Active x controls on macbook

[Luceroso]

Why does windows not allow MacBooks to be able to use active x controls? can Active x controls be downloaded on a MacBook ?

 

[datatronics505]

Both are very different operating systems with different approach to granting processes access to hardware resources. Approach with which ActiveX is built on Windows raises serious security concerns on a Unix-based OS. It is basically software written for a single-user OS that now you want to port to a multi-user OS. On a multi-user OS, not all users have equal privileges when it comes to hardware access. Marketing/sales concerns aside, portability is probably the main reason why there's no ActiveX for Mac.

 

[Macropod]

This has nothing to do with Windows not allowing anything on Macs. The Windows and Mac operating systems are entirely different and it is the Mac operating system that doesn't support ActiveX controls.