This is cool but you have to look at the percentage of people would be using a Palm USB sync on the software and how many resources they could assign to that issue, let's face it in the BUGS database I have a feeling that's a pretty low priority.
---WHY didn't anyone tell me I could just put that trollstud on ignore before now!!
I know what you are saying, but for me it was the Palm because that is the USB connection I needed, for other people they had different issues with USB support. I miss the Parallels of old, you're right about how their support use to be.
Something always strikes me odd about how much energy is spent to get Windows running on a Mac.
Also equally as odd is the fact that the majority of people that I've come in contact with who buy a Mac, also buy Parallels AND Windows to run on their mac. Take a 1500 computer and add on top of that roughly another 150 bucks, just to run the "evil" OS, hits me in the funny bone. When in Windows, you still get your same issues! (And sometimes even more since we are in a virtualized arena. Note: Specific 3D programs are supported.)
At least people should save the money for Parallels and use boot camp, that way they unlock ALL of the computing power to Windows. If not that, then at least use Virtual Box. I use it, and it works well. I like supporting open-source and cross-platform softwares.
Just confuses me sometimes. People want to get away, but they just can't. They get a Mac and still run Windows.
I'm all for moving away from MS. Gotta talk to the developers of third party software I guess...
Yes I can see your point...but my experience is I love you using my iMac no wires, OSX, iWork, iWeb, iPhoto, etc., etc. But being a realtor I am forced to use Windows because Apple/Safari aren't supported by the web based MLS. So rather than have a windows box cluttering up my office I chose the lesser of two evils Parallels. I dread opening it up to go to IE6 and the clumsy subpar interface of XP. Also, I prefer Parallels as opposed rebooting to Boot Camp every time which would be too time consuming during the course of the day. I'm sure there are many out there that have Window's specific apps but prefer working in them on their Mac...as I do! Believe me if I could, I would love to S**t can Windows once and for all!
I've owned several MacBook Pros, and I have NEVER had to send in ANY of them for repairs. Your experience is not typical, and relying on the internet to gauge how reliable the machines are is a poor way to do it. I can guarantee you that for every person that complains about problems there are probably at least hundreds of others who have never had problems.
This is a great news, isn't it? It sounds perfect for those who want to transit from their current OS.Now windows user might fail to find an excuse for why they don't want to move to MAC? I would love to use it for my desktop just because it has windows and I want to get rid of it.
0 Viruses for Mac. Yes there are a handful (literally about 5) known Trojans for Mac, but they can't self replicate and they require the user to enter their admin password which is a warning in itself.
My fathers PC gets infected with malware, even with an up to date virus scanner and a malware scanner. After the initial infection, it takes about a week for the system to be come unusable due to backdoor infections from that point.
This is from doing what 'regular' folks do like e-mail and web browsing.
Claiming that a Windows PC is 'safe' is like claiming a Pauly Shore movie is insightful.
My fathers PC gets infected with malware, even with an up to date virus scanner and a malware scanner. After the initial infection, it takes about a week for the system to be come unusable due to backdoor infections from that point.
This is from doing what 'regular' folks do like e-mail and web browsing.
Claiming that a Windows PC is 'safe' is like claiming a Pauly Shore movie is insightful.
Sorry, but I simply don't believe you. Unless your Father is visiting porn and warez sites, there should be no way he could possibly get a virus. My net habits are far from super safe and I've never been infected once. Firefox (and I guess other browsers too?) will automatically block any mallware infected sites anyway.
So yes, I do claim PCs are safe from viruses. Very safe, in my experience. I don't know anyone who has ever had a virus come to think of it, even factoring in those who download movies/TV shows from Pirate Bay etc. The whole issue is simply a non issue now, and continues to be talked about I imagine purely to line the pockets of Symantec etc, and of course Apple.
Sorry, but I simply don't believe you. Unless your Father is visiting porn and warez sites, there should be no way he could possibly get a virus. My net habits are far from super safe and I've never been infected once. Firefox (and I guess other browsers too?) will automatically block any mallware infected sites anyway.
So yes, I do claim PCs are safe from viruses. Very safe, in my experience. I don't know anyone who has ever had a virus come to think of it, even factoring in those who download movies/TV shows from Pirate Bay etc. The whole issue is simply a non issue now, and continues to be talked about I imagine purely to line the pockets of Symantec etc, and of course Apple.
Then you are living in a dream. It is not even necessary to open an attachment anymore. The e-mail themselves contain the executable code. They do this because your e-mail client will process HTML just as happily as your browser. If you actually worked in an IT shop, you would know that every second tuesday of the month we get our little list of exploits for Windows, and every Tuesday, thousands of IT shops around the world must deploy patches to fix such exploits. In addition there are 0 day exploits that that can't wait for the second tuesday of every month or that have no patches, meaning firewall workarounds until there are such patches. There are exploits that require no e-mail or web browsing. They simply send a string of code to your visible ports and cause a remote code execution exploit.
If you think you are 'safe' because you don't browse porn sites you are sadly deluded. If you think you are safe because you use Firefox, you are in the same boat. The browser is the most common delivery vehicle more often then not. Click-jacking is a good example. You think you are clicking on a 'safe' link but in the background, the code redirects your 'click' to an unsafe package of malware. 'Safe' sites are infected all the time via SQL injections, meaning that site you trust today may be installing malware on your PC tomorrow and quietly disabling your scanner and you don't even know it. Root kits can be installed that your virus scanner cannot even detect.
By all means. Turn of our virus scanner if you feel you don't need it
Then you are living in a dream. It is not even necessary to open an attachment anymore. The e-mail themselves contain the executable code. They do this because your e-mail client will process HTML just as happily as your browser. If you actually worked in an IT shop, you would know that every second tuesday of the month we get our little list of exploits for Windows, and every Tuesday, thousands of IT shops around the world must deploy patches to fix such exploits. In addition there are 0 day exploits that that can't wait for the second tuesday of every month or that have no patches, meaning firewall workarounds until there are such patches. There are exploits that require no e-mail or web browsing. They simply send a string of code to your visible ports and cause a remote code execution exploit.
If you think you are 'safe' because you don't browse porn sites you are sadly deluded. If you think you are safe because you use Firefox, you are in the same boat. The browser is the most common delivery vehicle more often then not. Click-jacking is a good example. You think you are clicking on a 'safe' link but in the background, the code redirects your 'click' to an unsafe package of malware. 'Safe' sites are infected all the time via SQL injections, meaning that site you trust today may be installing malware on your PC tomorrow and quietly disabling your scanner and you don't even know it. Root kits can be installed that your virus scanner cannot even detect.
By all means. Turn of our virus scanner if you feel you don't need it
Then I guess I and every other PC user I know must just lead magical lives, as none of us have ever had infections. How could that be with all those dangers you speak of out in the wild just waiting to pounce? I'm curious.
Then I guess I and every other PC user I know must just lead magical lives, as none of us have ever had infections. How could that be with all those dangers you speak of out in the wild just waiting to pounce? I'm curious.
Curious. Off-topic, ridiculous, but curious. If you do not use anti-virus, how do you know you have never been infected? The most common problems do not leave outward signs that anything is wrong. Your computer is probably owned by the Russian mafia by now. You and all of your virus-free friends are possibly a part of a huge bot net. My point is today's mall-ruses don't put up a pirate flag, yell "Got you!" and shut down your computer. They hide very well. You and your friends might want to reinstall, just to be safe.
Curious. Off-topic, ridiculous, but curious. If you do not use anti-virus, how do you know you have never been infected? The most common problems do not leave outward signs that anything is wrong. Your computer is probably owned by the Russian mafia by now. You and all of your virus-free friends are possibly a part of a huge bot net. My point is today's mall-ruses don't put up a pirate flag, yell "Got you!" and shut down your computer. They hide very well. You and your friends might want to reinstall, just to be safe.
Of course I have anti-virus, I'm not an idiot. I use Webroot Security Essentials as of all the ones I tried it seemed to be both light on system resources and didn't cause problems with media server software. (I use Twonky Media and iTunes to stream)
It runs a deep system scan every night and has never found a virus. It does however find lots of tracking cookies, which it always deletes.
Of course I have anti-virus, I'm not an idiot. I use Webroot Security Essentials as of all the ones I tried it seemed to be both light on system resources and didn't cause problems with media server software. (I use Twonky Media and iTunes to stream)
It runs a deep system scan every night and has never found a virus. It does however find lots of tracking cookies, which it always deletes.
Good to know you've got a condom on that thing. I wouldn't want you emailing my sister without one.
It?s a small thing but the big UI convenience discovery I made when I bought my Mac was F9 and F10 as short cuts for finding the window I wanted, vs. alt-tab on Windows.
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This is cool but you have to look at the percentage of people would be using a Palm USB sync on the software and how many resources they could assign to that issue, let's face it in the BUGS database I have a feeling that's a pretty low priority.
---WHY didn't anyone tell me I could just put that trollstud on ignore before now!!
I know what you are saying, but for me it was the Palm because that is the USB connection I needed, for other people they had different issues with USB support. I miss the Parallels of old, you're right about how their support use to be.
--Dave
Something always strikes me odd about how much energy is spent to get Windows running on a Mac.
Also equally as odd is the fact that the majority of people that I've come in contact with who buy a Mac, also buy Parallels AND Windows to run on their mac. Take a 1500 computer and add on top of that roughly another 150 bucks, just to run the "evil" OS, hits me in the funny bone. When in Windows, you still get your same issues! (And sometimes even more since we are in a virtualized arena. Note: Specific 3D programs are supported.)
At least people should save the money for Parallels and use boot camp, that way they unlock ALL of the computing power to Windows. If not that, then at least use Virtual Box. I use it, and it works well. I like supporting open-source and cross-platform softwares.
Just confuses me sometimes. People want to get away, but they just can't. They get a Mac and still run Windows.
I'm all for moving away from MS. Gotta talk to the developers of third party software I guess...
Yes I can see your point...but my experience is I love you using my iMac no wires, OSX, iWork, iWeb, iPhoto, etc., etc. But being a realtor I am forced to use Windows because Apple/Safari aren't supported by the web based MLS. So rather than have a windows box cluttering up my office I chose the lesser of two evils Parallels. I dread opening it up to go to IE6 and the clumsy subpar interface of XP. Also, I prefer Parallels as opposed rebooting to Boot Camp every time which would be too time consuming during the course of the day. I'm sure there are many out there that have Window's specific apps but prefer working in them on their Mac...as I do!
I've owned several MacBook Pros, and I have NEVER had to send in ANY of them for repairs. Your experience is not typical, and relying on the internet to gauge how reliable the machines are is a poor way to do it. I can guarantee you that for every person that complains about problems there are probably at least hundreds of others who have never had problems.
i agree my MBP and other mac.s work fine .
maybe there troll twins
Now imagine if MS crippled access to Windows in Windows 7 the way Apple cripples iTunes access to Palm.
Liar
This is a great news, isn't it? It sounds perfect for those who want to transit from their current OS.Now windows user might fail to find an excuse for why they don't want to move to MAC? I would love to use it for my desktop just because it has windows and I want to get rid of it.
You are too funny
Meanwhile do I understand correctly ... you are using a PC and waiting for Macs to be stable? ROFL
I use both and find both to be stable. Sorry to go against the 'PCs are virus filled piles of spyware' BS put about by Apple and their faboys.
0 Viruses for Mac. Yes there are a handful (literally about 5) known Trojans for Mac, but they can't self replicate and they require the user to enter their admin password which is a warning in itself.
My fathers PC gets infected with malware, even with an up to date virus scanner and a malware scanner. After the initial infection, it takes about a week for the system to be come unusable due to backdoor infections from that point.
This is from doing what 'regular' folks do like e-mail and web browsing.
Claiming that a Windows PC is 'safe' is like claiming a Pauly Shore movie is insightful.
My fathers PC gets infected with malware, even with an up to date virus scanner and a malware scanner. After the initial infection, it takes about a week for the system to be come unusable due to backdoor infections from that point.
This is from doing what 'regular' folks do like e-mail and web browsing.
Claiming that a Windows PC is 'safe' is like claiming a Pauly Shore movie is insightful.
Sorry, but I simply don't believe you. Unless your Father is visiting porn and warez sites, there should be no way he could possibly get a virus. My net habits are far from super safe and I've never been infected once. Firefox (and I guess other browsers too?) will automatically block any mallware infected sites anyway.
So yes, I do claim PCs are safe from viruses. Very safe, in my experience. I don't know anyone who has ever had a virus come to think of it, even factoring in those who download movies/TV shows from Pirate Bay etc. The whole issue is simply a non issue now, and continues to be talked about I imagine purely to line the pockets of Symantec etc, and of course Apple.
Sorry, but I simply don't believe you. Unless your Father is visiting porn and warez sites, there should be no way he could possibly get a virus. My net habits are far from super safe and I've never been infected once. Firefox (and I guess other browsers too?) will automatically block any mallware infected sites anyway.
So yes, I do claim PCs are safe from viruses. Very safe, in my experience. I don't know anyone who has ever had a virus come to think of it, even factoring in those who download movies/TV shows from Pirate Bay etc. The whole issue is simply a non issue now, and continues to be talked about I imagine purely to line the pockets of Symantec etc, and of course Apple.
Then you are living in a dream. It is not even necessary to open an attachment anymore. The e-mail themselves contain the executable code. They do this because your e-mail client will process HTML just as happily as your browser. If you actually worked in an IT shop, you would know that every second tuesday of the month we get our little list of exploits for Windows, and every Tuesday, thousands of IT shops around the world must deploy patches to fix such exploits. In addition there are 0 day exploits that that can't wait for the second tuesday of every month or that have no patches, meaning firewall workarounds until there are such patches. There are exploits that require no e-mail or web browsing. They simply send a string of code to your visible ports and cause a remote code execution exploit.
If you think you are 'safe' because you don't browse porn sites you are sadly deluded. If you think you are safe because you use Firefox, you are in the same boat. The browser is the most common delivery vehicle more often then not. Click-jacking is a good example. You think you are clicking on a 'safe' link but in the background, the code redirects your 'click' to an unsafe package of malware. 'Safe' sites are infected all the time via SQL injections, meaning that site you trust today may be installing malware on your PC tomorrow and quietly disabling your scanner and you don't even know it. Root kits can be installed that your virus scanner cannot even detect.
By all means. Turn of our virus scanner if you feel you don't need it
Then you are living in a dream. It is not even necessary to open an attachment anymore. The e-mail themselves contain the executable code. They do this because your e-mail client will process HTML just as happily as your browser. If you actually worked in an IT shop, you would know that every second tuesday of the month we get our little list of exploits for Windows, and every Tuesday, thousands of IT shops around the world must deploy patches to fix such exploits. In addition there are 0 day exploits that that can't wait for the second tuesday of every month or that have no patches, meaning firewall workarounds until there are such patches. There are exploits that require no e-mail or web browsing. They simply send a string of code to your visible ports and cause a remote code execution exploit.
If you think you are 'safe' because you don't browse porn sites you are sadly deluded. If you think you are safe because you use Firefox, you are in the same boat. The browser is the most common delivery vehicle more often then not. Click-jacking is a good example. You think you are clicking on a 'safe' link but in the background, the code redirects your 'click' to an unsafe package of malware. 'Safe' sites are infected all the time via SQL injections, meaning that site you trust today may be installing malware on your PC tomorrow and quietly disabling your scanner and you don't even know it. Root kits can be installed that your virus scanner cannot even detect.
By all means. Turn of our virus scanner if you feel you don't need it
Then I guess I and every other PC user I know must just lead magical lives, as none of us have ever had infections. How could that be with all those dangers you speak of out in the wild just waiting to pounce? I'm curious.
Then I guess I and every other PC user I know must just lead magical lives, as none of us have ever had infections. How could that be with all those dangers you speak of out in the wild just waiting to pounce? I'm curious.
Curious. Off-topic, ridiculous, but curious. If you do not use anti-virus, how do you know you have never been infected? The most common problems do not leave outward signs that anything is wrong. Your computer is probably owned by the Russian mafia by now. You and all of your virus-free friends are possibly a part of a huge bot net. My point is today's mall-ruses don't put up a pirate flag, yell "Got you!" and shut down your computer. They hide very well. You and your friends might want to reinstall, just to be safe.
Curious. Off-topic, ridiculous, but curious. If you do not use anti-virus, how do you know you have never been infected? The most common problems do not leave outward signs that anything is wrong. Your computer is probably owned by the Russian mafia by now. You and all of your virus-free friends are possibly a part of a huge bot net. My point is today's mall-ruses don't put up a pirate flag, yell "Got you!" and shut down your computer. They hide very well. You and your friends might want to reinstall, just to be safe.
Of course I have anti-virus, I'm not an idiot. I use Webroot Security Essentials as of all the ones I tried it seemed to be both light on system resources and didn't cause problems with media server software. (I use Twonky Media and iTunes to stream)
It runs a deep system scan every night and has never found a virus. It does however find lots of tracking cookies, which it always deletes.
Of course I have anti-virus, I'm not an idiot. I use Webroot Security Essentials as of all the ones I tried it seemed to be both light on system resources and didn't cause problems with media server software. (I use Twonky Media and iTunes to stream)
It runs a deep system scan every night and has never found a virus. It does however find lots of tracking cookies, which it always deletes.
Good to know you've got a condom on that thing. I wouldn't want you emailing my sister without one.