I switched from PC to an iMac (Intel) for a few years and for the most part I liked the OS X interface, but I found it slower to do many things in. Mainly because it is more usable for the average user but by extension seems to lack support for more advanced users who want to skip all the help and GUI sections. Having said that Windows is getting increasingly bad for that, so really a Linux distro is the only way to go if you prefer operating in a CLI. Either way hopefully you won't be spending that much time changing those sort of settings.
Anyway, I mainly used Windows on my iMac (via Bootcamp) but that's because a lot of the work I do has better software support on Windows than it does on Mac. I also found that Vista (and even moreso Windows 7) had a quicker to use interface than OS X. Once my iMac died I also discovered the rather extortionate cost to repair it (so much so that I bought a brand new, top of the line, computer for a few quid less than the repair bill on my older Mac) and recovering data from a Mac partitioned drive was... fun to say the least.
So yeah... in conclusion if you prefer to work in a 'simpler' more 'child friendly' interface then go for a Mac, you also get some stunning hardware and you can be an idiot on the Internet and be very unlucky to catch something. On the otherhand if you consider yourself a more advanced user, then you might find yourself feeling a bit coddled by OS X in which case, assuming you're smart in how you browse and use the Internet you'll be find with Windows. Of course I would also recommend installing a Linux distro if you want to have some real fun with your computer
Anyway, I mainly used Windows on my iMac (via Bootcamp) but that's because a lot of the work I do has better software support on Windows than it does on Mac. I also found that Vista (and even moreso Windows 7) had a quicker to use interface than OS X. Once my iMac died I also discovered the rather extortionate cost to repair it (so much so that I bought a brand new, top of the line, computer for a few quid less than the repair bill on my older Mac) and recovering data from a Mac partitioned drive was... fun to say the least.
So yeah... in conclusion if you prefer to work in a 'simpler' more 'child friendly' interface then go for a Mac, you also get some stunning hardware and you can be an idiot on the Internet and be very unlucky to catch something. On the otherhand if you consider yourself a more advanced user, then you might find yourself feeling a bit coddled by OS X in which case, assuming you're smart in how you browse and use the Internet you'll be find with Windows. Of course I would also recommend installing a Linux distro if you want to have some real fun with your computer
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