Adware? Malware? Spyware?
Which popular software are you talking about?
Office X on Mac is a much better product than on Windows, by the way.
Glenn, I get hit so many times by Mac users as to how great the product is. If it were so great it would be more popular! And if Apple hadn't stuck it's head up it's ass in the beginning they could have captured a larger market share.
It is a great graphics machine, but that is about it. It has bugs like every other software product on the market. It has it limits like everything on the market.
Hackers don't write viruses for it because, there aren't enough Mac's for it to matter, most of them are most likely Mac user's that hate MS, or most are anti-big business socialists that believe they are doing the world a favor.
The truth about Mac's is it almost went the way of the betamax video format because they couldn't give the piece of crap away to an unsuspecting public.
My most important program is WordStar for DOS, which I've been using since 1986. First used it on a 4.66 Mhz XT clone running DOS 2.1, and am now running it on a Centrino 1.6 Ghz Thinkpad running Win XP Pro.
WordStar forever!
There are two things that keep me from jumping over to the Mac: immediate hardware customization (can I upgrade a Mac's video card when a new one comes out? Can I get a PCI-Express Mac? Can I get a Mac in a small form-factor case? Will that new Logitech MX1000 mouse work on the Mac?) and gaming (I can't play Half-life 2 on a Mac, period.)
I'm sticking with a customized version of Windows until other OSes get some versatility to them. When I can run modern games on the Mac and be assured that any piece of hardware I may want to buy will work, then we'll talk.
OS X does have a great desktop design, at least. I wish Microsoft would hire some talented graphics artists.