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Posted on October 24, 2005 at 11:29 pm

BusinessWeek: why Worms Shun Apple Mac OS X

S. Wildstrom reports on what is common wisdom among Mac user and just legend elsewhere…

Is Mac OS X immune from viruses? No, but it’s a lot less virus-prone, at least until now…

Thanks to its BSD roots, Apple’s support, community reporting quickly vulnerabilities?

All of them, maybe.

OS X offers inherently better security for several reasons. The most important is that it was designed with relatively little concern for compatibility with earlier versions, while Windows is full of compromises so that it works with older and less secure operating systems.

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