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Dom

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2nd May 11 at 17:53

quote:
Originally posted by Russ
so he's never used a mac then.

It appears not. OSX is worth a shot even if you hackintosh it.....

willay

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2nd May 11 at 20:39

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by Root

quote:
Originally posted by Russ
Will my mac be safe

ooh, the sarcasm. The reason macs weren't able to get viruses is because they weren't popular, so you'd have to spend a lot of time infecting 1 mac user, whereas in the same time you could have infected potentially 100 PC users, viruses for macs do exist nowadays, but everyone knows only fags use macs anyway

Perhaps, but mainly it was due to Macs being PPC rather than glorified 'PCs' which they are now.

Are you sure? I thought because OSX as just a glorified version of FreeBSD with a pretty face

writing malware/viruses for a windows platform is alot easier than something based on linux/bsd. Think about how many holes there are in Windows and how many Windows users log in/run as Administrator. on a linux/bsd based system you normally have a login that has just user privileges and su to root when you need it..

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2nd May 11 at 21:21

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Originally posted by Mcfarlane
use a program called hijackthis. works first time

Woah woah woah, do you know how to use this and are you qualified to tell people to use it? It's not the same as a normal antimalware. Also it doesn't remove any files, just stops them from starting their processes.

Numberwang!

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I like you Dave, you are a man of men

Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle

Look at my pictures

Root

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2nd May 11 at 21:24

quote:
Originally posted by Russ
so he's never used a mac then.

went to college and spent 2 years using them

Dom

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2nd May 11 at 23:47

quote:
Originally posted by willay

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by Root

quote:
Originally posted by Russ
Will my mac be safe

ooh, the sarcasm. The reason macs weren't able to get viruses is because they weren't popular, so you'd have to spend a lot of time infecting 1 mac user, whereas in the same time you could have infected potentially 100 PC users, viruses for macs do exist nowadays, but everyone knows only fags use macs anyway

Perhaps, but mainly it was due to Macs being PPC rather than glorified 'PCs' which they are now.

Are you sure? I thought because OSX as just a glorified version of FreeBSD with a pretty face writing malware/viruses for a windows platform is alot easier than something based on linux/bsd. Think about how many holes there are in Windows and how many Windows users log in/run as Administrator. on a linux/bsd based system you normally have a login that has just user privileges and su to root when you need it..

True, it's more trojans and key-loggers with OSX though - Source, Source.
Also remember reading a Def Con/CanSecWest article, will try and dig this out was a few years ago, which stated that OSX is number one system for finding vulnerabilities in competitions. Charlie Miller CanSecWest reports (No the report but a source) are worth a read about the 'zero day' exploits he found.
And XForce reports are also worth a read, basically they stated that OSX is the most vulnerable OS - Source, Source, Source

P.s - i'm not saying OSX is shit, far from it. But it isn't as secure as you're lead to believe (no OS is tbh).

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3rd May 11 at 06:32

adiohead

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3rd May 11 at 08:27

My MagSafe adaptor blew up

£60 to replace.

Buying a pc

Russ

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3rd May 11 at 08:47

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
My MagSafe adaptor blew up £60 to replace.

Buying a pc

Root

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3rd May 11 at 09:57

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Originally posted by adiohead
My MagSafe adaptor blew up £60 to replace.

Buying a pc

my ex's always used to break, the wire would fray, n like you say..not cheap to replace, I remember unzipping a file on her mac once, I wasn't executing it or placing it in any dodgy locations, just unzipping to the desktop, anyway mac crashed, so I reboot...nothing, oh shit. Fucked the hard drive, wouldn't have happened on a windows, reboot them fuckers whenever you feel like it and they're fine

Russ

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3rd May 11 at 09:59

That's just shit bait.

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3rd May 11 at 10:04

You could buy a secondhand PC for the price of that MagSafe adapter

Russ

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3rd May 11 at 10:22

you could buy a used condom, but you wouldn't, would you.

adiohead

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3rd May 11 at 10:23

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Originally posted by Sam
You could buy a secondhand PC for the price of that MagSafe adapter

I have two PCs, they're both running that shitty microsoft stuff that needs 10 firewalls and 50 virus scanners

EDIT - I also have windows on my macbook pro too, but I only use it for VAGCOM (because it's so shit)

[Edited on 03-05-2011 by adiohead]

Russ

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3rd May 11 at 10:25

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead

quote:
Originally posted by Sam
You could buy a secondhand PC for the price of that MagSafe adapter

I have two PCs, they're both running that shitty microsoft stuff that needs 10 firewalls and 50 virus scanners

and that's just to get rid of the stuff m$ put on there

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3rd May 11 at 10:25

I only have one firewall and one virus scanner. Does that mean that a smelly Nigerian has all my bank details?

adiohead

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3rd May 11 at 10:25

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Originally posted by ed
I only have one firewall and one virus scanner. Does that mean that a smelly Nigerian has all my bank details?

yes

and Sony stole your wallet

Russ

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3rd May 11 at 10:26

quote:
Originally posted by ed
I only have one firewall and one virus scanner. Does that mean that a smelly Nigerian has all my bank details?

Doesn't necessarily mean he'll smell, no

adiohead

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3rd May 11 at 10:29

Spent £125 today

£60 on the new MagSafe adaptor and £65 on petrol

Dom

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3rd May 11 at 10:42

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
My MagSafe adaptor blew up £60 to replace.

Aren't they like £30 from Amazon?

Just managed to install 10.6.7 on my ancient Dell laptop; apparently it's equivalent to a Macbook Pro according to XBench

adiohead

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3rd May 11 at 10:45

They're about £42 from amazon.

I needed it today so popped into my local rip off shop and spent £60.

My PC is shit and it's decent spec. Shit because it runs crappy microsoft shit that copied OSX

Dom

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3rd May 11 at 10:47

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
They're about £42 from amazon.

I needed it today so popped into my local rip off shop and spent £60.

My PC is shit and it's decent spec. Shit because it runs crappy microsoft shit that copied OSX

Install OSX or Linux and virtualise a Windows enviroment if you need it, simples...

[Edited on 03-05-2011 by Dom]

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3rd May 11 at 10:48

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead

quote:
Originally posted by ed
I only have one firewall and one virus scanner. Does that mean that a smelly Nigerian has all my bank details?

yes

and Sony stole your wallet

Well, I did loose my debit card at the weekend so at least that explains that.

adiohead

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3rd May 11 at 10:50

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
They're about £42 from amazon.

I needed it today so popped into my local rip off shop and spent £60.

My PC is shit and it's decent spec. Shit because it runs crappy microsoft shit that copied OSX

Install OSX or Linux and virtualise a Windows enviroment if you need it, simples...

[Edited on 03-05-2011 by Dom]

Need PC in the day time for accounts.
I just use my superior macbook pro in the evening and relax with the amazing multitouch trackpad

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3rd May 11 at 10:56

I'm beginning to worry that you're not joking about sarcastically.

Dom

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3rd May 11 at 11:15

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
They're about £42 from amazon.

I needed it today so popped into my local rip off shop and spent £60.

My PC is shit and it's decent spec. Shit because it runs crappy microsoft shit that copied OSX

Install OSX or Linux and virtualise a Windows enviroment if you need it, simples...

[Edited on 03-05-2011 by Dom]

Need PC in the day time for accounts.
I just use my superior macbook pro in the evening and relax with the amazing multitouch trackpad

Dual boot OSX and Windows on your PC then. Hardware is near enough same as 'PC' hardware anyways and multitouch trackpads you can buy if you're that worried.

Edit - HP also do multitouch trackpads.....

[Edited on 03-05-2011 by Dom]