In fact, 62 per cent of Mac users said that increased
security was the main reason for them moving to the
platform, according to Symantec.
Sounds like a botched survey question to me -- the question
was probably asked under circumstances like those Quiznos
sandwiches commercials. I really find it hard to believe
this statistic. What about ease of use? Things just working
correctly? Lack of infestive software (like Bonzai Buddy)?
Lack of P2P utils? Lickable UI elements? And who did they
ask, the Army? *cough*
"Obviously there are more PC-only viruses out there, but
there are still over 7,000 macro viruses which can hit
either Mac or PC platforms."
Right. That's probably the reason that the Microsoft Office
X suite has the "Macro virus protection" option enabled by
default.
Chapman explained that, because of the Mac's age, some of
the first viruses ever written were for a Mac and some
writers still target the platform specifically.
....all three of them......
"A Mac user can get a virus from a Windows machine that
won't affect them but, if it's attached to a document or a
file, then they can pass it on to another Windows machine."
I wouldn't exactly call them "incubators," as Chapman
whines. The viruses don't even run. If the user replies,
how many email clients include attachments in the replies?
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What possesses you to think such a thing?
The source of this questioning is probably the Darwin 1.4.1 ISO image for x86 that's available....
In fact, 62 per cent of Mac users said that increased security was the main reason for them moving to the platform, according to Symantec.
Sounds like a botched survey question to me -- the question was probably asked under circumstances like those Quiznos sandwiches commercials. I really find it hard to believe this statistic. What about ease of use? Things just working correctly? Lack of infestive software (like Bonzai Buddy)? Lack of P2P utils? Lickable UI elements? And who did they ask, the Army? *cough*
"Obviously there are more PC-only viruses out there, but there are still over 7,000 macro viruses which can hit either Mac or PC platforms."
Right. That's probably the reason that the Microsoft Office X suite has the "Macro virus protection" option enabled by default.
Chapman explained that, because of the Mac's age, some of the first viruses ever written were for a Mac and some writers still target the platform specifically.
"A Mac user can get a virus from a Windows machine that won't affect them but, if it's attached to a document or a file, then they can pass it on to another Windows machine."
I wouldn't exactly call them "incubators," as Chapman whines. The viruses don't even run. If the user replies, how many email clients include attachments in the replies?