[opendtv] Re: Macbook
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:13:42 -0500
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> Apparently your daughter married well...
Indeed! And don't think I didn't rib them mercilessly about the Macs and the
FiOS. By the way, she got a gorgeous new 12" MacBook for her birthday. The one
where the casing has no visible screws holding it together. Like, one solid
metal piece.
> The virus issue is significant; something I just don't worry about on the
> Mac side of the machine. On the PC side, using Parallels, I just avoid
> doing things that might compromise the XP virtual machine.
The reason I said "mixed blessing" is simply that the lack of viruses for Macs
are more a reflection of how relatively "not fun" it would be to write a virus
for a Mac, than any inherent robustness. (If you can call viruses "fun.") They
wouldn't affect anything super critical, or cause any major global disruption.
But yes, viruses have become a real pain au derriere, and it's not so much the
virus, but how many CPU cycles the updated virus shields demand, when you first
boot up the PC. It's really become annoying. I often go to my task manager to
see what the blazes is holding things up, and invariably it's one of the
several McAfee executibles. But after a few minutes of frustration, you're back
in business.
> And speaking of Parallels, they just announced a new version with a slick
> new feature - an app that lets you access your virtual machines from any iOS
> device via the Internet. So now you can run Windows apps remotely using a
> touch interface...
Yes, viruses could become an issue for Macs too, with just that sort of "slick
new feature."
Bert
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