Why I Switched To Apple

I like the cleanness and stability of OSX, but most of all I appreciate the security. It's true that, in theory, OSX can be hacked. It doesn't happen, though, in practice. In the past I reckon I'd had to wipe most HDs at least once a year, due to Windows viruses and malware. Bad emails were a chronic problem, with one correspondent (a particularly clueless foreign service officer) constantly sending me mail with industrial strength bugs that easily got past my security precautions; he accounted for at least two main machines being trashed. There's just no getting around it: the philosophy behind Windows, allowing who knows what to make calls to the central register, doesn't work. How could it? No human anymore can possibly know where all the hundreds of thousands of lines of code are going. Well, I'm no expert, and I do understand there's a lot of debate about this among experts, but for me it's now a no-brainer. Apple is the only way to go.

If you need additional reasons why Windows can't be trusted, look no further than this article, describing yet another unpatched Windows vulnerability which allows a malicious web site to turn your machine into a zombie merely if you visit. For the moment, according to the report, implementation seems to be limited to some porn sites, but the hack is there and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it were socially engineered for political sites sooner or later.

In short, using Windows just isn't worth the frustration and anxiety. If any of you are in the market for a new computer and were wondering about Apple, take my advice and make the switch. You won't have any regrets.