f1_fan

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Yet still used by aorund 62% of the web, so still a major player I would say.

darts_aint_sport

All Apple owners are smug nobbers, even their own adverts portray them as that, which (among other reasons) is why I'll never own one.

SwissTony

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corradoboy

SwissTony

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All Apple owners are smug nobbers for a good reason, even their own adverts portray them as that, which (among other reasons) is why we are quite happy the likes of you non Apple owners will never have one.

corradoboy

My smugness comes from using the same laptop for over NINE years with only a single HDD failure which was easily fixed and no hassle at all. The fact that just about everything I've ever asked it to do it has done, easily and quickly, and every device I have ever connected to it works faultlessly. It automatically syncs my calendar and contacts with my phone, and it even checks my spelling without being asked to or installing any further apps. Old age is taking its toll WRT processor speeds so I may be buying a new Mac soon, but it would never cross my mind to buy the other type of computer. I use them at w*rk, and hate every cursed second. I also use Macs at w*rk and until we upgraded for application specification reasons, they were about 9yo too having never seen an engineer and w*rked faultlessly. Our Windoze based server on the other hand has a rather expensive 24/7 support contract with Canada which is called upon frequently And the army of Dell office machines have an average lifespan of about 2 years.

I'm happy with my choice

zip106

I only bought it 'cos it looks nice.

Kieran_Burns

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s'okay, you can stop there

Bubba po

Anyone downloaded the patch yet?

hodgy0_2

its all here

Charlie Brooker on why he hates Apple Macintosh computers | Comment is free | The Guardian

please read its a great article, whether a MAC or PC

a sample

I hate Macs. I have always hated Macs. I hate people who use Macs. I even hate people who don't use Macs but sometimes wish they did. Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui

Bubba po

Is it not true that Apple Mackintosh have invented nearly every cool thing in the computer universe?

hodgy0_2

also read the blogs at the end -- brilliant

wiley

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google chrome is the browser i recommend but have also heard rumours that its unsafe and your passwords can be obtained easily

wiley

Leslie

Thanks for the tip UB

Les

stuart n

Yep, downloaded when I logged on this afternoon

Kieran_Burns

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I think people who don't use IE because it's SOOOO vulnerable should read this:

Mozilla hastily shoves Firefox updates out door ? The Register

and this:

Opera releases update for 'extremely severe' vulns ? The Register

and all the Apple evangelists should maybe realise that Apple is a more closed shop than MS is nowadays:

Apple more closed than Microsoft ? The Register



...light blue touch paper....

Kieran_Burns

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Oh yes, and I take back what I said about only go to trusted sites, even some of them are showing the exploit code. So get patching folks... I rolled out the update with no testing this morning to a huge user base.

unclebuck

At least it's not like that on here.. (snigger)

unclebuck

lol

zip106

Hmmmf....

I seriously only bought mine 'cos it looks good and takes up less room than a PC!

I haven't a clue what all the programs do, either.

I just like it.

darts_aint_sport

And there, ladies and gentlemen, we have it.

billyray911

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Sooo,to a novice like me-whats safe and whats not.I take it IE is still in an unsafe state???.
Have moved to Mozilla but i dont find it as user friendly as IE-any decent alternatives out there

darts_aint_sport

Seriously?!

The best move for you would be to switch off your pc and go outside and play.

billyray911

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Yeah thanks for the constructive advice dipsh*t-jog on treacle

Removed.

Billyray911, none of the alternatives really are the same to use as IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, they all are different, often deliberatly so to differentiate between products. It's worth trying them for a while. I personally use Firefox and have done for about 5 years. One of the advantages of it is the huge amount of add-ons and extensions you can install to customise it.

It's horses for courses really. If you still prefer to use Internet Exploder, ALWAYS ensure that your PC is updated, and has current security software.

I've started to move to Ubuntu on my laptop, partly because it's less of a target for the bad guys. If I could get my bluetooth headphones working reliably I'd probably not use Vista at all on my laptop. I have had to support Mac usage at work in a small way, and they do my head in, but that hasn't stopped me recommending them to some people that just want to "do the Internet thingy", or are technophobes. The Mac does a lot of hand holding and make things simple.

For those that are old enough, just think how different it is these days. Remember pre-Windows 3.x, how about C-DOS, SUNOS, CP-M. Youngsters of today don't know they've been born!

unclebuck

Well, I had one of those Microsoft 'updates will be installed when you shut down your computer' messages this morning so I assuming that this was the IE patch they've released. If you've had that message as well I guess the patch has been installed and IE is safe to use again?

Can anybody confirm this?

Cheers

SwissTony

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It is true that PC users dont understand sarcasm

Removed.

If you're using Vista, you Windows Update history should have the highlighted patch. Not sure about XP, but the KB number is probably the same.

hodgy0_2

IE for normal familly surfing

firefox hidden away for surfing of the more adult nature

tbh a browsers a browser to me

also i think i,m right in saying its only IE7 thats affected