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Q&A: Why does Microsoft sell Office for Macs even though Apple is a competitor?

Posted on July 20, 2022

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Question from Claude:  I was looking at the various options for buying Microsoft Office on Amazon the other day and I saw they’re selling Microsoft Office that runs on Macs.

That really surprised me since Microsoft and Apple are direct competitors of each other.

Why do they make a Mac version of Office when that obviously encourages people who would buy a Windows computer to run MS Office on to buy a Mac instead?  [Read more…]

Warning: More Macs are now getting infected with malware

Posted on October 15, 2021

For years, Mac owners were led to believe that their computers were immune from malware infections.

In fact, if you asked them for an opinion on the best anti-virus protection, chances are the response would be “Buy a Mac”.

But the truth is Macs were never immune from “catching” malware at all.

The malware developers simply chose to concentrate their efforts on the much larger pool of Windows machines instead in an effort to get “more bang for the buck”.

Sadly, that’s no longer the case.  [Read more…]




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