I was 'lucky' enough to be given a PC laptop (Dell Inspiron 7500) by a friend who no longer uses it. It has Windows 2000 installed and all I want to use it for is downloading Map data to a GPS. (Garmin has proprietary software which prevents there from being a Mac solution, other than Virtual PC)
I spent the better part of a day trying to get a driver installed and working on the PC so it would recognize the GPS.
Macs recognize almost every device connected to them virtually without any action on the users' part. On a rare occasion you may have to install a driver, but the process is painless. Wish I could say that about this PC
The last time I had a problem with a driver I was trying to set up a multi boot system to run DOS6.2,Win98se, and Xp home.I had all three OSs up and running but my stupid onboard ethernet adapter would only recognize 1 of them.I do this kind of stuff for fun so I didn't shed any tears when it didn't work.Over the years I've had many PCs crash but never to the point that I had to go out and buy a new one.I just chalk it up to experiance and hope I learn something.