Linked by Jeremy LaCroix on Wed 13th Aug 2003 16:59 UTC
I am a "Technologist", a Technology enthusiast that is usually the one that is called should a major catastrophe strike an end user. My saga of computer rescues becomes a plot that is ever so thickening, if not only for the fact that's it's becoming incredibly easy for hackers and malicious code writers these days to invade personal property to find, seek, and destroy. Each year, virus and hacker threats increase, and in addition the damage trail left behind is something of a problem. Not to forget, a majority of "PC Panic" cases I've come across are often times the same common, "major" problem.
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It's hard right now not to chirp in about Macs and OS X vs XP but how many of these attacks are people going to take before they seek alternatives. Many companies just don't have the it budget that it takes to keep all the PC's up to date. I just finished updating a couple of computers that were just installed a couple of months ago and software update showed 7 critical patches that needed to be updated. The average user doesn't take the time or is afraid to install the patches. If you add up all the extra time and aggravation it takes to try to keep these computers up to date and virus free it makes Mac's look downright inexpensive.