Anti Virus

[Jerry Budd]

Hi Del,

Nope, building your own system isn't an option if you want a Mac. 
Some people build their own systems as a hobby, something I'm not 
interested in as I don't have enough time as it is for this one. 
Others build their own systems to save a few dollars.  I haven't 
found the price difference between Macs and PC's to be significant 
enough to offset the other advantages [for me].  Especially when you 
factor in the time to setup a system from parts.

Just my opinion...

Thx, Jerry


>Do any Mac owners build their own systems though?  I was under the 
>impression when I owned Apples that wasn't a viable option.  That 
>may have changed as I'm talking TI 99er days.
>
>                         del
>               NSRCA - 473
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Budd" <jbudd at QNET.COM>
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 4:21 AM
>Subject: Re: Anti Virus
>
>>Ken,
>>
>>I've been using only Macs since 1988 and I can tell you that the 
>>only Mac related virus I ever saw was about 8 years ago and it was 
>>a Microsoft Word Macro Virus that was non-operating system specific 
>>(meaning that it infected both Mac's and PC's).  It was easily 
>>dealt with then and I haven't had any problems since, even though I 
>>don't use virus protection software.  I can't even imagine the 
>>grief (and expense) most PC owners go through to stay on top of 
>>this.  It's not something I'd want to have to mess with.
>>
>>To be honest, being able to completely ignore the virus issues is 
>>one of the major advantages (of many) to owning a Mac!
>>
>>Jerry  (Mac G5 Dual 2GHz owner who spends little to no time keeping it going)

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