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power_gamer_6

I wish my professors were smart enough to read shit like this. I'm tired of their bias bullshit about Macs and their alleged superiority.

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Mime Taxidermy

My friend is like this. He doesn't even know about computers, but he claims that Macs are the best.

marcipaans

Both are crap. It purely depends on the user. If the user is clearly a retard then he will clearly get infected with countless viruses despite how "safe" or fortified the system is.
I've stopped using any firewall or anti-virus programs like 2-3 years ago and coincidentally I haven't got a single virus since then. If you are smart enough you don't need any programs to "defend" your computer.

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Dreakon

How similar is Mac and Linux? They're both based on Unix, right?

One of the main reasons Linux is more secure than Windows, other than the fact it's less popular and thusly less of a target, is because by default users are not given administrative rights. To get them, you need to enter an admin password and sometimes use special commands in the console (like sudo, I think). The fact most Linux users have to deal with this (unless they specially set it up not to), lends itself to people not ruining their OS on accident.

By default, Windows users can delete, edit and screw around with whatever the heck they want... which lends to more user error and people downloading viruses/malware that can corrupt/delete/ruin important system files. You can create a limited access account and whip up something similar to what Linux does for security, but 99% of people on Windows don't know how and wouldn't even if they did, because it's inconvenient.

I don't know if this applies to Mac though, but perhaps the two (Mac and Linux) are similar.

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Paladuck

Necro vs. non-necroing in Forums

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Tyrfing

I don't see how a BigMac has to do with my computer.

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