Reread Mike's post. Read the last sentence most carefully. Then ask 
yourself, during what part of "the same time period" was Vista in the 
marketplace?

Apple OS X; 10 months; 7 flaws

MS Vista; 2 months; 6 flaws

Most of you will be able to do the math.


>There were 18 security advisories from Secunia for mac os x so far in 2007.
>Seven of these were rated highly critical meaning system level access,
>access to private files etc.  The holes are there.  Not long ago a hole in
>quicktime was exploited in just a few hours when the winner was offered 10k
>for doing so.   I wouldn't go as far as saying mac os is less secure then
>windows, I would say it probably is more secure, but it's not some
>impregnable wall as some mac users believe.  Seven critical flaws prove
>that.   Interestingly, Vista had six in the same time period.


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