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Re: Why must Apple draw me towards them?
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Greetings Blake,
I have been using a PC for 22 years and I have only had 3 viruses. All three were caught and cleaned by Norton. Windows XP is secure as long as you take a few precautions: stay on the brighter side of the internet, have a good anti-virus software installed and updated and don't open any file that you don't know where it came from.
Macs have the benefit of being the "white knight" of the computer world. Folks just haven't seen them as target to write viruses for. This had changed changed recently with viruses directly attacking macs coming on the scene.
As of today, if your primary concern is security, the mac is your choice hands down. If you are more concerned with getting the the most computer for each dollar you put into it, I would personally go with a PC.
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So the theory is that there is no intrinsic security difference Microsoft's various operating systems and those of Apple?
If I'm a hacker and I look with equal attentiveness at both families of operating systems I will find equal numbers of opportunities for new mischief?
Seems a bit out-on-the-fringe; but thanks for the advice. I'll keep my eyes open for corroboration.
Blake
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