The latest rumors have Apple releasing updated PowerMacs as early as the NAB convention (National Association of Broadcasters) which is in about 2 weeks from now (in Las Vegas).

Since I’ll be in Vegas that weekend anyway… I wonder if the planned Apple event is open to the public…. just in case..

So, there’s been a lot of ‘news’ on the web about how Mac OS users are only moments away from being exterminated by a yet unwritten virus.. apparently, we’re in so much danger, that nobody knew about it.. until Symantec (makers of Norton Anti-virus( decided they should tell all the mac users in the world about it…. and then 2 sentences later try to sell us their Anti-Virus software…

Now, I understand that they are a business, and they need to sell their product to stay in business. But…deciding to sell your product, by creating rampant and un-necessary paranoia is not the way to do it… There’s a good article about Symantec’s paranoia marketing over at Unsanity.

I think Symantec would have been better off trying to sell their product by pushing the ‘good netizen’ angle, instead of creating unnecessary paranoia.

Again…the number of people using Mac OS X has no bearing on the security of the product…if you believe that, how do you explain viruses written for specific cell phones, with an installed base of fewer people then use Mac OS X?

David Coursey wrote an interesting article for eweek, talking about Mac viruses/malware, or more accurately, the lack thereof..

While I don’t agree with everything he says in the article (I don’t believe that any of the Mac OS’s security is due to the size of its installed base).. and it really annoys me that the editors at eWeek decided it would be good to pepper the article with links to articles they’ve ran in the past about Mac “security” issues (its not a OS security issue if they have physical access to the machine…. thats a case for needing better locks on your door).

Overall, what he says there echos what I’ve told my friends/family/co-workers/anyone within earshot for awhile now.. the main reason to run Anti-virus software is to play nicely with others..and prevent yourself from accidentally forwarding that email full of nasty windoze killing bugs on to every windoze user you know (if you want to intentionally forward it, that’s your call).

I’ve been using Macs off and on since 1984..and the only viruses I can ever remember having.. were microsloth Word macro viruses, and I haven’t seen one of those in years… the point? If you avoid M$ software.. you avoid viruses/spyware/adware/malware and just plain bad software..

More ecto/iTunesy goodness (this will probably be one of the last ones)

Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy) from the album “The Sinister Urge” by Rob Zombie

Its coming! it’ll be on store shelves on the 19th….

Now..if someone will just hurry up and buy me a new G5 so I can actually play the game… I’ve now hit the point, where games have way higher requirements then any of my Macs come close to hitting..

Not bad… almost 4 years…..and its only 1 game.. I can still play most of the other new games that are out there…

iTunes:

Couch Potato from the album “Poodle Hat” by Weird Al Yankovic