Re: @%#$^%#^ Spyware... I'm getting a MAC.
Originally Posted by tom2112
Don't drink the koolaid!! Don't get a Mac.
Kurts' advice is dead on.
As for Macs being more secure, don't believe it. They are every bit as vulnerable as any other operating system. What they're not saying is that a Mac is less likely to get infected because they have such a small market share. That small number of users isn't worth the hackers time to hack them.
By the Mac users' logic you should download OpenVMS for your computer and run that. Since VMS is so old and its market share so small, anyone that could hack it is already dead! You'd be perfectly safe! LMAO.
If the Mac system is not more secure then please let me know why most all of the spyware and virus are on the Windows system.
There are no viruses that are not “proof of concept” on the Mac. The percentage of the total number of virus are close to 100% Windows based.
Please also look into the often quoted “Mac have such a small market share".
Just under 50% of the total number of Window based units listed are used as Cash registers
While the Mac does not have as large a market share as Window it is tends to be about 20% of actual computer users. As well Hackers do not target the Mac as the OS is more difficult to Hack [Not imposable] but more to the point a large percentage of the hacks on Windows come from individuals that do not have the experience to be able to hack any system but are able to buy programs that are pre made to use the issues within Windows.
From the tone of your message I take it that you do not like Mac's and that is fine there is no reason that you must like them. But please do look into both sides and do not state just your dislike.
Last edited by lesr; Apr 19, 2010 at 03:30 PM.