Windows is the best operating system?

[adiemus]

What do you think? I mean, considering that well over 90% of the world is using Microsoft's OSes, is there any truth that it is indeed the best operating system?

I am curious to see what you all have to say.

Well it depends...

I really don't like the the whole "what's better?" debates because every operating systems has it's upside along with downside.

Personally, I feel if you're a gamer like myself, then you'd probably be happier with Microsoft XP. But, I am not saying it's the best.. because really it's all personal prefrence, and what you need. (generally speaking)

[beelzebub]

As a gamer I like windows, because as said before that is what all the games are writen for.
As a person with issues about being violated, I don't like windows in terms of viruses etc. but every OS has this problem to a degree.
As a person that fixes computers, I don't like windows, trying to figure out why certain things don't work like the inability to boot and getting the BSoD is frustrating
As a person that builds computers, I like windows because driver instillation is practically a no brainer (except when windows has problems with the drivers), and almost all hardware has a windows driver.
As a person person that also takes a companies business practices into account, I don't like windows, this is rather obvious the whole Netscape IE thing is one example of the dirty business I don't like.

So over all I don't like windows, the second games are ported to a standardized linux distro and my teachers start accempting documents that are not in a .doc format i will wipe windows from my system and start anew.

I wish i could put all that i want to say into words but I really dont know how to express it all.

[Curio]

Criteria for judging the best OS

Will it do what you want to do with it?

That proves it - Windows kicks ass.