PC vs. Mac in Security: Experts Share Opinions

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Those notorious "I'm a Mac" TV commercials from Apple always paint the picture that Macs are nearly impervious to malware – but that's not the truth. For the most part, it all comes down to the user base that malicious hackers choose to target.

Regardless, the subject of which platform is more secure – the PC with Windows or the Mac with OS X – is constantly debated by rabid fanboys from both sides.

CNet's Elinor Mills decided to get the experts' opinions on the subject by polling no less than 32 security gurus on his or her take on PC vs. Mac security. Here are a handful of what the experts had to say:

original CNET article
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10444 ... 7-1_3-0-20

seen @
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/pc-win ... or=RSS-181


as far as I can see.. there are 2 facets:

1. No matter how great your OS, once you open it up for the average-joe users.. it is an easy target. Best example is MacOS. It is backed by UNIX kernal. But still.. it is somewhat modified to appeal general public, hence vulnerabilities. I think story would be the same even if Linux OS gets open up down right like Mac, win counterpart.

2. No matter how many security options available.. biggest loop hole is "human user". If he/she screws up, nobody can help.