Digital BW, The Print

I'm curious.  When you say Vista security is "better" than XP, are you 
suggesting that Vista standing alone is better than XP with properly 
functioning and updated antivirus and firewall programs (which I assume 
most of us have and use)?  If so, is there an easy explanation for why 
it's better? 

I have no doubt that a newer OS will incorporate improvements in 
security compared to older models, so would not doubt that Vista 
standing alone is "more secure" than XP standing alone.  But I have to 
wonder how many (serious) XP users have not deployed antivirus and 
firewall programs on their machines.  And compared to THAT 
configuration, I have to wonder how Vista makes a system more secure.

I'm a user, not a computer seller, builder or software engineer.  This 
is just a question.

Cheers,
Kip

Bob Frost wrote:
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