So as a security consultant I guess you lose your job if a system is stable huh? Or if people aren't having weird registry operations yelled at them in the explanation of how to fix their spyware crippled PC? I guess you're my anology's version of a mechanic, in the classic tale of just having to smile and nod to whatever the mechanic says because hell if you understand what they're saying is wrong with your car, but you damn well don't want to die when your car explodes.

I am an experienced user, and I've also reinstalled windows on account of the same malware you're talking about so many times that I feel like Microsoft should pay me for my lost time. Your argument doesn't hold up, because open access also means more access for the people that want to dump malware on your system. And maybe there are more that don't, but that didn't stop every windows system I've ever run from ending up crippled by people out to make a buck, or prove they have some power.

The pad is aimed at a sector of society that doesn't care about everything we complain about here. They just want an appliance, like a fridge. Like they did with the iPhone apple is again doing a good job of making the technology accessible to the masses. There will always be security concerns, no matter what the platform. Were I a consultant I'd rather be advising people on a few limited things to do to close holes in a carefully designed system than scaring the hell out of them with the vast ocean of possible problems and tenuous patches, and the cat and mouse game of running from program to program to avoid malware.

I wonder why people don't have this same outrage over car manufacturers building their cars as "closed systems". They build their cars just like Apple builds a computer system, controlling each piece so one or another doesn't fail. Is it just the life or death difference that applies with cars? Just like a car if you really really care enough to dig around you can modify apple software, if you know engine's etc. go ahead and mess with your car, but do so at your own risk. Seems to me it used to be the wild west, which was great for innovation to a point, but now we've reached a phase where a designed experience is the way to progress "safely". I'm not complaining, just knowing what I'm getting when I buy Apple. If you don't dig it just don't go with Apple, but don't complain at me about crashes and viruses.