[JavaBrewer]

PCs are all about bang for the buck. Other than the slight improvement in quality of Mac vs. PC peripheral devices there is no REAL difference in OS - although OS X looks very nice. Bottom line is that the majority of PCs out there hum along running all the popular apps with no drama. PCs cannot protect idiots from themselves. Mess with drivers or system files and things go wrong. That's why newer versions hide these file types by default.

Microsoft has done a tremendous job trying to keep the masses happy. People want backward compatability and the ability to install any device they want. Then when they install a $39 CD burner and something goes wrong then all of a sudden its "Windows sucks" all over again.