Is it just me?

[J-sews]

I bought a new laptop a few months ago. First thing I did was click off the little "check for new updates daily" box.

[eodtech]

Do Mac's have this issue as well?

Macs do not have this problem, my last operating system update was over a month ago, non Apple  software applications are under no control of Apple.

[eodtech]

I bought a new laptop a few months ago. First thing I did was click off the little "check for new updates daily" box.

Smart move, I would want 100% control of what was being updated on my computer.

[BIG-TARGET]

I have that problem with Macafee, when the computer is first omline

[Benner]

Well so far I've been online 30mins and no updates yet.

Can I go the whole day?? 

[Whoey]

I believe it's possible to set the updates to install when you shutdown. (at least in Windows) as for Adobe, they aren't the only PDF reader on the market...  (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/ for example) And the Adobe Reader package has turned into quite the bloatware for such a simple function...

And like jekostas said, the Macs don't get updates pushed out due to the fact that the exploits are rarely exploited as they have a very small market share... much more sense that spam and botnets and all that to exploit several million windows machines... I suspect the Mac elitist attitude that nothing bad will ever happen to their Macs will eventually bite them in the ass... ignorance is not the best security measure.

I think I'd rather be annoyed by regular updates than my systems exploited.

What I do hate is on my PC connected to the TV, which runs Boxee (on win7) now, and before that Mediaportal (on XP home), that since the machine is set to run the media playing software on startup I don't see the updates pending messages and all that... so sometimes we're watching a program or movie and suddenly windows decides to reboot. Mind you since the upgrade to Win7, that hasn't happened (I set the updates to apply on shutdown) Quite tempted to wipe the box again, and setup Ubuntu 10.10

[ducktapehero]

I suspect the Mac elitist attitude that nothing bad will ever happen to their Macs will eventually bite them in the ass... ignorance is not the best security measure.

They do have another way to avoid those problems, they keep their computers so expensive that they know that they'll never be a huge seller.


And yes I have a Mac. It was expensive but so far we haven't had any problems. But I have to admit that porn doesn't really look any different on a Mac or PC. 

[Whoey]

I think of this video every time I think of the word mac...

(WARNING CONTAINS SOME ADULT LANGUAGE)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg7Xh0m_Oco

 

[Sazabi]

I believe it's possible to set the updates to install when you shutdown. (at least in Windows) as for Adobe, they aren't the only PDF reader on the market...  (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/ for example) And the Adobe Reader package has turned into quite the bloatware for such a simple function...

...

Thanks for that link, Whoey.  I downloaded it and got rid of my AdobeReader; I can't believe just how fast .pdfs load now. o.o

As an aside, I just finished converting all of my old Works-related files to Open Office-compatible formats... so say hello to my little friend, Works SE... you shall not see the end of this day, my "friend."  

[Edit:  Also reinstalling AVG Free, since it's no longer deciding to load for me. -__-]