What makes you think that newer versions of Windows are safer?
Bit of a strawman reply here. I never mentioned anything about newer versions of Windows being safer.
Not intended. I really thought you were advocating an update to a newer Windows version.
From my point of view both Windows and Linux systems will never be 100% secure. I know that Linux users tend to think that their system is more secure, but an open source code does not help if people don't review the code and identify all attack vectors before others exploit them. From my point of view what's most important is to be aware that no system is 100% secure and adjust behavior accordingly.
Edit: On topic: I'm really looking forward to the final release of 0.10.0. There are a lot of great improvements.