I didn't say that Windows wasn't secure. I just said it isn't as secure as the Mac OS for the simple fact of the multitude of spyware, trojans, and viruses. I know there are a lot of free programs as antivirus and antispyware. We'll also find out what happens in terms of Mac viruses and trojans in the future. However, as it stands there are still zero viruses. I say viruses because it is not the same as a trojan and trojans are unable to self-replicate and cause real damage without the problem being PEBKAC. I'd like to avoid having an antivirus program on my Mac but there are also free antivirus programs out for Mac but as I said no antivirus is going to help against a brand new trojan and nothing can solve someone installing a trojan they either think is something else or obliviously enter their admin password whenever asked and are always signed in on an administrator account.
Obviously there is software out there for Windows that isn't on the Mac. There are also equivalent alternatives for Mac. Do you have specific examples besides games and perhaps media center if someone is into that? I do know that Photoshop CS4 is still 32 bit in Mac OS X which is a bit ridiculous but it just means that the application itself can only use 2GB but that the rest of the RAM can be used for other applications. How many people have a 64 bit Windows OS anyway and how many people have enough RAM to take advantage of it? The beauty is that the Macs can run both Windows and the Mac OS on the same machine. Obviously it is not for hard core games in which the best is to make your own Hackintosh and have a Windows 64 bit install on there to take advantage of the RAM.
As for calling the T2010 higher quality, it is an old machine that can't be compared to current machines. It uses a very low voltage processor that isn't that powerful, the integrated GPU is weak, but it does have nice battery life and apparently a higher quality display than the Macbook. Though all computer makers use all use the same components (for the most part) and that is a pretty typical pro-Mac argument that Apple users say to call the components the PC makers use as garbage. The problem is you can have the best hardware out there, but Windows holds you back in many cases if the drivers just aren't out there and the OS doesn't like the hardware or vice versa. It's a one stop shop with Apple as they make both the OS and put together the hardware. This is a problem as you are limited if you want to make upgrades (but you can't upgrade a vast majority of notebooks anyway so it's of no consequence). It's all the same intel CPUs but the difference is that the Macs use NVIDIA chipsets which are better than the equivalent Intel chipsets in terms of integrated graphics (X4500). Plus the latest design of the Macbooks is definitely a plus and they have certain intangables that are different than most PCs these days as they excel in portability, being light, great design, being quiet machines, and heat management.
Well it has it at least
partially. Probably fully when 10.6 is released.
