It has been my experience that apples are not more secure, software or hardware wise, its just that these people who write viruses, trojans, etc. do not write them in apple code. This may be due to the fact that apple users are a more "elite" group, while most rookies(i.e., most vulnerable to malicious programs) are IBMers. Also, many of the "script kiddie" programs that make it EXTREMELY easy to write viruses are not mac-compatible.
