“Win7 to be quite stable and secure. Sure, I run anti-virus and all tha”
I gave up on Windows after dealing with viruses. Switched to Mac and in two years have NEVER had a single problem with viruses or slow downs or anything. It seems like 20 years ahead of Microsoft.
I run anti-virus on my regular Windows boxes/VMs. I do not run any anti-virus on my Macs or Linux/Unix boxes. I've never had any serious trouble on any of them.
Actually the Mac isn't 20 years ahead of Microsoft; or rather, it is but it's also 20 years ahead of itself. OS-X is based on BSD Unix, which was around, stable and secure, for DECADES before Apple or Microsoft even figured out that security was an important issue. The credit for the superior security of Mac OS-X goes to the guys from Bell Labs and UC Berkeley and other places in the 80's, who were building serious operating systems when Apple and Microsoft were wanking in their various corners with toy single-user computers.
I'm quite fond of Unix. Linux is okay. Windows is okay. OS-X is the best overall compromise for me at the moment -- a glitzy GUI that I can tolerate, over a wonderful solid foundation.
But let's not wax too poetic over OS-X. Apple is using legally-obtained, open-source, Unix technology to get the stability and security it is known for. The techies at Apple know this as well as anybody.
My etch-a-sketch is 100% secure as well, therefore 100% superior to Apple. Oh, and Al Gore doesn’t own a good chunk of the company, so, thats a bonus.