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Funny, because my family Vistabox got pretty badly virused in a month's time. We thought we'd try to run it without antivirus. Meanwhile, I'm nearing my year a

by unalone 18y ago

Funny, because my family Vistabox got pretty badly virused in a month's time. We thought we'd try to run it without antivirus. Meanwhile, I'm nearing my year anniversary with my Mac, which has no viruses and still goes as quickly as it did on Day 1. How are DMGs a bad idea? They do no wrong.

amichail 18y ago
Macs are great if you don't want to deal with viruses. No need to even run an antivirus program. On Windows, you should run one and there are some excellent commercial ones you can use. I've already explained why DMGs are bad. They are confusing and cause clutter.
- unalone 18y ago
  Do DMGs cause more clutter for applications than Program Files does on Windows? If I want to find a specific program's exe then it's extremely time-consuming, versus opening either a DMG or the app folder and clicking the icon that's very prominent. No app has two app icons; some programs have multiple exes. I'd argue that the need for commercial protection on Windows is a bad thing in and of itself, but I'm a little tired of this argument. We've each made our respective points.
  - amichail 18y ago
    Finding stuff including executables is very easy under Windows. Just search for it just as you would with spotlight under the Mac. No need to browse through a start menu.
- antipax 18y ago
  Disk images are awesome. If you only think you're going to need an application once, you can run most straight from the image and be assured that nothing will end up on your system. I think you have a bad understanding of how installation on a Mac should work. There are only two cases: 1. Dragging an application bundle to a folder. This method is for applications that can run without installing or modifying anything important. 2. An installation app. This method is for apps that require a script or executable to run to be able to function. If you ask me, this is better than the .exe installers that come with every Windows program, inevitably littering files all over your system. .dmg's are mostly just convention in the Mac world, as far as I know. You can package an app in a .zip file, but you can mount a .dmg and then it just appears as a disk on your Mac. I used to use a Windows machine, and when I moved to Mac this was one of the things that confused me -- but most everyone I've talked to about it agrees that after a little while you get used to it and it makes a lot more sense than the other system.

by unalone 18y ago

amichail 18y ago

Macs are great if you don't want to deal with viruses. No need to even run an antivirus program. On Windows, you should run one and there are some excellent commercial ones you can use. I've already explained why DMGs are bad. They are confusing and cause clutter.

unalone 18y ago
Do DMGs cause more clutter for applications than Program Files does on Windows? If I want to find a specific program's exe then it's extremely time-consuming, versus opening either a DMG or the app folder and clicking the icon that's very prominent. No app has two app icons; some programs have multiple exes. I'd argue that the need for commercial protection on Windows is a bad thing in and of itself, but I'm a little tired of this argument. We've each made our respective points.
- amichail 18y ago
  Finding stuff including executables is very easy under Windows. Just search for it just as you would with spotlight under the Mac. No need to browse through a start menu.
antipax 18y ago
Disk images are awesome. If you only think you're going to need an application once, you can run most straight from the image and be assured that nothing will end up on your system. I think you have a bad understanding of how installation on a Mac should work. There are only two cases: 1. Dragging an application bundle to a folder. This method is for applications that can run without installing or modifying anything important. 2. An installation app. This method is for apps that require a script or executable to run to be able to function. If you ask me, this is better than the .exe installers that come with every Windows program, inevitably littering files all over your system. .dmg's are mostly just convention in the Mac world, as far as I know. You can package an app in a .zip file, but you can mount a .dmg and then it just appears as a disk on your Mac. I used to use a Windows machine, and when I moved to Mac this was one of the things that confused me -- but most everyone I've talked to about it agrees that after a little while you get used to it and it makes a lot more sense than the other system.