IMHO I would say OS X is more secure by default. While both can be beat into submission (and it does take some beating and patches for XP :-D) Apple has done a pretty good job. The whole idea of taking a open base/kernel and build on top of it helps add a little more security because of the many eyes idea. And if you want to you can install gcc and compile some of the general Unix/Linux tools for security and security checking.
I must point out I think that OpenBSD is the most secure out of the box. Justin Kremer wrote: >Just curious what you all think about the new Mac OS X. Which is more >secure out-of-box; Windows XP or Mac OS X? > > >-Justin > > > >
