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patchythepirate said:

I don’t get why Apple just doesn’t make a thin version of the MacBook Pro, call it MacBook, and get rid of the Air at this point. 

I believe the MacBook Air is their best selling laptop so getting rid of that would be silly. 

bakerzdosen said:

I went *years* without running AV software on my Mac. I think I even bragged about it in a Tweet about 10 years ago.

But these days, well, things have changed. (A massive/sophisticated ransomware attack can have that effect on you.)

I'm pretty happy to have Carbon Black on my Mac.

I'm happy to not have to run any kind of Antivirus on my Mac. All of these attacks on macOS are typically bogus as they cannot be ran without user interaction. 

rob53 said:

aatb said:

rob53 said:

And we’re congratulating the largest vendor of malware for what reason? 

Following the notification process correctly and helping MacOS be more secure?  

Vulnerability had to do with software Microsoft didn’t like so they tried to work around it. When they discovered how to attack it, one employee had the ethics to tell Apple about it. Microsoft doesn’t do anything that isn’t of value to them. They spent decades not patching their software because they felt there wasn’t an alternative. Now they have a good income stream from Mac users so they’re trying to keep it.

5 posts??

Why does it matter how many posts someone has? Just because you didn't like what they had to say and they "only" have 5 posts doesn't mean their post should be invalidated. Quite frankly I applaud other companies finding security issues with any OS, even if its from your competitor of some sort. It only helps everyone in the end. Like I said before, it's not about Microsoft just trying to shit all over Apple because a security risk was found. If it weren't for this, Apple may not have known, or known after it was too late. It's not the best approach to have this me vs them attitude with everything. 

I don't mind Microsoft or Google security researchers finding holes in any OS. At least they're found and can be patched. Not sure why this is such an issue with people. I don't believe their sole purpose is to just shit all over Apple because they found a hole in macOS or iOS. 

The USPS in general just needs a major overhaul. IMO, it has got to be the worst delivery courier service out there. 9/10 times I have to go get my packages because they're too big and bulky according to them so they can't delivery them. Like WTF! FedEx, UPS, Amazon, etc never has any issues. Things are hardly ever delivered on time either. I cringe every time I see something I ordered was shipped USPS.