Re: Astronomy cast

Davoud wrote:
Dave Typinski:

FBI stats I'd believe....

Then you'll believe this, straight from the horse's mouth--one Dave
Thomas, former chief of computer intrusion investigations at FBI
headquarters. He said that that "many of the computer security folks
back at FBI HQ use Macs running OS X, since those machines can do just
about anything: run software for Mac, Unix, or Windows, using either a
GUI or the command line. And they're secure out of the box. In the
field, however, they don't have as much money to spend, so they have to
stretch their dollars by buying [computers that can run only that other
OS]."

There are generic Intel PCs that will run OS/X. I have a friend who is an expert at installing OS/X on non-Mac hardware. Medions have a fairly good reputation as generic Mac OS capable cheap PCs. Snow Leopard runs fine. You need the right matching chipsets and the odd tweak but it is possible. I have seen it done many times. Not for beginners though.

But I expect the FBI's IT dept ought to be able to hack it.

Regards,
Martin
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