That's the difference. Windows actually patches its issues, even minor ones. Apple OSes, on the other hand, just make a silly face and say "We're not Microsoft!" while pretending security flaws don't exist. Or at least, apparently, until they become so insanely monumental they have to fix that one really insane…

Damn, it was right on the tip of my tongue!

Because they only care about their image. They want to continue to fool the masses into believing that they don't get viruses or have security issues. So they'd rather put all of their customers at major risk, than take a little extra bad press.

Ah, good guy apple. Keeps you in the dark about a massive security hole because...uhhh...little help here?

Ugh, the admin thing hasn't been true since Vista came out. Same with the permissions of the application running. And applications in any modern os is sandboxed to the privileges they are allowed. And to be frank any modern OS has bugs and security holes that allow unintended escalation. Both Linux and Windows have…

Ignoring your ignorance of how every of Windows post Vista works, or even that Apple also now recommends malware protection on their computers; the fact that a security hole was found in Apple OS is not what should concern you, after all you are quite correct that there are thousands of security holes in every OS. …

As opposed to Apple that actively markets that OS X is safe and you don't need any antivirus software. Which is a complete and utter lie.

How many times have I had Mac snobs sneer, "Enjoy your viruses and Registry errors. My Mac just works"? Too many to count. This is why Apple's security deficits are worse than anything that could befall Windows users; because Windows people are generally savvy as to the dangers of the computing world while Apple fans…