[Hank Rearden]

Security is just a small reason why I use Macs. But I tell you what, in 8 years of using them I have never had mine down due to any virus.

In 22 years of using CP/M, MS-DOS and various flavors of Windows, I've never had a virus survive long enough to execute on any of my systems, much less take one down or even harm one. It's not all that hard to secure one's system.

Never used Macs; they don't run the software that I need to run and they're overpriced for what you get.

[BigSkyFreeper]

In 22 years of using CP/M, MS-DOS and various flavors of Windows, I've never had a virus survive long enough to execute on any of my systems, much less take one down or even harm one. It's not all that hard to secure one's system.

I've never even had the blue screen of death, but then again, I'm not loading a bunch of unneccesary gunk onto the system that brings it to a screeching halt.

[6SJ7]

Never used Macs...

I did not know that.

[rollinginmybuggy]

Yep!

[TChad]

In 22 years of using CP/M, MS-DOS and various flavors of Windows, I've never had a virus survive long enough to execute on any of my systems, much less take one down or even harm one.

I'm in exactly the same boat. In 23 years of moderate to heavy computer use, to my knowledge none of my Microsoft OS computers have ever been infected. I've been emailed many viral attachments, but was never careless enough to open one. I always kept my AV software updated and promptly installed OS patches. Doing "the basics" has worked well for me.

There was some luck involved. I have run code that might have contained viruses, that I downloaded from sources that seemed OK, but might not have been.

[anonymous_user]

Never used Macs; they don't run the software that I need to run and they're overpriced for what you get.

I feel the same way about PCs. ;)