Yep, I have never used anti-virus software and heve never had any problems
with security on my Windows machine and I've been using it for three years.
Simple precautions go a long way and a firewall doesn't hurt either. LOL
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From: "Kafka's Daytime" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: game over
My guess is that experienced Mac users on the list aren't "screaming
bloody murder" about the dual-boot option because they're not interested
in engaging in a Mac vs. Windows religious war but rather, a balanced,
informed debate. As a developer I sometimes have to use Windows
professionally (since 1998 or so) and have found that, with some care,
the security situation under Windows is perfectly manageable.
Joe
On Apr 6, 2006, at 10:13 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think I disagree with your statement that this would only screw up the
Windows part/file system. Often there have been viruses and worms that
have been able to totaly fry your hard drive and or damage the file
system on the drive. I'm curious if the issue would be that such a
virus would just fry the Windows file structure or if Windows would just
be its entry point and from there if it could fry the entire drive. I'm
still convinced this is a bad move. Don't bow to the Windows folks,
stick to your guns and market the OS as a better way of doing things.
Windows is really a terrible OS and I just don't see the point of this.
Further, I'm shocked that the die hard Mac users I know are on this list
aren't screaming blody murder. I remember when I first got my Mac and
suggested that Windows might have been easier or that I could not do
things on my Mac that I could on Windows. You'd think I committed a
crime against humanity by the reaction I generated just a few months
ago. And, now, well, seems like you guys are fine with this latest move
by Apple. Where are you Mac purists?
From: Buddy Brannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2006/04/06 Thu AM 01:15:47 EDT
To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X
by the
blind <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: game over
The good news is that you'd only screw up the Windows side of your
Mac. Not the Mac stuff at all :-)
On Apr 6, 2006, at 1:00 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So, two questions as I think about this.
1. Is/will Apple end up selling both operating systems then. I
mean, they could market this Windows/OS thing and sell machines
with both.
2. Is/will this be something easy enough to do so that any person
could operate and switch between OS and Windows on the Mac? Or, is
this just a pitch for the real geeks out there?
I'm still concerned about all of the security issues with Windows
and the idea that I could put Windows on my Mac and screw it up.
Does anyone see this as a bad move by Apple? Have they given up on
trying to promote the superiority of the OS in favor of trying to
bridge the gap between the PC and Mac world. Instead of selling
machines that are better with a better OS, now they are doing that
while saying oh, you can put Windows on here because we know that
95% of the computer world does and we can't convince you to just
switch. I just don't know about this. Soon, will I just be able
to buy a Mac with Windows on it and never bother with the OS?
From: John Denning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2006/04/05 Wed PM 05:28:25 PDT
To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS X by the
blind <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: game over
I think you answered your own question. Most of us would 't want to.
But being able to is cool. And the GEEK in many of us might make us
do it just for that reason alone.
As you and others said, the selling point to VR. Wow how can you go
wrong. OK, you want Windows, here it is. Now let me show you the Mac
OS side of your new computer.
Then there is the virtualization software that is being developed. No
dual boot, but have both running at the same time. Not just Mac and
Windows, but Linux also. That is cool, and super geeky. I love it.
On Apr 5, 2006, at 8:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, as someone who switched from the PC and Windows to the Mac I
am left wondering why I would want to even bother with this.
- JD -
John Denning
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A+ MCSA MCSE
And glad to be a Mac snob again!
Roswell, GA
My very old web site: www.jdenning.net
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