AcidHell2 said:
1) linux is only more secure cos no one uses it and so most hackers, virus programmers ect can't be bothered to find there vulnerabilities.
Market share is a factor, but not the only reason why alternative UNIX-based operating systems are more secure than Windows. Hackers
do spend a lot of time working on finding and exploiting vulnerabilities in linux – afterall, linux is by far the most widely used operating system for web servers – and whilst no operating system is perfect, various features of the linux architecture make it inherently more secure than Windows. Likewise for OS X, whilst its market share is growing at a rapid pace, possible vulnerabilities are being found and patched constantly, and no significant exploits have surfaced yet.
AcidHell2 said:
2) windows although being the only gamers choice, will remain being the choice of everyone else. Because it runs MS office, outlook express and these are things 90% of people use at work. Why come home from work and learn new programs. Linux is horrible for a newbie because it so diffrent from windows(the normall). as MS windows is identical all around the world, you don't have compatibility problems unlike linux.
Microsoft Office was originally developed for MacOS, and whilst this may be of little significance today, many agree that the OS X version is vastly superior to the Windows offering at the moment (this is slightly hampered by the Intel mac switchover, but holds true all the same). Windows doesn't even include an email client out of the box, does it? OS X comes with mail.app, which is a more than capable application for home use, and Mozilla Thunderbird should be equally capable of handling more advanced usage once people are accustomed to using it. Whilst different linux variations may be a source of confusion, OS X is just like Windows in providing a unified and easily recognisible user experience. Furthermore, as OS X can only be run on Apple hardware, the operating system is much more tailored to the hardware than Windows, which tends to adopt a more "one size fits all" approach when it comes to hardware support.
So, ultimately, the only thing countering the multitude of reasons to switch from Windows to OS X (aside from gaming purposes, of course) is the stubborness of existing Windows users who don't like change
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