i believe ur right there. it probably wouldn't be as bad. but bad is bad no mater how u look at it in my POV. i would suspect they would patch it the same speed microsoft wouldtroy272 said:
I think that it wouldn't be as bad because there's not as much to exploit on Macs. I believe they already come with security software and I don't think Mac OS X has as many (if any) loopholes as windows does. I think that Apple might patch it faster than microsoft because they have a reputation for good support while microsoft doesn't. This is just my opinion though...MooseMan said:
well you also have to look at it in the aspect that microsoft has ALOT more to manage than apple, as far as OS-es. i don't think microsoft's support is bad at all. i think it is good for the size of what their dealing with.troy272 said:
I agree. It could be alot worse but it could be better. I think Microsoft does care about their customers but they just have too many products that they can't give as much of a "personal" feeling that Apple does. Microsoft support is alright in my experience, not the greatest but they have ALOT of products. I do think that their support is good for the size of the company they are, the amount of products they have, and the amount of users they have. Microsoft powers a vast majority of computers out there and they have millions and millions of users on tons of different OSes and programs so they can't help everyone as fast as they or the consumer like.MooseMan said:
Yeah, according to an article I read in PC World a couple years ago, Apple had patched all the vunerabilites in the mac operating system, yet Windows and even Linux have left some holes unpatched at that time, so yeah, Mac is pretty secure.troy272 said:I always thought macs could get spyware. I know they can't get viruses though. This makes me want to go get a mac even more now
) is a completly new build, and is being built to be secure from the ground up, so hopefully, alot less problems with viruses and that.
That sounds right to me. You are right it would take a long time to completely rewrite code but it does seem like alot changes from OS to OS with mac. I do hope vista is more secure and less prone to viruses, and all that stuff.Kage said:I'm sure they don't completely rewrite code. That'd mean alot of work for them.
But yeah, Viesta (don't correct me if I got it wrong
Macs had luck, being that alot of people haven't aimed for it, and also, its probably a tad bit more secure because of the way its made, and I think by alot less people to make mistakes in code (or am I wrong?)
i am going 2 buy windows ultimate 
