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Microsoft Ends IE on the Mac

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the clearly-macs-are-more-secure-now dept.

ron_ivi writes "Microsoft is to cease IE support for Apple's Mac on Dec 31st of this year." And with this change, every mac on the internet will become even more secure than their Windows based counterparts. CT Deja Vu 'eh? Sorry.

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  1. Would you like that article in English? by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Insightful
    In case you noticed, the linked article read like a bad translation from Chinese to English. Probably because it was.

    If you'd like a better article regarding this, try out this article which is easier and it also contains a relevant quote:
    "It is recommended that Macintosh users migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari," Microsoft said.
    Instead of having to put up with awkward sentences like the following from The People's Daily article:
    IE will not be a problem for Apple users because most of them have applied different browsers on their computers.


    I hope everyone has "applied" firefox by now.

    I'm not going to say anything about this remark:
    And with this change, every mac on the internet will become even more secure than their Windows based counterparts.
    Other than this is an arguable statement. It's possible that whatever browser has the highest usage rating will have the most virii written for it. If Firefox becomes the dominant browser, it might even be safer to have IE installed on your computer to avoid the latest virus. Yes, a Firefox virus is fixed faster than an IE virus, but it's still a liability.
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