Why do there seem to be a disproportionate number of Mac users?
Posted by: Andy S on 27 May 2010
... a serious question - and not one I'm trying to bring up the PC/mac debate either! Why are people using macs as opposed to PCs for front ends?
It does seem to me to be an expensive way of streaming data compared to a PC running either linux or windoze...
- Ease of use?
- Ease of setup?
- Perceived sound quality (won't get into the bits is bits debate again
)? - "it's what everyone else does"?
- All of the above/other reasons?
It does seem to me to be an expensive way of streaming data compared to a PC running either linux or windoze...
Posted on: 01 June 2010 by Bananahead
quote:Originally posted by garyi:
Anything but norton though
The problem with this attitude is that it is old.
A-List.
But I suspect it is a similar attitude displayed by most who have moved from Windows to OSX.
Posted on: 01 June 2010 by pcstockton
quote:Originally posted by Adam Meredith:
Why do there seem to be more wasps than bees?
There possibly aren't - they're just more annoying.
Hilariously true... regardless of what "side" we all may fall on.
Posted on: 01 June 2010 by silent tim
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/01/mac_spyware/
If you look hard enough and long enough you'll always find something
There is no denying windows is inherently unsecure and usually permanently set to admin mode, the problem is people still dont understand/care why 'free screensaver.exe' etc is A Bad Idea
Doesnt matter if its win, mac, linux: "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
If you look hard enough and long enough you'll always find something
There is no denying windows is inherently unsecure and usually permanently set to admin mode, the problem is people still dont understand/care why 'free screensaver.exe' etc is A Bad Idea
Doesnt matter if its win, mac, linux: "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
Posted on: 01 June 2010 by Guido Fawkes
That is not a virus - it is Spyware -
A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability. A true virus can spread from one computer to another (in some form of executable code) when its host is taken to the target computer; for instance because a user sent it over a network or the Internet, or carried it on a removable medium such as a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB drive.
I've never seen a Unix or OSX virus in 20 years of working in the industry. I don't have any idea how you could write one given the architecture. It is dead easy with some other architectures especially ones which use dynamic link libraries.
Of course, writing nasty code for a Mac is not hard - rootkits are an example: easier on Windows PCs, but far from difficult on a Mac. There are other areas where the Mac is vulnerable such as its Java engine - it use to be straightforward to make a java applet run that could invoke an application on the Mac, if that application were a Trojan, disguised as an amusing previously downloaded jpeg, that could erase the iTunes library then visiting the nasty web site could ..... a good URL filter will stop such nonsense. Apple has fixed these Java bugs BTW.
I have seen lots of PC viruses and the first virus I saw was from Swiss Cracking Association and infected one of my first Amiga computers - fortunately SCA released a program that removed the virus, the SCA virus would spread to any write-enabled floppies inserted; it popped-up an innocuous message every 15th reboot. The big-C denied any such virus could exist, but it most definitely could and did. Mind you can dissemble Commodore ROMs and read what some employees thought of the company. Luckily nobody writes Amiga viruses these days.
The Acorn BBC or Archimedes are totally immune to viruses - wonderful machines that everybody should have used ... why they didn't become the standard is something that always Grates.
I've never seen a virus on a CD player or vinyl record player - still that's progress for you.
A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability. A true virus can spread from one computer to another (in some form of executable code) when its host is taken to the target computer; for instance because a user sent it over a network or the Internet, or carried it on a removable medium such as a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB drive.
I've never seen a Unix or OSX virus in 20 years of working in the industry. I don't have any idea how you could write one given the architecture. It is dead easy with some other architectures especially ones which use dynamic link libraries.
Of course, writing nasty code for a Mac is not hard - rootkits are an example: easier on Windows PCs, but far from difficult on a Mac. There are other areas where the Mac is vulnerable such as its Java engine - it use to be straightforward to make a java applet run that could invoke an application on the Mac, if that application were a Trojan, disguised as an amusing previously downloaded jpeg, that could erase the iTunes library then visiting the nasty web site could ..... a good URL filter will stop such nonsense. Apple has fixed these Java bugs BTW.
I have seen lots of PC viruses and the first virus I saw was from Swiss Cracking Association and infected one of my first Amiga computers - fortunately SCA released a program that removed the virus, the SCA virus would spread to any write-enabled floppies inserted; it popped-up an innocuous message every 15th reboot. The big-C denied any such virus could exist, but it most definitely could and did. Mind you can dissemble Commodore ROMs and read what some employees thought of the company. Luckily nobody writes Amiga viruses these days.
The Acorn BBC or Archimedes are totally immune to viruses - wonderful machines that everybody should have used ... why they didn't become the standard is something that always Grates.
I've never seen a virus on a CD player or vinyl record player - still that's progress for you.
Posted on: 01 June 2010 by DarrellK
It never ceases to amaze me, even at work, PCs have to regularly taken away and "re-imaged" due to viruses and other malware. I don't know why we don't switch to Linux - the vast majority of users only need email/browser/office suite, and the creative types who do design work have MACs anyway.
To be honest, using Firefox instead of IE, even on Windows, goes a long way in ensuring security.
To be honest, using Firefox instead of IE, even on Windows, goes a long way in ensuring security.
Posted on: 03 June 2010 by JYOW
Oh and of course use VLC player instead of Windoze Media unplayable player