Apple was saying that and Microsoft did see it accurately.
You have a knack for avoiding the question I keep asking, so I'll try to ask this as clearly as possible:
Why did Apple do that?
Apple was saying that and Microsoft did see it accurately.
Did I say a damn thing about Apple not having the right to do it? No.
But you're the fool who's trying to say they didn't do it.
Did I say a damn thing about Apple not having the right to do it? No.
so i got bored and went on the official apple forums, if mac is so perfect, why are there so many problems and threads here on the 10.6 OS forum?
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=263&start=0#threads
]When the market leader has 80% and you have 10%, you're obscure whether you're Apple, Microsoft, Dell, Sony, Motorola or anyone else. That's just the truth of it.
Chess Piece They've had great sucess with their all-one designes (the iMacs).[/QUOTE said:Man, those things were just AWFUL. In my high-school newspaper room, all of our computers were iMacs, and they crashed CONSTANTLY. Drove me nuts trying to write an article, only to have the thing crash and lose all of the data.
Man, those things were just AWFUL. In my high-school newspaper room, all of our computers were iMacs, and they crashed CONSTANTLY. Drove me nuts trying to write an article, only to have the thing crash and lose all of the data.
I'm pretty drunk right now, but even I have been following this conversation better than you. Checkmate never said anything about Apple not trying to sell their computers to outsiders, that's a strawman you created, all Checkmate said is that Apple is trying to portray the average PC user as a boring drone devoid of personality and that there's is the platform for cool and alternative people. This isn't a new strategy, it has been the backbone of their marketing campaign for Macs since 1984.You have a knack for avoiding the question I keep asking, so I'll try to ask this as clearly as possible:
And when you have less than 1% of the server market, writing malware that will infect a large number of users is very difficult indeed. If you want a virus to spread quickly your best bet is to infect a server in order to get thousands of users at once, having an infection spread from computer to computer would take too long in a world where an update to patch the security hole can be deployed within 48 hours.when you have 10% of the hardware market, a very large chunk of the portable media player and smart phone markets you're not a little player and you're not obscure not matter what some-one might think.
On the virus angle, the Mac people always point to the lack of viruses. And the other side points out the "security through obscurity" fallacy. Always. Every time.
And you know what? Both sides are right. Yes, it would be wise for Mac users to install some form of anti-virus even though they probably won't need it. And---this is the big one---YES, the lack of virii on the Mac is a huge advantage, regardless of why that condition exists.
Checkmate never said anything about Apple not trying to sell their computers to outsiders, that's a strawman you created
Checkmate said that Apple is trying to portray the average PC user as a boring drone devoid of personality
Especially since it isn't really free...and you can get the official free reports through the FTC."la la la Free Credit Report dot com la la la"
It's not a fallacy, it's the simple truth. Especially since (at least when Mac users talk about it) they're implying that Macs are invulnerable to such things because of their superiority, not simply because they're a target no one gives a flying flip about.On the virus angle, the Mac people always point to the lack of viruses. And the other side points out the "security through obscurity" fallacy. Always. Every time.
And you know what? Both sides are right. Yes, it would be wise for Mac users to install some form of anti-virus even though they probably won't need it. And---this is the big one---YES, the lack of virii on the Mac is a huge advantage, regardless of why that condition exists.
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