OT: Parental Computing :)

Thanks for all the advice everyone. I’ve decided on an eMac at £649 plus the Applecare at £139. The coverage looks excellent even though a little pricey and the eMac has all the software they will need. Plus, as it’s a 17" CRT they’ll have no problems with sight and as it’s all built-in they’ll only have to attach keyboard, mouse, power and a printer. I’ve found a recommended printer from HP for £79 so that takes care of that.

I was sur[prised to see how easily Apple still shoot themselves in the foot, though. If I bought a monitor to go with my PC it’s come with a til-and-swivel monitor stand, With Apple it’s an extra £49. I really wish they’d look at how PCs are sold and compete better. Having said that, they are *so* stylish. They may not work any better than a PC but they are dro-dead gorgeous to look at – if I hadn’t restrained myself – I nearly bought one… 😉

So, one more question – I saw that I could get the parents Norton’s Personal Security software (firewall, AV etc) for £84. Is there any point? And if there is, is that the best, reasonably priced solution for the Mac (I noticed some other security software ion the Apple site from a company I didn’t know – Intego – which was a comparable price).

So, one more question – I saw that I could get the parents Norton’s Personal Security software (firewall, AV etc) for £84. Is there any point? And if there is, is that the best, reasonably priced solution for the Mac (I noticed some other security software ion the Apple site from a company I didn’t know – Intego – which was a comparable price).

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 01:51:00 +0000, Hecate wrote:

So, one more question – I saw that I could get the parents Norton’s Personal Security software (firewall, AV etc) for £84. Is there any point? And if there is, is that the best, reasonably priced solution for the Mac (I noticed some other security software ion the Apple site from a company I didn’t know – Intego – which was a comparable price).

The Norton Antivirus software is a good idea. When purchasing the Internet Security suite the antivirus comes with it. If you’re running your Internet connection through DSL, then the firewall is probably a good idea.

BUT consider this, I would not run any computer without a virus program. I would not run a machine used for Business withou firewall software. And I would not run a personal computer on DSL that contains sensitive data (like banking information, etc) without a Firewall.
If you’re on dialup and if your computer doesn’t contain any critical info, then you can probably away without the firewall.

So, one more question – I saw that I could get the parents Norton’s Personal Security software (firewall, AV etc) for £84. Is there any point? And if there is, is that the best, reasonably priced solution for the Mac (I noticed some other security software ion the Apple site from a company I didn’t know – Intego – which was a comparable price).

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I have never run any anti-anything on any of my Macs, for years, and have never had a hint of any problems.

But – the future is still out there.

OK, that all makes sense, even for my aged parents. Personally I’d agree with all of the above, I was just wondering about Macs in particular. As my parents don’t have a clue, setting everything up re. AV and the Firewall should make them safe.

Thanks.

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Hecate

veni, vidi, reliqui

Hecate …

OK, that all makes sense, even for my aged parents. Personally I’d agree with all of the above, I was just wondering about Macs in particular. As my parents don’t have a clue, setting everything up re. AV and the Firewall should make them safe.

Thanks.

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Hecate

veni, vidi, reliqui

You wait till they do get a clue and decide to look on
alt.graphics.photoshop to see what young Heccy has been getting up to and see you’ve been telling the world "my parents don’t have a clue". Get your excuses ready now.

By the way for ignoring my suggestion and its DSLR as part of the package here’s a link to the digital camera that’s all you can now afford.
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id =84227. Should be all right with filter->sharpen->aggressive->and then some.

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:23:37 GMT, -xiray- wrote:

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 01:51:00 +0000, Hecate wrote:

So, one more question – I saw that I could get the parents Norton’s Personal Security software (firewall, AV etc) for

OK, that all makes sense, even for my aged parents. Personally I’d agree with all of the above, I was just wondering about Macs in particular. As my parents don’t have a clue, setting everything up re. AV and the Firewall should make them safe.

Thanks.

AV on Mac?

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 07:31:08 GMT, "Stephan"
wrote:

OK, that all makes sense, even for my aged parents. Personally I’d agree with all of the above, I was just wondering about Macs in particular. As my parents don’t have a clue, setting everything up re. AV and the Firewall should make them safe.

Thanks.

AV on Mac?

Yep. Now it’s Unix based I have a lot less confidence that Macs won’t be attacked as they are now a bigger target with all the other Unix machines around.