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lmao...that's rich...Yea if you run Win you better run 3 AS, 2 AV ,and partridge in a pear tree. I hope you really don't believe that spew. I run TM IS and nothing else. Every blue moon I validate it with Adware and manual reg checks and guess what...I haven't been hit with a thing since pre W2k. It's not all you make it out to be. In fact, these days it's child's play and the best defense holds true for any user on any OS, don't open/run what you don't know. All the claims about the bloat of defense apps needed to be safe with Windows is ignorance and/or FUD. Also AU requires little more than leaving you PC on. Once in great while the system may alert you to a reboot. My XP box does it so silently I double check it to make sure I'm getting the updates. I just need to know why you make it sound so tough to operate a windows box.....millions and millions do it every day without being exploited and without a half a dozen redundant defense apps running too.
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Now I plan to buy a Mac  nucrash | 06/10/05
Your results don't jive with published benchmarks(nt)  ShadeTree | 06/10/05
Last I checked....  nucrash | 06/10/05
I don't understand all the talk about not buying  mlindl | 06/10/05
It's human nature..and not a proud nature by the by.  Laff | 06/10/05
Software Obsolescence  __howard__ | 06/12/05
Not buying  PA-ITGuy | 06/10/05
Well I have my state of the Art iMac G5 which of  Laff | 06/10/05
I'm not buying....at least not yet  tic swayback | 06/10/05
News Break!  rkadowns | 06/10/05
Are you 100% sure about that?  Laff | 06/10/05
The problem  IT Scion | 06/10/05
Buyin ga Mac now could be iffy...  jpr75_z | 06/10/05
How long will ISVs continue to support both platforms?  rdwhitti | 06/10/05
Support yes, quality of support? Maybe  tic swayback | 06/10/05
PPC Macs may work better  Ken_z | 06/10/05
A good argument for buying now  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Altivec  rkadowns | 06/10/05
Bad news for Photoshop jocks (nt)  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Altivec Quandaries  jbroche18 | 06/10/05
Never mind MacOS on Intel...  figgle | 06/10/05
You can do that now  tic swayback | 06/10/05
A Choice! A Choice!  Bupkus | 06/10/05
Here, here!  sargon_z | 06/11/05
Linux partition on Mac is the better option for me  Prognosticator | 06/10/05
A Mac is a Mac!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Borrowed that from Kinte!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Likek you borowed your NIC.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Like You Borrowing A Clue?  itanalyst | 06/10/05
Was there a thought anywhere in your post?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
WRONG!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/11/05
Kunte?  itanalyst | 06/10/05
WRONG!!!!  nucrash | 06/10/05
Obviously you never had to support them  escoles@... | 06/10/05
So build a better one...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Those days you speak of  rkadowns | 06/10/05
Highly integrated software to hardware is a disadvantage.  osreinstall | 06/10/05
Now I've seen..  pierrejvr | 06/14/05
Daughter went with Dell  cpuguru | 06/10/05
This should be funny  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Someone smart enough to post here...  Anton Philidor | 06/10/05
First time users have a steep learning curve  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Is that true tic?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Maintenance, not usage  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Yes and no...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Not that simple  tic swayback | 06/10/05
tic, you've bought some exaggerations.  Anton Philidor | 06/10/05
RE: tic, you've bought some exaggerations.  Linux User 147560 | 06/10/05
RE: Yes and no...  Linux User 147560 | 06/10/05
Re: Re: Yes and No  IT Scion | 06/10/05
Anton--  tic swayback | 06/11/05
Just wait...  erdiko@... | 06/15/05
Power Users have harder time switching  __howard__ | 06/12/05
Um, Anton...  Real World | 06/10/05
Knowledge needed to post foolishness.  Anton Philidor | 06/10/05
smart girl  jimk_z | 06/10/05
Linux?  NemesisNL | 06/10/05
re  jimk_z | 06/10/05
only if...  doh123 | 06/10/05
in your world maybe  NemesisNL | 06/10/05
Ha ha, very fun joke  FilledOut | 06/10/05
I didn't know...  erdiko@... | 06/15/05
HUGE DIFFERENCE  itanalyst | 06/10/05
lol  sp29 | 06/10/05
Well you daughter did not think it out that well.  Laff | 06/11/05
Now I plan not to buy a Mac  harrap@... | 06/10/05
You're going to wait a long time  escoles@... | 06/10/05
Itanium been shipping for years...  GoPower | 06/10/05
Intel Macs  bhartman36 | 06/10/05
Appearently you didn't read all the news  NemesisNL | 06/10/05
Linux will survive, and other issues  jbroche18 | 06/10/05
Admission  rkadowns | 06/10/05
Apple Machines  bhartman36 | 06/10/05
but.....  NemesisNL | 06/10/05
Windows on Apple Hardware  bhartman36 | 06/11/05
One More Point...  bhartman36 | 06/12/05
What have you been smoking?  Rick_K | 06/12/05
In truth it seems Apple Market share is increasing.  Laff | 06/11/05
Apple's Market Share  bhartman36 | 06/11/05
Hmmmmm.....and yet I don't think Apple wants to be MS.  Laff | 06/11/05
Wanting to be MS?  bhartman36 | 06/12/05
Perhaps you missed my point.  Laff | 06/12/05
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Consumers  bhartman36 | 06/12/05
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"Surviving" versus "Thriving"  tic swayback | 06/13/05
How that's working out for Apple  tic swayback | 06/12/05
Market Share  bhartman36 | 06/12/05
Because people are just not going to throw away their  Laff | 06/13/05
Investment in Time and Money  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
Who cares where they rank. Are they profitable?  tic swayback | 06/13/05
Rank and Profitability  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
Then how are they doing it now?  tic swayback | 06/13/05
Apple have better build something better  ericjonah | 06/10/05
No, the Xbox is NOT using a PowerPC chip.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Whatever your arguement is.....  ericjonah | 06/10/05
Not according to this  tic swayback | 06/10/05
Wrong again Bitty  Rick_K | 06/12/05
== Power PC chip was better than x86 ? ==  g-w-b-is-a-moron | 06/10/05
The answer is simple...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
== Copper not aluminum ==  g-w-b-is-a-moron | 06/10/05
Look at the Pentium "M" specs.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
== Thanks ==  g-w-b-is-a-moron | 06/10/05
the trick is....  NemesisNL | 06/10/05
Still is better!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/11/05
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Re: Mac Clone?  jbroche18 | 06/10/05
I'm not thinking about Apple blessed clones.  enduser_z | 06/10/05
That's an interesting dilemma  jbroche18 | 06/10/05
Might not need to reverse engineer.  enduser_z | 06/10/05
In theory  PA-ITGuy | 06/10/05
I tend to agree...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
So why hasn't it been done already?  tic swayback | 06/10/05
I can't say for sure.  enduser_z | 06/10/05
Hardware costs and no critical mass.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/10/05
Lots of Linux jocks with Powerbooks  tic swayback | 06/10/05
It wouldn't just be about Linux users.  enduser_z | 06/10/05
Proof of concept  tic swayback | 06/11/05
My New Imac G-5  joedokes | 06/10/05
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Well said!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/11/05
The faucet is dripping!  Rumpled_Foreskin | 06/11/05
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Market Share  mtifo@... | 06/13/05
In Response to Rick_K:  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
Just goes to show Steve Jobs is not fool!!!  Laff | 06/13/05
And don't forget the real keys of the deal:  tic swayback | 06/13/05
Microsoft's Bite of the Apple  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
One problem.  Zinoron | 06/13/05
Apple Hardware Woes  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
Apple will rule!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/13/05
60% alright  mactolinux | 06/13/05
Yum, tastes like chicken!  HypnoToad | 06/13/05
Re: So how are they doing it now? (in response to tic)  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
The PLAN! yeah!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 06/13/05
I like the way you think! happy  bhartman36 | 06/13/05
You can't get around it.  osreinstall | 06/13/05
Hardware dongles????  NemesisNL | 06/14/05
Still thinking you can beat the system.  osreinstall | 06/14/05

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