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Mad as Hell, Switching to Mac

Posted by Zonk on from the i-want-you-to-go-to-the-window dept.

justAMan writes "Security dude, Winn Schwartau, has posted an article on Network World about switching his company to Macs because he's fed up with the security issues plaguing Windows-based systems. He also offers his view on why Windows is inherently flawed and why it will eventually fail because of those reasons. From the article, 'This is my first column written on a Mac - ever. Maybe I should have done it a long time ago, but I never said I was smart, just obstinate. I was a PC bigot. But now, I've had it. I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.'"

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  1. I'm mad as hell... by ReadbackMonkey · · Score: 0, Redundant

    and I'm not going to take it ANYMORE!

  2. Doesn't make any sense by DrXym · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The Mac is regarded as secure because it takes the same stance to security as modern Unix systems.


    Okay the guy sounds pissed, but it doesn't make sense why you'd drop all your hardware at the same time as you'd drop XP. Any PC that can run XP can in all liklihood run Linux (or BSD) and benefit from security goodness too.

  3. Why?? by The+Woodworker · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This just doesn't make sense. Why would you switch to the Mac right now as their hardware has obvious problems. Take, for example, their powerbooks. Slim, great quality screen, lightweight, and there are even rumors that all the pixels work out of the box! Why, Apple, WHY!

    And those G5 machines. 64 bits and quite as can be. Optical audio jacks. Why not give out pirate CDs with those things. And what is that key on the keyboard? It looks like a little apple. Do I eat it? They're just too strange and confusing to effectively use.

    -5 for obvious sarcasm and flame!

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    Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach him to fish and he'll wipe out the species.
  4. Re:How is this news? by leonbev · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Because it bashes Microsoft, silly! What, are you new here? :)