Great rivalries always spawn the greatest battles. And while there are many examples we could point to, perhaps none are as heated and controversial as the war that’s constantly waging between Mac and PC.
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Sony recently released a statement saying last year’s data breach cost $15 million. Other corporate giants have faced similar attacks, and we’ve seen bugs like Shellshock and Heartbleed cause a lot of panic. Unfortunately, advancements in technology have simultaneously created an era of computer viruses and malware, meaning people need to consider security whenever making tech purchases. So with this in mind, which computer system, Mac or PC, will keep your information better protected from external threats?
In 2015, the senior e-threat analyst at Bitdefender, Bogdan Botezatu, was quoted as saying 'Mac OS X software has more high-risk vulnerabilities than all versions of Windows put together.' Despite that statement and apparent fact, Mac computers are still infected by viruses much less often than Windows computers. Darwin is an open-source Unix-like operating system first released by Apple Inc. It is composed of code derived from NeXTSTEP, BSD, Mach, and other free software projects code, as well as developed by Apple.
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Before getting started, it’s important to clarify the parameters. When discussing the Mac versus PC debate, it’s often a comparison of Apple’s OS X and Microsoft’s Windows. Nothing against Linux, but 98% of machines run these other two systems, so it’s more relevant to focus on them. Also, when we discuss security threats, we are focusing primarily on virus and malware attacks.
With those specifics in place, which system is safer? I would have to put my money on OS X right now. Actually, maybe safer isn’t the best way of putting it. Instead, let’s just say that OS X is less likely to face attacks.