Let us never forget that Microsoft Windows is responsible for, among much else, the transfer of critical trade secrets, diplomatic communications, and weapons technologies to our competitors and enemies. If China wins World War 3 in 50 years, Windows, albeit indirectly, will be significantly responsible.
Windows 7 may be more secure, but XP is still a major drain on society.
If you think Apple hardware is overpriced now, imagine if they didn't have any competition from Sony, Dell, HP, Acer, etc.
Back to your argument. Lets see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/technology/02google.html?p...
>She highlighted a fake document titled “Draft US-China Joint Statement” that was circulated among people with e-mail accounts at the State Department, the Defense Department, the Defense Intelligence Agency and Gmail. Clicking to download the document directed users instead to a fake Gmail log-in page that captured their passwords.
So that attack wouldn't have worked if the user was on an iPad or Droid or a Macbook Air or running the most hardened Linux computer. Right?
Zero days have been found in every browser/OS combo around. It's hard to see how OS X would fare better in a very targeted attack as Safari/OS X is usually one of the first to fall in PWN2OWN where the reward is a Macbook (not a win in a World War).
Stop getting your news only from places like Boyocott Novell, Groklaw,Slashdot, HN and the comments there. It warps your mind.
Almost every computer in China runs a pirated version of XP that can not be patched and is vulnerable and likely infected with some sort of botnet software. Many corporations and agencies in the US have been compromised in this way as well.