McAfee Feigns Fear at Mac Security

conq writes "BusinessWeek reports that McAfee has just come out with a report which asks the question 'Is Mac OS X the Next Windows?'." They appear to be attempting to scare consumers into buying anti-virus software for OSX. Blogger Arik Hesseldahl breaks down their claims: "First off, Mac users on average pay more for their computers, are self-selected because they tend to know more about technology than your average PC buyer, and by and large are a bit more affluent than those who buy cheapo commodity Windows PCs ... When you take into account the ongoing growth in general PC ownership, even if Apple pushes its annual unit sales to 12 million or more by 2010, its share of the overall market will still account for about 4%, leaving Windows the far more tasty target."

Wtf?

[gravyface]

"First off, Mac users on average pay more for their computers, are self-selected because they tend to know more about technology than your average PC buyer..."

Are self-selected?
"Self. Your technical savviness has not gone unnoticed. You've been selected. Congratulations."

Re:B.S.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Lets just say that never happened again."

Seems like a pretty minor reason to get a divorce/commit murder...

Re:Macs should still protect themselves

[suwain_2]

I don't run anti-vi on my Powerbook

Please tell me that someone else here read "anti-vi" and thought of the text editor? And that "anti-vi" meant emacs?