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Originally posted by KSig RC
I use a Mac PowerBook G4 for business, and I crash the fuck out of that thing - seriously, I'm not impressed with the system stability, and I don't even tax it very much.
You do have a valid point about viruses and spyware, though - but is that really an OS issue, or a matter of so few people using them (thus not as much incentive to program)?
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Screw it. I'll nerd it up.
If you're crashing a lot then there is something wrong with how you're using it. I would make sure you have all the apple updates (which you probably do) and then run a disk repair on it to make sure all the permissions are set correctly. I might restart my powerbook once a month and rarely does anything crash. I also have an IBM Thinkpad for work which I like a lot, but I have to reboot constantly and have so much trouble running even Microsoft programs on.
OS X is much more stable than Windows. The reasoning for that is the Unix foundation for OS X and the Windows Registry. Now if someone is running OpenBSD or some other OS, then they'll be getting more stability.
The virus problem is partly because of the fact that programmers want to target as large a population as possible. But again, the OS is not only more stable but the permissions on it are pretty helpful in preventing the viruses.
Lifesaver, I'm not sure which Apple you picked out since the link doesn't show it, but I do understand if you wanted a cheaper computer (Apples carry a premium for sure). The new Intel chips that Apples had have created an incredible system though and will allow for the new version of Windows to run on them as well.
-Rudey