1 Microsoft is not better(I assume you're comparing the companies and not their products) they're a horrible monopolistic company with relatively poor products. Now admittedly windows has gotten MUCH better and each version is notably more stable than the next(I'd say vista is more stable and higher performing than OSX) 2 huh? 3+4 - they don't suck they're not horrible they're just horrendously overpriced for what they are. he summarizes my thoughts on M$ well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI8iFotgLVQ