On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 02:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But OS X is based on Darwin Unix, which also has a release for Intels. Did Apple make Darwin more secure?The vulnerability is not the chip. Intel, IBM, AMD or "Fusamoto el cheapo chips", it doesn't matter. It's the OS. Unix viruses are extremely rare, OS X viruses even more so. Sure using anti-virus software is prudent, but Mac OSX viruses are just not something to be real concerned about.
Jack Russell
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