> > I think I'd suggest Mac OS X because of its superior internal > > architecture and especially security when compared with Microsoft Windows. I would > > have no problem with Windows if only it wasn't so ridiculously insecure. It does > not > > strike me as a well architected system, although it certainly has huge support from > > every peripheral and software developer going. > > Most of us aren't running Windows 98 anymore. I've read that a Mac is actually less > secure than Windows 7. > > A couple of examples... > > http://news.techworld.com/security/32018...hacker/?olo=rss
That just describes a case where Apple hasn't employed improvements to an algorithm meant to help protect against some kinds of exploits. But it doesn't say one way or another whether or not Mac OS X is less secure than Windows 7, since security is more than one particular feature or lack thereof.
That is an article about some security bugs that Apple fixed.
Can you point to any articles about actual viruses or serious exploits that resulted from any of what you've linked to so far?
To be honest, I would not be surprised if there are some exploits for some of them; however, I did do a search for Mac OS X security flaws, and viruses, and all I found was a bunch of descriptions of trojan horse programs that require the user to willingly infect their own computer, and no system in the world is immune to that sort of thing nor ever could be.
I am not trying to claim that Mac OS X is completely secure (nothing ever is) or that it doesn't have security flaws; but I have this suspicion that if I had bought my mom a Mac instead of a PC I wouldn't have had to fly to her house periodically and rebuild her computer like I've had to do a few times over the years ...
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