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You're all getting nutty happy about the discontinuation of "Flash," but I'm sorry to advise you that Adobe will still be seen on these devices through their Air runtime.
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Quote:Originally Posted by MacBook Pro Since there are no intelligent responses countering my comments, I assume those who were defending the garbage that is Microsoft Windows have finished. Actually, considering iOS and OS X have a common core w…
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Quote:Originally Posted by MacBook Pro For further contemplation: “It's a significant improvement, and the best way that I've described the level of security in Lion is that it's Windows 7, plus, plus,” said Dino Dai Zovi, principal of security c…
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Quote:Originally Posted by MacBook Pro Here is the list of Windows 7 updates this year through early May 2012: 01/10/2012 Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2584146) 01/10/2012 Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-…
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Quote:Originally Posted by MacBook Pro Here are the facts regarding Apple OS X security and privacy. Apple OS X 10.7 Lion is the most secure commercial operating system is widespread use. Apple offers a Software Update control panel within the M…
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tallest Skil For reference you mean OS X, correct? So that'd be when Apple has 30% marketshare in the US and 12% worldwide, right? Sure, let's call it a date. Maybe tempers will have cooled and we can raise a beer to…
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Quote:Originally Posted by GTR Here's another. I was a PC user, and professional supported it, for approximately thirteen years. During that period of time, I reinstalled Windows both for myself, and many others, hundreds of time due to general Wi…
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Quote:Originally Posted by GTR You sure take a bit to wind down, don't you? (>_
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Gosh dang it, Huddler… so much useless WHITE SPACE. Need to write our rules out better, then. They're quite vague as-is. I stepped away for a bit, but I'll respond generally: - The "wave" never came …
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tallest Skil No, not in the slightest… Java today, the rest tomorrow. The wave hits shore somewhere. Do you snore, too? You're a doofus if you think OS X is more stable than Windows 7 Three times this year, wa…
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Quote:Originally Posted by GTR That's great advice and, next year, if MAC OS X users get another 'virus' through a third party software developer, then we'll ensure they do a nice, easy restore from iCloud, then keep on trucking. Hell, if their iO…
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OK, I can see this will be endless, so I'll leave with a summary of my opinion, cuz obviously it's just an opinion, of what's what Apple has for years been subsidizing a sense of security by pointing at Windows faults Apple has begun retracting t…
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Quote:Originally Posted by Quadra 610 Perfect point. Given MS' horizontal business model, and their universal-licensing racket, they will for the foreseeable future have dominant PC marketshare. OS X share *still* won't rise above what, at most 1…
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Quote:Originally Posted by JerrySwitched26 I'm not sure that the ratios are very different now than they were years ago. Isn't it still > 90% for Windows and < 10% OSX? Yes, it is still VERY small, and hence Apple users still able to beli…
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Quote:Originally Posted by Quadra 610 The "low marketshare" argument doesn't quite hold true when, since OS X's release in 2001, there's been just a handful of malware. Every couple of years there's *maybe* a new trojan. And the media eats it u…
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Quote:Originally Posted by GTR I have a lot of respect for both you and TS. However, you may be jumping at shadows in regards to his reply. He appeared to genuinely attempt to answer your question, based on the information that you provided, an…
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Quote:Originally Posted by Macky the Macky Keep in mind the genealogy of the two OS softwares. Windows is an OS built for stand-alone 16 bit systems, and was itself a rewrite of an 8-bit OS. It has been patched up more times than anyone can count …
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Quote:Originally Posted by ChiA If Windows was so battle hardened and perfect it would be impenetrable. Yet with Windows 7 still requires antivirus because Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses. Even Microsoft acknowledges that its current …
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Quote:Originally Posted by mstone I don't think this is entirely true. OS X is built on UNIX which is a much more secure system to start with than Windows. Things like having all the applications support files in a single directory instead of scatt…