As most of my friends with Mac’s are quick to point out, they never have to deal with any of those ugly security issues that those of us deep to the knees in the MS Windows world.
Make no mistake about it, Apple is capable of producing some fine hardware, I have even owned a couple of Mac’s myself a few years ago. However beyond the hefty price tag as compared to a similar wintel machine, the thing that finally caused me to find a place for the machine in the closet was the fact there just wasn’t any software available for the Mac. Oh sure there was some but it got frustrating having to check if there was a Mac version and more often than not coming away disappointed.
The lack of software is rooted squarely on the size of the user base. If I happen to be developing a piece of software, I certainly want to receive the most bang for my buck, actually lots of bucks. In many cases there just isn’t the return on the investment to justify developing for the Mac.
I have used the same argument concerning the lack of malware targeted at the Mac. I would gather the evil software doers think of the same return on investment. However the Mac is growing in popularity and with that I saw the following article today:
In this particular case, the rogue software is embedded in an application being distributed on a bit torrent. In my opinion anyone participating in bit torrent activity is just asking for trouble, the word karma comes to mind.
The point is, yes Apple does make a series of fine computers, but if you are using a Mac, don’t get lulled into a false sense of security. That up to date security software is certainly not a waste of time or money.