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Mad as Hell, Switching to Mac
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.'"
i don't get it- what's so hard about win 2k or xp that these morons have so much trouble? i've got a 2k box at home, and it runs great for days, weeks, months without needing a reboot. the only piece of software that ever crashes is firefox! i don't get spyware, or viruses...
what are these people doing wrong, and, whatever it is, what makes them think that it won't happen on a mac? are they just clueless idiots who click every "yes" button and download everything they see? maybe that's not windows' fault but theirs... using a mac because it's "immune" to most of the malware that people stupidly install themselves simply because macs make up a tiny percentage of the market is security by obscurity, plain and simple
also, i think a lot of the problem are these retarded apps that manufacturers and isp's install on users' machines. one of the first things i do with a new machine is clean off all that crap. half of the time it's that shit that screws everything up. if you run a clean version of windows and only use professionally written apps, you'll see that the problem is not windows
i realize windows has it's flaws, and has especially had flaws in the past, but it doesn't take a genius to keep an XP or 2000 machine safe and clean, and i'm tired of people blaming windows for their own stupid behavior.
As a note, the 12" Powerbook overheating is the BATTERIES only, and only a SMALL NUMBER of them.
I've got a PB 12", and two batteries for it, and neither is affected by the recall.
And it's not as if PCs don't have their share of major hardware flaws.
And at least Apple has recalls, to CORRECT the problems.
"Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you."
Computers are much more important than God (thus religion). Computers exist.
If you think that God does exist you need psychological help.
If you disagree with this than you are an idiot.
Now, hopefully you are mad at me and want to point out that I am just anouncing things to be true without any evidence, and you are one step closer to enlightenment.