Yeah, but you know why that is
All the targetted malware on the internet is targetted at Windows. If IOS was anywhere near as targetted, you'd have exactly the same problems, probably compounded by the lack of third party removal products.
( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:51, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

*cough* iOS is mobile, OSX is desktop *cough*
I think Win8 will really kill off most malware, because every app would be sandboxed. MS are moving towards Apple's pholosophy by having a closed eccosystem, which has the pay-off of having to play by MS's rules.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:55, Reply)

This is interesting.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:56, Reply)

thing

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:58, Reply)

Of course.
But you present that like it's a negative point of apples? It'd be like knowing that all red cars get stolen, no blues one do, and then buying a red car and trying to suggest that it being stolen is a good thing.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 17 May 2012, 16:56, Reply)

I don't present it as a negative
more like an irrelevancy. You're comparing one thing to another on completely incomparable terms.

If I were to extend your analogy, it's more like the owner of the red car saying they don't like blue cars because you can't control them yourself. You can't change gears, you can't swap out engine components, all you can do is steer. To which the owner of the blue car retorts with "yeah? well red cars get nicked more often".

Different things.
( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:01, Reply)

totally depends what you want them for.
Your points are valid, but only if you want something other than a way of getting from a to b out of a car. The red car might be faster and better handling but if all you do is drive it to the supermarket that's an irrelevancy, the only thing that matters is that it keeps being stolen.

To me, being more or less immune to malware is the single most important thing in a computer (assuming all else is equal, which for everything I do bar lectures, it is, and for presentations and lectures, macs piss on pcs from a great height) because it means I don't have to care or pay attention. And I only have time for either caring about my computer or ranting on here. And I choose you.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:09, Reply)

Sure, which is fine. I just don't like it when people say one's better than the other.
They aren't. I just prefer to use a PC for much the same reason as I choose manual cars over automatics. I'm not anti-Apple at all, I even have an iPhone, because I just need my smartphone to be a smartphone and the Apple one does it best.
( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:13, Reply)

FIGHT FIGHT IT'S AN AFTER SCHOOL GERD FIGHT !!!!!!

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:15, Reply)

Yeah, us gerds are always scrapping.

( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:16, Reply)

You bust a move by comparing processor speeds and red dwarf scripts (AS SIGNED BY THE CAST AND CREW!!!!!)

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:18, Reply)

I'm running an overclocked Woodbridge and I've got a signed Lister figurine
*spins on head*
( Kroney, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:23, Reply)

is a gerd a gay nerd?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:21, Reply)

no, I know, fair play
I run my lab kit on a mix of Unix, PCs and macs depending on what's needed.

it just amazes me how many people will genuinely go "yeah but your mac only runs fine becuase there's no viruses on it" as if that's a bad thing.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 17 May 2012, 17:21, Reply)