I'm a polyglot programmer and operating system user. Servers are mostly Linux, some real hardware, some virtual, doesn't matter. Desktops are Windows or Linux,

I'm a polyglot programmer and operating system user. Servers are mostly Linux, some real hardware, some virtual, doesn't matter. Desktops are Windows or Linux, laptops OSX or Windows. On a day to day basis I use both a 2009 13" Mac Book pro and a 2015 Mac Book Pro. However, for the prior 4 years I used a Dell XPS Windows 7 laptop. The primary primary reason for using the Mac on a day to day basis is system stability and responsiveness. The Mac just works. It always fires up. It is highly responsive to my needs which are Web, Terminal (server admin), and general office applications. The Windows laptop, on the other hand, left me with little confidence from day to day. Most days it would operate fine, then one day it would blue screen or simply become unresponsive requiring a physical restart. Certainly all kinds of tweaks were done over time to fix one thing or another related to some application setting somewhere deep in the registry. I've not tried Windows 10, but then it has no particular 10x value for me either. Note that the 2009 MBP was upgraded in 2012 to an SSD. It is still a crispy fast system that beat the pants off of newer Dell laptops. Just my $0.02.