Mac users are clueless about the threat fro malware writers. If Macs ever get a foothold, they will find out.
I started my career coding in Macs and I have never seen them gain any marketshare because they do not address business needs.
The Mac folks also do not understand computing worth a poop. Apple finally gave up the ghost and switched to Unix and hoped for the best. I have coded on MVS, Unix, and Windows. Nothing compares to Windows in ease of use, hence that is where everything is built. Unix is nice, MVS is sweet (but simple).
How hard would it be for me to write a malware app that asks a user for their username and password then https that unencrypted password out to my web service for harvesting? We can actually throw an event for every keystroke and capture the whole session easily. The mac folks think this is not possible and their O/S protects them from it when it has nothing whatsoever to do with the O/S. A user clicks Ok and their system is mine.
There are still enough Macs and Linuxes that an amphibious or cross system vectoring malware could grab hold right now if it was anywhere close to as easy to get into the Macs and Linuxes as it is to get into most existing Windows installation.
For the record - the overwhelming number of pc are used as dumb termials - cash registers and such.
“A user clicks Ok and their system is mine.”
And when you’re dealing with users that is not a hard step.
I am a Mac user, but don't really "hate" windows machines. It just seems that the ones I've bought for the family are just not as "easy" to manipulate for simple things. Nobody here is a "computer" savant and my kids get all kinds of cr@p by getting "free games" online. Now stopped. By joining Facebook groups...now stopped and other stupid cr#p.
My only use for the computer is my current business, emergency medicine. Works very well for me but isn't perfect. I still have to use Firefox instead of Safari for certain banking/test certification sites. But it works easily and I must admit I don't have any type of anti-viral protection. I back up my computer hard drive on an external drive weekly and can do it every night if I felt like scheduling it automatically.
I was just sick of messing with drivers, compatibility errors, error messages and after my last hard drive crashed about 3 years ago switched back to Macs. It's been the best thing I've ever done. Stuff is more expensive but the hours wasted messing with my machine easily paid for the Apple surcharge.
As far as Apple being a liberal company.... so is GE, but I still use their light bulbs, CT scanners, MRI machines, lab equipment...etc. But I respect anyone who boycotts them on principle. I will never buy another Suburban (4 previous) because of our affirmative action presidential takeover of that company.
Why do I get this terrible feeling that you know what you're talking about - and that you're right on this issue?
Feh. FORTRAN forever.
Cheers!