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| Luisinan 403th Post
 
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|  "Re(2):can't sleep. clown will eat me"
, posted Sun 17 Aug 22:55
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Everyone else in my house has been stricken with blaster and a ton of other viruses lately. It's been pretty obnoxious to keep them all in check and make sure everyone was taken care of, but it never bothered me on a personal level... that probably has something to do with the fact that all I use are Macs running OS X, heheh.
W A R N I N G-- Below is a rant against Windows
You know, I hate being a jerk about this, but people just "don't understand." My sister has bought two PCs in the last year. She returned the first one and finally kept the second one. She has had almost no problems with them except for a small, getting on the internet difficulty. But anyway, she was blasted by the virus also-- I couldn't help her cause I'm not that knowledgeable on PCs.
Anyway, my point is that some people are just ignorant and some people are just cheap. The IMHO, the Mac OS X platform is a million times superior to Windows. Windows always has virus problems, stability problems, hardware useability problems. Mac OS X is not perfect but folks, OS X almost never gets broken. I get 3 to 6 system freezes in OS X in a YEAR. And the hardware almost always "just works" when you plug it in.
End rant-- sorry about ranting folks. Its just, IMO mind, the benifts to the Mac OS is just so overwhelming that I think I live in a crazy "upside-down" world because Windows is so popular. But whatever. I can't wait till Linux is useable for average people.
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| Grave 569th Post
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| "Re(1):Re:can't sleep. clown will eat me" , posted Sun 17 Aug 23:53
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I'd probably say that the user is ultimately more to blame than any other factor when it comes to getting infected with something, but I'd piss off a lot of people by saying that.
No, it's generally true. Lots of common sense things Windows users can do to prevent trouble.
1. Turn off the freaking preview pane in Outlook. That's not a backdoor for infection, that's like throwing open the front door and nailing it open, and going out of your way to invite trouble, rather than simply welcoming it.
2. Run a firewall. Common sense on any platform.
3. Get an antivirus program and be vigilant about keeping it updated.
4. Only install programs from companies you trust.
5. Run Ad-Aware, because even companies you trust can dick you over, sometimes.
Funny, I only did a couple of those on my old PC with Windows XP, and when I recently took the machine off my network and scanned it for viruses for the first time, there was only one file infected with one virus. It's gone now, needless to say. It seems like people like my sister go out of their way to create trouble for themselves, though.
Oh, and Luisinan, my new 15" PowerBook and I hear you. I kinda wish there was a better alternative for Win users other than changing platform, the Linux community isn't going to make itself better for end users anytime soon. OS X already beat them to making a desktop UNIX for "the rest of us", and they seem less concerned with the desktop, anyway.
Sad thing is, most Windows users aren't looking for an alternative. They're happy with what they put up with. Hell, I was for a long time, too, until I got my PowerBook G3... I'm on my second Mac now and I think I'll be staying. Switching over from one machine to the other was one of the easiest things I've ever done. Transfer my iTunes library across the network, copy a couple files from the library for bookmarks, email, etc... and I was done in no time.
but I'm rambling now.
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| Kaepora
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| "Re(2):Re:can't sleep. clown will eat me" , posted Mon 18 Aug 00:24
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nah, you're definitely right. in the most obvious categories i can think of, there's
(1) people looking for trouble
desc: frequently on warez sites and downloading unknown files off of p2p servers
(2) the naive
desc: they don't know any better. if they get an e-mail from their [friend or family member], saying it's [insert whatever here], they'll believe it
(3) the reserved
desc: they rarely get anything. they just use the internet to browse web sites
i'm guessing you fit in the third category. i'm just stereotyping, which i probably shouldn't, but i'm sure there's some truth in it
You're very correct; I'm more of a "Reserved" user while my brother fits into the first category. I'd also say that other factors play into the situations as well:
- I have my Email address set up under the not-dictionary-friendly "Kaepora" name with my provider's domain while my brother uses his very-dictionary-friendly name under Hotmail.
- I'm pretty miserly when it comes to applications installed and/or running, while he doesn't pay attention until he runs out of space or things stop working.
- I use Opera and Trillian as my Internet access while he uses Internet Explorer and AIM/MSN.
It doesn't have anything to do with computer knowledge in our case; our decisions and behavior is just inherent to our unique personalities. Just so happens I got lucky in my choices, I guess.
I also believe that Mac OS and Linux (fantastic as they may be [I haven't used them]) would have about the same number of problems if they had the sheer marketshare that Microsoft has with its programs. Not the same problems, but a similar number. I honestly think that there are so few issues with non-Windows platforms simply because delinquents aren't going to bother with Mac/Linux when there are so many Windows systems out there.
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| Grave 571th Post
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| "Re(3):Re:can't sleep. clown will eat me" , posted Mon 18 Aug 00:30
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I also believe that Mac OS and Linux (fantastic as they may be [I haven't used them]) would have about the same number of problems if they had the sheer marketshare that Microsoft has with its programs. Not the same problems, but a similar number. I honestly think that there are so few issues with non-Windows platforms simply because delinquents aren't going to bother with Mac/Linux when there are so many Windows systems out there.
Oh yeah, very true... but Microsoft is very inattentive to the huge number of bugs and problems in their software, regardless. They're a very controlling, unfriendly company to deal with. I don't like feeling like my software is "on lease" from them, like it could malfunction at any time or be revoked, or suddenly change the rules on what I can and cannot do. They have a lot of practices that seem very anti-consumer... but eh, a lot of companies are like that, and it just seems to slide. Creative Labs is one of the most consumer-unfriendly companies I've ever dealt with. I don't think I'll ever buy a Sound Blaster card again.
Oh, and props for using Opera. The Windows version of Opera is one of the nicest browsers I've ever had the pleasure of using.
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