your argument is stupid. like my english.

I stated my opinion on the shitty ad. Sure puddy is funny, but that doesn’t excuse the lame idea behind the ad 1 bit. I also stated that use OSX, so what ARE you trying to say man. Nothing obviously.

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/08/25/1839246/Report-That-OS-X-Snow-Leopard-May-Include-Antivirus

even though it’s just a rumor for now, but if it is true and SL is shipping with an ANTIVIRUS, ur pompous replies are numbered. That may explain why Apple is trying to quickly ship out ALL the tired “no viruses on macs” adds. I wonder what the regular consumer is gonna say when they find out that SL has an antivirus, lol

oh boy, this is gonna be so funny. Can you predict what the next add is NOT gonna be if this is true?

Thanks!

Oh, that’s interesting, but not nearly as effective as what Vista and Windows 7 do. IMO Apple would serve customers to imitate Microsoft, but probably it decided that it can’t imitate Microsoft without looking really, really bad; that would wreck it’s carefull-cultivated image as “innovative”, and fly in the face of the constant Microsoft-bashing.

Apple customers lose. That’s sad.

I don’t have a copy of Snow Leopard yet so I couldn’t tell you, but Reuters did have this article regarding installation.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/25/snow_leopard_malware_protection/

On Brad Brooks: yes, but that’s not nearly as clear-cut as the direct Apple lies about security and stability of the competition. Your example is closer to what all companies do to sell their products: hype them! I don’t at all see that as a try to get customers to run a Windows OS, although Mac fanboys will take any (any!) excuse to attribute malice to that evil,evil Microsoft :)

On Mac users in general: I think you give them too much credit. There are well-informed and smart people such as yourself out there, but generally I experience Mac fandom as a cultish following, not open to reason or (horrors!) facts.

On Conficker: I’ll clarify my earlier point: this was reverse-engineered from a Microsoft patch for a vulnerability which Microsoft found.

It’s possible you guys honestly don’t know about one of the advanced security features that Vista has, which Snow Leopard would serve customers well to emulate (like ASLR, which Vista shipped long ago): digital signatures at elevation-of-privelege time when installing software.

Question: does Snow Leopard do this? If I install an application from e.g. Adobe, at elevation-of-privilege time, does Mac tell me whether the EXE is digitally signed, and if so, by whom?

I sit here with my Macbook connected to my ASUS 1080p monitor. Compatibility with hardware isn’t a problem.

In terms of Apple and their consumers being “ignorant,” Mac users are very well aware of the security flaws in their products, and deal with them accordingly. In terms of Apple being “told” to release security updates, we have a community that notifies Apple to relevant problems. Microsoft isn’t always on their A game either, and also has a community of like minded individuals who are dedicated and passionate about securing their products. We don’t know what is happening at Apple HQ, and developers may have decided to release a patch that encompasses many security issues instead of just one, thus the delay. As Apple continues to become a larger target for malware in the years ahead, they will take the appropriate measures to make their software safe to use.

Microsoft does mislead their consumers. I remember Brad Brooks being a prime example of admittedly selling Microsoft Office 2008 on the Mac lacking features of it’s Windows counterpart when it was being sold as a “fully featured” office solution. That’s shady tactics to get Mac users to switch over to Windows just for an office suite that has everything available.

No matter what operating system you use, all are vulnerable to an extent. It is ultimately the user, not the operating system, who needs to take precautions and be aware of what website he or she visits, what links are safe to click on, what emails are safe to open, and what not to download in order to avoid any breach in security.