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Shouldn't we be promoting other users not to go for Macs insteads

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If Vista viruses are worth writing about (yawn), and publicizing the author's nickname, think of the incentive —the fame — for writing a successful Mac virus.
 
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and people say that I'm nuts when I run out of blog topics. ;)
 

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There is a way to make a computer ssystem secure, do not take it out of the box it came in. ;D


Good one Rman! :D That might just work!
 
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benefits of increased popularity like more software developers? Personally I can't visualise Windows switchers coding Mac applications within a time frame of at least 1 year.

Where on earth did you pull that from? If software companies detect a growing Mac market they are more likely to develop software if they can make a profit from it. Your wild ideas about how long programmers will take to start developing for OSX are irrelevant.

By mac users not promoting macs, we can slow down the possible treat of a virus. It's about slowing it down, instead of a rude abrupt call for Mac users that their system is not secure at all

As Brown Study pointed out, this is just an internet forum, the Mac does not orbit around this place, and neither will it stand or fall based on our recommendation. If we all came on here one day and stated Macs are rubbish, it wouldn't make one iota of difference.

Even if the theory about obscurity meaning security were remotely true, as I've stated here before it would - in theory - require 50% market share for virus-writing to become more profitable for OSX than for Windows (and profit is becoming a bigger and bigger reason for writing viruses). And there's no way in **** Macs will reach that, even if every member of every Mac forum had the Apple logo tattooed on their butt and ran around naked.


Edit: I love the way h-e-l-l is considered a swear word and butt isn't. :rolleyes:
 
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. . . even if every member of every Mac forum had the Apple logo tattooed on their butt and ran around naked.
Hmmm.

That would mean I could throw away my X-ray glasses I bought from the back page of a 40-year-old comic book.

At last.
 
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Nice one, brown study :D
 
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What DevilBoy said. Yes Windows is more popular so more viruses will be made for Windows. However, Windows doesn't help itself by letting the user be stupid. There is no need for an average user to have root access. This is another reason why I love Macs. It hides the stuff that the average user does not need to know about, but it is powerful enough so power users can really utilize the full power of OS X and Unix.
 
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either way, macs will probably ending up getting viruses, mac probably wont even come close to the market share windows has for quite a long time. mac people generally seem to be happier people, i can't really fathom someone hacking away on a Macintosh creating a virus. i really don't think we should stop promoting macs, they are ultimately better for the most part. we are nice people, helping our nice friends get nice computers.

[nicé.]

edit:: sorry, i didn't even notice a second page! that root privilege thing is really smart thinking on apples part! but either way, most of us "promoting" macs, are just helping our unknowing friends:p

also:: knightlie! how did you know where my apple tattoo was?! :|:p
 
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Not suggesting to some poor Windows sufferer that there's a way out is the same as tossing an anvil to a shipwreck victim.

Your heart would have to be made of flint.
 
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I think that there is sufficent entrenched hatred out there of the Mac that I see on other locations on the internet, that no matter what amount of promotion that might happen whether that be on our part or Apple's a significant proportion of people will never want to have anything to do with our beloved Mac OS X.

It's inexplicable, it's ignorant, it's human nature. Since switching from Linux/Windows I now view the hatred and seething flames from trolls everywhere with a mild amusement. Especially since most of these views are based on what the Mac was pre-2001. They still think that Apple hardware is more expensive than the $399 Walmart computer, they still think that Apple users are smug metrosexuals who wear beréts and sip cappuchino in high-priced coffee shops, and still think that, for some reason, we all hang on Job's every word. Hey, Windows has improved quite a bit (then devolved with Vista) so let 'em think whatever they want.

Though I will admit, that there was a thread on another site which was talking about an Apple product there was one guy who likes to troll every Apple thread. He got run out by a whole bunch of recent switchers who recently got a Mac of some form and loved it. They weren't going to convince anyone, however because with certain people the ignorance is strong.
 
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Originally Posted by rman
There is a way to make a computer ssystem secure, do not take it out of the box it came in.

Good one Rman! :D That might just work!

Yeah it will work great until someone breaks into your place and steals your mac in the box.
 

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