Microsoft patches 34 security holes many critical

If the number of users were the other way around, Macs would be the target of viruses too. Everyone knows Macs are on the up and up and Windows is on its way down. In the mobile OS world, Microsoft just did the equivalent of losing at Russian roulette:. MS fanboys like to pretend that potential vulnerabilities in OS X are equal to actual exploited vulnerabilities in Windows.

Should I tell you about the latest ones just this year? Mac issues are nowhere near in the same terrible category as Windows, it's a universe apart! OS X viruses do not exist. The OS is almost 10 years old, in all this time no one has yet been able to figure out how to create a successful virus. And that security relative to market share?

By the way, Charlie Miller himself is a Mac user and recommends Macs for users. But you already knew that. Ubuntu Linux is free, updates are secure and continuous. No holes. Works on a PC so you don't have to buy a whole new expensive computer. It really couldn't be easier. Many other types of Linux out there under different names.

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