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appear to be as out of date.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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