Backdoor Trojan for Windows ported to Mac OS

"Placing a full screen window with a message that only allows you to click reboot"

lol!

This is a pretty rotten deal for Apple users. I hope it wakes them up to the reality that their supposedly 'secure' machine isn't all it's cracked up to be.

As a long time Mac and PC user (have owned 5 Macs from 68k thru PowerPC to Intel) I can honestly say that when it comes down to it this day in age with the Intel switch you're mostly paying a premium for that shiny apple logo'd case.
Chipset to chipset it's the same PC hardware you'll find in midrange systems, take into consideration that the only actually apple branded 6 components on a MacBook are: webcam, trackpad, keyboard, AC-adapter, battery and casing. I give apple credit where credit due but I feel it's a bit of a stretch to call the hardware superior or to argue that theres some sort of value to buying a Mac over a PC, the markup for the hardware you get is not exactly justifiable by value at all, in my case it comes down to a trackpad that I like for design on the go, if not for that I would spend the same cost on a higher end PC, and in fact thats the way I will likely go next upgrade.

As far as the OS goes, if you're moderately savvy you can mostly get what you want done on any OS be it OS X, Windows or Linux with varying degrees of compromise, Windows I would agree is the least compromising when it comes to running what you want to run. The "Mac's are better for design" argument doesn't hold water either when anyone into serious design will be using Adobe products which are available on Windows and OS X.

I tend to side more with the PC crowd when it comes to debate due to the Mac side tending to be less logical and more hype based, quick to insult the opposing side.

Use what you like, it's all personal preference, use whatever OS and hardware appeals to you is what I say.

hey guys i have a crapbook air and id like to put more ram in it.. oh wait i cant...

hey guys i have a crapbook air and id like to replace the battery... oh wait i cant i have to send it away

hey guys i have a crapbook air and id like to <insert piece of hardware you want to replace here> ..... oh wait i cant...

The fact so many of you feel the need to make so many half-baked remarks just reinforces the Apple-envy theory.

Even funnier, no pc manufacturer can even come up with anything as good as the crapbook air for the same price or less. Bye bye Adamo.

If you know computers well than any platform will work - but don't think your really saving much money. If you are the typical consumer then Mac is king and deservedly so unless you like pain.

And BTW, professional audio on the Windows is a PITA. Maybe one day Microsoft will actually fix MMCSS but don't hold your breathe.

Meanwhile I'm going to go salvage in the dump for all those 3 year old pcs that no one could get a penny for. ~

The fact that you feel the need to propagate and perpetuate this discussion makes me think you're simply run of the mill troll. And that, I assure you, is nothing to be envious of, no matter what platform you own, or which platform you're talking out your a** about.

The only thing you've actually convinced me of, is how inarticulate, plodding, brainwashed and dogmatic the average member of the "Apple Corp" really is.

It's sad actually, you really do think you're funny. And someday, if mindless repetition becomes a standard for humor, you will be.

The fact that you keep trolling the comments as a self proclaimed superior mac user just makes the competent mac users look bad, you're either an obvious troll or suffering from a psychosis brought on through insecurity and inadequacy in your personal life, much like the other bleeding heart Apple fanboys. I feel soiled being in the same userbase as you people at times and it leads me to want to discontinue using Apple products entirely for not wanting to be thrown into the fold with the cult-like fanboys.

It's a computer, it's a tool and it's not even comparing apples to oranges anymore since the Intel switch.

Start an argument then act as if you're on the higher ground, trolling, immaturity or somewhere between I suppose.

I don't think people here are terribly envious of the people who bought Mac's under the pretense that Apple's PC's do not get viruses. Whether or not Apple is superior for A/V or ergonomics is not the issue; the issue is that a considerable number of Apple users bought their PC's with the aim of never having to deal with a problem, and this throws them a huge curveball.

Apple is going to have a harder time with the 'it just works' mantra as occurrences like this continue to increase in frequency.

to be quite honest, i think everyone is sick of all the wanna be trendy people who use apple as a fashion accessory just like steve jobs has marketed as..

apple has not done anything new, they just have been smart at how they do it..

I think Mac is a complete waste of time and money. why pay thousands when you can get ubuntu for free on any computer, even better you can get the Mac OSX theme for ubuntu if your that keen.

After reading these comments, I've considered dozens of PCs I've 'advised' about purchasing/upgrading to my friends/ family over the last year, and out of all these systems only one came up with any sort of issue, if one can call it, and at the end of the day it was issue with a crappy old ACER LCD. Furthermore, from my years while I was still working in IT, 'reported issues' %age on year to year basis never exceeded 1-1.5% range for me, which is beyond acceptable and that include any Virus/Malware issues. So either you don't get out of your 'Apple World' frequently enough or ......

CC: Don't you think 'Apple Bug' causes serious delusional tendencies in its 'carriers' ?

I was at a "CompUSA in Delaware, speaking to one of the floor salesmen. CompUSA sold Apple product, and pandered to the Apple fan base, with meetings, seminars, and such.

The gentleman told me they mostly presented themselves as inaccessible, know nothing, snobs. I have no basis on which to dispute the veracity of that assessment.

Apple computers really weren't a force in the market until they installed Intel CPUs, and allowed Windows dual booting. In effect, they've become a PC, yet we still have to listen to itinerant *****s spout Apple superiority / mythology / dogma..

The Apple OS, at least to me, looks like it was designed by Fischer-Price. The novelty of the "follow the bouncing ball" icons wears off in a big hurry. Then you have the privacy invasion / DRM onslaught of "iTunes". Who needs that crap? Then there was the entire false "I'm a PC" advertising campaign. If I were in M$'s legal department, I'd have been suing almost daily over that garbage.

Many of you must be quite aged I expect. If I was to try to extrapolate any well-thought content out of any of these Apple-envy replies it would amount to a trifle at best.

Why is it that you think so many countless posts and reviews on the computer technology sites revolve around "is it as good as a Mac \ iPad \ iPhone \ iPod"?

Every single company is out there breaking their backs to try to best Apple in almost every field Apple plays on. Do you think they are all wasting their time and you are all so much smarter?

Is there really so much merit to clinging so vociferously to the rusty old by-gone era technology WinPcs? Crikey, most of them are still booting from a BIOS.

Change is difficult the older we get but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try. This industry is evolving quickly and Apple is leading the way. I fear many of you crotchety old fools will get left behind if you aren't able to move beyond this superfluous wining.

Agreed.

Quoting a lockpicker (Mr. Adam Flores) from 1780:
"- No system or security device is 100% secure, there is *always* another way in!"

As for the "100%" secure OS mentioned in a link above; there is *always* another way in! (*Evil laughter)

It's official, Cap... You are my role model!

Me too Cappy!

Are they smoking weed or something?

Have you ever bothered to know how many features Apple copied for their OS from MS? For example, Time Machine is a (better) ripoff of Microsoft's System Restore, newer iOS will implement Microsoft's Photo Hub concept, majority of the reviews prefer Win7s taskbar and jumplist over Mac OS's Dock ........ the fact is both Apple and Microsoft continue to follow each other (read copy) newer concepts which make their respective OS better for their audience. So I am not buying this clap trap anyway. And now that Apple is selling PC Clones at higher premium prices, hence the force in argument for it to be superior is very much limited.

Now to iphone, when I went to buy a new smartphone few months ago, I tried iphone 4 and SGS side by side for hours, and my conclusion was iphone 4 is a brick which is better suited to attack a burglar who is trying to break into your house (and I never counted in the antenna issues due to death grip). So remember, iPhone is no longer the buzzword if you haven't noticed, it is taking the biggest hit everywhere as Android spread at phenomenal rate.

the best thing about an iphone is that you can jailbreak it and you finally get to do what you want on in

Well you never need to 'jail break' an Android device and have whatever you want on it. But if your geek nerve still want to do bit more you can simply root your device.

Instead you get to wait half a century for the vendor to offer their device specific Apple-chasing Android upgrade. Accept it never came because your phone was already obsolete by then. Luckily it actually was about the size and weight of a brick so you can still make it useful.

You've convinced me to be a Winboy. You wouldn't happen to have an extra of the Bill Gates picture you like to use, the vendors haven't stocked any for decades.