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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 09:08 AM Original message |
Apple security under attack: The view from Windows |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. Apple sux! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Security experts, search engine optimizers, and witch doctors |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Just another fanboy. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I upgraded and like it a lot, but you will lose any PowerPC |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Great link, thanks. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Not that bad and it's just for about 50 minutes or so. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. By the way, I just took my new Magic Trackpad out of its box. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Let us know when you've mastered the "three-finger swipe". |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. Very good info. Thanks. (n/t) |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. He sure offend the Apple Fanbois |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Who could possibly be offended by corporate propaganda |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. I imagine the ones who are duped by the 21st century cover... |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. What is it with some types of folks and their need to label and denigrate? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. By belittling the choices and beliefs of others, we better validate ourselves |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. Gag me with an anti-buffer-overflow memory protector |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. does that apply to linux and suns too? Unix operating systems? nt |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. OS X is Unix based |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Very much so. Linux is a rewrite, from scratch, of the Unix kernel. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. He's talking about coding issues. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. Who cares? |
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DisgustipatedinCA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. Thank you |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. And yet which platform gets hacked into on a daily, hourly, sometimes minute by minute basis? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. +1. Consider the source. nt |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Like the article says |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. And yet, even on a percentile basis, |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. "harder" is not quantifiable |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Funny thing tjhough |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Any OS with over 90% of the desktop market will get over 90% of... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. You would be surprised, |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I'd like to see proof of that one. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. What would you consider proof? n/t |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I'd like to see that myself. |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Check out my reply #31. Roger Grimes is throwing FUD around (nt) |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. market share |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. The Platform that EVERYBODY uses. |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. If you protect yourself properly, you can minimize the problems. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
18. What we will see posted here is the usual: "Yours is a piece of shit and mine can do no wrong." nt |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
19. So, I've had my present Mac for three years now. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The article basically says what you're saying. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. You had a better experience that me. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Crashes are a different story |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. But you see, real world experience doesn't matter, |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
26. As a small business owner I use apple. |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
31. The author is full of crap. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. But I love paying 50% more for a computer. It looks cool! Like in the movies. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. It's not about looking cool, |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Yep |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Why would anyone buy a Volvo when they can buy a Hyundai for half the price? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. My Mac laptop is a damn good machine, with excellent customer service. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. I build my own. It's great. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. ...and that's why I use Linux at home. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. I haven't had a virus in 10 years. |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
52. I'm always appalled when my Mac friends brag about how they don't need virus protection ... |
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