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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Is The MAC Dead - NO!
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 07:24:54 -0500
OK, I've stayed out of this, but misinformation and outright wrong 
statements like this cannot go unchallenged.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "swisspace" <swisspace@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:44 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Is The MAC Dead - NO!


> Been away for a week so just catching up on the posts.
>
> As a sysadmin I use many flavours of OS and up until last year
> exclusively windows for personal use, But I moved to a mac for home
> because of several reasons,
>
> 1. no virus problem

Not true. There are mac viruses. There would be many more if the marketshare 
was higher. What's the point of bothering if you're a virus writer?  The Mac 
is not inherently more secure, nor is Linux.  Just read some of the security 
periodicals.

> 2. hardware is very well built

So are most PC boxes.  Just make careful purchases. My Dells, middle of the 
line models, are very well built.

> 3. can access the linux underneath to sort problems out if necessary

But why?  That's like saying "I like Windows 98 better than XP because I can 
get to DOS".

Oh, and it is NOT Linux underneath, it's UNIX.  Not exactly the same thing.

> 4. can close the ibook and sleep the machine and it will start everytime
>  without reboot - try that on windows.

I put my IBM Thinkpad to sleep off and on all day. I haven't rebooted it in 
the last week.  Whoopee.  Works fine on any Windows machine of the last 3 
years running XP.  Misinformation.

> 5. Hardware doesn't age as quick so better long term investment and new
> prices are very cheap
>

Or better said: Hardware doesn't innovate as fast, so my machine doesn't 
appear to be as out of date.


> 6. and finally many home users are not logging onto the internet so
> often, because it takes so long to connect, by the time the latest
> security patches and virus updates have downloaded - it too long just to
> check email quickly.
>

Give me a break.  XP downloads its updates in the background with no 
performance penalty at all.  I always have instantaneous internet access. 
This one just appears to have been made up.

> I personally am glad I made the move (I was not interested before the
> panther version though) as work performance is not all about processor
> clock speed.
>
> On a daily basis I use solaris, aix and windows for work and have used
> all systems for browsing and email etc but now I mainly use a 5 year old
>  MAC.
>

I'm glad you like it and are comfortable with it. Perhaps these ridiculous 
comments on Windows are your rationalization.

> I personally think there will be a big move to Mac's this year because
> of 6, but then hey what do I know :-)
>
> cheers Ianw
>
>
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