... has MacObserver caught one from As the Apple Turns, the one which causes links to propagate all over an article?

Last night I ran Ad-aware on my brother-in-law's Sony VAIO desktop. I run it on all the PCs I have to use, and usually can keep mine under control. Until last night, the record was around 1300 things found in one scan, on a friend's PC.

Now I have broken that record - 20,000 items found!!! The computer kept crashing just trying to delete the adware, and now it's lost its net connection, so I will be reformatting.

On the Mac side, I still am using a Rev C iMac, 288 MB, and of course haven't seen the first adware, virus, or (thanks to Mozilla and Safari) pop-up.

I kind of feel the same way about Windows users as I feel about gay people.
I think their making a mistake, but its really none of my buisness. I just wish they'd stop whining about their problems all the time Im sick of hearing it, like I said its none of my buisness.

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I kind of feel the same way about Windows users as I feel about gay people.
I think their making a mistake, but its really none of my buisness. I just wish they'd stop whining about their problems all the time Im sick of hearing it, like I said its none of my buisness.

That was random. Also I disagree. I'm picturing your average Mac user who loves to go to Mac rally's and preach the beauty of their choice of computer orientation. You're getting confused with the married guy (Windows user) who's complaining about his wife (Windows).

Oh great now I am thinking about the fact that I have both a Mac and a PC. Oy. Stupid analogies.

"with multimedia programs 'that can't be matched on Windows at any price'"

That statement is a little over zealous. At any price? I am sure the windows community can come up with comparable products "at any price"

Walt Mossberg is in love ... with ... Mac. He has not realised yet.

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"with multimedia programs 'that can't be matched on Windows at any price'"

That statement is a little over zealous. At any price? I am sure the windows community can come up with comparable products "at any price"

Agreed, he needs to watch it because that kind of statement can ruin his credibility of being a smart guy who isn't a platform partisan either way. That kind of hype is usually said by the closed-minded on either platform.

No, he is saying that, regardless of the amount you pay on a Windows solution, you will not currently find a set of multimedia programs that combine the power and ease of use that the OSX programs do. Yes, you can buy more powerful solutions (just like you can upgrade to FCP, DSP, and Motion), but that doesn't mean you are getting "better" programs.

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"with multimedia programs 'that can't be matched on Windows at any price'"

That statement is a little over zealous. At any price? I am sure the windows community can come up with comparable products "at any price"

Agreed, he needs to watch it because that kind of statement can ruin his credibility of being a smart guy who isn't a platform partisan either way. That kind of hype is usually said by the closed-minded on either platform.

I have used Mac OS X in my school. We have both macs and windows machines. The Macs crashed at least 3 times more then the windows machines did. This year alone 0 PCs were infected with any viruses while one mac got hit with 1.

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I have used Mac OS X in my school. We have both macs and windows machines. The Macs crashed at least 3 times more then the windows machines did. This year alone 0 PCs were infected with any viruses while one mac got hit with 1.

What school do you go to?

Nassau Community College

Nassau Community College

OS8 OS9? There are currently NO known (non theoretical) OS X viruses in existence. If you're school isn't running OS X on their Macs by now, I'd be questioning my choice in schools, as they obviously aren't very well funded or knowledgeable.

It was OSX some one had brought it in On A CD, since the computers did not have any floppys.
The funny thing I fould is that I had my laptop with Windows XP with me for the year, and It never crashed or got a virus

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OS8 OS9? There are currently NO known (non theoretical) OS X viruses in existence. If you're school isn't running OS X on their Macs by now, I'd be questioning my choice in schools, as they obviously aren't very well funded or knowledgeable.

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The funny thing I fould is that I had my laptop with Windows XP with me for the year, and It never crashed or got a virus

Did you USE your computer?

I'm never had ANY computer go a year without at least one crash.

The better computers only crahed once or twice during an entire year, but not NEVER.

The resale value of his laptop should be pretty good since it is almost as new.

Seriously, do he surfs the web or uses emails? Do he has any internet security software or anti-virus programs installed? If yes to first and no to second, his laptop is infected but he is not aware.

"...while one mac got hit with 1...Nassau Community College...It was OSX some one had brought it in On A CD"

Guest claims that someone introduced a Mac OS X "virus" into one or more of Nassau Community College's Macs.

Bryan, you've got a genuine scoop here!

Guest, you're going to be famous!

In my years with Windells, scanning for malware became a daily chore, and crashes came so often they were no big deal.

Also, I love this line:
"Since none had floppies". Guest, do you realize that OSX would take up more than a thousand floppies?

Guest seems genuine to me. He at least fessed up the name of his college. So what happens? Someone has to rubbish his school! Why are Mac users so partisan?

I've had plenty of problems with my Mac, not viruses but that damned Kernel Panic, an unforgiveable phenomenon for a 'rock-solid' OS. Of course, I was told that it might have been that extra memory that the Mac dealer installed... a hardware problem, maybe, but unforgiveable nonetheless.

I still like Macs but I'm not so cocky about it. Plus an aside here: using PCs at work, I've discovered the joy of being able to input Traditional Chinese characters with the same ease as Simplified Chinese characters. This is enough to bring tears to my eyes. Apple still only offer crappy one character at a time input for Traditional Characters using pinyin, and they don't seem to be in a hurry to change it, despite requests from the Mac community of Chinese-language users.

So soft-pedal the cockiness. You don't know when you'll be hoist on your own petard.

Agreed. You won't go wrong for being humble.

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"with multimedia programs 'that can't be matched on Windows at any price'"

That statement is a little over zealous. At any price? I am sure the windows community can come up with comparable products "at any price"

I challenge any one to name something in the Windows world that is a match for iTunes (besides iTunes itself, of course) for any amount of money. Not just "specs", but actual ease of use as determined by the public. Why do you think iPod is so popular? The market place has spoken.

That was me, oldmac. It appeared that I was logged in but apparantly not.

Are you sure this was a virus, and not just someone mucking with settings and the IT guy not being able to right things?

'Cause while a community college lab would probably be the first place to look for rare virii (I worked in a college lab for a while, so I know how they are great magnets for all sorts of scum programs), Mac OS X viruses are so rare as to be considered nonexistent in most cases.

As for no virus attacks on your Windows machines: you must have a top-notch lab admin working there! Kudos to him!

Is your school under the special protection of MS God ?
2 miracles in a year: - Windows don’t crash, but Macs do …
                               - No viruses on PCs, but one on a Mac …
HARD TO BELIEVE ! Miracles in 2004 …
I found the faith and am switching right away …

... the local bar at 2am

I Am running Norton Antivirus as protection, Intall on demands are off, and the windows firewall is on.

I also do not download attachments from people I do not know, keep NAV up to date.

I even use outlook to read my mail (around 8 e-mail accounts linked to it)

Computer has been scanner several times for virus and adware, since people do not believe me. The only spyware it ever finds are cookies, which is not a big deal.

In our college the windows machines are protect with anti-virus protect on the local machine and on the server.

The Macs, which is on a seperate network do not have any AV programs on the workstation or on their servers.

I am not saying that macs are bad, just they are vulnerable too.

Yes I am sure that it was a virus since it erased the drives on 3 different macs. Two of which was in the lap and one that was in the Admin office.