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Article #12370Re: PowerMac 7300/180 hardware question.
From: Gregory Weston
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 11:42
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 11:42
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In article <eXsVd.181688$K7.131550@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote: > >It is very easy to connect a 7300 to the internet. That would solve a > >lot of your headache. > > I would prefer not to for the simple reason that being old > hardware/software, and with no AV protection or firewall, it would be > very vulnerable to hacking, viruses, etc., Well, actually, no. It wouldn't. That's by virtue of the fact that there are literally a few dozen pieces of malware for Mac OS over its entire history and none that work like that because there aren't any vectors available simply by virtue of hooking it up and going online. G -- There's nothing quite like the joy of first hearing an Alvin & the Chipmunks cover of Pink Floyd's "The Final Cut." "Not Now John" is especially sublime.
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