[alenbarbaf]

Not really a virus though, is it? It required the user to actually open the file......

So, no viruses, no spyware, no malware... I can surf the net and never need a virus or spyware scanner installed, nor care about the dangers of any given page. Nice

Don't take that for granted....one day someone may invent a few or more, though I am sure there are few around >.<

[Borzopayn]

[quote]Don't take that for granted....one day someone may invent a few or more, though I am sure there are few around >.

[mas-dkt-sive]

It's not outside the realms of possibility....

No such thing as impossible

[dgdhgjjgj]

I'm not a PC lover, in fact I prefer Mac, especially at work. My only problem with Macs, and Apple in general, is the people who take it to the level of obsession and refuse to admit that PCs and Macs both have downsides. Neither is perfect, and the Mac fanboy craze is ridiculous. To say that one is categorically better in every aspect is asinine and dishonest, and 9 times out of 10 its the Mac side making the absurd claims.

I'm not saying you have, but don't confuse me with a Mac fan boy. I have fights with them all the time when they promote the Mac as the best gaming environment. It's not. It's just best for everything else that I do.

I run Windows Vista on my MacBookPro and it works well for gaming. That is all I do with it in Windows. I guess in Windows world, with thousands of configurations Vista is a bear. I've not had any problems with it as compared to XP on a dedicated PC which has given me more problems with 2 PCs then I've ever had on the 8 Macs I've owned. The registry (as long as it's included in Windows) and it's exposure to viruses are Windows major Achilles heal. Along with the fact you have to continually run utilities to keep it running. Macs don't have that problem. I don't know if Windows 7 is better, but you just can't drag around programs in Vista (without breaking them) like you can on a Mac.

[quote]Don't take that for granted....one day someone may invent a few or more, though I am sure there are few around >.

[Grorointeri]

I have to say you're wrong. The IT guy that I used to work with not only advises everyone that their apple system can get viruses, but its more expensive to get them removed because not very many people know how to remove them, all because of the talk that Mac can never get viruses.
He charges double to his clients and they happily pay it because geek squad is full of morons and likes to tell their customers the same thing you just said in your OP.

[Qncvqpgfg]

I have to say you're wrong. The IT guy that I used to work with not only advises everyone that their apple system can get viruses, but its more expensive to get them removed because not very many people know how to remove them, all because of the talk that Mac can never get viruses.
He charges double to his clients and they happily pay it because geek squad is full of morons and likes to tell their customers the same thing you just said in your OP.

The bottom line is that your Virus program is either going to catch it or it's not. If you are working with any average Windows tech support when your PC is under warranty, the standard answer is to wipe the drive and reinstall the OS and this happens for even the most minor problems. I have first hand experience. "Oh, your PC won't connect to the internet?..." Time to wipe and clean install. Absolute truth. Windows has a vary bad characteristic that is spreads related program files all over the hard drive and gives them cryptic names making it difficult to identify them.

Realistically if there is a virus floating around on your Mac, my guess is that the standard response, if the virus program won't pick it up, will be the same to "make sure we get it". Therefore you come out way ahead if you are operating a system that is not exposed or susceptible to the same volume of viruses. And that would be Mac.

[Nikitka]

If you are working with any average Windows tech support when your PC is under warranty, the standard answer is to wipe the drive and reinstall the OS and this happens for even the most minor problems. I have first hand experience. "Oh, your PC won't connect to the internet?..." Time to wipe and clean install. Absolute truth. Windows has a vary bad characteristic that is spreads related program files all over the hard drive and gives them cryptic names making it difficult to identify them..

I get it, you deal with morons. Well the truth is to clean your system on a Windows based system is not only easy, if you dont know how to do it theres someone in your town who does for extremely cheap

[Kayakeenemeds]

+1 for Mac.

[Malinguenem]

Let me repeat: THERE ARE NO VIRUSES ON MACS. There may be a malicious application or two, but they have to be installed onto the mac by the user. There is no back door.

ed,..my point is simple...macs can get virus's and they are out there...are macs perfect..no..are pc's perfect..no,..but nothing man made is.
i cannot believe you can spout that macs cannot or have never gotten a virus/virus's, to continue to do so makes you appear delusional...and you dont strike me as the delusional type (not meant as a personal assault/strike...no offense intended)

[P9CCd35R]

NERD FIGHT!

[Suvuseh]

Just to let everyone know, anyone can clean a Mac, it's far easier than windows. The procedure:

Insert Mac OS X cd.
Boot Mac, holding "c" key
Follow on screen instructions.

Normally takes 45 minutes to install a new system. Clean as a whistle.

[Xiciljed]

I haven't reinstalled Windows since Windows 95

[jeargefef]

I haven't reinstalled Windows since Windows 95

I normally, by force of habit, do a reinstall a couple of times a year. Keeps everything running really smoothly. But then I deal with large graphics files, movie files, 3D and graphics files. And also I'm running Apache, MySQL, PHP etc so it's good to lay a new system down, especially when I've a big new project to get going.

[diplmixxxx]

Just to let everyone know, anyone can clean a Mac, it's far easier than windows. The procedure:

Insert Mac OS X cd.
Boot Mac, holding "c" key
Follow on screen instructions.

Normally takes 45 minutes to install a new system. Clean as a whistle.

to be fair, since XP, windows installs are a lot better.

I can do them at work for people with particularly unhealthy laptops in at most an hour, sometimes as little as 25 minutes.

I probably shouldn't post that, I'm not allowed to use the ultimate boot disc lol