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You have to be logged in to Administrator first, which usually requires a password. They can only get in if they have your password.
I got my alum iMac in 2007 with Tiger. I bought Leopard when it was released and did a clean install. Two days later it kept getting to the grey loading screen, reboot, grey screen, reboot etc. I had to manually tell it to boot from the Leopard disc and reinstall.
I think I am on EmperorDarius ignore list so he never replies to my replies but I will do it anyway.
Yes you are right there are a lot more windows reports of technical issues.. BECAUSE THEY HAVE 91% OF THE MARKETSHARE TO APPLE'S 6%!!!!
Even if every Mac exploded right now there would still be less apple issues because less of them are in existence than windows pcs!
Yeah sure, 'cause I invite lots of random people on the street to my home and encourage them to install malware on my computer. As for hacking from the outside, they'd have better luck with my iMac or my Mac Mini because they both have the firewall off, as the blockheaded firewall in Leopard won't let you autodetect a local NAS drive unless you disable the firewall.
Come on, after 17 years with PCs I've never had any virus/trojan/spyware on any of the 20 or so computers I've owned or used in various workplaces. Not on Win 3.11, not on Win95, 98, ME, 2000, XP or Vista. I stopped using antivirus software altogether after XP. I've seen infected computers and helped clean them up, but -- and no offense to my friends or family -- they've been used by computer illiterates who have contaminated the machines with tons of crap and never performed any maintenance whatsoever. For people like that, I always recommend Mac, not because Macs are necessarily for the retarded but because they're not being targeted by malware. A power user on the other hand can keep any Windows PC or Mac in good order.
Yeah, it really doesn't matter. The CS suite is cross platform. I jump back and forth all the time.
I would say there are a few reasons to use a mac rather than a Win PC for design.
One would be the OS itself. The mac OS is simply much clearer and easier to use when working with multiple files for a single project where Windows will get in the way and make it work it's way rather than the way you need. It's only a small point but when working with lots of files all day it makes a massive difference.
This OS also feeds into the way the windowing system works, Windows, with it's 'windows in windows' approach isn't as flexible when quickly comping ideas and using a number of different softwares at a time. This is becoming a less pronounced difference as Adobe slowly take other any computer that has CS loaded up though as they are ultimately aiming for the Adobe OS.
Another thing to take into account when comparing costs is reliability and lifetime of the machine. (so far) no one with a mac has spent days getting their system back from a virus, even an hour doing this when you have a deadline could cost you much more than the perceived savings of going the PC route.
Number one reason would have to be that it's the system which most people use though. Yes PC's are making inroads where this is concerned but the mac platform is still very strong and you never should have a problem getting a printer to take your files or load your typefaces for example.
One would be the OS itself. The mac OS is simply much clearer and easier to use when working with multiple files for a single project where Windows will get in the way and make it work it's way rather than the way you need. It's only a small point but when working with lots of files all day it makes a massive difference.
This OS also feeds into the way the windowing system works, Windows, with it's 'windows in windows' approach isn't as flexible when quickly comping ideas and using a number of different softwares at a time. This is becoming a less pronounced difference as Adobe slowly take other any computer that has CS loaded up though as they are ultimately aiming for the Adobe OS.
Another thing to take into account when comparing costs is reliability and lifetime of the machine. (so far) no one with a mac has spent days getting their system back from a virus, even an hour doing this when you have a deadline could cost you much more than the perceived savings of going the PC route.
Number one reason would have to be that it's the system which most people use though. Yes PC's are making inroads where this is concerned but the mac platform is still very strong and you never should have a problem getting a printer to take your files or load your typefaces for example.