Edit: Also, that's a rad build!
Steam is totally broken, not to mention the games. I got QuakeLive (best bit about being back on Windows). Quake was all broken (rendered at twice the DPI), I had to find the shortcut and disable Application Scaling (wtf?).
I could go on.
Not doubting you, but I just opened it and it's not blurry on my 4k monitor. To be clear, I hit Start, typed Services and pressed ENTER when I saw the Services desktop app. (Another way to open it would be to hit Win+R and type: services.msc)
> I have an ongoing battle with IntelliJ and PyCharm, fonts are all broken.
Sounds like a JetBrains problem. What's broken with them anyway?
> I had to find the shortcut and disable Application Scaling (wtf?).
That's called learning how to use a new OS. Also, I can't imagine that you have more complaints about games on Windows than you would on a Mac where there hardly are any games to begin with, are only half-supported or in perma-beta.
As a Mac and Windows user of over 20 years, I feel that Windows is generally more flexible; you can make it do exactly what you want way more often than with the Macintosh OS. Things are simpler on the Mac, but that comes at the price of inflexibility.
I take your point about flexibility and you're 100% correct on the gaming aspect.
The hardware you can get is quite amazing (this is what I built https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/6FXPxr). Everything works and it's rock solid, it's also very quiet (something a lot PC users aren't so concerned about).
Windows however I'm finding a lot harder to get on with. Windows 4K support is awful. So many broken and blurry dialogs and applications (including Microsoft ones). Retina, on the Mac, just works.
I missed the Windows 8 disaster, however it appears some of it has spilt over Windows 10.
Seems you can't have the hardware you want and the OS you want, you have to pick one or the other.