Microsoft’s Windows is far less secure than Apple’s Mac OS X

“The headline might seem self-evident to most of us, but there are still quite a few drooling idiots who are incapable, or unwilling (it’s a hit-whoring prerequisite, after all), of seeing the vast gulf between Windows and Mac OS X security and the effects on end users,” SteveJack writes over in our Opinion section.

“‘Security via Obscurity’ is a defense mechanism for the delusional and also tool for Microsoft apologists and those who profit from the Windows economy that’s designed to be used when attempting keep Windows sufferers from straying. 30 million Mac OS X installs is not ‘obscure’ at all, but nine (9) years of Mac users surfing the Net unimpeded certainly is ‘secure,'” SteveJack writes. “Besides social engineering scams (phishing, trojans; no OS can instill common sense) the only thing by which Mac users are really affected are large swaths of compromised Windows machines slowing down the ‘Net with spam and nefarious botnet traffic targeted at exploiting even more insecure Windows boxes.”

SteveJack writes, “The. Problem. Is. Windows. Get a Mac.”

Read more, and add your feedback, in the full article in our Opinion section here.