mac vs windows vs linux?

my family is updating our computer, we have xp service pack 3, and since microsoft doesnt have any more security updates, we are thinking about xinows vista.
i hate that choice, so i want to go with mac or linux.

I’ve been a network administrator for 12 years. I’ve worked on Windows, Mac, more Linux distros than I can name, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Minuet, ReactOS, BeOS, and more. As far as I have ever been able to tell, the only differences between Mac and Ubuntu Linux are these:

1. Mac has the Dock.
2. If you really want to PAY for commercial software, you can on a Mac, but on Ubuntu, you’re limited to only free software.

I used all free software on my first OSX computer and then wondered why I had payed for a Mac when it wasn’t doing anything that Ubuntu wouldn’t do just as well or better. By better I mean that I had to use that weird IUseThis thingy to keep my Mac software up to date (and it didn’t always work); however, Ubuntu keeps EVERYTHING up to date automatically.

Therefore my conclusion is this: If you’re happy with all free software, then go with Ubuntu. If you want to use commercial software, then go with Windows since it supports more commercial software than Mac anyway.

Free Operating Systems VS Microsoft Windows

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