well, I am happy that I use Mac

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if u have problem with my english, sorry, it is your problem, not my problem

Hey,Steve..because of the link to Fantastic Contraption I now have no life!I have grown roots on feet to the floor were my computer is and my hand is
permanately fixed to the mouse.!
What an amaxing game.
P.S. Love your column.

I've seen a LOT malware floating around lately, so I was attracted to the header of your article, and I found an added bonus.

I'm an online college student, and since I downloaded MS XP SP3 I've had nothing but problems, and I've been neglecting my studies in my quest to figure out which of the recent updates (IE, Firefox, XP SP3, etc.) was responsible for my computer crashes, among other annoyances. Your article made my day, and my puter has quit scratching from all the bugs crawling around inside, and I no longer have the urge to throw my innocent library in a box out into my back yard!

Thanks Steve! I LOVE PC World!!

Steve (me)

too bad macs don't have any fewer problems

Hi Singh, Steve is Steve Bass, the author of the article and any new stuff on internet security is always appreciated. coastie65

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eMachines T5212.... Intel Pentium D 945 3.4Ghz..... evga 9800 GT 512 Mb PCI-E video card..... Realtec HD audio......2 Gb Crucial 667 Mhz DDR2 memory..... Lite on CD RW; DVD RW, DL,& Lightscribe optical drive...... Windows XP MCE 2005....... Antec Basiq 500w PSU......200 Gb Parallel ATA HDD.........Samsung 22" WS SyncMaster 2243BWX Monitor.

macs are much more secure then windows ( i wish i had 1 instead of this vista garbage ) so macs are for the smarter people and not for crying girls like the cry baby rodherz states

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amd dual core x2 6000 with 4 gb kit of gskill ddr2@800 and a msi 4670 with 1 gb ddr3 triple boot right now with vista home premium 64 and win 7 64 and ubuntu 9.04 64

Although hard to quantify, recent services usage figures suggest that now only 89% of users are on Windows, down from their high of 95%, 9.5% on MAC, up from 8%, and 1.5% on Linux, up from 0.8%.

Obviously in non USA countries where people have to pay extra for Windows hardware or software for XP or Vista, the figure for Linux could be higher as it gets installed for free on older hardware.

In any case when one translates the percentages into numbers of the estimated billion users, one gets a hefty 89 million MAC users and a not to be ignored 15 million Linux users.

Since this magazine is called PC User, a general term, and not the specific Microsoft PC User, articles should state at the beginning which OS platform the information covers, whether it is for a desktop/laptop or server implementation, and whenever possible in an obvious place, a comment or link regarding MAC and Linux solutions.

Firstly, not following these unbiased reporting techniques makes Windows look bad if they are the only one considered to get malware infections, and secondly it annoys readers who follow an article only to find out at the end that their OS platform is not compatible with recommended software, hardware, technique. or tip and trick.