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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(Unverified)Feb 8th 2009 4:41PM
I have used both macs and windows for a very long time. I've been a professional computer consultant for 19 years. My personal machines are both macs, switched from Windows to macs almost 2 yrs ago, I have parallels installed for when I absolutely have to run something on a PC (very rarely). Did you know that XP runs faster on parallels than on a Windows PC? I love my macs. They work so much better, almost never crash, no viruses, and sturdy as anything! I've dropped my macbook dozens of times, literally, and it's still working great. I can't imagine ever going back.
BlacklightFeb 8th 2009 9:15PM
Well, as a "professional", I expected you to know better. Obviously you have no idea of what's going on.
For one, since Apple switched to x86, Macs are nothing but _normal_ computers in a nice looking (and sturdy, if you will) non-standard form. You can also run OSX in a non-Apple computer (if you know what you're doing, wich I'm pretty sure you don't).
For two, XP in a Mac is absolutely no different from XP in an off-the-shelf computer. If it runs faster, it's because the Mac has faster components. But then again, you could just buy a higher end PC, get the same results, and still pay much less than you paid for your Mac.
Whatever floats your boat though, if you enjoy being ripped off...
As for the original topic, Windows will never, ever be as secure as Linux or *BSD
Linux and *BSD (and other Unix-style kernels/OSes) were designed from the ground up to be secure. That's why it works. Security is not something you can add to an insecure base. You have to do it from the ground up. So unless they make a new Windows kernel starting from scratch, meant to be secure for the end user, wich would likely break any compatibility with existing software and dramatically change the way software is written for Windoze, don't even bother dreaming. It won't happen. Not without at least resulting in something very annoying (like Vista's UAC).