Chronos Notashi
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Eh, not like you can play many other games reliably with Linux anyway.
One of its advantages is that security issues aren't as much of a concern, since they're usually quickly dealt with when detected thanks to hackers (not the bad ones, though. The ones that hack to test security measures) and security experts who make contributions to the source code. Speaking of which, Linux uses an open-source operating system, so you can freely change it as you like, and there are many distributions available (most, if not all of them, being free, but do have their own restrictions that you have to deal with).
There's just one big problem: anime only mentioned ONE application that Linux can't run. There are MANY games and software out there that are just not programmed and developed with Linux in mind, simply because it's not a dominant force in the technology market like Windows is. There MIGHT be some backdoor methods you could use to get these games and other applications to work, but it usually requires SIGNIFICANT experience with coding and emulation (you ARE trying to make a game designed for one or two competing OSs work on a completely different OS, after all), and is generally not worth it. Also, you HAVE to make sure you have proper drivers available on a new hardware component BEFORE you install it (unlike hardware for Windows, which usually already have compatible drivers written for it). Otherwise, they won't be able to work with Linux if you decide to change components.
So yeah. It usually depends, but Windows is usually better for gaming and such, though the better security and open-source coding DOES give Linux its own market, and I'm pretty sure there are signs that Linux will only continue to grow.
Apple, though, can just fall in the grave it dug on its own and bury ITSELF, for all some of us care. It only got as far as it did because Steve Jobs was there to keep them from being anywhere NEAR that grave, especially after they started digging it when they almost got themselves into bankruptcy the FIRST time after he left. Don't get me wrong, though. I have respect for Jobs, since he was one of the people who helped revolutionize personal computers, and while I hadn't been born back then to witness that revolution, we probably wouldn't have personal computers today (or have even been able to advance so far with them) if it weren't for his contributions. But he'll have been dead for 6 years next month, God rest his soul, and there's no one left to keep Apple, which is now a hollow shell of what it used to be, from descending further down that downward spiral. He was pretty much the ONLY one keeping Apple on the straight and narrow, and his death pretty much signaled the beginning of Apple's second decline.
