Couldn't disagree more. Macs are about function, that's it. It's just about working right with less hassle.
This is my personal experience anyway. All day at work on Vista, crashing, stuttering, awful. Mac OS X at home.
If you already use (and are happy with) Linux, you probably won't gain much from a switch to Mac. I never wish I was on windows. I don't even have it installed in VMWare.
Our experiences are our own though. Hasn't this conversation been done to death?
i seriously think you guys make some of this up....i work all day in vista too, but it doesn't crash, or stutter...or anything. i don't use any antivirus programs, haven't had any problems in a long time due to excellent use of common sense. my machines go faster since i upgraded to vista from xp. my family is mostly computer illiterate but they don't run into that many problems either - even though my dad keeps forgetting where 'my documents' is.
outside of driver problems, which can happen on any machine and why you should get good hardware - and badly developed 3rd party apps that you shouldn't run anyway - windows has been pretty stable since win2000. not as stable as my freebsd boxes, but considering how much work i do - very stable. my desktop reboots on tuesday nights for windows updates and thats about it. all my windows 2008 machines are doing fine too, just like my ubuntu servers.
vista crashing, stutering, awful ... i read these but i have a suspicion your all exagerrating
Presumably you also use a door propped up on cinderblocks for a desk, you listen to music on a Coby stereo, you carry a Zune, you drive a Kia instead of an Audi, you buy your clothes at Wal-Mart, and you drink wine out of plastic cups.
