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Technology Lifestyle Mac attacks rare, but real – eat your words oh Mac zealots | Mac attacks rare, but real – eat your words oh Mac zealots |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Monday, 23 October 2006 | |
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Page 3 of 4 Stories of multiple items of hardware failing within a computer or notebook over a year long period have been recounted to me by Apple customers, and I’ve seen it happen with my own eyes on friend’s computers. Three or four week waiting times then ensued. What does one do when one’s home or business computer is taken away for repairs? Each time, the wait and delay proved traumatic. Featured Whitepaper
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I’ve read many reports of different iPod flavours deciding to fail. So far, I’ve owned three iPods (the 1st-gen 4Gb nano, which now belongs to my brother, a 60Gb 5G iPod and now the new 2nd-gen 8Gb nano) and have not had any problems with any of them. I couldn’t be happier with my iPod experience, and hope that doesn’t change anytime soon. When it comes to the Mac operating system, some readers were very eager to point out, as if I didn’t know, that Mac OS X is based on Unix, an operating system older than Microsoft. I happily acknowledge that it is well known for being more secure that Microsoft’s different versions of Windows. Where a Windows PC can find a virus installing itself without permission, Mac users must authorise the installation of any new program with their password. Simple security measures like this one have helped to make the difference, and Microsoft has taken note – Windows Vista is coming with similar functionality, although in typical Microsoft style, theirs lacks the simplicity and unobtrusiveness of the Apple model. But let’s put aside Mac OS X’s inherent security advantages for a moment. If the Mac OS was totally 100% secure from all hack attacks and malicious software that you could be tricked into installing onto your computer, you wouldn’t see security patches and updates through the Mac’s own software updating system, or every time there is a new version of OS X. But do a bit of research, and you’ll discover security updates are there. They’re there because they have to be – Apple is being responsible to its users. Don’t believe me? Fine – click on this page to see some recent security updates for yourself. This Apple downloads page lists lots of updates for different Apple programs, and while they’re not all security updates, by now you get the idea. I also find it curious, oh Mac zealots, to discover that a search for “Mac OS X viruses” on Google brings up any results at all. According to thrust of some responses to the original article, I shouldn’t have been able to find anything. But for some unusual reason there are results, perhaps there are viruses out there after all. Or maybe it’s just a conspiracy by Windows users out to get Apple. |
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