WARNING: Rant below. If you are easily offended, well, ain't my fault!
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It's all moot to me. And the zealots on BOTH sides. Macs use more pc parts than ever. PCs are wanting to look like them (LianLi cases, Vista, ...).
Face it, OS X is more like windows, and windows is more like...windows.
As far as in-security, both have problems. And both can be fixed. But the funny part of this is that some hacker had to exploit (intentionally) a mac. And a 3rd party hack.
And TKJunkmail: it's doubtful there are many Powerbook G3 owners that are efficiently surfing the web with an older networkcard.(as ibooks, and later models have Airport card slot or Airport Extreme cards/slot...and not victim of this chipset hack). And if they are, I doubt the hacker would have the patience for such a slow, small storage device running (likely) OS9. (yes, you can install X but please, its cheaper to get a new MacBook then upgrade and bear with a slug). You should check up on your macs before saying that a majority are open to this...
Moot. Instead, this spins away from the bad batteries, the overheating and shutdowns, the stained cases (hurry out the door, we fix later), previous cracked hinges, the odd noises, and the fact that software makers like Adobe are STILL not IntelBinary for the Mactels. Do you hear that you spent $300 less than an equipped Dell? yep. But you don't hear that 85% of the software is emulated in Rosetta. Oh, you can run Windows XP? More work and vulnerability.
I'd rather have a Dell and MacPro than the MacPro only. And where is my Mac Pro? I ordered it when it was announced? parts constraint? Over a month. Well, atleast it's not a Dell XPS...I would never see that. This is news! Delays in the computer age! Products announced and not delivered? BlogSmucks comparing Dell 490's to MacPro and costing more is news? Not price per bang. rant rant ...
(my point is not to pick on one computer or owner or brand. My point is to state that we have had computers for how long and they still aren't self-healing, invulnerable, logistical appliances. Rather, like cars, they are marketed to be obsolete. Who's the tool now? The computer? No, the computer owner...)