Personal Computers:
Not Just for Work
Any More! !
Fewer (about zero) viruses, worms,
& spyware equals
MORE FUN!!!
My First Personal Computer
"I am born" "Call me Ishmael"
OK, I guess not.
I'll just start with 1984, then.
Apple Computer
Apple Hot News
What's Cool:
iPod + iTunes
iLife '06
AppleTV
iPhone
MacWorld 2007 Keynote address
Steve Jobs
Introducing Apple's iPhone !!
Oh, the times, they are a-changin'
Mac OS X 10.4
(Say Mac Oh-ess-ten)
"Tiger" Was Unleashed 2 Years Ago !!
OS X 10.5 "Leopard" Is About to Pounce on Vista ! ! !
Apple's "Get a Mac" TV commercials in the US
Great Britain advertisements
Japan TV ads
Mac Honored as Best Unix Desktop
Ten Reasons Mac Users Sleep Better
at Night Than PC Users
Do you really think it matters to a virus
which brand of computer you own or what your
PC's specs are?? Dell, HP, Compaq, IBM,
Sony Vaio, Gateway, Acer, Toshiba, eMachines,
a hi-revving Alienware gamer, or a beige box
homemade by your friendly neighborhood computer
geek-- viruses, worms, spyware, and computer hijackers
love 'em all as long as you're running Microsoft
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP, home or pro, and
especially if you use Internet Explorer to surf
the Web.
Virus writers love high-speed, always-on Internet
connections, but they'll settle for dial-up, too..
They're counting on you to neglect your software
updates and to get tired of running multiple anti-virus
and anti-spyware programs. They hope you don't know
what a firewall is or how to use it. They could care
less who your Internet service provider (ISP) is.
Oh yeah... just one more thing: If you go to jail
for the illegal activities they conduct using your
zombie Windows PC, they consider that to be
your problem.
Most of all, computer hijackers pray you never buy a
Macintosh computer running Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
or the upcoming OS X 10.4 Tiger. The reason is not as
simplistic as you may surmise.
You think these bad guys haven't written viruses for
Mac OS X just because there are fewer Macs than PCs
for the time being? Think again! Malicious code scans
the entire Internet for any machine with easily exploitable
vulnerabilities. An IP (Internet) address is still an IP
address whether a Mac or PC resides there. In truth,
Macintosh computers on the Internet are attacked
just as often as their PC brethren -- but those attacks
are not successful.
Why? Virus writers are not as creative as you think.
Check out the top 10 virus list above. Notice the same
names over and over again-- different strains of the same
viruses ?? Even though Unix has been around since 1969,
Unix viruses have to be written from scratch, because there
is no ninety thousand volume "library" of prior viruses to build
upon. Besides which, the Unix "language" is a lot more complex
than Windows. If it were just as easy for script kiddies and
pros to write malware for Unix/Mac OS X as it is for
Windows, don't you think it would have already
happened by now?
10 more reasons to get a Mac
Even the FBI has a hard time cracking into Mac OS X !!
So, besides being virus/worm/spyware- free,
what's the difference ??
Is there anything that could possibly be more important?
Hmmm...I guess that depends.
So here's an idea or two anyway:
X vs XP
feature by feature comparison which tries to be
as unbiased as possible
Check out the weighted feature calculator so that
your own preferences will count most
Anandtech
general hardware and OS analysis
including Mac OS X
& other Apple products
Mac.Ars
Macintosh gets new respect
from the tech experts at Arstechnica
Mac vs PC Price/Specs Shoot-outs
just good ol' dollars and sense
Why Mac?
a PDF file download
requires Adobe Reader or
just Mac OS X by itself
BareFeats
benchmark speed tests
how fast can a Mac go in real life
Apple does Math: The Megahertz Myth
(now unofficially The Gigahertz Myth) or
Not all clockspeeds are created equal
How can Apple actually claim that
an 867 MHz G4 processor
could ever possibly be faster
than a 1.7 GHz Pentium 4 ??
MacSmiley's Corollary to the MHz Myth:
"It matters little how much horsepower you've
got under the hood if you've got holes
in your tires."
Mostly Apple TV Ads
plus some really weird stuff
like a 1960s music video--
Leonard Nimoy sings Tolkien (huh?)
broadband or dsl helps -- a lot
.Mac
It's a whole lot more than email
dotmac.info
where .Mac members show what you could easily do
if you had a Mac
MacMentors
helping people new to Mac OS X
Wikitosh
What's a wiki?
Wikiwiki means 'fast' in the Hawaiian language.
For example, Wikipedia.org, is an online free-content
encyclopedia that anyone can edit... including YOU!
Inspired by Wikipedia, Wikitosh is a brand new Mac
website, which likewise can be written and edited by
just about anyone familiar with Macintosh computers.
It will be very interesting to see how fast and in what
direction this website will develop.
Mac News, Legally Dangerous Rumors,
Opinions, Debates, Updates
and other neat tech stuff:
MacPulse
You can go anywhere from here
... well, almost
Macsimum News
MacDailyNews
Daily dose of Mac-bias with a lively vocal readership
(caveat lector when it comes to the comments)
MacUpdate
MacDesktops
Daring Fireball
PC Mike Wendland
Tera Patrick's Mac 360
Bill Palmer
2 Guys a Website and a Mac
Jim Dalrymple
Jeffrey Zeldman
web design and stuff
Computer Satire, Parody,
& all-purpose Spoofs, etc.
The author of this site is not responsible for
other links found on these links with which
these links may link up with.
(However, the author is most definitely accountable
for the redundant syntax of the repetitive nature
of the previous statement you just read.)
Latest Joy of Tech!
computer cartoons
As the Apple Turns
a clean soap opera ... really
Windows RG (Really Good)
funniest version of Windows ever
(Got Flash?)
Instant Mess
instant messaging on steroids
Pogue's Song Spoofs
ticklish tech tunes
my personal favorite: "Don't Cry for Me, Cupertino!"
"I Just Called to Say I Bought You" is a close second
iPod vs. The Cassette
hint: bet on the longshot
Grow Up... With a Mac
talk about your early adopters
(check out daddy's 1st haircut movie and
the KFC commercial while you're there)
Move to Iceland
now that's a real Switch
Lego Switch
parody in polycarbonate or polypropylene or
polly wolly doodle...er...plastic
Switch Gates
'nuff said
Real Apple Switch Ad Aired in Japan
how do you say 'Valley Girl' in Japanese?
iWars
huh?
Mac Myths and Urban Legends
who coulda thunk it?
Microsoft and the Church
world monopoly goes for the gold
The Story of Dot
a dotumentary
ICU pilot
a good-natured spoof of an Al Jazeera type
commentary on the typical American city
Hoof in Mouth Disease
Bill Gates -- the Mac enthusiast,
yes, folks, it's real footage
How the Gates Stole Xmas
Move over, Mr. Grinch, you've got competition,
and you thought you were a mean one!
Killing My Software With Windows
this tune will sound familiar
(hint: don't give me any Flack about it, Roberta!)
Switch to PC
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger?
Good Advice Never Goes Out of Style
wonder how much Forrest's stock is worth now
-- post-iPod, post-Mac mini, post-iPhone, post-AppleTV?
Do you suffer from CEFD?
enduring the pain and stigma of
Compulsive Email Forwarding Disorder?
take control of the inbox in your mind
Crab vs the Pipeline
lesson: it never hurts to know a little bit about physics
especially if you're a deep sea crab
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