An Apple laptop will need regular updates too, and so will any software you install on it.
The most basic Mac Book starts at €1,500 for a 13" model.
There is no comparison between the updates for an Apple and a PC.
I've no personal experience with Macs, what's the difference in the patching experience there versus Window OS patches? MS as the more widely used platform attracts a lot more attention from hackers, but that doesn't mean Apple machines don't suffer from vulnerabilities, and Apple often face criticism within the cyber security world about how long it can take them to patch issues. It's not that long ago Kaspersky claimed Mac security was 10 years behind Windows. Personally, I'd prefer more frequent patches to longer exposure to vulnerabilities.
If your needs are very basic and you want to escape Windows you might consider this [broken link removed] running Ubuntu (Linux) @ €249 inc. VAT & delivery.
I do and I check emails, websites and downloads for suspicious activity and content, updating threat profiles regularly. I frequently find Windoze worms//viruses and other malware attached to emails as .exe files. Thus far after 30 years of Mac magic, I've never lost data or a machine/device to malware. I currently run Windoze XP under an emulator in macOS without a problem. Maybe the NHS techs in the UK should contact me. They all had big parties and went high-fiving each other circumventing and surviving the Y2K "threat", the original fake news story, now look at them. I made lots out of Y2K for nothing, nothing at all - it was non-work.As a general rule you don't run virus checkers on a Mac ...
I do and I check emails, websites and downloads for suspicious activity and content, updating threat profiles regularly. I frequently find Windoze worms//viruses and other malware attached to emails as .exe files.
Thus far after 30 years of Mac magic, I've never lost data or a machine/device to malware.
I currently run Windoze XP under an emulator in macOS without a problem.
Maybe the NHS techs in the UK should contact me. They all had big parties and went high-fiving each other circumventing and surviving the Y2K "threat", the original fake news story, now look at them. I made lots out of Y2K for nothing, nothing at all - it was non-work.
As a general rule you don't run virus checkers on a Mac much to Kaspersky's disappointment! And there are less vulnerabilities as the machine is locked by default like most Linux based machines.
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You will pay a lot more for an Apple laptop - Apple fans will say it's worth it, PC fans will say it's not (I'm one of the former!)....
But in a heterogeneous environment, they can be passed onto machines where they will run and perhaps cause damage.Except the .exe files will not run on the Mac!
"the usual procedures" which hopefully, include running malware detection/elimination software on the server(s) or on any device with an internet connection.Neither have I, although in my case it is only 27 years. And I attribute it to the design of the operating system and the security features there in, rather than any special skill on my part other than a bit of common sense and following the usual procedures.
Mine runs behind a server / firewall not running XP, reducing OS specific vulnerabilities.It is still a vulnerable OS, just virtualized and if exposed to the internet it represents a potential threat.
I don't agree. Head in sand stuff which has resulted in chaos in the health-care system.I expect that NHS has the technical competence to know the issues, but without butget they is not much they can do with an unsupported OS.
Even better. I run Ubuntu on a very old laptop and on an old iMac.He could also just install Ubuntu on his existing machine.
Those who have yet to bring themselves to move off XP (or who run an XP VM) should have applied the PosReady registry hack to ensure that they keep getting security updates until April 2019 - Microsoft provides these updates for ATMs and point-of-sale machines.It is still a vulnerable OS, just virtualized and if exposed to the internet it represents a potential threat.
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