Well.
I was using Windows from 1999 on to 2013. It started with a fat W95SE Laptop. The next step was a superstylish VAIO PCG-N505SN running Windows 98SE. Next step was a Toshiba Laptop running XP, continued by several Clevo High-End Notebooks. In the end I built my fat Desktops running Quad-Core, SLI Graphics and Windows 7.
Then in December 2012 I ordered my Mac Mini. It was meant to be some kind of experiment. What would it be to use MacOS ?
In fact it needed me about a year being able to make MacOS usable as my main system. When that point was reached, I changed. Why ? Because MacOS was better for me ? No ! I did it just for fun. To do something new. To have new experiences. To learn.
Back to Windows ? Maybe yes. Maybe not. I´m open. It depends on many things. Let me say a few words as a man who really knows what it means to be a Windows user.
Windows is a wonderful operating system. It has many advantages compared to MacOS. But it is also true that MacOS has improved a lot, especially with the last three versions, while Windows got worse since V8.
- If you want a perfect software choice for little money, Windows is still the winner. Though there is a ton of great tools for the Macintosh out there. But in average you get more stuff for your money on Windows.
- If you are a serious gamer, you need to use Windows. At least for gaming. Period.
- If you want more peace and spend less time configuring your PC, take a Mac. It is true, the Macintosh works better. There are significantly less problems on Mavericks than on Windows 7. Though you might get crashes on Mavericks, too. And Windows 7 is a really good, safe and comfortable system. It always depends on what you do with your PC. I got at least 10-15 hard, full crashes on MacOS in a year. With a grey screen, though.
Most people might very rarely see such a GSOD while most Windows users know the BSOD very well. But things really have changed with Windows 7. The BSOD is more familiar to XP users.
- Another big big advantage of MacOS is the installation procedure and the "Time Machine". (Re-)Installing MacOS and migrating from one Macintosh PC to another one is the easiest process imaginable. You don´t even need any CD / DVD or whatsoever... I can´t count how often I installed Windows and how much time I spent in doing that. Just three days ago I installed W7 on my father´s old Laptop. It needed 2-3 days to get it work and make a backup. Since 1,5 years using the Mac Mini I installed MacOS exactly two times: After building in SSDs, to solve up the RAID. I migrated to an iMac once. And all of it was so easy, so relaxed. No re-installation of anything. Wow !!!
- And: MacOS is safer. Windows is very safe today. But MacOS is even safer. The chances to get a virus / trojan problem are significantly lower. And even if it happens, the damage seems to be much less. In fact I never had any (obvious) problems in that direction on MacOS.
Then there are details. So many details. And they are important. But even more important is, you can get used to most of them, probably. The last and final question that makes the decision is: Can you get all the tools and hardware you need for your system to do what you do ? If the answer is yes, you can use it. If not, search another one, where the answer is yes.
For me personally the answer is yes on both operating systems. I can do what I want on both of them. But things change.