I use linux and I use windows 7. I love ubuntu, mandriva, fedora, suse, just to name a few. I used almost all the linux distros out. I never have a problem with linux until when I need to use an office program. K office and Open office are good and everything. but I need to use MS Office because I can save files in pdf. If I did not need MS Office or like Windows Media Center then I would use Linux. Back in the days of Windows 2000 and XP I used at the time was Mandrake Linux and it was good. Linux is a bit of a pain to setup but as they get newer and newer its getting easier. But I like MS Office and windows media Center. But also I would try one linux distro it would play videos and dvd good, and then I would try another and then it could play video of any kind for crap. windows despite all the viruses and spyware you get is the top operating system of all. If you want to play a dvd you pop it in and it works. you plug in a printer and it works. With linux you plug in a printer and you got to setup the printer using CUPS most stuff on linux is not plug and play. But if you got any HP printer then that is the easiest to install on linux using the HPLIP. The best Linux I have tried is one call Hymera it works really good but Ubuntu is the best still for all Linux distros.