[Bush2000]

So, using all the lopic their brains can contain, Windows supporters conclude that it wouldn't be wise to use OS X today because it might be less safe untold years from now.

Bzzzzzzzz! Thank you for playing, but, no, that's not what people are saying here. They're simply saying that Apple's safety rests on the fact that it hasn't been the subject of hack attacks. Not some kind of imaginary security advantage.

[rlmorel]

Does the fact that XP automatically makes the first named user of the system an Administrator, with the root-equivalent power to do anything he wants to the computer, have anything to do with the perception that Windows is inherently more vulnerable than most UNIX variants? Especially given the fact that most users run their Windows computers from accounts with full administrative privileges for convenience's sake?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

If 90% of the cars on the roads were Honda civics, what majority of cars would get into accidents?

[savedbygrace]

Go ahead and protest all you want, but the undertone is exactly what I've posted, and is really the implied conclusion.

I'm posting this on a WinXP Pro computer I built. A few feet to the right, I also have a Quad-core G5, running Mac OS X v10.4.4. I use both. The Mac is far more secure IN PRACTICE. The reason for that security doesn't matter. I still spend zero time or money trying to protect it, and I simply don't have any security problems with it.

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