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A comment like yours clearly states that you are angry with my post. I was simply expressing my opinion along with what I have read and heard from many other sources in the past. I can't provide one right now as I do not recall which source that discussed issues, unlike Neo, who could back his statements with sources.


Installing a computer with Linux or Mac does not shield a computer from being hacked 100 percent. All you have to do is unplug that computer from the Internet and it will be protected 100% guaranteed unless you have some friends who are not really your friends and will do some damage to your computer like putting in a bootable disk and install some viruses on your computer, then you be fcked. Yes, it takes a smart person or a smart team to design security issues but it doesn't mean it can't be penetrable. It CAN be penetrable but it takes a certain amount of time or someone who don't have a life with a huge obsession on how to break into a Mac. It's because Windows is currently the leading platform for the business' choice thus the lure for hackers to break into mainframes and exploit data.


I think I have heard about the contest for 500 dollars for anyone who could break into a Mac. Well no offense, but 500 dollars is what I would consider petty change. I would not spend a huge amount of time studying Macs and how their security work for 500 dollars. If it's for 1 million dollars, tax-free, then I'm game. It shows that he is afraid to lose a lot of money probably due to the potential fact that it CAN be penetrable so he is willing to lose 500 dollars to anyone who can break in a Mac. At my college, there's this teacher that teach system administration and networking and he ran this kind of contest to see who can break into his computer within the quarter and whoever can, will earn an "A" automatically for that class, no matter if you fail any tests or fked up on many labs, you will get an "A" for breaking into his computer. When I left school, I believe his computer is still untouched and I do not know what happened to it today. My point in this is that it does take a smart person to design their computer in a way hackers can not gain acccess to. For the "16 million" Mac users, like I said, probably use Mac to design websites, look at porn, play video games, do spreadsheets and some more simple tasks. Does these kind of tasks appeal an aspiring hacker to break into someone computer? Only if he/she have the time and patience to do so, then probably yes, but an aspiring hacker is always after something big like breaking into FBI, CIA and many more and most of these business and government use IBM or any PC clone servers utilizing Windows Server 2003 or Linux RedHat Enterprise Edition. They know that if they can break into these servers, they will gain fame and glory by the hacker community by recording their activities as well as seeing them on T.V. when they have been caught breaking into the servers.


Anyways, to those who thought I was insulting Macs, then I guess my apologies if you got the wrong idea, but I was simply restating what I have read and what I have heard as well as expressing my opinion so if you don't accept my "criticism" on Macs, then I don't know what to say but lighten up I guess. :D


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