[Bush2000]

You say, "Apple's safety rests on the fact that it hasn't been the subject of hack attacks." I respond: IRRELEVANT.

Not irrelevant. Macs are projected to gain market share, with their move to the Intel platform. As it gains more market share, it will be attacked by hackers. And you're going to spend more time and money trying to protect it.

As for WinXP, you seriously spend time and money trying to protect it?

[savedbygrace]

See, you're falling into the same error I led with: confusing today with some unknown time in the future. In spite of your protests, you're still doing it.

You betcha I'm spending time and money on WinXP - anti-virus, firewall, anti-spyware AND the time it takes for scans and updates of those apps. None of that on my Mac.

You can warn about the future if you want, but TODAY my Mac is secure without all the effort that goes into my WinXP box.