Microsoft brings hope to Mac users
R
edmond 01/09/2003
A new survey by Microsoft's public appreciation division today shows that as the stream of security flaws and virus attacks affecting Windows PC's becomes a torrent, Mac users have been feeling left out.
Nigel Itemare of Microsoft told BIGfib: "The truth is that all these virus attacks and fatal security flaws, the stories that PC users may unwittingly be hosting porn or even paedophile websites is very exciting, it's taking over the news and filling the online pages in newspapers and magazines."
"Because MacOs is built on Unix which is amazingly secure, and because no single virus has yet been written to attack Mac OS X users are feeling really left out. No-one is talking about them anymore and most articles in the computer press on how to fight all these problems are of no interest to them at all."
So does Bill have a solution for the sad little Mac users out there other than buying a PC?
"Well of course! Microsoft loves everyone." Ightmare old BIGfib, "Especially for Mac users Microsoft is now offering the Virtual PC product."
Though Virtual PC won't give you the full thrill of being able to actually crash or infect your Mac operating system it will enable you all of the joys of virus fighting, daily security updates and complete Windows re-installations in the safety of a virtual PC environment it creates on your hard disk.
Available from Microsoft corp. for 129 $.
See also : Microsoft releases "Major" security update
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