[Grovenet] MACs for Christmas

[chuck]

As I said earlier - this debate is pointless.  Knew it from the beginning. 

People who love their Macs - love their Macs.  And will be glad to tell 
anyone about it - if they'll listen.  Most people don't.  Same with the 
penguin heads - Linux works for them (and me) - but try to tell that to 
any of the 92% Microsoft marketshare people - and they think we're nuts. 

I can live with that.  Whatever floats your boat.

I just had another computer show up at my door.  Problem?  
Virus/Spyware.  It's a Windows machine.  Hmmm.

Sure - a lot of these headaches would be solved if people would just 
keep their AV up to date, or make backups regularly.  But they don't.  
And probably won't.  They just want their computers to work - like 
advertised.  And they don't want to spend a fortune or an entire month 
doing it.  And I can't say I blame them one bit. 

You call them incompetent.  I call them normal people.  They have other 
things to do besides trying to figure out one more thing on the silly 
computer.  They have businesses to run, or jobs to go to, or kids to raise.

Are they at risk?  Sure they are.  I try to teach my customers about 
safe computing, Antivirus Updates, monthly spyware cleaning, email 
attachments, risky websites, using Firefox over IE.  Some listen.  Some 
don't.  But it's all I can do. 

Except maybe point them to a Mac.  Which 'currently' has a much lesser 
risk of getting a Virus than Windows. 

Enjoy your debating.  I'm done.  I have more 'viruses' to remove.

chuck