[RayChuang88]

Here's the biggest issue with Linux: hardware support is nowhere as comprehensive as in Windows. You know most modern computer hardware out there have driver code that works directly with Windows 7.

By the way, the security issue has been resolved with Microsoft's own free-to-download Security Essentials software, so if you're running Windows 7, you don't need to buy a third-party Internet security suite (along with the steep yearly subscription cost!) for safety online. And Windows 8 will include the full Security Essentials functionality as part of the Windows Defender section of the operating system.

[ShadowAce]

Here's the biggest issue with Linux: hardware support is nowhere as comprehensive as in Windows.

Incorrect. Linux actually supports more hardware than Windows does.

By the way, the security issue has been resolved...

Security is never "resolved." Security essentials may help, but it does not cure.

[Dr. Sivana]

By the way, the security issue has been resolved with Microsoft's own free-to-download Security Essentials software, so if you're running Windows 7, you don't need to buy a third-party Internet security suite (along with the steep yearly subscription cost!) for safety online. And Windows 8 will include the full Security Essentials functionality as part of the Windows Defender section of the operating system.

I have been VERY disappointed by the Security Essentials anti-malware protections in Windows 7. I had recommended and installed it on several PCs, only to have some of them get quickly compromised by malware that AVG, Avast or Trend Micro would have caught.