Originally Posted by
FlashD
[*]it doesn't matter if you have 2 million viruses or just 100 made for an OS, chances are you WILL get a virus if you are not careful. Whoever says you don't need an anti-virus, because you don't have Windows needs to get informed more on viruses;[*]security-wise Windows is a billion years in front of MacOS, but this only because people at Apple don't bother fixing holes no one is trying to exploit for reasons that have been already said;[*]the statement about graphic superiority was true years ago, but today most Macs use the nVidia Quadro series which you can buy for PCs as well. They kept the better screen, which can be bought for PCs too.[/list]
To make it simpler ... the difference between MacOS and Windows is the same as the difference betweeen a prestigious school and a public school. At graduation day you leave them both with the same skills and knowledge (valid for the same subjects of course), the only difference is how people around you look at you. In the computer world Apple is seen as a prestigious product and the only thing Mac offers more than the PC is how it teaches you how to drill deeper into your pocket. For a person who doesn't want to be in the elite, a PC is just as good as a Mac, depending of the software they need, it might be even better (due to software compatibility reasons).