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About time the SMUG Mac Users got some come-uppance
I can regrettably remember saying some of that "just switch to Mac... we don't have to worry about viruses" talk a few years back before I came back to Windoze, myself... but even then, I admitted it was largely because Macs were such a small part of the installed userbase and weren't enough "in the crosshairs" of the virus writers yet, and that the day would likely come.

Yet when the first big Vista vulnerability patch had to be made a few weeks back, I saw some posts titled, "Just get a Mac!" Well, now those folks can't be quite so SMUG, can they?

One should NEVER be smug about such things... We really CAN'T control what OTHERS do -- that means that we can't EVER be certain someone creates a foolproof operating system that is invulnerable to hacking and viruses, and we CERTAINLY can't be sure that regardless of how good the OS and/or our virus protection/firewall software is, there won't be hackers and virus writers out there even smarter and more determined who WILL find a way through it and around it.

None of us can afford to be SMUG. We need to all stand TOGETHER -- whether Mac OR Windoze.
Jeff
Posted by: Jeff Hayes   Posted on: 04/25/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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"Macs are vulnerable by default" - what a great headline  A.Typical Zork | 04/24/07
Yeah, what a load of trash. I've used a Mac since 1986  labarker | 04/25/07
Well, that puts a lot of people at ease  markdean | 04/25/07
i think his point was...  jjarman | 04/25/07
Point is:  MacGeek2121 | 04/25/07
Apple a small enough target?  rgathercoal@... | 05/04/07
No fanboys here to dispute the story.  mustangj36@... | 04/24/07
whenever there is fault to be placed...  linuxoverwindows | 04/25/07
Blame Java!  MacGeek2121 | 04/25/07
Where's the followup  Freebird54 | 04/25/07
Hmmm... Java huh?  slylabs13 | 04/25/07
?????????  rkuhn040172@... | 04/25/07
Zombe Windows Systems  lightandshadow | 04/25/07
Interesting  Boot_Agnostic | 04/25/07
Not Root Access  lightandshadow | 04/25/07
wow...so many fluff stories on this one sideshow  jjarman | 04/25/07
/agree  fuzzy2k | 04/25/07
Both Macs and Windows Systems are Vulnerable  Cardhu | 04/25/07
At least they can't get at MY DOG,  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 04/25/07
OK thats 21 for Apple, and 650 fo Windows.....  rbert16000 | 04/25/07
As they said, that's 21 you know about  Heatlesssun1 | 04/25/07
Now to count the amount of smack talked  GekiritZ | 04/25/07
Zealotry and Name-Calling  Cardhu | 04/29/07
Again, the 2% solution  jc williams | 04/25/07
Not an opinion, a question  bathswife | 04/25/07
legitimate hacking  chickenbob2002 | 04/25/07
It's done by "honest" hackers.  JoeBob_z | 04/27/07
Mac hack  josjoslyn | 04/25/07
Get your facts in line  Doug_Alder | 04/25/07
About time the SMUG Mac Users got some come-uppance  Jeff Hayes | 04/25/07
No smugness  ehwood | 04/25/07
I Must Be Missing Something Here...  kbuscho | 04/25/07
You just sunk your own boat  Media Whore | 04/26/07
You Sunk Your Own Boat??  combrink | 04/26/07
Track record speaks for itself  lightandshadow | 04/26/07
Why do you uncritically repeat BS propaganda  JoeBob_z | 04/27/07
Apple User since 1986  dks_z | 04/29/07
PC User since 1986  thumpz99 | 05/01/07

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