[TheDopp]

Macs use the same security logic that Unix does and that Microsoft tried to copy with UAC. UAC has vulnerabilities that render it pointless. The only real threats out there to macs are trojans - users have to put their credentials in and run them. You can't protect against stupidity no matter the platform.

And what Macs can do for me that PC's cant is save time.

This is fruitless (haha, pun) because your arguments against the PC also apply to the Mac. UAC's vulnerability lies on the user 99% of the time. Exactly the same way that entering credentials on OSX or *nix do. The user is always the weakest link in security. However, that wonderful unix layer you're so proud of is a vulnerability vector, especially when Apple decides to wait to patch known vulnerabilities in *nix programs. The other problem is configuration. I was excited when my CS-lab added macs this year. However, they are almost unusable because getting them to play nicely with our *nix network (which Windows is doing fine on), is apparently a pain in the ass. I can sit through beachballs and force quits, or I can move over to a Linux machine. I think the only accurate argument that can't be applied to any platform given certain scenarios (yes, even general use) is that Macs are expensive. Basically, computers are computers and people are idiots.

Oh wait, this isn't in flame bucket?

And more to the point of the topic... Steam on OSX? Hells yeah, spread the PC gaming love. Gaming on a Mac is still PC gaming.

I've seen some nasty implementations of OSX on networks myself - mostly Active Directory based. But anecdotaly, I've seen SPARC workstations fail miserably in a Linux only environment - sometimes it's just the sys admin failing at their job, not the platform. I completely agree though that users are the heart of the problems, no matter the computer.