Apple yanks Macintosh anti-virus software advice
December 4, 2008
MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops are seen on display at Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, California. Apple has replaced advice that people install anti-virus software on Macintosh computers with assurances that the machines are safe "out of the box."
Apple has replaced advice that people install anti-virus software on Macintosh computers with assurances that the machines are safe "out of the box."
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PC's work fine if you actually know how to use a computer. The only time I've ever had issues with blue screens on my two systems stemmed from installing RAM incorrectly (which was entirely my fault). A quick configuration fix solved that problem and it has worked fine. No crashes, no bluescreens.
But buy an Apple: Because affordable computers are evil.
Windows takes that away from you, and opens too many back doors to the hackers.