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Originally Posted by SeaKing
But ChromeOS . . . will have the advantage right off of NO Microsoft and less chance of unwanted programs: viruses, mal-ware, ad-ware and the like.
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Perhaps the Chrome user takes fewer chances of acquiring malware and adware, but only
at first -- in proportion to the ubiquity and popularity of the OS.
Early on, users of Android learned not to download every free skin or program.
Any OS which becomes massively popular will have to deal with the same issues of malware and viruses. I'm less concerned with choosing the least plagued OS than the best protected.
Apple users have often asserted their platform is safe, but malware and viruses still exist, and in the days before OSX (c-r-e-a-k!), you couldn't print out a word document from a floppy disc at Kinko's without bringing home a virtual venereal disease.