The biggest difference is that if you run Windows, you have to be willing to crack open IDA and read some assembly to really get a view of how your system is do

The biggest difference is that if you run Windows, you have to be willing to crack open IDA and read some assembly to really get a view of how your system is doing something sometimes. The main reason I keep a Windows box around is because so many Windows devs seem to think that security through obscurity works and that no one is willing to patch their binaries. Big mistake.