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Article #12372Re: PowerMac 7300/180 hardware question.
From: pedro
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 07:00
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 07:00
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Morten Dreier wrote: >pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote: > > > >>Ron Parsons 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., >> >> > >Hey - this is a Mac. The chance of someone giving you a virus or hacking >your machine is very, very low. I've had Macs connected to the internet >since 1995, and I have not seen _any_ attempts of hacking or virus >infection from the internet. >I've had one virus, in 1992, but my nice antivirus-program, GateKeeper, >just removed it. > > > Why is this? Is it due to the way Mac's function, or simply that hackers don't bother with them? -- rgds, Pete ----- http://pedro.spyw.com The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd 'Where you stand on a issue, depends on where you sit!'
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