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No viruses on Apple/Mac networks? Hah![ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#31)
by Anonymous User on Tue Mar 01, 2005 at 07:57:49 PM PDT

Yeah, right. I was recently an IT manager stuck managing tech support staff on a network that was ALL Macs. We had viruses via e-mails, we had Macs freezing/hanging all the time, we had second rate software that was about two generations behind versions written for MS OS's, etc. etc. etc. I'm happy for you that you don't experience viruses and other nasties, but trust me, Macs are NOT the answer to everyone's problems. It was actually a relief to get back to Windows.

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Mac Memories.[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#37)
by foxyshadis1 on Wed Mar 02, 2005 at 08:17:10 PM PDT

Supporting System 9 was one of the worst experiences of my life; I only found out later that the constant crashes in everything were due to a statically compiled library bug that Apple never officially adknowledged. I guess someone came out with a way to fix it, but it was too late for me. OS X is also much better at networking and stability, except enough of our business software was system 8/9 that I never saw most of those benifits. And Mac is still a few generations behind MS in built-in management, though I like where it's headed.

I hope that someday I'll have the ability to use alternative platforms that are better than MS's in every respect, not just a few, but as a web programmer who's been burned by a need for compatibility with many browsers I wonder how many features and testing cycles will be eliminated from massively cross-platform software for cost and compatibility reasons.

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