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Why Microsoft's Windows is Safer Than the Apple's Mac

Mac users have long gloated that the Mac OS is safer than Windows. The gloating should stop: There's plenty of recent evidence that Vista is, in fact, a safer operating system than Mac OS X.

The most public piece of evidence is the recent "Pwn to Own" challenge, in which security pros were issued the challenge of trying to break into three laptops, a Mac, a PC laptop running Vista SP1, and a laptop running Ubuntu.

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fenderputty6627d ago

aren't this back and white though. There's this gray section in which the Windows OS owns most of the market. Hence ... more hacks/viruses are made for Windows since that's where most of the PC users are. This might all change if Mac's continue to gain private market share but, the business market is still going to be dominated by MS for a while.

decapitator6627d ago

"This might all change if Mac's continue to gain private market share but, the business market is still going to be dominated by MS for a while."

Completely agree with you. They seem to be gaining it at a much faster rate than while Microsoft their share at a much quicker rater.

sloth4urluv6627d ago

I agree, who is going to waste there time to annoy the minority?
As macs become more popular osx will develop just as many exploits as windows.

I dont really see what this has to do with gaming. I do find it funny though that the majority of the sony fans in here are quick to talk smack about windows just because its a microsoft product. Im sure a large majority of them are running some version of windows right now.

Im not too sure about macs, they run pretty solid and stuff, but thats mainly because they dont really have to worry about compatibility. Making a stable os that is compatible with a wide range of hardware is rather difficult. If I got a mac im not really sure what I would do with it besides surf the internet and type some documents, most of the software I would be interested in using is for windows, so why would I want to pay more money for a product that im going to get less out of?

xhairs6626d ago

It's called N4G, News 4 Gamers. However, this article is under INDUSTRY if you look at the top, meaning Operating Systems Industry. Wow, people like you are incredibly ignorant. You made a great point and then had to throw in the "you know people who are such sony fanboys blah blah." And the funniest part about this whole thing, SONY ISN'T EVEN MENTIONED!!! Not even someone in a comment mentioned Sony. Jesus you make me glad I'm still in college...

mirroredderorrim6627d ago (Edited 6627d ago )

I dunno about Mac. But because of Vista, I had to disassemble my entire computer, twice and I had to send back and reorder the same parts just to make sure it wasen't the parts. Vista was really F'ed up when it came to clean installs on new parts bought with consideration for the next as well as for Vista/SLI compliance.

Point being: not even carefully planned events are safe from B.S.
I'm now using an Imac that I bought during the frustration.. I think I'll wait on a stable OS from windows or just switch to XP:SP2,
Edit: - before I put my PC back together.

Adriokor6627d ago

If you got a mac, i doubt you will want to go back.

wow4u6626d ago

If you have that much trouble, perhaps you should buy a Lenovo, HP, Dell or other machine.

I've built 3 machines with Vista (i build boxes for family/friends) and have never had a stitch of an issue. Of course, in the early days, Nvidia was neglecting their Vista drivers, so I avoided them.

But, Nvidia is finally starting to take some ownership for the problems they have been causing. They're promising better things w/ their next drivers.

Bleucrunch6627d ago

everyone knows that windows aint safe who are you tryin to kid???

IntelligentAj6627d ago

Well if you take the time to optimize and protect your PC it's just as safe as Mac's.

jaja14346627d ago

*According to the article* by everyone, you mean those who are either so biased against MS they can't see the truth or are so in the dark about information they just follow the crowd...

drewdrakes6627d ago

Ive never got a virus, maybe youre retarded?

Valin6627d ago

OSX is much harder to program hacks for, therefore it takes hackers more time and since they have a smaller market share, less penetration. E.g The reason hackers go for windows is because it's easier to infect more people. Also with leopard I don't have to click 'Yes, I want to proceed with this action' every minute.

Rice6627d ago

u kno u can turn it off...

jaja14346627d ago

How does it take more time/effort if the system was hacked in 2 minutes?

K1ng0fG4m3z6626d ago

Just to clear the fact when you said "Yes, I want to proceed with this action" you dont need to press it everytime if you look is clearly has a box that you can checking saying "never ask again".

DJ6627d ago

Well it asks Permission to do something every 5 seconds, so I'm sure it's secure. Hell, sometimes it even asks permission to ask permission. =P

wow4u6626d ago

You can turn that off. Secondly, OSX is simply a FreeBSD fork, it you wish to run UNIX on the desktop, GNU/Linux is a much better option.

Save much $$$. No $130 yearly 10.x updates. No overpriced hardware.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio24d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing24d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9224d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit24d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing24d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9224d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."