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I also think its humorous how the mac people think they are invulnerable to security risks. MACs are pretty and have their uses. So are actresses but I wouldn’t want to live with one.

I also think its humorous how the mac people think they are invulnerable to security risks.

The open source software fanatics were crowing the same thing about Firefox vs IE. And Firefox probably is somewhat more secure than IE, but Firefox did not turn out to be nearly so secure as they said it was. When they started crowing I just told everyone that it only seemed that way because the malware writers weren't writing malware for it; Firefox wasn't a big enough target. Once it got some traction, lo and behold, I started noticing my Firefox browser receiving ever more frequent security updates and patches.

Macs are no different. They might very well be more secure than Windows (OS X, being essentially FreeBSD with a pretty interface helps, since it's part of the Unix family of operating systems), but I assure you it can be broken. The only reason it isn't being broken is because it's not a big enough target for malware writers to feel like it's worth the time to go after it.