PC vs. Mac in Security: Experts Share Opinions

[ortiz34]

cliff notes

with 10% of the mkt share macs aren't being targeted as PC's as much (which is a no brainer) but it's growing

Windows 7 pwned apple OS snow leopord and their feeling the heat

 

[ortiz34]

lol@ having to reboot and reformat all the time
seriously, what is this 1998?

 

[bakemeacookie]

Funny. My friend got that "Your PC is infected, pay $50 to fix it" scams on your her computer and now it won't let her run anything or connect to te internet except to buy that rogue software.

lol. Ransomeware only targets pc owners, that should say something right there. Yep, she's reinstlaling the o/s since no antivirus can fix it! lol

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[mrplunkey]

cliff notes

with 10% of the mkt share macs aren't being targeted as PC's as much (which is a no brainer) but it's growing

Windows 7 pwned apple OS snow leopord and their feeling the heat

Shit! Now I'm downloading 123MB of critical system updates via IE.

One of these days, I'm soooo gonna refute these vicious claims against PCs.

 

[miplank]

cliff notes

with 10% of the mkt share macs aren't being targeted as PC's as much (which is a no brainer) but it's growing

Windows 7 pwned apple OS snow leopord and their feeling the heat

lol@the new vista being better than Snow Leopord.

 

[ortiz34]

lol@the new vista being better than Snow Leopord.

lol@ new vista

 

[miplank]

lol@ new vista

indeed

 

[mrplunkey]

lol@ new vista

Yeah, the correct brand name is "Vista Do-Over".

Gotta get the terminology right.

The cool thing is, both of my printers have decided to work right now. I guess I shouldn't bitch about Vista much until later today when one of the computers can't print anymore.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Those articles mean squat.

There are 1000x more viruses/malware designed for pc's than mac. Plus mac's don't have internet explorer which is like the worst browser out there.

Plus if you want a real sajmple: ask pc users how many have been hit with malware, viruses, etc. and had to reinstall the os last year. Now do the same with mac folks. End of debate.

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....which was covered in the link. When Macs gain any more than their current fraction of the marketshare and still have half-assed security, hackers will have a field day. And Steve Jobs will probably just blame it all on Adobe or Google, kinda like he did at his Town Hall meeting last week lol.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

lol@ having to reboot and reformat all the time
seriously, what is this 1998?

Didn't even have to do that then. Unless perhaps it was Windows ME lol.