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For me the reasons are multiple.
I have to use Windows and MAC computers simultaneously and often.
The big advantage on the MAC for me is applescript, automator and the full unix shell. It allows for workflows that are nigh on impossible on the PC, and it doesn't require any extra software to set it up.
I find when I go to another office, if they have windows machines I often have to download some other bits and pieces to get my jobs done, but 9 times out of 10 what I need is already on the MAC as it is part of the OS.
Things have improved on windows since Win7 came out, but there are still a few holes when it comes to automating complex workflows.
Mac font handling is far superior, as is integration with USB and firewire, no dicking around because windows has reassigned a USB port etc.
It basically comes down to niggles and being able to get down and dirty under the hood, which is harder on the PC than on the Mac. It is kind of what you would expect when one OS has to handle an almost infinite range of hardware configs, and the other only a handful.
I do have my Windows PC running well, but it took a long time, and a lot of fiddling, and a lot of that time spent could have been time working and making money.
Generally, when I want to tinker, I use windows, when I want to get a job done, I use the mac.
Either can do the job, but I tend to get the work done faster on the mac, despite the fact that I have had a few years mac experience versus having a PC since 1987.
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