Are Mac users too flippant about viruses?
Apple tells its computer customers not to worry about viruses, but in reality, is the Mac operating system less secure than Windows? One security expert thinks so.
Marc Maiffret says that Microsoft has exerted tremendous effort to lock down its system in the last few years, while Apple has done very little. Because Windows is by far the dominant operating system worldwide, hackers tend to target it over the Mac, a niche system.
The comments on that blog post, however, quickly degraded into a Mac-versus-PC debate. We may not have heard much from Justin Long and John Hodgman recently (who doesn't love those memorable commercials?), but clearly, the battle rages on among the te
