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Great news for mac users, horrible news for PCs

I suppose theres no chance they could be doing this to increase sales of McAfee by any chance?
 
Cybix said:
paddy, no kidding.

It's the antivirus companies that code the virus's in the first place...

the whole thing is a scam.
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nice... that remindes me of a friend of a friend in college who once said:

i have been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, but i think my doctors are just out to get me! :p
 
Electro Funk said:
nice... that remindes me of a friend of a friend in college who once said:

i have been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, but i think my doctors are just out to get me! :p
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Firstly, love your 'tar

Secondly, schizophrenics are never alone

Thirdly, I do give a damn (see #1 above)
 
lu0s3r322 said:
McAfee, the company who makes all that antivirus, antimalware software, predicts that the number of viruses in the world will double in two years. This is great news for mac users.
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Sorry, but I fail to see why this is great news for Mac USERS. In the best case, we just don't need to care, which doesn't make it great news for me. And in the worst case, there might be viruses for Mac, too...
 
Veldek said:
Sorry, but I fail to see why this is great news for Mac USERS. In the best case, we just don't need to care, which doesn't make it great news for me. And in the worst case, there might be viruses for Mac, too...
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Me thinks that the poster is one of the lost souls lost in a delusion that they are in competition with Windows users. Agreed, the first thing that struck me about this post was that the subject is very strange.
 
Veldek said:
Sorry, but I fail to see why this is great news for Mac USERS. In the best case, we just don't need to care, which doesn't make it great news for me. And in the worst case, there might be viruses for Mac, too...
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I agree. Just because I don't like PCs doesn't mean I wish my lost buddies (PC users) to get a virus.
 
lu0s3r322 said:
McAfee, the company who makes all that antivirus, antimalware software, predicts that the number of viruses in the world will double in two years. This is great news for mac users.
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More reason for me to be glad that all of my computers run Mac OS. :) :) :)

paddy said:
I suppose theres no chance they could be doing this to increase sales of McAfee by any chance?
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Nah, what makes you say that? :p ;) :D
 
most users use both macs and pc's. so more viruses on pc's also affect mac users.

it's time for VISTA. because it will be much safer. there won't be viruses for Vista. simply because it will never be released.;)
 
uaaerospace said:
I agree. Just because I don't like PCs doesn't mean I wish my lost buddies (PC users) to get a virus.
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True, but its good news for us in the sense that it may drive more people to Apple/Macs, and that means more operating capital and R&D dollars for Apple and cooler products down the pipeline. I have no ill will towards windows users either (well... maybe a little, sometimes...) but I would agree that I get some satisfaction when my windows using friends have trouble with their systems. And everytime it happens, I really appreciate the Mac world I live in.:D
 
Mr. Durden said:
True, but its good news for us in the sense that it may drive more people to Apple/Macs, and that means more operating capital and R&D dollars for Apple and cooler products down the pipeline. I have no ill will towards windows users either (well... maybe a little, sometimes...) but I would agree that I get some satisfaction when my windows using friends have trouble with their systems. And everytime it happens, I really appreciate the Mac world I live in.:D
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thats exactly what i meant. its not really good for mac users personally, but its good for Apple and the mac community because more people will want to switch, sry bout the confusion
 
Mr. Durden said:
True, but its good news for us in the sense that it may drive more people to Apple/Macs, and that means more operating capital and R&D dollars for Apple and cooler products down the pipeline. I have no ill will towards windows users either (well... maybe a little, sometimes...) but I would agree that I get some satisfaction when my windows using friends have trouble with their systems. And everytime it happens, I really appreciate the Mac world I live in.:D
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That also means Macs will have more marketshare therefore a more interesting target for people writing viruses.
 
I predict the number of random people being pelted by rotten eggs in central North Carolina will Quadruple in the next 365 days.

You should buy my Rotten Egg Anti-Pelting Insurance now.
 
McAfee sucks. It should be considered a virus as it is. Trying to remove their software is a pain in the arse. When I say "remove" the software, i don't mean aske me if i really want to 42 times.
 
killuminati said:
That also means Macs will have more marketshare therefore a more interesting target for people writing viruses.
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Yes, but market share isnt the main reason there are more viruses for windows. Its a combination of a lot of things. Ill take the risk of having more market share if it means a bigger and stronger apple.
 
Gil Bates said:
That's not a news. It's called "Moore's Law", I think...
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hey, i just gave you the gist of the story, doesn't mean I think McAfee's right.
 
The number of viruses will double, but how many of those virii will be on Macs? They don't specify, so don't think you're safe just because you use a Mac. I'm sure we'll get a virus eventually.


And I don't want this fear of virii to drive more users to Apple and Mac OSX. I don't think it'll be particularly beneficial to me as a Mac user. Maybe it'll generate money for Apple to make other products, but I'm only interested in Apple to make computers, and in a way --- iPods --- although I don't think it's THAT much better than everything else (but I still feel that it's a bit better than the competition). Apple's computers and OS are beyond anything else offered for most users, though.
 
yellow said:
I predict the number of random people being pelted by rotten eggs in central North Carolina will Quadruple in the next 365 days.

You should buy my Rotten Egg Anti-Pelting Insurance now.
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I would buy your Rotten Egg Anti-Pelting Insurance, but since this problem of rotten egg pelting seems to only be a problem in North Carolina, I think that I will pass yellow. I appear to be safe in Pennsylvania. ;) :D
 
JonMaker said:
double the viruses, eh?

2 x 0 = 0

ooh I feel threatened :cool:
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Yes, doubling the viruses for Mac is of little concern (2x0=0), but doubling the number of viruses for PeeCees is a slightly larger number. :)
 
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