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Is there really a disconnect? The only Mac OS virii out there have been ones that require the user to run something and/or confirm an obviously unsafe action.
by cpr 18y ago
Is there really a disconnect?
The only Mac OS virii out there have been ones that require the user to run something and/or confirm an obviously unsafe action.
And there have only been 2-3-4 that have made the news, vs. thousands for Windows.
So it's not really a very dire situation, and Apple is right to feature it.
I'd certainly rather have a family member use a Mac than a Windows machine, if only for this reason.
- whacked_new 18y agoI just wanted to point out that the parent-parent made no reference to Windows. It would be better if your arguments didn't require this reference.
- cpr 18y agoHuh? Isn't the whole point of Apple's ads that Mac OS X is better than Windows?
- whacked_new 18y agoYou're right; my mistake -- I glossed over the post and missed the "relative."
- jcl 18y agoIt is just a slight disconnect: On the one hand, the Mac OS is effectively free of viruses. On the other, Apple recommends installing antivirus anyway. The Register, of course, is blowing the whole thing way out of proportion. (...a sentence I originally put in my comment, and probably shouldn't have taken out.)