The article never said that people who don't get viruses are using Macs. It said the people who are using Macs don't get viruses. There's a very big difference.
In all honesty, Macs and Linux remain virus/malware free due to their limited install base. The effect of a virus targeted at Windows is far greater than the effect of a virus targeted at Macs and Linux. If the install base rises for both of these to a comparable level to Windows, we'll start seeing more and more malware targeted at Mac and Linux.
I've been running Windows on my desktop for many years now. I've only gotten a virus once, and it was due to hooking up my computer to an unprotected (and unfortunatly, infected) network. I knew the risks when I did this, and paid for it. Spyware and other types of Malware come along now-and-then, but a quick run through some removal tools once a month (if even that) is all it takes to get rid of those. And more often than not, as long as I'm aware of what I'm installing, it typically dosn't come around for months at a time. I hardly see where the "hours every week on security crap" comes from in the second quote in the article.
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The article never said that people who don't get viruses are using Macs. It said the people who are using Macs don't get viruses. There's a very big difference.
In all honesty, Macs and Linux remain virus/malware free due to their limited install base. The effect of a virus targeted at Windows is far greater than the effect of a virus targeted at Macs and Linux. If the install base rises for both of these to a comparable level to Windows, we'll start seeing more and more malware targeted at Mac and Linux.
I've been running Windows on my desktop for many years now. I've only gotten a virus once, and it was due to hooking up my computer to an unprotected (and unfortunatly, infected) network. I knew the risks when I did this, and paid for it. Spyware and other types of Malware come along now-and-then, but a quick run through some removal tools once a month (if even that) is all it takes to get rid of those. And more often than not, as long as I'm aware of what I'm installing, it typically dosn't come around for months at a time. I hardly see where the "hours every week on security crap" comes from in the second quote in the article.