Nickname: LJKelley

Review: NTFS FileSystem (the default for XP, 2003, Vista) include file based security settings. Obviously most people on here are ignorant. The only reason OS X isn't attacked is because its not worth it. I've used Windows XP since RC1 and never had a single problem. Also add to it the Number One reason Windows crashes is because of 3rd Party Hardware & Drivers. Apple isn't flexible enough, but completely proprietary. People hag at Windows for being closed... but Apple is even more closed against the Good & Bad!

Date reviewed: Aug 25, 2006 6:36 AM

Nickname: Hez

Review: The biggest advantage I see in OS X is speed of development. OS X is advancing in capability & technology at about the same speed as the hardware. Microsoft is already throwing in the towel on EFI support for Windows Vista, leaving several poor PC manufacturers stuck in the dark ages of BIOS...actually I think Dell is probably happy about that deal. Each version of OS X is much better than the last, yet it only takes a year for Apple to develop the new release. Microsoft knew that if they couldn't offer a version of Vista that is largely compatible with older windows programs that they could loose a lot of their market to OS X, now with rumor of Leopard supporting Windows programs natively I'm not sure there is much they can do about that anyway. They just pushed back their release date for nothing. That's how I see it anyway, but hey I could be wrong. ;)

Date reviewed: May 10, 2006 8:09 PM

Nickname: silverer

Review: Many years back, someone talked me into a Mac as my first computer. I had no bias either way. Although our business relationship didn't work out, the Mac sure did. I have four computers in my office, two Macs and two PC's, and I avoid the PC's like the plague. They work great until you plug them into the Internet. It's just way too much of an investment in time for the average Joe just to keep them running and needing virus/adware/malware free. Just look on any site regarding the latest virus threats and see the long lists for Windows machines. Check out the Homeland Security Web site about computer threats and also see the hundreds of pages of documents regarding threats affecting Windows machines, and little about Macs (except for the Microsoft software for them!). But the truth is, I'm glad Microsoft is there. They serve the useful purpose of an attractive alternate target while the rest of us can use Unix, Linux, OS X, etc. to get something productive done.

Date reviewed: Jan 27, 2006 9:15 PM

Nickname: Rick Downes (Rixstep)

Review: The Windows Registry is an insecure kludge. It's an impenetrable forest ordinary users cannot get through, the perfect hiding place for malware. Even if ordinary users understood what it was and ignored Microsoft's warnings about mucking with it, they'd never have a chance of finding anything. And it's an Achilles heel because it concentrates all the vulnerabilities of the system into a few files. It does not have a domain system with overriding settings. It's all one big typical Microsoft mishmash. Even HKCR is a mess. It should be user-specific stuff, but it's system wide. What an inglorious confused ramshackle system. As long as malware can hide in the Registry, the world will never see an end to the thousands upon thousands of exploits. Yes, the bad guys need more than that, but do not fear: It's Microsoft writing Vista. Given an abundance of attack vectors and above all the ability to hide in the Registry, malware has a grand future on Microsoft's so-called "platform."

Date reviewed: Nov 25, 2005 2:34 AM

Nickname: pjmetz

Review: No one ever mentions that UNIX was designed with security features that Windows doesn't have. Every file and directory has permissions that you can set to prevent others from reading or modifying that file or directory. Someone did mention that software updates require the administrator (you, the owner of your computer) to enter a password before the operating system installs them. Perhaps a UNIX system administrator or programmer could delineate other security features. UNIX is an operating system written by programmers for programmers. It is robust. OSX and Linux are UNIX-based.

Date reviewed: Nov 22, 2005 9:26 PM

Nickname: WInblows

Review: The 2% to 3% figures do not reflect that the fact that 2%-3% represent the overall comnputer sales figures for that quarter. Break down the installed base and you find that the Mac share is over 16%, partially because of less turnover due to better hardware reliability. Break down the Windows share and you have a surprisingly high share of DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 98, ME, Windows NT, Windows 95 still in low use, and well, a bunch of Windows cash registers, not productive computers.

Date reviewed: Nov 13, 2005 7:21 AM

Nickname: iMacMan

Review: I am a Microsoft Certified Professional who has made the switch. When Microsoft released Windows 2000 with 65,000 known bugs and security issues, I became disillusioned with the company and its offerings. I had been experimenting with the Mac OS and Linux at the time to expand my versatility as a Technology Consultant and fell in love with the engineered experience of the Apple product and the price-tag of the Linux OS. Since I am capable of building my own PC's the Linux was a great alternative for hosting my Web sites and being productive. Oodles of open source software is available for everyone at no cost. When Apple incorporated the Free BSD core in their Mac OS X, the open source programs became available to every Mac OS X user, as well. If you are a PC hardware user who cannot afford the price-tag of Apple's engineered experience, then Linux is a perfect choice to keep your data safe and remain extremely productive. Downsizing companies can switch to Linux to keep people.

Date reviewed: Nov 10, 2005 11:27 PM

Nickname: WinRulez

Review: Windows Rulez!! It is the best operating sistem in the world and the only reason it has more viruses is bcuz NOBODY uses the Crapple computer! Windows has all the games and all the users and all the skillz yo. WINDOWS RULEZ!!

Date reviewed: Nov 10, 2005 7:37 PM

Nickname: Snazzmaster

Review: Windows is a Yugo and we've all been living in east germany before the wall fell. Once you go mac, you never go back. OS X rules. Windows can't and never will touch it.

Date reviewed: Nov 10, 2005 1:26 PM

Nickname: Sam

Review: Microsoft focuses on itself, Apple for its customers. I've seen it for many, many years now. And sure an update for Mac OSX isn't released monthly, it's released when it's needed as the system is secure anyway. Virus makers don't want to go for OSX because of the amount of people using it, should a worm be created it wouldn't be able to travel. And that's great news for OSX users!

Date reviewed: Oct 26, 2005 7:21 PM