Preface: I am calling them Mac(s) not Apples. Maybe because I am lazy, or because I don’t care. And I will completely Ignore Linux here, because even as a Windows guy, Linus is the penultimate OS. I will call machines that run Windoze either a PC or a Windows machine. I don’t care that it is semantically correct, legally correct, or even marketingly correct. I am writing the blog, you are reading. It is the lexicographic standard for the average user. Don’t believe me? Go sit in a computer store. Better yet, pretend you work there, and listen to the crap people will say to you. Also, the “points” are just me marking a bad score against. You’ll figure it out.

I am going to start looking for problems that are similar to Macs and PCs. The problems mostly. I honestly don’t care what you use, so long as you get your job done, and it doesn’t make my job harder. I like parts of all three of the main operating systems. Each has its benefits and downfalls. So I will be very ambiguous about what I find. I feel that adds a little zest to the conversation, as well as being utterly confusing and that amuses me.

Article 1:

Macintosh Antivirus Software - This is a wonderfully informative 3 sentence article on About.com. Literally, it is a list of links to antivirus software. The funniest part is, “…Mac viruses do exist. Cross-platfrom threats, such as many of the Office macro viruses, can also be a problem for Mac users.” Ummm…HELLO!! That’s not a Mac Virus. That is a WINDOWS bug, running in a Mac Environment. Chalk one up for PC.

Article 2:

Select Your Shield Ahh…so a site that calls themselves “Mac World” admits in the first 5 sentences informs us that Mac users should not “be lulled into a false sense of security.” Also that your .mac account comes with a FREE copy of McAfee’s Virex. Wierd, isnt .mac run by Apple? Isn’t that like admitting that there is at the very least the potential for viruses? I think so. Mark 1 up For Mac.

Article 3:

Antivirus Software for Mac OS X - This is a completely useless article. Don’t read it. I only linked to it because, this way we can all laugh at how about.com paid some lame-ass a bunch of money to write 10 sentences of bullshit fluff. HAHA, asshats. Oh wait, they rank 3rd for “antivirus software for mac”, which means that is one of the “defnitive” articles on the web for “antivirus software for mac” information. You know this is true, because most people don’t look any further than the first page of results. I don’t. I assume I am searching wrong when I don’t find what I am looking for. I wonder how I will rank when Google finds this article? Updates to follow…

Article 4:

Antivirus Software - Utilities - Mac - Free Downloads on ZDNet- besides have too many freakin slashes in their title, this is probably the page that the lady who wrote the first article went for her information, kinda funny. Otherwise, there is no information here, just ads and links to download software.

Article 5:

Pure Mac: Virus Scanners - Software for Macintosh- this is a list of software with download links and information about the feature sets of each piece of software. Where’s the information about Mac Viruses? I want INFO!!

To be continued…

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