RE: FN-FORUM: Mac vs PC

date posted 21st January 2006 17:32

> It seems very strange to suggest a Mac is better than a PC=20
> because it gets less viruses, as if this is some inbuilt=20
> feature of Mac OS. It is simply that there is a far smaller=20
> proportion of Mac users out there, and therefore a far=20
> smaller base of viruses. Are you really going to buy a=20
> computer for that reason?

It *is* a feature of Mac OS X. It's Darwin core has been built with
security inmind from the start rather than the Microsoft approach of
ease-of-use and then security. That's why Microsoft recommends users run
as Administrator.

There may be a smaller proportion of Mac users out but no-one can argue
that OS X is *way* more secure than Windows, including XP and 2003.

G