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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 713786" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Yep, that's true too - forgot about that one.</p><p></p><p>Either way, I suspect Mac OS will be less susceptible in the long run to things like viruses, if only by virtue of the fact that the core OS is fairly well protected. In the Windows world, up until Vista, every user was basically root. At least on Mac OS, the user can only really manipulate the system within the context of their home folder without escalating permissions (and that should be a fairly obvious sign to the user that something isn't right if they're just randomly prompted for credentials). But once again, ignorance plays a role here. If you get into the habit of just entering your password anytime you're prompted for it, you're likely going to do some damage at some point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 713786, member: 24098"] Yep, that's true too - forgot about that one. Either way, I suspect Mac OS will be less susceptible in the long run to things like viruses, if only by virtue of the fact that the core OS is fairly well protected. In the Windows world, up until Vista, every user was basically root. At least on Mac OS, the user can only really manipulate the system within the context of their home folder without escalating permissions (and that should be a fairly obvious sign to the user that something isn't right if they're just randomly prompted for credentials). But once again, ignorance plays a role here. If you get into the habit of just entering your password anytime you're prompted for it, you're likely going to do some damage at some point. [/QUOTE]
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