I disagree. I think the Desktop world right now is better than ever. If you don't care, just use windows If you want to be a creative type use a Mac If you a

I disagree. I think the Desktop world right now is better than ever. If you don't care, just use windows If you want to be a creative type use a Mac If you are a tinkerer just go straight to linux. The thing is, even Linux has a great noob experience right now if you pick a starter distro (elementary, ubuntu, etc). And if you think "imnnot in any of these categories" then you are probably only going to be happy with the first two, so flip a coin or decide on budget.