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    A Warning About Mac Security Fear Merchants

    September 22nd, 2008

    You’ve heard the same sad tale over and over again: Now that Macs are finally becoming really popular, it’s inevitable that malware will soon infect this platform in a significant way. Just you wait, and all this crying wolf will soon become up close and personal. No tilting at windmills, but real, honest to goodness […]


    Just Another Mac Hardware Reliability Rant

    May 19th, 2008

    When I recently read the results of the reliability survey from readers of Consumer Reports, I had to wonder why Apple was dead last on the list among note-books, with a rating of 23. While this was not statistically significant compared to the 20 rating granted Lenovo, it seems to portend a potential trouble spot for […]


    No, It’s Not a Virus

    December 10th, 2005

    After first reading the results of the silly survey in Consumer Reports that showed that 20% of Mac users had encountered viruses, I began to wonder just what they were talking about. Surely the people who conducted that survey knew better, right? I am not willing to believe, at least for now, that it was […]