imac verses microsoft

[amber.2]

I know this is a microsoft site but i need your help. does any one here
know any thing about Imac's. as my daughter bought one dont ask me why
any way she's been brain washed into telling every one her imac is not
a personal computer and she wont even dl any antivirus because it
doesnt say persificly for imac i personally think its a heap of rubish
as it keeps freezing up all the time .What can i tell her besides the
obverse.

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

I know this is a microsoft site but i need your help. does any one here
know any thing about Imac's. as my daughter bought one dont ask me why
any way she's been brain washed into telling every one her imac is not
a personal computer and she wont even dl any antivirus because it
doesnt say persificly for imac i personally think its a heap of rubish
as it keeps freezing up all the time .What can i tell her besides the
obverse.

Her iMac is a computer and it is subject to potential attack from virus and
spyware and all sorts of Internet and e-mail bourn nasties.
She still needs to get herself the right protection for her machine.
yes she needs Mac specific versions of the product but major vendors do Mac
versions of their software.
e.g.
http://www.symantec.com/product/index_macintosh.html
There are lots of other vendors choose yours according to your needs/budget
etc.
Ensure you buy products for the right version of the MasOS her iMac is
running
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Regards,

Mike
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[[BnH]]

For start , not many virus for Mac around. so far .. only 5 was it ?
2nd ly ... Mac OS X is quite a powerful Operating system , and like other
powerful things ..
if its fallen to an unknowing hand ... it is rendered useless.
Buy your daughter those idiot guide to Mac OS book [ not saying your
daughter is an idiot , but its quite a good book ]
I am sure she can surpass your knowledge about Mac computing sooner than you
think

btw .. Mac rarely freeze, it is more solid than a tuned Win XP .

 

[David Candy]

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[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

I know this is a microsoft site but i need your help. does any one here
know any thing about Imac's. as my daughter bought one dont ask me why
any way she's been brain washed into telling every one her imac is not
a personal computer and she wont even dl any antivirus because it
doesnt say persificly for imac i personally think its a heap of rubish
as it keeps freezing up all the time .What can i tell her besides the
obverse.

You could also post your Mac questions to the following newsgroup.

microsoft.public.macintosh.general

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Regards,

Mike
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Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights

Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
newsgroups

 

[Sparda]

I know this is a microsoft site but i need your help. does any
one here
know any thing about Imac's. as my daughter bought one dont
ask me why
any way she's been brain washed into telling every one her
imac is not
a personal computer and she wont even dl any antivirus because
it
doesnt say persificly for imac i personally think its a heap
of rubish
as it keeps freezing up all the time .What can i tell her
besides the
obverse.

You can tell her it isnt a IBM Standared PC, how ever if she uses it
as a Desktop Computer it still is a PC, just not a IBM Standared PC.
As for viruses, Macs are much less vunarable to Viruses then windows,
but on like all OS (even Unix) it’s main vunrability is the people
that use it, doing things like downloading every peice of software you
find (regardless of it’s sorce) will almost definitly result in
virus infection.