How can you enlighten me in changing my Windows system to Macintosh system?
By maliwl
@maliwl (34)
Philippines
September 24, 2010 9:40am CST
People would always tell me to switch to Macintosh, whats the big hype anyway?Windows yeah theyre full of bugs, are Macintosh really bug/virus free?Are there cases that this system has been penetrated by viruses or spywares?
1 response
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
24 Sep 10
If you want to change your Windows to a Mac OS, you will have to buy a new computer. The MAC OS does not run on the Intel x86 chip.
Mac OS is probably just as vulnerable to viruses as Windows. It's simply that there are fewer Macs about and the virus writers tend to concentrate on the most prevalent OS. There are, of course, viruses and malware for Mac OS and it's just as necessary to run a good and up-to-date antivirus software.
@maliwl (34)
• Philippines
24 Sep 10
Thanks for that tip, I was positive myself that Macintosh was penetrable with bugs and viruses too.Its just that all the people I knew who had Mac OS swore to me that there is no way a virus can penetrate this system.I found this too impossible.
Too bad i really need Windows for Autocad which is not compatible with Mac OS.
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
24 Sep 10
It's true that Autocad discontinued Mac software many years ago. I don't know the history of that but I assume that it was because they couldn't get Apple approval for their software. It seems illogical because, certainly twenty years ago, the Mac was a much better graphics machine than the PC.
You might be interested in these sites, especially if you are thinking of switching to a Mac for other reasons:
http://www.autocadformac.com/index.pl?id=2189;isa=Category;op=show
http://www.avatech.com/solutions/general-design/product-details.aspx?product=89
Of course, viruses and other malware are really only a significant problem if you are using the Internet. A standalone machine (not connected to the Internet) can only be infected through files exchanged with other machines and that is less of a problem today than it used to be. By far the most common file viruses are those in Microsoft documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, &c) which can include malicious macros and VBA code. Depending on the nature of the code, this could be equally dangerous to PCs and Macs.