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Track record speaks for itself
Wrote: "Yet when the first big Vista vulnerability patch had to be made a few
weeks back, I saw some posts titled, "Just get a Mac!" Well, now those folks can't
be quite so SMUG, can they?"

Has this flaw been exploited in the wild (outside of a conference designed just to
hack into a Mac)? No. Did this flaw require user intervention? Yes. Did this flaw
give the user root access to the system. No.

When this flaw is actually is exploited and someone actually looses data because
of it, feel free to tell me how insecure MY system is from REAL threats.

Until then, Mac OS X has still yet to be exploited by a single virus in the wild. This
is compared to hundreds of exploits that have caused real damage on Windows.

As such, I'll continue to recommend Macs over Windows. It's track record speaks
for itself.
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"Macs are vulnerable by default" - what a great headline  A.Typical Zork | 04/24/07
Yeah, what a load of trash. I've used a Mac since 1986  labarker | 04/25/07
Well, that puts a lot of people at ease  markdean | 04/25/07
i think his point was...  jjarman | 04/25/07
Point is:  MacGeek2121 | 04/25/07
Apple a small enough target?  rgathercoal@... | 05/04/07
No fanboys here to dispute the story.  mustangj36@... | 04/24/07
whenever there is fault to be placed...  linuxoverwindows | 04/25/07
Blame Java!  MacGeek2121 | 04/25/07
Where's the followup  Freebird54 | 04/25/07
Hmmm... Java huh?  slylabs13 | 04/25/07
?????????  rkuhn040172@... | 04/25/07
Zombe Windows Systems  lightandshadow | 04/25/07
Interesting  Boot_Agnostic | 04/25/07
Not Root Access  lightandshadow | 04/25/07
wow...so many fluff stories on this one sideshow  jjarman | 04/25/07
/agree  fuzzy2k | 04/25/07
Both Macs and Windows Systems are Vulnerable  Cardhu | 04/25/07
At least they can't get at MY DOG,  Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 04/25/07
OK thats 21 for Apple, and 650 fo Windows.....  rbert16000 | 04/25/07
As they said, that's 21 you know about  Heatlesssun1 | 04/25/07
Now to count the amount of smack talked  GekiritZ | 04/25/07
Zealotry and Name-Calling  Cardhu | 04/29/07
Again, the 2% solution  jc williams | 04/25/07
Not an opinion, a question  bathswife | 04/25/07
legitimate hacking  chickenbob2002 | 04/25/07
It's done by "honest" hackers.  JoeBob_z | 04/27/07
Mac hack  josjoslyn | 04/25/07
Get your facts in line  Doug_Alder | 04/25/07
About time the SMUG Mac Users got some come-uppance  Jeff Hayes | 04/25/07
No smugness  ehwood | 04/25/07
I Must Be Missing Something Here...  kbuscho | 04/25/07
You just sunk your own boat  Media Whore | 04/26/07
You Sunk Your Own Boat??  combrink | 04/26/07
Track record speaks for itself  lightandshadow | 04/26/07
Why do you uncritically repeat BS propaganda  JoeBob_z | 04/27/07
Apple User since 1986  dks_z | 04/29/07
PC User since 1986  thumpz99 | 05/01/07

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