Windows is buggy and slow lets buy a Mac

[DavidF215]

I have Windows 7, and I actually like it. It runs really well on my computer. I haven't had major problems with it yet. DirectX is a great API for developers. If Commodore would have actually marketed the Amiga API when it had the chance, maybe C= wouldn't have gone bankrupt so soon. By what I've read of the Amiga API code, it looks pretty easy, but it's not promoted. The only Mac I would buy would be a Mac Mini with OS X Server so that I could have unlimited user accounts for cheaper than what Microsoft charges.

[DavidF215]

Windows: ubiquitous, machines are cheap, but costly or difficult to use for development, painfully insecure, and horribly inconsistent.

I would say that Windows is easy to develop software for, especially with Visual Basic. I have read that MacOS X is easy to program (API), but the Apple Stores don't have it installed to look at.

Everyone has a choice.

Indeed. I like that.

Windows is horribly insecure, but if you're smart enough to never click on links in email and you don't use IE, you're probably much less likely to get infected than the masses.

Also, if one was smart enough not to run under an administrator type account then one would be safer in Windows. Unfortunately most run in an Unlimited/Admin account on Windows rather than using a Standard/Limited account. If one does not typically login as Root on a Unix system, then why login as an admin on a Windows box.