Looks like Apple is finally getting serious about advertising Mac computers to the world. Apple recently unleashed 6 new Apple ads demonstrating the superiority of the Mac over a PC. You can watch the videos are the Apple link above.
There’s a lot of controversy about the commercial that points out the problem with viruses on Windows PCs and then points out the lack of them on the Mac.
Some people liken this to an airline advertising that they have fewer crashes than other airlines. Others liken it to car companies pointing out superior crash-test ratings.
I think the later is probably the most applicable parallel, but when a Mac virus comes, the media will blow it so far out of proportion that these ads will probably seem like the blew up in Apple’s face.
The fact is that OSX has (it doesn’t matter why) virtually no virus problems, especially when compared with PCs and that, by design, it is more safe than Windows PCs.
That does not mean that Macs cannot be hit by viruses, but even in the PC world, most of the time, virus problems have a human element (the operator) that has shown time and time again that they can circumvent even the best security. (Until the operators are replaced by Korean Fembots.)
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