Someday your delusions will have to stand up to reality. The question is will you also face reality?? Macintosh hasn't had more than 3% of the market of personal computers in the last decade. And it often dips below 2%, and that's in recent years, a decade ago Macintosh was in truly dire straights indeed. So let me ask you again, do you really think that it's feasible for virus writers to attack less than 2% of the computing community??? Not to mention the fact that the VAST majority of Mac users are NOT running mission critical applications, like web servers. You can argue this all you want, but it wont EVER change the fact that you ARE FLAT OUT WRONG. WHEN WILL YOU UNDERSTAND??????
-Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Antonio Aparicio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 2:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Anyone still using windows ME How many millions of users does a system need before it becomes a worthy population would you say? There are plenty of OSX users out there - more than enough to produce a few viruses if they wanted. All the evidence however seems to point to the fact that it ain't easy. In fact it is so hard there hasn't been one yet. I imagine one day there will be one, nothing is perfect. But compared to the swiss cheese that windows has become OSX is a veritable fort Knox. Moving away from the security side though there are lots of other aspects of the OS that I prefer from a digital photography perspective. The integration of iPhoto with all the other iApps and even Photoshop (which itself has been optimized for the new G5 processors) gives a really good user experience. And real multi-tasking is something the OS takes in in stride - something I was having real problems with on my windows box. And if you are a traveling photog. nothing beats the 12" PowerBook as a light weight and versatile traveling companion. Don't want to take a laptop with you? Just take along an iPod (which syncs with both Macs and PCs) and you have an ultra light weight mass photo storage system that lets you listen to music on the road too. Antonio On 20 May 2004, at 17:29, Bob Blakely wrote: > Who wants to write a virus for such a small population? Where's the > glory? > > Regards, > Bob... > --------------------------- > "No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in > session." > -- Mark Twain > > > From: "Antonio Aparicio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> And lack of viruses. > >>> On 20 May 2004, at 09:01, Nick Clark wrote: >> >>> Because viruses don't need to be installed, they just use >>> capabilities >>> of already installed programs (OS, email client, etc). The same is >>> true of Windows PCs, Macs, or whatever. The only real protection Macs >>> have is the lack of numbers. >
