nightsurge said:
Ok so this Open Firmware password must be set to prevent me from using the OS X disc, then. How many average, uninformed Mac purchasers do you think knows to set this up? All I am saying, which you two keep missing, is that the Mac is much more vulnerable to a very simple attack. You cannot simply use a Windows OS disc to break into any Windows PC like I can do with a Mac (unless Open Firmware password is set).
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You're right. If an intelligent and informed IT professional like yourself has no clue how to securely lock down a Mac, Joe Blow isn't going to be able to figure it out either.
Of course, if we asked Joe Blow how concerned he was about somebody putting a boot disc into his PC and changing his password, he'd probably be more concerned about the intruder breaking into his home/office than which operating system he was running.
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