[thelist] re: thinking of getting new mac

Pete Prodoehl pete.prodoehl at cygnusinteractive.com
Thu Sep 25 08:31:18 CDT 2003


Chris Price wrote:
> I believe the reason for the Mac's relative immunity is more to do with
> numbers of users than ease of creating viruses. A virus that created Mac
> havoc might make the front of Macworld but wouldn't get a mention on the 9
> o'clock news. Also the Mac community is a bit like a club whereas PC users
> just have a computer on their desk.

I've always thought that one of the main reasons for there not being 
many Mac viruses is because of the difference between Windows and Mac 
culture...

And if you know what those differences are, you probably think the same...

Pete




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