Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Of course, Brian. But in the end it DOES affect your computer USE (which may be the only thing that matters). If you use the Windows emulator on local files only, you isolate it from much of the ourside world. You then use OSX only for the Internet. You've lowered your chances of down time due to various infections and don't have to run and maintain that bevy of anti-intrusion softwares. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Nov 23, 2006, at 9:57 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > Running Windows on a Mac will not affect in any way its > vulnerability to viruses and spyware. It's the software, not the > hardware, that is vulnerable to these things. > > >> We run a PC shop at my office with Macs coming in recently. We >> are running Parallels on an iMac. It runs Windows faster than the >> PCs we have. It is also relatively immune to viruses and spyware. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information