Intel recommends using a mac

✎ Published: 2005-05-26 10:30:30

In an interview, Intel's CEO revealed he spends weekends removing spyware from his daughter's computer and suggested that mainstream users seeking immediate security might consider buying a Mac instead of a Wintel PC. This honest admission ignites further debate between Mac and Windows advocates, adding a new dimension to the ongoing discussion about computer security.

Intel recommends using a mac

In this interview, the new CEO of Intel says the following tidbit:
Pressed about security by Mr. Mossberg, Mr. Otellini had a startling confession: He spends an hour a weekend removing spyware from his daughter's computer. And when further pressed about whether a mainstream computer user in search of immediate safety from security woes ought to buy Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh instead of a Wintel PC, he said, "If you want to fix it tomorrow, maybe you should buy something else."

Great, isn't it. All the Mac Zealots while love that, and all the Gates-followers will probably go mad. It's just new fuel for a never-ending fire :)
But. At least he's honest. ;)

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Some might argue why he didn't propose the use of Linux, but that might be related to the shattered multi-distribution problem. Linux isn't Linux, but that's a whole topic of it's own, and pretty much every 2. IT-Journalist already wrote his/her blurb about it. So I'll keep my uninformed mouth shut..