Huh? You're trying to argue a LARGE topic here by throwing out a few sentences. This topic of "why Macs have basically been less prone to security risks from 1992-2008 than Windows" has been talked in great length in other threads on this forum, other forums, and well-published magazines and newspapers. There is no way to summarize it. Please go find those threads if you really want to understand the technical and NON-technical reasons why systems are prone to security attacks...and why some systems more than others.
And no, who ever said that as soon as Mac personal computer market share hit 51% that they would all do down? The simpler statement would be that, as long as malware/spyware/viruses are legal/hard-to-punish in many countries they will continue to exist and evolve...and...they will continue to be written to affect the most widely adopted platforms/systems. Currently, if you were a malware/spyware/virus programmer, you would want to annoy the most people for your efforts. Therefore, hit the Windows platform. Next up would likely be a tie between Mac and Linux. And I believe that right now we are starting to see evil programmers take aim at the Mac as the Mac platform gains adoption. It's Marketing 101...if you're selling air conditioners, you're probably not going waste your budget and advertise in Alaska.
I disagree, a virus for Mac OS X would be extremely profitable. Yes, the percentage of Mac OS X users is minimal, when compared to the windows OS user base, but due to the fact that mac users are so confident in the fact that they are virus free, they don't have an antivirus on their computer! This is a virus maker's dream, the OS might have a small user base, but it is UNPROTECTED. But it begs the questioning, why hasn't anyone accomplished this, surely someone, somewhere should have set his sights on not only attacking Mac OS X, but also prettifying all of the Mac OS X users who claim "we don't get viruses" in the process? The answer is simple, the OS is just more secure.
If I were to make viruses, and I saw one of those dumb mac vs. pc commercials where the mac guy would say "buy me and you won't get viruses anymore, because we are immune to viruses", what is the first thing I, as a hacker, would do? I'd get up from my couch and make me a very nice mac virus, just to shut apple up! But have there been viruses since the airing of those annoying commercials, no. The closest things we've had are these spam-ware pests which need us to (stupidly) give them authorization to install!
The argument that Mac don't get viruses because of their small user base is just plain false. And that Alaska air conditioner analogy not only sucked, it was irrelevant, there is a market for hacking Macs, just as there is a market for making mac applications. Think about it. Why are there mac only applications when they can just make a windows application with a much larger user base? Because in marketing you learn that sometimes having a smaller demographic can get you more profit, and a bigger demographic doesn't necessarily get you more sales.
