away... usually never to be re-infected.

This isn't rocket science.

Re:Three Things To Rule Them All

[cr4p]

5. See them complain that the off-the-shelf program they bought won't run on their new Apple computer, since they failed to read the program's requirements that were on the box.