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Originally Posted by Eugenia Gabrielov
However, I would say that no matter what operating system you use, you should get the best antivirus available for it. There are awesome ones (I presume, not being a longterm Linux or Mac user) for any OS.
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Well, the only virus scanner I've ever installed on Linux works with my mail server to get rid of viruses for Windows. And there has been only one proof-of-concept virus for OSX that I know of. Windows is (pretty much) the only target for viruses. I use both Mac OS X and Linux heavily and I can't name a single virus scanner for them
I've used all three of the major OS's (including others) and must say that my least favorite is Linux. I'm really not very fond of GNU or the GPL (the license which covers Linux), either.. but I don't really feel like getting into that right now
I do like how widespread Linux has become, and how it's opened up a new world for computer users. I _REALLY HATE_ the "anything but Windows" state of mind, because that commonly comes from the user's inability to admin the computer.. and I'd MUCH RATHER see an insecure Windows machine out there on the web than an insecure *nix machine. So kudos to Linux for creating "the movement" but once/if you get settled, don't forget there's BSD.
Anyways, after derailing that train, I must say that I also like most Microsoft software.. especially Office X.v or whatever it's called now. However, that's the only decent Microsoft app for OS X.. WMP and IE 5.2 (*shudder*) are pretty lame, but then again, I wouldn't use them even if they were better. Microsoft has done a pretty great job creating an OS with a great GUI that runs on exceptionally old hardware. They've also been pretty good about their updates and the stuff they offer (if you didn't know, Microsoft bought out one of the best Adware detection software companies and released the software for FREE). They're also a great game publisher. Halo, Halo 2, Age of Empires 2, Mech Warrior 4. All great games.
I guess I'm one of the people that has used each of the big 3 pretty heavily and can find a good use for all of them. (Although it's getting kind of hard keeping all the knowledge straight.. I tried to install my 200gb hard drive in XP a few nights ago and it was stuck at that 137gb barrier.. took me quite some time to figure out what the heck was wrong.. stupid atapi.sys!)