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Well, it ain’t happening with the Macintosh operating system — that’s for sure. I keep hearing about all the bad problems that can happen or will happen — but that’s been going on for years and years, and it’s never come true yet.

I guess that’s why the Macintosh user’s biggest argument these days is whether they should ever bother with an antivirus program. That’s the biggest concern that most of the Macintosh users have. They argue whether it’s a scam to even sell an anti-virus program since nothing has ever shown up in the last few years (and longer).

With the Windows operating system, you wouldn’t dare want to go without an anti-virus program. It would be suicide. That — by itself — tells you a great deal of the difference in the two operating systems.

As far as my system being “picked” — well, I keep checking all the time but never come up with anything. I’ve got all my accesses logged, the firewall operating, check the outgoing connections, run programs to check on anomalous programs, look over those logs for anything suspicious and so on...

It all seems to be a total exercise in futility — since nothing ever happens with my Macintosh. It’s like me looking for some disaster to happen for the last 21 years and never having it happen. It gets tiring to keep watching for the “coming disaster” and — today — still be waiting for that coming disaster that is going to happen with the Macintosh Operating System. It just never comes...

All I can say is let me know when the disaster happens..., it hasn’t come around yet...

So let me throw this back in your lap.....If you read the link I posted it is obvious that there are a considerable amount of vulnerabilities in the OS X platform, some of which there are NO patches for. Given those FACTS, why then do you suppose you have remained so secure? Could it be that no one has come a knocking on your door? Or is it because Macs are so “secure”? I hope you don’t take the same precautions with your home....

I would never buy an anti-virus software for my Mac. It would be money down the drain. May as well burn a couple of C-notes.

Which means that when you compare the cost of buying a Mac and a PC, you need to add the cost of a virus software onto your PC price in order to compare apples and oranges.

You can buy a MacBook for as little as $1100. If you buy it refreshed, and get 10% off, that’s only $990. An iMac costs $1000; a refreshed iMac costs $900. Great price for the best computer on the market.