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Adherence to what analysis? That Windows has a much much larger (read 90%+ more) base than Apple? I asserted that was a big reason why Windows were more targeted. I also agreed with you that the UNIX built OSX was more secure from the ground up. Why am I not able to make both of these statements? How is what I am saying here uninformed? I don’t appreciate the innuendos of me being “uninformed” and “coming up short”. Again typical Apple snarkiness here. THAT is what I called out in this thread and you just displayed that ever presently, thank you.

That Windows has a much much larger (read 90%+ more) base than Apple?

Taking a statistic you heard five years ago and misapplying it to make it sound as if you know what you're talking about isn't helping you. Windows' market share (the percentage of total product sold in a specific period) used to be 90%+. Its install base (the total amount of active product in use) is unknown. We know that there are 35,000,000+ Macs in use. We don't know how many copies of Windows are in use.

I asserted that was a big reason why Windows were more targeted.

No, you asserted that the reason OS X is not routinely hacked is because it has a small user base relative to Windows. This simply is not true. Windows is attacked because it is extremely easy to exploit. OS X is not attacked because it is extremely difficult to exploit. Period.

I also agreed with you that the UNIX built OSX was more secure from the ground up.

Coincidentally, you did this only after I made the assertion. If you actually thought this, you would have mentioned it in your post 96. You did not, because you a) did not consider it, and b) do not believe it.

How is what I am saying here uninformed? I don’t appreciate the innuendos of me being “uninformed” and “coming up short”.

There is no innuendo: I have flat-out said you are uninformed several times. Your posts in both of the threads you've started have proven this. You pass off third-hand knowledge and speculation as fact, fill in the wide gaps of your "knowledge" with ad hominem attacks, and then claim to know what you're talking about. Swordmaker has skewered you in the other thread, pardon the pun.