Is your Mac at risk.

[megapenguinx]

Way to tell everyone where the flaw is located so people will take advantage of it now. I swear the media is retarded.....

I'm glad they did. Now, for everyone with a Mac, get off of Babys First Computer and get a REAL computer (Windows).

I'm on a Mac at this very instant

 

[Riding on Thermals]

Haha,

It's like motherboard racism. Yeesh.

But.. my bios is better than yours!

Anyway, in case you haven't seen [A HREF=http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary]the latest mac revolution[/A]. Yes, windowzers, you know you want one, don't ya?

Thanks for proving your point that the typical Mac user is pretentious, ignorant, and easily amused by gimmicks while defending the position that we shouldn't discriminate between the two platforms...
The video was funny though, I was laughing before it started at the source you routed me to.

::snip::

Um... I regedit pretty frequently. When uninstall routines don't remove everything, manual virus removal... regedit. My point is I like the ability to manually manage the registry. Sure, I only use it when I'm fixing a problem but that's the whole point. I have a much greater ability to fix software problems than a Mac user does, and since there's no computer immune to software issues this is kind of a big deal.

There's a whole culture devoted to putting HEMI engines on everyday objects, like lawnmowers. There's niche appeal for everything.

I agree that the average PC user doesn't custom build their rig and isn't interested in compulsive upgrades, but they can more easily upgrade. When I upgraded my home network to Wireless N I wanted to be able to utilize the upgrade on my laptop so I bought an expresscard. There's not PC card slot on a Macbook Pro.

Also, if we're going to operate on conjecture instead of published fact I'd like to point out that the way Apple releases a new version of their Macbook every year is designed exactly for people to sell the old version and buy the new because it's trendier. Their hardware does seem to hold up longer however.

If you're the kind of person who prides themselves on owning designer products... well, there's really no talking sense to you in the first place. And if you're buying your desktop for its aesthetics you're doing it wrong.
Finally, to the numbers:
I just bought a Sony FW series for 1,616$ including a 3 year warranty with accidental damage coverage and tax. it looks like this

Spoiler: Sony FW

To me the aesthetics aren't that big of a deal, but that's a pretty sexy laptop IMO
To get a Macbook Pro with the same (as close as possible) hardware I would have to spend 2,398$ before tax (and the warranty doesn't cover accidents). And yeah, it looks good:

Spoiler: Macbook PRO

But I forgot to mention: It has 2GB less memory, a lower resolution screen, no blu-ray support, and only a 512MB dedicated video card compared to my 1GB dedicated. So I don't care how good Macbook Pro's look, they aren't built to game and are WAY overpriced

 

[Mister Ash]

clever people, no-matter their system, don't get viruses (or, not as many)

retards DO get viruses.

It's quite simple really, No system is safe. so don't download any old shit, click links blindly, and use a little common sense. and even on Windows 98, you'll have a virus free time.

You sir, should be awarded something.

Don't people understand that by not being idiotic forms of life they can save people in the know a lot of trouble having to fix their computers by not being absolute retards?

I run a virus scanner on my Mac every week. It's not that they can't get infected, its just no body's bothered until now.

ah, but people being less thick, means less jobs for thick people reading a script, and would ruin the computer industry. therefore the manufacturers won't educate people.

 

[Mister Ash]

in as few words as possible
Keep it simple stupid

KISS. gotta love that.

that, and PEBKAC

 

[The King And His Fool]

Haha,

It's like motherboard racism. Yeesh.

But.. my bios is better than yours!

Anyway, in case you haven't seen [A HREF=http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary]the latest mac revolution[/A]. Yes, windowzers, you know you want one, don't ya?

Thanks for proving your point that the typical Mac user is pretentious, ignorant, and easily amused by gimmicks while defending the position that we shouldn't discriminate between the two platforms...

The video was funny though, I was laughing before it started at the source you routed me to.

::snip::

Um... I regedit pretty frequently. When uninstall routines don't remove everything, manual virus removal... regedit. My point is I like the ability to manually manage the registry. Sure, I only use it when I'm fixing a problem but that's the whole point. I have a much greater ability to fix software problems than a Mac user does, and since there's no computer immune to software issues this is kind of a big deal.

There's a whole culture devoted to putting HEMI engines on everyday objects, like lawnmowers. There's niche appeal for everything.

I agree that the average PC user doesn't custom build their rig and isn't interested in compulsive upgrades, but they can more easily upgrade. When I upgraded my home network to Wireless N I wanted to be able to utilize the upgrade on my laptop so I bought an expresscard. There's not PC card slot on a Macbook Pro.

Also, if we're going to operate on conjecture instead of published fact I'd like to point out that the way Apple releases a new version of their Macbook every year is designed exactly for people to sell the old version and buy the new because it's trendier. Their hardware does seem to hold up longer however.

If you're the kind of person who prides themselves on owning designer products... well, there's really no talking sense to you in the first place. And if you're buying your desktop for its aesthetics you're doing it wrong.
Finally, to the numbers:
I just bought a Sony FW series for 1,616$ including a 3 year warranty with accidental damage coverage and tax. it looks like this

Spoiler: Sony FW

To me the aesthetics aren't that big of a deal, but that's a pretty sexy laptop IMO
To get a Macbook Pro with the same (as close as possible) hardware I would have to spend 2,398$ before tax (and the warranty doesn't cover accidents). And yeah, it looks good:

Spoiler: Macbook PRO

But I forgot to mention: It has 2GB less memory, a lower resolution screen, no blu-ray support, and only a 512MB dedicated video card compared to my 1GB dedicated. So I don't care how good Macbook Pro's look, they aren't built to game and are WAY overpriced

I'm moving out to a place of my own. I went around looking for furniture in several stores. One of them had very modern stuff. Most of it, I found useless and kinda ugly, but it had some pretty nice things too. However I didn't spend alot of time in the store because everything was well over my budget and to me, not worth its money. Does that mean that people who do like it and are willing to cough up the money for those products are dumbasses who have no idea what they're doing?

You do not have a greater ability to fix problems because you have a clunky registry. Get that out of your mind. It's not because you know how to modify your registry, that most windows users do. It's not because your "typical' mac user doesn't know how to work in a terminal, that none of them do.

While it's true that apple releases a new model every year, be it a full upgrade or a silent update, I think that's what most brands do. It doesn't mean that everyone will upgrade the moment there's something new and slightly more pretty. Again, mac users don't buy with the intention to upgrade or in fact replace anytime soon.

But actually, you brought up THE point why the mac-haters hate mac and add some petty arguements to build their cases: macs aren't built to game.
It's true, they're not. It's not that they can't. Dual boot them to windows and they'll play games just fine. And when developpers actually do make an effort to make an OS X compatible version, it runs perfectly fine there too. But there are very little companies that do and instead we get some crappy ports and emulations for a handful of not so cool games. They're not all like blizzard...
In fact, let me rephrase the statement. Games aren't build to mac.

 

[Kodolb.]

"It only works on machines that have already been victimized, such as ones attacked with the pirated software. It can take control of Apple's Safari browser, logging passwords to financial accounts and data on bank statements, Dai Zovi said."

Translation: "If you install a program that is made to transfer your data to someone else, then your data might get sent to someone else." Stopped reading there.

I didn't stop reading there but I stopped worrying.

They had me for a minute... phew.

I got a Macbook 13'' Aluminum early this February, with 2.4Ghz, 4GB of RAM (upgraded it from 2GB) Nvidia 9400M using both OS X and Windows XP - for the best of both worlds

What I use XP for: Games. Only. No Exceptions. I don't even have an anti-virus program, although, I'm not worried at all, because I don't surf the web on XP. Ever.

What I use Mac for: Everything else. Editing movies, making my own music on Garageband, making easy websites, etc.
But not for downloading music (through Limewire) anymore, I installed updates this morning and the updates made my limewire program unusable.

*sad face*
At least I feel safer now knowing they're not stupid like EA.

Anyways why can't we just get all along?
There's always good things and bad things about Apple Products and Microsoft products.
like the iPhone 3G S, it's a toy, unlike the old iPhone, there's 3 new things that you could do this time!, you can now edit your videos through the iPhone! (by trimming your videos and ... uh.. a few other options? ), Voice Recognition! Give commands! Wow! It's something totally new and unheard of - nothing like those other phones are capable of hoho! No no!

and a Compass.. Man I laughed my ass of at www.apple.com where it says ''Let Compass point you in the right direction''
It seems iPhone users complain too much about getting lost in the forests and it was Apple's problem to do something about it.

I love and hate Macs and Windows because of their pro's and con's
The mac I got, I guess it was built for gaming, I played HL2:EP2 again, on really high quality settings, and you know what I've noticed?
Alyx wears a purple thong :0 - seriously.

If your just one of those people who just love to hate an OS without reason or just for the fun then you should shove your thumb up your ignorant arse.

Then we shall all live in peace. Macs, Windows - side by side. Together. United.
was joking about that..

 

[RobCoxxy]

Way to tell everyone where the flaw is located so people will take advantage of it now. I swear the media is retarded.....

The same way on the BBC when reporting on drug use they show clips of people preparing drugs.

 

[similar.squirrel]

And they grew complacent..Whilst in the shadows, murmurs of a breach ran rife..

I'm no good at this.