[Nuclear1]

There seems to be some nasty new malware creeping around the web now. If you haven't recently and are running Windows, check your computer for a folder called NetProject: this is malware.

I ran Malwarebytes' program and got it taken care of but only three hours of BSOD.

[achtung]

I love Fedora.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I'm using a Mac. Should I care?

[Nuclear1]

No you shouldn't.

[Ashrak]

trend micro kicks ass.....

[Scuddie]

You know what kicks even more ass?  Wearing an e-condom while dicking around on the internet.
What's better than that?  Not dicking around on the internet in the first place.

Remember kids:  If you get an infection, it's your own god damned fault.

[BloodEagle]

Remember kids:  If you get an infection, it's your own god damned fault.

That's going in my list of quotes. 

[Androgeos Exeunt]

You know what kicks even more ass?  Wearing an e-condom while dicking around on the internet.
What's better than that?  Not dicking around on the internet in the first place.

Remember kids:  If you get an infection, it's your own god damned fault.

Forget doing it online. Some weeks back, while I was sitting on the train, I saw and advertisement for a 0.03mm condom. They wrap that, along with a 0.06mm one, around a banana.

[nubbles526]

Forget doing it online. Some weeks back, while I was sitting on the train, I saw and advertisement for a 0.03mm condom. They wrap that, along with a 0.06mm one, around a banana.

That is wrong...

Since we are talking about malware, wasn't there a post about a superbug that will kill all PCs in the world?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Then switch over to a Mac.

[Scuddie]

Ah, the response of one who doesn't understand the differences between a PC and a Mac.

i.e. a maccie.

[Bob-san]

No instability over here. Most spyware is aimed for the majority of internet users--the computer-illiterate. Ya know, the scorn of network admins &c.

[jdjtcagle]

Ah, the response of one who doesn't understand the differences between a PC and a Mac.

i.e. a maccie.

I'm with Androgeos Exeunt on this, being on a PC all my life I love my Mac.  I'd admit that there are a few hardware differences tied into price but the OS is simply wonderful. 

[Scuddie]

There are no hardware differences.  The hardware is identical.  The only thing tied into price is the sleek, hipster look and the OS, which is essentially BSD that doesn't allow you access to kernel mode or real mode layers of the OS.

This may be convenient for those who want it to 'just work', but it's horrible for people who want it to work a certain way.

[jdjtcagle]

Not only does it just work but it works well, very well even with inferior hardware (say 1 gig ram on Mac runs better than 2 on pc) The hardware differences I was talking about was the price - I worded it wrong.

[Ghostavo]

Not only does it just work but it works well, very well even with inferior hardware (say 1 gig ram on Mac runs better than 2 on pc)

You realise that since a Mac IS a PC, that statement doesn't make sense.

[jdjtcagle]

Calling me out on not being "politically correct" about whether or not a Mac is a PC is rhetoric.  The OS of a Mac utilizes the hardware more efficiently than that of Windows.

PC (personal computer) is culturally accepted as Windows, you understood the context but felt the need to be condescending. 

i.e. - Most people call "all" cotton swabs "Q tips" which is a brand of cotton swabs.

[Ghostavo]

Calling me out on not being "politically correct" about whether or not a Mac is a PC is rhetoric.  The OS of a Mac utilizes the hardware more efficiently than that of Windows.

PC (personal computer) is culturally accepted as Windows, you understood the context but felt the need to be condescending. 

i.e. - Most people call "all" cotton swabs "Q tips" which is a brand of cotton swabs.

I don't care what a PC's OS is culturally accepted as. If you are prejudiced towards hardware that's more expensive based on what it's culturally accepted then that is retarded. Independent from what OS it runs, the better the hardware, the better a computer runs. You cannot contest that. Nothing stops you from buying whatever OS Apple sells and install it on a better machine than those overpriced machines they sell.

On that note, since people are so fond of repeatedly stating "My OS is better than your OS!" so I assume I can too play at that game. So without further ado, "My OS runs better on a PC of similar components than Mac OS or whatever it's name is."

i.e. - I call cotton swabs "cotonetes" and yes, I'm taking the piss semi-seriously.

P.S.
But I don't seem to be the only one refering to Macs as PC's it seems. 

[achtung]

I actually need to make myself sit down and go through a full Gentoo install some day.  I've heard it's a learning experience. 

[Mars]

Mac, like all Unix, tends to use graphics cards really poorly.

In Kubuntu Linux I find my CPU seems faster and my graphics card seems slower.