Vista is more secure than ...

As an example, Caceres points to the way in which Vista handles memory management. Information stored in RAM, he says, is "randomised, making it more difficult to exploit". That is not the case with the Mac software, according to Caceres.
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I wonder what the Secure Virtual Memory setting is for then in OsX :confused:

OsX is due for a revamp this year and I'm pretty sure I'll survive until them ;)
 
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I think they can get away with Vista is more secure than XP, but that's about it.
 
Vista is more secure than Window's 95/98/ME
 
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But, he adds, Apple's Unix roots, more frequent operating system release cycle and apparent indifference to backward compatibility make the Mac "well positioned to change its security model real quickly".
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:D

I think that this may be written by a Microsoft shareholder....
 
Forget all the marketing blurp... It's too expensive, as example:
osx @ za-store => R964.00
Vista basic home @ incredible => R 1,999.95 (on promotion :eek:)

And who would want to buy basic home anyway, so if you compare vista home premium it's even worse @ R 2,999.95 :eek: :eek: :eek:

Microsoft your software is most definitely not 2 times or in the case of home premium 3 times better than osx. Most of us would think it's the other way around on many aspects... So how do you justify pricing on this basis.

Reduce the costs and I'll consider again, until then I'll keep XP on the PC, and keep my money for a leapord upgraded on my mac.
 
Mac OS X is orders of magnitude cheaper than Windoze. The value really kicks in when you add a second computer. Upgrading to Leopard will probably cost <R1500 for a family pack of 5 seats. AFAIK you'll have to buy 5 individual Vista upgrade packs at R3700 a pop, thats more than a 20" iMac costs.

Strange that the "security consultant" quoted didn't seem to run any penetration testing to prove his point and seems to have reached his conclusion based on comparing one feature - memory address randomization.
 
On paper, Vista is more sound.
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Yes, because out of the box it gives you immense hassles trying to connect to anything, and warns you 5 times before it'll let you run any program. He should go penetrate-test himself.
 
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Yes, because out of the box it gives you immense hassles trying to connect to anything, and warns you 5 times before it'll let you run any program. He should go penetrate-test himself.
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Ouch! gonna have to remember that one. Classic LOL.
 
microsoft and windows are the biggest load of ****, windows vista cannot compare its self to Mac os x, mac os is stable, it just works no problems
 
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