-----Original Message----- From: PCI PowerMacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Colin Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 1:00 AM To: PCI PowerMacs Subject: Re: [PCI] Are IE and Outlook safer on the Mac?
Andrew Kershaw wrote: >> Are IE and Outlook safer on the Mac? > > Yes. The programs might not be safer than their PC counterparts, but the underlying OS definitely is, and that helps to hide some of any possible security problems in the code. If you're saying OS X and Mac's in general are less likely to get Bit by something nasty. In light of the simple fact that Mac's have about a 3-5% total market share I'll agree. Frankly this makes them a far less appealing target. However if think that effective and very nasty malware couldn't be written to effect both OS9 and OS X you're sadly mistaken. The people who get their jollies from writing malware simply haven't up to this point spent the time energy and effort to come up with ways to compromise OS X. They put 99% of their efforts into finding better and nastier ways of compromising WindowsXP and PC's. We'd all they find we were plagued with the exact same set of problems that PC's have if this were to suddenly change make no mistake about it... The Linux community was very shocked when it happened to them a few months back. Let's hope it doesn't happen to the Mac community as well. Grab the latest versions and all the patches for both programs, if any. But don't forget about Firefox, Safari, Mozilla, Netscape et. al. for Net surfing and Thunderbird for email (assuming your new system runs OS X). My recommendations are a one-two combo of Firefox and Thunderbird, but try them all out and see what fits you best. I personally like Safari better but that's a matter of personal taste. :) Regards -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
