# Sooo, you buy a mac because?

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**Created:** [December 19, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sooo-you-buy-a-mac-because/40506 "2007-12-19T08:29:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sooo-you-buy-a-mac-because/40506/19 "2007-12-19T10:08:59Z")

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> [@RobHimself](#):
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> And i guarantee that as soon as some 15 year old hacker decides to pick out the exploits you’ll find that there are almost as many as windows.

I’m sure published exploits will increase but not to the levels XP experienced. The unix security model alone makes a huge difference.

> [@sureshot007](#):
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> I think its funny the number of people that buy a mac and run windows on it. Kinda defeats the point, doesn’t it?

Actually Windows runs really well on the Mac hardware primarily because of the driver disc that Boot Camp generates. An OS is only as good as its drivers so it can best make use of the hardware it’s running on. Plus, if you priced out a similarly spec’d Dell or HP computer I think the prices are pretty close. Building our own rig is obviously cheaper than both.

> [@boardjnky4](#):
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> no operating system is free of vulnerabilities

And people need to realize this and stop :deadhorse:

That said, if you want an uber secure OS install OpenBSD. 2 exploits in 10 years.

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