The high demand is mostly coming from PC migrators, who just can't believe that a computer actually CAN run without them. The only thing you need to do is update the OS as exploits are detected (that can be done automatically), but the bottom line is that a Unix-based OS is intrinsically less prone to these hacks than a Windows one, that seems to go deliberately out of it's way to make background processes out of the user's control.

Like I said, I am no IT geek. I just make music, surf the web, do email, and come to the forums to post. All without anti-virus and spyware blocker software. Even if Apple hold only ten percent of the market, you would have thought the challenge to hack it would have attracted at least a FEW bad guys (if not ALL of them - nothing whets their appetite like an uncrackable OS!). So far, they have had no luck, and it isn't for lack of trying!

What's peace of mind like that worth to you?