CNET is reporting on a virus that magically appeared on a small number of Video iPods manufactured after September 12, 2006. Good ol' Slashdot was quick to pick of a comment made on Apple's support page for the mistake:

As you might imagine, we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses, and even more upset with ourselves for not catching it.

Apple, ever the elitist, just had to subtley attack Microsoft here, didn't they. It's just impossible for them NOT to attack the leader of the market. Everyone, repeat after me: "It's a sign of weakness when the only way to make yourself look good is to make your competition look bad." (Even when it makes you look like a total loser.) You know why Windows is so susceptible to virus attacks? Well, let me see, one of the reasons could be poor coding, but why is there poor coding? There's that whole backwards compatibility thing Microsoft has to do to keep everyone happy, because, believe it or not, not all people like to just up and forget all the applications they purchased when they get a new operating system. Windows is messy because it's built upon old code and is designed to work on an infinte amount of computer system configurations. It's a mammoth conglomeration of code that nobody knows how it works anymore, but it got that way so Windows XP could still run DOS applications. Also, there's that whole 90% marketshare that Windows has. It's in more places than your pretty little OS X. So of course virus attacks are going to be higher, just because of the simple fact that there's more Windows system TO ATTACK owned by people who don't know how to use a computer.

...and then there's Apple Macintosh OS X. That thing that's illegal to install on any non-certified Apple computer system, and is therefore only designed to work on one particular assembly chain of computer systems. Which, I might add, is very expensive, no matter what those fanboys say. Sure, there's the Mac Mini, but, uhm... you just get some dinky little cube without any peripherals or even a decent videocard. (But I guess you don't need one, since OS X doesn't play games, hahaha.)

Anyway, Apple just screwed up and took the opportunity to make fun of Windows. They actually managed to somehow package a computer virus on their iPods that were then wrapped, boxed and sold to unsuspecting buyers. How DOES that happen? But anyway... no apology. Just a poke at Windows and a "you should've had an anti-virus program installed". Wow. Due to the nature of the virus, they say to be sure to scan your computer, and any removeable media you have, which includes external harddrives, digital cameras, USB memory sticks and anything else.

No wonder most Apple users are the way they are. The company itself is the same way.

Bottom line: Apple ships some iPods with a virus and makes fun of Windows for being susceptible. Let's forget the fact that they shipped a product with a virus and make fun of Windows. After all, it's Apple, so it must be okay.