I have been in the IT industry for over 30 years. Used to have my own chain of computer stores.
I used to love selling Macs which made up about 10% of my total computer sales. They were, and are, high quality machines.
But they aren't, and never will be, better than a IBM PC based Personal Computer. Not if the criteria are:
a) Price
b) Choice
c) Software Catalog
The perpetual myth that Macs and their operating systems are somehow safer then Windows is the biggest con job ever.
The fact is, if a hacker is going to spend time writing a worm or virus, does he/she want to concentrate on the 95% of IBM based PCs or the Macs? Of course they are going to target the biggest, but not necessarily the easiest to infiltrate, user base.
There are serious flaws found in Mac security on a regular basis but nobody bothers to exploit them and the average user isn't going to be receiving the security bulletins or read the relevant website that those who work in IT do.
Windows Vista is nice, but slow. Windows XP is basic, but fast. The Mac operating systems are pretty but lack the same depth of software and choice the Windows user has.
30/01/2008
Boronia, Victoria