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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4399599" data-attributes="member: 710">Windows and Linux "suffer" from one problem mostly, I think. And that's hardware drivers. Some hardware just doesn't have drivers at all under Linux. And while basically all hardware has drivers for Windows, they are therefor sometimes buggy. And so, most Windows faults lie in hardware drivers. And the problem is - you can have this problems right from the start, with the hardware you bought.Mac dodges a lot of issues by limiting itself to a well-defined and well-tested hardware. The side-effects are a lot more controllable. Hence, you are basically guaranteed to have mostly faultless drivers - and if errors occur, they will probably be so common that Apple will have a fix on short notice. In exchange of course you have less freedom in the hardware you buy - and very often, the prices will be higher. But for the "average user", these limitations are of no concern - how often do you really upgrade your hardware? Even I, as a software developer / computer scientist just don't do it often. I tend to wait till the computer is so old that a new one is just the better choice.</blockquote>