Hello this is my first post, I usually just visit the site and read comments, but this article really irritated me...(and maybe because it's friday and I'm trying to procrastinate at work) But anyways I'm by NO ways a Microsoft fanboy, but the author of this article does not see the bigger picture. A Microsoft OS of some sort runs on a MAJORITY of servers, and workstations worldwide. If I were a smart spammer and hacker I would definately target my spyware and viruses to the MAJORITY of the systems, which happen to run a Microsoft OS. So yes MACs do have less viruses and spyware, but this is because there are FEWER viruses and spyware being written for and targeted towards at MACs.
So if what the author so slyly suggests everyone switches to MAC, I'm sure the MAC would face the same problems as a PC with a Microsoft OS.
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Hello this is my first post, I usually just visit the site and read comments, but this article really irritated me...(and maybe because it's friday and I'm trying to procrastinate at work) But anyways I'm by NO ways a Microsoft fanboy, but the author of this article does not see the bigger picture. A Microsoft OS of some sort runs on a MAJORITY of servers, and workstations worldwide. If I were a smart spammer and hacker I would definately target my spyware and viruses to the MAJORITY of the systems, which happen to run a Microsoft OS. So yes MACs do have less viruses and spyware, but this is because there are FEWER viruses and spyware being written for and targeted towards at MACs. So if what the author so slyly suggests everyone switches to MAC, I'm sure the MAC would face the same problems as a PC with a Microsoft OS.