OS Smackdown: Linux vs. Mac OS X vs. Windows Vista vs. Windows XP

[markymoo]

Four experts defend their chosen operating systems in an opinionated free-for-all.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9075000&intsrc=hm_ts_head

[lucas1985]

Thanks, I needed a good laugh. There's nothing better than reading fanboy's arguing ;D

[lodore]

if apple gains enough market share there will be malware for it.
hate the mac fanboys with the no malware on mac. cant people see why?

[jrmhng]

-{ Quote: "Thanks, I needed a good laugh. There's nothing better than reading fanboy's arguing ;D" }-

Don't you get enough of that Wilders :P

[jrmhng]

-{ Quote: "if apple gains enough market share there will be malware for it.
hate the mac fanboys with the no malware on mac it just works crap." }-

Yea I dislike Mac because some of the people who use it at my uni have an attitude problem! I guess that is the Mac's target market :P!

[lucas1985]

-{ Quote: "Don't you get enough of that Wilders :P" }-
OS fanboys are much funnier :D
You can bring down almost every argument exposed in that article. That's the quality of the opinion of those so called experts.

[Nick Rhodes]

-{ Quote: "if apple gains enough market share there will be malware for it.
hate the mac fanboys with the no malware on mac. cant people see why?" }-

In theory, an OS with the normal users do not run as full admin as default (OS X, Linux and Vista) should have a LOT less problems with malware than those that don't, eg XP.
But on the flip side malware writers will get smarter, rather just relying on the fact their malware will just run (simply needing a trick to get the user to run the malware), they are going to start exploiting bugs in the operating system and/OR apps that run that can give them the rights required to take over an entire machine.