Windows XP on a Mac

i think it's safe to say that the amount of copies of XP sold to people buying intel macs to the amount of intel macs sold will be about the same (if anything, the intel macs sold will be more than copies of XP sold because not everyone will be buying the computer to load XP on it).

now if you're talking TOTAL copies of XP sold (to regular XP users and those loading it on intel macs), then yeah, the amount of copies sold will outweigh the amount of macs sold, but that's an unfair compairson to make in this context.

and i'm not saying that windows can't do what osx can do - i did graphic design, video editing, and programming on my XP box, but it just gets to be a pain in the ass when photoshop shits the bed every five minutes and your system lags hardcore because of all the adware (that you didn't catch in your scans) bogging your system down and you have to reformat your hard drive every 6 months to avoid it. it comes down to reliability - windows is just prone to too much shit because it's a 20+ year old operating system, whereas osx as built from the ground up with security in mind.
 
I have 4 pc's with xp pro and windows antispyware with norton antivirus. If you know how to protect your computer ie. not clicking on suspicious links, using firefox, running checks all the time then you won't have as many problems. I'm not saying there won't be any problems at all, I've had to format one of my computers before becuase my cousins decided addictinggames.com was too much fun to resist. If you take precautions your pc will last much longer.
 
it's awesome that you know to protect your shit and keep it together, but my point is why go through it at all? in a little over one year, i have never had to reformat my mac, never check for viruses (that's a whole other issue entirely - and before people start spouting off about mac's market share and how there ARE viruses (which were actually programmed and tested in secure enviornments - there's nothing in the wild), this discussion isn't about it, so i don't care) or adware, and i've been able to keep productive and not have to worry about that stuff. granted, there's a couple quirks here and there, no system is perfect, but i'm having a LOT easier time than i was with my XP machine.
 
same here

the first thing i downloaded on my computer was firefox and then emediatly mcafree firewall, privacy protection, and virus scan

and i'm yet to have any spy wear, viruses, or trojans on my computer

and i watch porn

frequently
 
well too bad for you. i haven't had any problems of the sort on my 5 year old pc. don't exaggerate and generalize, and you really can't deny the market share argument.
 
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