Are most Aspies Microsoft people.

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I'm probably going to be a minority here, but I overall prefer Windows over Apple. My computing primarily consists of web browsing, Microsoft Office, video streaming, and light gaming. I tried using an iMac at my high school once. I found it hard to use, though that might be because I've used Windows since W98 and is all I know. It was also plagued with viruses at the time which didn't help. I really didn't see the hype about it or why other students would always go for the MAC if available. I also would never pay that much for a Mac computer when I could get and equally or better equipped Windows machine for much less money. The only Apple product I own and probably ever will own is my 6th Generation iPod Classic, which I have done what Apple probably considers giving them the finger by replacing the battery and the hard drive when they failed instead of buying a new one. Take that Apple.

This might be a shock but I have been running Windows Vista Home Premium since I bought my desktop in 2010, and it has been incredibly reliable. Have never had any major problem that people have said makes Vista terrible. Trend Micro has also been a dream with removing and protecting me from viruses and other malware.

I've also tinkered with Linux here and there. Once I have the means I would like to designate one of my older desktops as a Linux machine.

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The OS you use, is primarily based on the software you need.

Microsoft is able to maintain Windows as the dominant OS, due it's cozy relationship with Adobe, Intel, and other companies.
Until the main software developers start porting their programs to OSX, Windows will continue with 85%+ market share.

I am an OS X user as my primary OS and I haven't looked back (it's been 10 years).
As long as you keep everything up to date on OS X (including the OS itself), you will be fine.
Also make sure the account you're using is a standard account as well, this makes it near impossible malware and hackers to do their dirty work.
Never use the Admin account for daily computer use, same goes for Linux.

With that said, you should keep everything up to date, regardless of which OS you use.
This is what causes most people to have viruses and stuff, well that and using IE (it is the world's most use web browser at ~60% market share).

Is OS X the superior desktop OS? Yes absolutely.
Apple gives me all the functionality (Security functionality included) right out of the box.
With Windows I have to normally buy or download piece of software to do the same functionality (Screen recording, PDF reader, Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Slideshow presentation software, Windows defender, IM program with multi IM client support, A full functional firewall etc....)
Apple gives me even their full office suite for free (Numbers is the only one that lacks behind Excel, but that is due to a lack of plug ins and analytic features. It's very good spreadsheet program though) and they sync fully with their iOS counterparts via iCloud.
When 10.10.3 comes out we get the full photo app for free a few weeks.

Microsoft makes us buy most of their programs.

The OS X built in firewall, is a full functional firewall that you must approve each programs communications, to prevent unwanted data being sent and received.
You can set as all apps are blocked from communications (you should set this for security reasons) or all apps are allowed to communicate.
Gate Keeper is great for preventing unwanted software from being installed.
You can have it set up to only install software from the Mac App store, Install registered and signed programs, or all programs (don't set this if you want to keep your OS X malware free).
It does allow you do to run exemptions by clicking the button and filling out the admin prompt box (only do this if you know what the software is you are trying to run).
There are other features which help too...

If Windows has stuff like this, it would cut down drastically on all the security issues that effect their users.

Thanks to Apple controlling both hardware and software, OS X is fully optimized for the hardware and vice versa.
Funny enough my Mac runs Windows far better than any Windows built computer I have ever used.
I have little issues running Windows on my Mac.

I wish Adobe would put all of it's products on the Mac app store, so could safely update and buy directly through the App store.
Even Microsoft is gradually supporting the Mac App store.

Now with MS Office 2016 Mac having near full feature compatibility with MS Office 2016 Windows, I will have one less reason to boot up Windows.

If the other software makers made their programs for Mac, I'd never use Windows again.
They currently claim there isn't a big enough market on Mac for their products, to warrant the ports (They say the same for Linux)
For gaming, they claim Mac users don't buy that many games... (is it due to the lack of games available for Mac?)


anywho I'll never switch back to Windows as my primary OS.

I once heard someone say, "Most of the world functions like a Windows computer. But Aspies think like Macintoshes."

I like my PC, though. I don't really have a clear preference.

I regularly say that Apsies are Power/PPC based PCs while everyone else is x86 powered PCs

I've never really had any kind of operating system allegiance, though I've always used Windows. That's going to change whenever my laptop dies and I need a new one, because after the disaster of Windows 8, I'm done with Microsoft. I bought an iPad Mini a while back, my first real Apple device, and while it pisses me off on a daily basis, it's far preferable to my Windows 8 laptop.

Linux isn't just one operating system but a whole family of operating systems called distros. So, the difficulty with regard to setting it up as well as to use depends on what distro you're using. Linux distros that require you to set it up by compiling the source code from scratch are usually designed that way specifically for computer geeks who want to learn more in depth how a computer operating system works.

If you're interested in trying linux, just as a general use operating system, then I'd recommend Ubuntu, which you can download or get on a CD. It's just as easy to set up as new version of Windows and all you have to do is boot from the CD and follow the instructions. It also offers you the opportunity to partition your head drive so that you can duel boot it with Windows instead of having to get rid of Windows if you install it.

Actually Apple isn't that popular, it's just their press conferences that are popular.

Here is the breakdown of the three main markets Apple is in:
1) Smartphones & Tablets: Android ~80%, iOS 13%, Blackberry is 5%, everyone else is 2% globally
1a) iPhones currently are the best selling smartphone with ~75M, Samsung brand is at ~74M
1b)iPhones account for ~89%, Android phones together account for ~9%, everyone else is 2% of all the profits from the smartphone hardware market
1c)iPhones are the best selling top line phones.
1d)iPads are the best selling tablet with ~40% of the total amount of tablets shipped, Samsung is next at ~35%, everyone else makes up the remaining 25%.

2)Mobile App Store: iOS beats Android by 3:1 market in profits in terms of app stores.
2a) iOS app store accounts for ~70%+ of all app sales total, Android is ~25%, with everyone else at 5%.
2b)iOS app store accounts for ~90%+ of all paid apps, Android is ~5% (Android users literally pirate everything), everyone else is ~5% as well
2c) Android only beats iOS out in terms of revenue generated by ads by a wide margin, nearly all of it goes to Google.
2d) Android beats iOS out in terms of places you can download software from.
2e) Android beats iOS out in terms of malware, hackers, and viruses.

3)OS X holds roughly ~6% of the global market share, with Windows at ~85% - ~90%, everyone else makes the remaining amount.
3a) Apple is the 6th largest shipper and seller of PCs in the U.S. with ~10% market share.
3b) Apple is one of the top 3 sellers of laptops in the U.S. and EU.
3c) Apple's laptops are regularly at the top of Consumer Reports best laptop list.
3d) iMac 5k, is the cheapest 5k computer and monitor you can buy on the market at $2,500.
3e) Apple is the most profitable PC maker in the world by far (just counting PCs).
3f) Apple is the 3rd or 4th biggest seller of workstations and servers.
3g)Apple is generally first to adopt new technologies for their PC line (were the first to use USB, when Dell openly mocked them stated USB would never catch on!).


So yeah, Apple is not #1 any market they serve, especially not in smartphones.

I have used a BSD for years, but have to use Linux for some apps that I cant use on BSD eg for CAD.

The best hardware is non x86, I have found Sun and SGI to make the best hardware.

If you take into consideration that a genuine virus is nothing more than a minor inconvenience these days (due to secure boot and signed drivers), it's technically true. For the past few years, there has also been ransomware on OS X.

I detest most Micro$oft products to be honest, but with enough customization, Windows 7 is pretty good. I've actually been using it more than Linux lately, which is strange considering that I used Linux as my main operating system for several months. Linux is nice for certain things, but on Windows it's much easier to find programs for doing specific things.

I'm not entirely sure which OS I prefer. I just sort of seem to flip-flop between the two depending on my mood, and if something I want to do doesn't work on one OS, I'll boot into the other OS. By using only one OS, it really limits what you can do with your computer.

Hell, even though I detest Apple more than Micro$oft, one of these days I might try turning my PC into a hackintosh, just for the hell of it. Mac OS X is UNIX-based after all, so if I bash it over the head enough I should be able to turn it into something usable.

I'm not convinced that Autism has any bearing on one's choice of operating system. I think it's a question of what you want your computer to do and finding the OS that best facilitates your needs. In most cases, that OS is Windows.

In my case, it's Linux (Ubuntu 14.04). I run a home-built PC that's composed of cheap/used parts and I need an OS that's reasonably lightweight yet has as much mainstream software support as possible. Ubuntu has a Steam client, will run emulators, play DVDs, run old PC games through Wine and has a decent range of open source and Indie games/software.

Ubuntu also has a couple of security safeguards that I like:

- no programs can be installed/removed without root (Administrator) access which is password protected. Windows will only do that for you if you're tech-savvy enough to set it up that way.
- 99% of all the software you'll ever need is available from the Software Centre which means it's been checked and approved for security and stability. Windows offers no protection in this regard.

I am fairly platform agnostic.

I may slightly prefer Mac because it looks better and the UI/UX is more consistently and coherently implemented. But Windows 7/8/10 are much better than previous offerings from Microsoft. I like the Surface Pro 3 I am using now, though aspects of the touch interface are way behind iOS in usability and UX design.

I have used KDE and GNOME and a tone of window managers in various Linux distros. Some have been really good. Some (GNOME) have been very bad. Ease of use is still a problem for most of the Linux flavors I used. Mint was pretty good.

I am more interested in what I can do with the OS and the software that runs on it than in the OS itself.

I've always built my own computers so Apple hasn't been an option.

Windows 8.1 makes for a pretty good media center OS, especially if being able to switch from Netflix to an RDP session with your webserver at a moment's notice is a design requirement (as it was in my case, back when I was working as a Windows server admin). Don't think I'd pay retail for it, but I got it through my Technet subscription back before Microsoft phased that program out. (It's okay. I'm still evaluating it for technical support learning purposes. I promise.)

Otherwise I run CentOS, Slackware, or FreeBSD depending on the task, my mood, and the season of the Discordian calendar.

I'm a Microsoft contractor right now so of course I'm quite familiar with Windows, I have two PCs I regularly use but I get far more studying done on my low-voltage Linux netbook and I prefer Linux regardless of if it's running on a smartphone, laptop or desktop/workstation. Sidenote; Android is just another Linux flavor, and some Googlers I know mentioned to me that Google maintains its' own Ubuntu derivative. I haven't used Microsoft smartphones since WM 5.0 and I was so dissapointed with them back then that I've since had a strong preference for Palm OS.

My Linux of choice is Fedora 21. I've worked QA for an iDevice/Mac/PC dev startup and while I was comfortable enough with a work iMac the treatment of developers in the Appleverse made my skin crawl. Putting too much behind a single button/logo is a dangerously misleading idea IMO.

Mom was a graphic artist you got the family started with Apple back in the Nineties (or maybe it was even back in the 80's) because it was better for graphic art, and I have used Apple ever since. Writing this on an Apple.