Why does everyone in this forum love Windows so much?

[Builder]

What does Windows do that the other operating systems can't? Why did you put up with having to learn how to use Windows 8? What keeps you coming back to Windows? I want to know.

[Askew]

Gaming, but don't mistake obligation for love.

[Guest Kloaked]

Games, and more people in the world use Windows than OSX and Linux.

[mapegl]

Yeah, gaming pretty much.

 

I use Linux on my raspberry pi though.

[Benjio]

Pretty much just games, I hate Microsoft, I would use Linux in heartbeat if it supported all my Steam games.

[ericlee30]

I dont infact, I like using Linux more but  Windows is the main platform for gaming.

[flibberdipper]

Gaming, But we don't love it. We're just forced to use it if we want to play our favorite games. My top 3 OSes are as follows:

 

Windows 8.1

Mac OS X 10.10(and higher)

Xubuntu (whichever is the latest release)

[Vitalius]

What does Windows do that the other operating systems can't? Why did you put up with having to learn how to use Windows 8? What keeps you coming back to Windows? I want to know.

Natively support most video games. 

I didn't. I installed Classic Shell and never looked back. 

Video games & familiarity. 

I prefer Linux, but all that dual booting & WINE crap is stuff I just don't have the time or patience to deal with.

[IdeaStormer]

The plethora of applications available and the plethora of apps not available on the other OS's.

 

If you only browse then I understand why you can use any OS, but if you need real world applications outside a browser, well come to Windows.

[Legion]

I didn't need to learn how to use windows 8 all my keyboard shortcuts worked the same :L

[rashdanml]

I don't play games often enough to require Windows, but a dual boot option works great if I need it. The games I play regularly runs well under Linux (Guild Wars 2), and Source games are also natively running on Linux. 

 

SteamOS reduces the need for Windows even more, with more and more titles being ported. 

[Unknown_Guy]

Gaming, But we don't love it. We're just forced to use it if we want to play our favorite games. My top 3 OSes are as follows:

 

Windows 8.1

Mac OS X 10.10(and higher)

Xubuntu (whichever is the latest release)

 

No, no, no. OSX must go down in that list. OSX has so many annoying stuff number one being Finder. It's my daily OS for about 2 years now but all I am using there is shell and whatever application I need. And it is crashing as hell, lots of not responding stuff. I suspect it's because of going from Lion to MT and then to Mavericks. I have had more BSOD than can remember having with XP.

 

Anyway gaming on Windows, Linux for home server, Android on phone. Working on OSX, running web stuff mostly RHEL for servers. In the end choosing the best OS for the job is the way to go.

[flibberdipper]

No, no, no. OSX must go down in that list. OSX has so many annoying stuff number one being Finder. It's my daily OS for about 2 years now but all I am using there is shell and whatever application I need. And it is crashing as hell, lots of not responding stuff. I suspect it's because of going from Lion to MT and then to Mavericks. I have had more BSOD than can remember having with XP.

 

Anyway gaming on Windows, Linux for home server, Android on phone. Working on OSX, running web stuff mostly RHEL for servers. In the end choosing the best OS for the job is the way to go.

We both have our own tastes. I've used it for about a week as a daily computer (my cousin lent me his 2010 MBP while I was SOL for a computer), and once I got used to it, I rather liked it.

[unraw]

I like Windows 8.1 for it's compatibility with hardware, games and software. It's also a great touch experience if you use it on a tablet or Surface pro. It's just a super versatile OS overall compared to the others which are only good at a few things. 

[The_Strict_Nein]

I like Windows, and I really don't understand what people's hatred with it is.

 

8 was really locked down compared to previous Windows releases, but it's nowhere near locked down as Apple OS.

 

Sure, if you know exactly what your doing you can get stuff done quicker with Linux, but to paraphrase Linus 'Sure, it's easier to do any difficult task once you know exactly how to do it, but it doesn't make the actual task any less difficult'

 

I guess it's just typical big corporation hate, but I feel it's pretty much unjust in the case of Windows

[The_Strict_Nein]

I hate Windows, only use it for games but impossible to get any actual work done on it.

 

Why, what work do you do that is 'impossible' to do on Windows, bar a Linux specific application (which would be unfair comparison, like hating a car because it can't fly)

[BoDyBaG2224]

The OS is simply a shell, it is the programs that dictate productivity (for the most part, Windows 8 kinda effed with that but I think you understand my point).

 

I use Windows because of games, and the programs that I need/use are made for and run on Windows. If I needed the programs that run on Mac OS I would use that.

 

That being said I just installed Linux (dual OS config with Win7/Ubuntu) because I want to use a lot of the open source engineering and programming tools that are supported by it. Programs dictate my OS choice.

[juretrn]

1. Windows is a good OS, no matter what the haters say. It is not quite as noob friendly as OSX or lightweight as Linux, but it's a good midpoint.

2. Windows 8 and 8.1 are better than their predecessors in EVERY possible way. If you hate Modern UI, guess what, you can avoid it entirely.

[Syntaxvgm]

Gaming. Productivity. As much as everyone likes to hate on windows lately, for good reason too, they forget that it's still the best for working, as well as for business products. Seems microsoft has forgetton that. 

As for mac -.-

For linux, if you want to use it for productivity it comes half baked out of the box, even for popular distros like ubuntu and mint, and you really have to be an advanced user to customize it in a way that fits you the best. Besides, most programs you need either have lackluster linux support or need to be emulated with wine. 

 

Seriously though. I love open source, I love linux, but windows is really superior in many ways for many things. 

[razor767]

Games and support for some specialist hardware are the only reasons why I still use Windows, if I could I would just use Linux. 

[Builder]

Gaming, But we don't love it. We're just forced to use it if we want to play our favorite games. My top 3 OSes are as follows:

 

Windows 8.1

Mac OS X 10.10(and higher)

Xubuntu (whichever is the latest release)

You're a registered Apple developer too? Wow. We gotta make something together.

 

The plethora of applications available and the plethora of apps not available on the other OS's.

 

If you only browse then I understand why you can use any OS, but if you need real world applications outside a browser, well come to Windows.

I don't know man, I get way more work done on a Mac...

 

No, no, no. OSX must go down in that list. OSX has so many annoying stuff number one being Finder. It's my daily OS for about 2 years now but all I am using there is shell and whatever application I need. And it is crashing as hell, lots of not responding stuff. I suspect it's because of going from Lion to MT and then to Mavericks. I have had more BSOD than can remember having with XP.

 

Anyway gaming on Windows, Linux for home server, Android on phone. Working on OSX, running web stuff mostly RHEL for servers. In the end choosing the best OS for the job is the way to go.

I'm sorry, you're trying to tell someone else which OS he likes more? That's not how that works. OS X doesn't BSOD, it kernel panics, so I don't know what you're talking about. Also, I never get kernel panics, nor does anyone else I know.

 

I like Windows, and I really don't understand what people's hatred with it is.

 

8 was really locked down compared to previous Windows releases, but it's nowhere near locked down as Apple OS.

 

Sure, if you know exactly what your doing you can get stuff done quicker with Linux, but to paraphrase Linus 'Sure, it's easier to do any difficult task once you know exactly how to do it, but it doesn't make the actual task any less difficult'

 

I guess it's just typical big corporation hate, but I feel it's pretty much unjust in the case of Windows

Wait what? Windows not anywhere near as locked down as Mac OS X? Do you realize that around 90% of OS X is completely open source? opensource.apple.com

 

1. Windows is a good OS, no matter what the haters say. It is not quite as noob friendly as OSX or lightweight as Linux, but it's a good midpoint.

2. Windows 8 and 8.1 are better than their predecessors in EVERY possible way. If you hate Modern UI, guess what, you can avoid it entirely.

I can only avoid it entirely by adding another piece of software to an already relatively unstable platform to circumvent a "feature" that was poorly implemented and that the majority of users did not like. OS X isn't just for noobs either, I've been doing all of my development work in it for the past year. It's very efficient if you understand emacs and bash.

 

Gaming. Productivity. As much as everyone likes to hate on windows lately, for good reason too, they forget that it's still the best for working, as well as for business products. Seems microsoft has forgetton that. 

As for mac -.-

For linux, if you want to use it for productivity it comes half baked out of the box, even for popular distros like ubuntu and mint, and you really have to be an advanced user to customize it in a way that fits you the best. Besides, most programs you need either have lackluster linux support or need to be emulated with wine. 

 

Seriously though. I love open source, I love linux, but windows is really superior in many ways for many things. 

Why is Windows the best for working though? You can get Pages for free with every Mac, and most Linux distros come with LibreOffice.

 

Honestly, unless you're gaming, I can't imagine anything I can do in my Windows 7/8.1 installs that I can't do in Linux and OS X. I do most things faster actually, but for you I'm sure the answer is different.

 

Really good feedback guys. I've determined that the main reason appears to be gaming.

[Syntaxvgm]

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Why is Windows the best for working though? You can get Pages for free with every Mac, and most Linux distros come with LibreOffice.

 

Honestly, unless you're gaming, I can't imagine anything I can do in my Windows 7/8.1 installs that I can't do in Linux and OS X. I do most things faster actually, but for you I'm sure the answer is different.

 

Really good feedback guys. I've determined that the main reason appears to be gaming.

Well it's the whole MS ecosystem. i used to be an IT guy. Mac were a headache for office environments. PCs were great.

Anymore it really just comes down to what the majority of people are used to using, and program availability. Since MS has the greatest office and home use market share by far, it gets the greatest support and widest available set of programs. 

[woodycarson]

stockholm syndrome

[Builder]

Well it's the whole MS ecosystem. i used to be an IT guy. Mac were a headache for office environments. PCs were great.

Anymore it really just comes down to what the majority of people are used to using, and program availability. Since MS has the greatest office and home use market share by far, it gets the greatest support and widest available set of programs. 

Still seems a bit unspecific. Maybe it's because Macs have the connotation of being artsy and fun? I don't know, I feel more geeky in Windows, but I feel like I'm actually tapping in to my task metaphysically when I use a Mac. No BS.

 

It may have the widest set of programs, but I still have yet to find an example of a program that I couldn't find an equivalent of on a Mac.

[Syntaxvgm]

Still seems a bit unspecific. Maybe it's because Macs have the connotation of being artsy and fun? I don't know, I feel more geeky in Windows, but I feel like I'm actually tapping in to my task metaphysically when I use a Mac. No BS.

 

It may have the widest set of programs, but I still have yet to find an example of a program that I couldn't find an equivalent of on a Mac.

 It's mainly software directed at office and industry use I was referring to. But that's only the case because most offices run windows. 

Side note. I still hate the way mac handles windows. It's terrible. I usually remedy the problem by using a script to add a maximize button in place of the switch one and bing the switch desktop function to a mouse sidebutton. Love the switch desktop thing. 

I tell you something, if directx were somehow completely ported over to linux or MS made it open source (which will never happen) windows would probably die among enthusiasts, or at least see significantly less use.