Viruses, Mac OS X, and File Permissions

A detailed look at how file permissions in Mac OS X's Unix layer helps to protect users from viruses, malware, and spyware.

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[sonypsp0009]

awesome video , and great explanation !

[raideronline]

thank you for this video.

[MrSaggat]

one word : Linux.

[Iivaitte]

@Iivaitte while Im at it, let me state I never once addressed computers running windows as "PCs"

that statement alone is ignorant, furthermore Im not a fan of windows, Im a fan of computers.

linux requires work, macintosh is to expensive, so in my opinion windows is most cost and time effective.

and lastly, you yourself have shown the ugly smug attitude I have talked about, everything from "BIG BOY windows PC" to your flaunting about "deep-knowlage"

[Iivaitte]

@bibbler227 your not even listening to what im saying, when there is a machine you ave a goal, if that goal can be met, your machine has served its purpose, then there's also costs vs effectiveness, if you get more work out of it than the money you put into it, then it has served its goal effectively.

I honestly dont think its worth the price, and I think he mac consumers need to chill thats my only point.

[bibbler227]

@Iivaitte  No, your comments didn't "bother me" not did you "debunk" anything. You just spewed out a bunch of nonsensical insults. My judgment that OS X is superior is based on years of experience and a deep knowledge of the inter-workings of the OS, not the bunch of shit that you posted. (Zealots, Nazis, "The only thing his company is good at").... Bottom line is, you have no idea what you're talking about. Go play games kid on your pretty BIG BOY PC.

[Iivaitte]

@bibbler227 whatever, this conversation didnt start this way and I really didnt want to go in this direction, you call me a kid, but just by replying you have shown that my comment effects you, a 50 year old man, I didnt say "everyone" zealots over mac, but a lot indeed do, Steve jobs is in fact a marketer, all I was trying to do was debunk the mac myths in one paragraph and address the problem, the systems fine, I honestly dont give a shit, its the smug attitude of the consumer I hate.

[bibbler227]

@Iivaitte This video was obviously WAY over your head. Let's face it, you don't have the education or brains to understand this video so you just start ranting your PC Fanboy nonsense (Zealot, Nazis, Steve Jobs)....

I don't need to convince anyone of anything. I was building my own PCs, administering in UNIX, and programming in C when you were in diapers kid. Run off now and play computer games on your BIG BOY Windows PC.

[Iivaitte]

if you reply to this, your a moron who thinks that u can convince people to switch to a broken system by making a comment on a video on youtube.

the fact of the matter is, people zealot over macs......,why, if they didnt NEED defending, then why are you defending the system, steve jobs is a marketer, he specializes in selling things, and thats the only thing his company is good at.

Im pretty sure the mac Nazis are gonna get me now.

[itachisxeyes]

I disagree with the market share argument. The fact is Unix and Unix-like operating systems dominate the market, all markets except for the home workstation. If you really wanted a target rich environment you would target Unix.

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[Superfreaxx]

@highhow

Security was never seriously considered in the early versions of Windows, as they were designed for home computers at a time when the World Wide Web hadnt caught on, and such security later came as an afterthought. Rather than continuing the Mac OS line, Apple abandoned Mac OS and started off from scratch using by UNIX as the foundation for OSX. By having a stable and reliable OS at its core, OSX has a vastly superior design to Windows, which Microsoft struggles to modernize.