Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window...
by leetcrew on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:27AM
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support is an obvious reason. with the exception of some dev tools and mac-only creative software, pretty much everything supports windows.
I can go out and buy any high end laptop and be confident it will work well with windows. similarly, if I want to throw some random hardware in my desktop, I don't have to worry about whether drivers exist for my os. all this stuff requires an additional research step with linux.
in short, if you're a power user (and especially if you like choosing your own hardware) and you want your os to "just work", windows is the best of few options.
I can go out and buy any high end laptop and be confident it will work well with windows. similarly, if I want to throw some random hardware in my desktop, I don't have to worry about whether drivers exist for my os. all this stuff requires an additional research step with linux.
in short, if you're a power user (and especially if you like choosing your own hardware) and you want your os to "just work", windows is the best of few options.