There Is A Better Way

From: Richard (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/02/04 

Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 07:08:04 -0700

Just me being here posting this makes me a troll I guess. I've come here and
other places looking for help with a virus, one of many that I've had to deal
with the past couple of years. You know, the ones that get through your
often-updated virus scanner and it can't get rid of. Like most of them I find I
have to spend a *lot* of my time researching on the web exactly what hoops
I have to jump through to get rid of the damn thing once and for all.

I own 3 computers. Two of them run XP, and one of those 2 is used by my
girlfriend and her daughter. The 2nd XP machine stays off the web and is
used by me for running just *one* application (Codewarrior, a
microcontroller software development app). This 2nd computer
basically does what it's supposed to do with no serious problems, and other
than the app crashing once in a while and being rather counter-intuitive I
have no big issues with it. The one my girlfriend uses is another story. I
spend way too much time keeping it afloat. In spite of McAfee (and Ive used
others) standing guard it still gets viruses constantly. It is a little over a year
old and I *know* that it runs considerably slower than it did when new. And
I suppose I am to get some comfort in knowing that I am not alone.
Everyone I know with a Wintel box has the same problems. And you
probably wouldn't be here reading this if you were not part of the same
crowd.

There is a better way.

My 3rd computer is my workhorse. I use it in my work all day every day, and
leave it on 24/7. I have 201 applications installed on it, and I probably
exercise 100 of them every month. I have a permanent connection to the
web and use the web maybe half my time (and no firewall). I have no fear in
clicking any link I see, opening any attachment in email, or downloading and
trying out new software I find on the web. In the 12 months I have owned
this computer I have not once acquired a virus. And not once has the system
software crashed (yes, some apps do crash but they never take the system
down with them). How do I do this you may ask? Well, as some may have
guessed by now, I do it by using a Mac. Dismiss me as being a Mac-Addict if
you like, but if you knew what I know, you would want to tell the world
yourself. If you guys are really tired of this virus crap and want to see what
it's like to actually *enjoy* using your computer, you owe it to yourself to
find out more about what I'm saying. There really is a better way.

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