While what you say sounds good to most people, this is very untrue. You can have the most secure system, firewall, etc and you can still be infected with a virus. In order to stop a virus, you need a program that has the newest defs/patterns/rules out, etc. If your program isnt updated or dont have a fix for that virus, then your going to get infected. There isnt a single person on this forum who has not been infected with some sory of virus, trojan, etc. You just simply cant own a pc and not get infected at one time or another, I dont care who you are. If anyways says they have never been infected with anything are full of **** plain and simple. I remember one person on here said they run XP with no SP's or antivirus and they have never been infected, yea right, but why start an arguement with them when your not going to win.
Well, I haven't gotten a virus in a long while. But you're right, security is not that easily attainable.
Anyway, let's look at it this way: if people are pushing Macs so much, then they look to an ideal world where Mac OSX becomes the dominant operating system, it will get bombarded with viruses. Macs aren't secure because of a superior security system, it's because of lack of interest to develop viruses for it. And as far as GUI is concerned, I could really care less, particularly since as a gamer, 99% of the time I spend on my computer is in a game, not masturbating to a nice wallpaper and some funky useless gizmos on my desktop. And lets see Macs
not get BSODs once they have to accommodate the majority of software available in the market. Take note that a lot of BSODs also have to do with faulty hardware, not always an unstable OS. The only time I've ever gotten BSODs are when I've over-overclocked something, that's it. Never for anything else. And as far as gaming's concerned, with limited upgradeability to their hardware and the way they overprice their computers, forcing you to buy proprietary hardware, it handicaps any future in enthusiast-gaming.
I see no major reason why OSX should replace Windows as a retail operating system. Windows is unstable but supports pretty much everything, whereas OSX supports nothing and sports undeserved advantages in stability. Macs and OSX are only there so people can have a user-friendly OS that makes them feel seperate from the pack, to make themselves feel special and unique. If Macs ever do gain widespread popularity, then the same people will probably go into the next fad of computers in an attempt to go against the status-quo.
The only thing I'd ever consider superior to both operating systems is Linux (and all of its distros, specifically Fedora) because it's rock-solid stable, supported by a loyal community of contributing users and developers, because it's free, because it can pretty much run on ANY system, it supports both x86 and PPC-based systems, it's easily accessible, because there is plenty of open-source software support, which pretty much also means legit free software. You can't really go wrong with Linux if you want to get a free and legit operating system, unless of course you're a gamer, in which case, you dual-boot a copy of Windows, no big deal.
On a separate note: Moose and Goose drink orange juice.
