Ernest--
Does one run into fewer spyware problems with a Mac? Thanks-Mom
Most definitely...I am not a Mac user....I browse with Xandros....Linux....and am having no problems with spyware..... I also have a couple of Xindows XP machines used for the normal sort of things that windows is good at....I just don't let them get on the internet and browse with them....
I am solving my problem with multiple machines....rumor has it that apple is about to announce a sub $500 machine that might be an answer....KVM switch and use current monitor and keyboard mouse between the two machines....one machine is never enough...
Spyware, viruses and the like are essentially nonexistent on the Mac operating system (known as "OS X"). (And before the psychotic Billbots start screeching their protestations: Yes, there are a few theoretical holes here and there in OS X, but the reality is that nothing out there in the real world that takes advantage of these holes in any harmful fashion.)
The last time I got a virus on one of my Macs was in 1990. I have never gotten any spyware. The average Windows PC, by comparison, gets infected within four minutes of first being connected to the Internet.