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Eh, I don’t think that was the message. And at the time Macs were far far more malware-resistant than Windows. There are better complaints about Apple.



If people actually wrote viruses for Macs they would have ran just like Windows. The expense and rarity of Macs at the time in hands of people that wanted to write programs drastically reduced the number of attacks.


> Macs were far far more malware-resistant than Windows

In what ways? I work in the field, so feel free to speak technically.




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