I see your point, Willy. However, I still disagree on the Virus topic for Mac OS (and I am not talking about just those systems using the Intel Dual Core processors). Symantec (the creators of Norton Antivirus) have detected several vulnerabilities that can be as bad or even worse than many of the problems an unprotected, unmaintained, and unserviced PC running Windows can have, but the guys at Apple would not even recognize them as real. Don't get me started on their interface. It still looks as horrible as it did ten to fifteen years ago (I am just talking about their default scheme). Sure, there are schemes that look better than their default, but please Apple, give OSX Leopard a new look on it's default scheme. That modified look of Mac OS 3.0's scheme (LOL) needs to go. Give it more life!!!!
Also, why release yet another new "minor update" for OSX (Leopard aka OS 10.5 or 10.6 if I am correct), and charge as much or more than a new Windows OS, and still no word on when their next generation OS 11.0 (Read: OSX Lion) would be released and it is also rumored to be at least two years behind schedule? Something does not seem right, but if Steve Jobs wants to make updates available for a high cost, more power to him, but it sounds more like highway ripoff to me. I am not an Mac OS basher, but these updates for OSX don't seem too much of a major issue to justify them charging so much for them each time a "new release" (I prefer to call them minor updates to their current version) is made available. As bad as some Windows versions had been out (especially the hell named Millenium Edition), they only charge when they have a new version OS, and not for updates named like the ones named Panther, Jaguar, Tiger, Leopard, Bengal, kittikat, etc.. (BTW, where is "Lion"?) What would be next after running out of members of the feline kingdom (Skunk, rat, Dog, Horndogg, Horse, Elephant, Hyenna, Dinosaur (wait, that one was taken by Windows ME), Hippopotamus, LOL)
As far as Linux goes, I am not expecting them to be Windows, but at least become more friendly for common applications, and many known plugins, especially being an Open Source OS. That is where you and I see eye to eye. Linux (and Unix) are not as bad as BeOS, Opera, and several other operating systems out there. I guess we'll have to wait to see if Sun Mycrosystem's OS can be as promising and give MacOs and Windows a run for their money.
Now, let's talk about Windows. Vista has a lot of issues, but not as bad as Millenium Edition. It does some noticeable improvements on protecting itself, however it's not enough to finally end most of their vulnerabilities, which keeps me from buying until they release a revision for it. It took me until revision 2 to buy a PC with XP running on it, and XP is not perfect, but sure is better than the current version of Vista.
Can't complain about this post, because I brought some personal opinion, some facts, and some humor. This is a very good topic, and for that I thank you Willy for bringing this interesting discussion.