Here's why I prefer WinXP (over OSX)..
1. It's more stable in my experience (I had serious problems with shoddily-programmed Mac apps, mainly browsers, crashing to the point I had to constantly reboot the system)
2. The GUI is much faster and more responsive, with or without the "eye candy" (which, as others have pointed out, can be disabled in 2 seconds)
3. XP boots and installs much faster (not really a 'major' reason, but true nonetheless)
4. Windows has a much better developed application base for most things...ever tried MacUAE, or checked out the Mac demoscene?
5. "IF" things do go wrong, Windows is generally easier to troubleshoot and repair
6. I don't like being raped as a consumer -- i.e, "Mac Edition" video cards, and things like RAM always cost three times as much, just to run what to me feels like a bloated home-brew Debian compile - and this doesn't even include the entrance "wham"...a $3000 system that comes with a Radeon 9600???
Now - if I were an "artsy", "I drink cappuccinos and smoke cigs" designer or something, that was more interested in how my computer blended with my drapes than actually
using it...then maybe I could see it.
-edit- fixed double numbers
