BBC say buy MAC not PC on it website

munkees · Jul 5, 2006, 09:04 AM

BBC has this interesting article say buy Mac not PC on it front web page

link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5150508.stm

A very good article, discusses Mac virus in true light of "never being released into the wild".

gekko513 · Jul 5, 2006, 09:08 AM

Yes, good article, I only disagree slightly with the not released into the wild thing, because one of them were, but weren't able to spread effectively. That they were released sort of implies that if they had been they could have been a high security risk, which they wouldn't have been, not in the form that they were, anyway.

steve_hill4 · Jul 6, 2006, 02:46 AM

Well, just read this before coming here and it is Sophos, not Apple making the recommendation.

Not too bad an article, but it claims the virus threat absense in Macs is largely down to the smaller base, but doesn't make any mention of the other reasons like Unix.

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munkees macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pacific Northwest	BBC say buy MAC not PC on it website BBC has this interesting article say buy Mac not PC on it front web page link http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5150508.stm A very good article, discusses Mac virus in true light of "never being released into the wild". __________________ iMacs, MBA and iPhone.
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gekko513 macrumors 601 Join Date: Oct 2003	Yes, good article, I only disagree slightly with the not released into the wild thing, because one of them were, but weren't able to spread effectively. That they were released sort of implies that if they had been they could have been a high security risk, which they wouldn't have been, not in the form that they were, anyway. __________________ Someone get Nekkid™, now!
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steve_hill4 macrumors 68000 Join Date: May 2005 Location: NG9, England	Well, just read this before coming here and it is Sophos, not Apple making the recommendation. Not too bad an article, but it claims the virus threat absense in Macs is largely down to the smaller base, but doesn't make any mention of the other reasons like Unix. __________________ Macintosh LCIII - PB 1400c - PB G3 'Lombard' - 12" PB G4 - 15" CD MBP - 24" iMac - 13" i5 MBP iPod Photo 60GB - 2G iPod nano - iPhone 3G - iPhone 4
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