Re: SF Gate Article on Macs/PC's

["Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com>]

"John Van Winkle" <john-vw@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message 
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> "Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> "Donald C. Lee" <coach41@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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>> > http://sfgate.com/columnists/morford/
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>> I completely agree, and I'm typing this from a Wintel PC. The Mac, IMHO,
> is
>> now the best choice for someone's first computer. There is just too much
>> maintainance involved with Windows for new user to deal with.
>>
>> However, the software that I use is mostly Windows-specific. Also, the PC
>> I'm using right now I built myself. I put in it exactly what I want and
>> nothing else. Can I do that with a Mac? Nope. Ready-made systems off the
>> shelf, only.
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> I agree too.  I am getting more anti-micro$haft because of the lousy OS 
> they
> write that I am moving to Linux.  When I can do all the things in Linux 
> that
> I do in Windoze, we will not run Windows.  I would like to play with a 
> Mac,
> but the nearest place to try one is at least 150 miles away.  But I own 2
> older ones and I like playing with them.  Yes, I would miss building my 
> own
> system, but not a problem.  I would rather it run for years without a 6
> month reload schedule.
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I'm not sure the blame falls entire on M$. Similar holes may exist in Mac OS 
X, but no one is going to exploit them because Macs have, what, a 3% (??) 
market share. But there are still those who argue that OS X is one of the 
most secure operating systems around. Well, good for it. Microsoft has to 
make a product that will run on a seeming infinite combination of hardware 
configurations. It's easy to make a secure operating system when you 
manufacture and know exactly what the hardware is on every machine that is 
running it.

I've used Linux and I don't think it's ready for mainstream. Too much 
configuring.

Basically, if you are using a PC, keep windows update turned ON, use IE 
sparingly, keep you AV software up to date, monitor your firewall, run 
anti-spyware apps, don't so much as breathe on strange email....

-Greg