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Intel Head Recommends Apple

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-does-he-use dept.

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.""

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  1. Re:No, correct by iamacat · · Score: 1, Troll

    Free Linux software runs just fine OSX. However, if you want more quality than people are willing to provide as a hobby, you are stuck without any solution on Linux. Maybe there is a commercial office suite, but good luck with news readers, utilities, tax prep, education software...

    I expect this situation to persist until Linux guarantees long-term binary compatibility for libc, /dev, /proc, C++ ABI, kernel modules and filesystem structure. OSX Tiger broke some kernel extensions (Cisco VPN) for the first time in many years and people are not happy. With Linux it's more like once a month.