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Disable your Windows networking
I always loved Macs and have found PCs just bearable, but now that my top-of-the-line Dell choked on spyward undetected by two programs (I didn't use Explorer, barely went online with it after I got my PowerBook G4 two years ago, which is one of my favorite Macs ever, McAfee Virus scans never showed anything, and I used XP Firewall)...the only good thing was that I didn't have to buy another PC, and I had my photos and music on my PowerBook--and I bought the iMac 20-inch that I wanted sooner rather than later. Steve Jobs said at the Apple Shareholder's meeting two weeks ago that Microsoft people were running XP and Vista on MacPros. With Bootcamp I have Windows running on it faster and more elegantly than on the Dell with all the added options to buy for features I expect in a Mac, and am never letting it go online (I have all of the networking disabled)--Control Panel, Neworking, right-click > Disable). I won't need the Windows updates for security if I stay offline with it. I bought an Airport Extreme to replace my Linksys router and was able to get WPA 2 security effortlessly. When I have to transfer anything to Windows from the internet, I use the Mac side and move it to the Windows HD icon. I really did need to buy another copy of Windows XP because mine was SP1, and even though I was able to reboot after reinstalling and wiping out everything on the PC, I couldn't even download Service Pack 2 because of some program coming in and wiping out my networking drivers. The second time, my floppy disk driver went, too. I've read how I can create a single disk but that was after the fact (and I had wasted an entire weekend). I would never use anything related to Windows if I didn't have a few programs that I have to use for work purposes. I hate to have the shoddy software on my beautiful iMac but wouldn't have been able to have it right now if it didn't run Windows. |
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