It is interesting to note that while it isn’t that easy to spot the benefits of Apple’s approach to security it is pretty easy to see why Apple won’t be too secure in the near future:ĭon’t Apple packages use static libraries? Wouldn’t that leave certain packages vulnerable if the vendor doesn’t release a application update in time. I don’t know much about the fine grained details regarding OS security but it always interested me how OS X is better in terms of security than Windows (its based on BSD isn’t an answer – it would be nice to hear some specifics). “I would love to see KDE4, Leopard and Vista compared when they have all been released.”Ĭare to elaborate about Apple’s good software engineering and attention to detail? In context of MS’s security problems of course… Apple has most of a year to prep Leopard, and Windows is way far behind at this time. ![]() “Vista will likely be technologically be far ahead of Leopard when it is released (Especially its display technology). Maybe MSFT is less forthcoming with its API’s than Apple I don’t know. I find XP is MUCH worse than OS X with regard to frequency of App crashes, though. XP is MUCH better than Win 2000, which typically went down daily. I have been able to keep XP up as long as a week OS X multiple weeks, but after that I need to shut down for one reason of another– lightning storm blowing in– that kind of thing. Some say this relates to marketshare I think it is mostly a factor of good software engineering and attention to detail. “Mac will likely be more secure or at least you be very unlikely ot pick up a virus/worm for a while anyway.”Īgreed. ![]() I doubt this will be a factor because Apple and open-sourcers have had plenty of time to tweak the Darwin kernel. “My understanding is that OSX does not have fine grained locking where the Windows kernel does.”
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