Why Windows is more prone to viruses than Mac OSX

Here is an excellent article that spells out exactly why Windows at it’s core is inherently less secure than Mac OSX. No flame bait. No opinions. It’s a line by line comparison of the flawed design decisions in the basic Windows process model with Mac OSX’s standard Unix security design. It’s a tech-heavy article, so I apologize to all my non-tech readers. The author’s thorough-ness impressed me and I wanted to raise the awareness of the problem.

You can read the article here: Enterprise Mac

The most telling part of the article comes at the end:

I’ve been writing about these shortcomings for years, and it always traces back to Microsoft’s untenable policy of maintaining gaps in Windows security to avoid competing with 3rd party vendors and certified partners. Apple’s taking a different approach: What users need is in the box: Anti-virus, anti-spam, encryption, image backup and restore, offsite safe storage through .Mac, and launchd. Pretty soon any debate with Microsoft over security can be ended in one round when Apple stands up, says “launchd,” and sits back down.