OK, now I’ve never been a big fan of Apple for a few reasons:

  • Lack of exposure - I grew up on DOS and Windows. That’s all I know. I had no friends who were enterprising enough to try a Mac.
  • High prices - Macs may be good machines, but they are really expensive right now.
  • Can’t Build - At least I can’t. I’ve never even seen inside a Mac. And I haven’t been hearing of many people heading over to NewEgg and buying Mac parts and setting up.
  • Lack of Games - I’m a gamer, I’m a gamer, I’m a gamer. I don’t want to pick up my latest favorite game from the store and then have to check whether is Mac compatible.
  • If It Breaks, Then What? - Again, this come from lack of experience with Macs. I’ve never really been fond of Tech support of any kind. I like to fix my own problems. With a Mac I wouldn’t be able to do that.

One great thing about Macs however, is that they don’t get viruses, or at least didn’t used to. Such things just didn’t exist, until now.

The hubbub started earlier this week, when a researcher responsible for the Information Security Sell Out (InfoSec) blog announced a proof-of-concept worm that exploited a Mac OS X vulnerability which Apple missed in a May round of patches.

Well, that may not have been the best idea. Apparently, Mac users are quite sensitive about their products:

According to InfoSec, some of the comments left earlier included death threats. In a posting — since deleted, more on that below — from Tuesday, InfoSec listed comments he refused to allow to be posted to the blog. Among them:

- “You are lucky you are anonymous or I would put a bullet in your head for this!” — Anonymous

- “Nice try with the FUD [fear, uncertainty and doubt]. You are full of **** there is no such thing as an Apple Worm.” — Jeff

- “I dare you to demonstrate this at Defcon you ***** Microsoftie. We will drag you out, put a bullet in you, and bury your body so deep it will take a nuclear blast to find your body.” — Anonymous

Source: Mac enthusiasts send death threats to researcher [Computer World - Australia]

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