I use all three and if I could get the compatibility for games etc. I would drop Windows like radioactive waste.
I would probably go with OSX as first choice but as far as Windoze goes I would leave without looking back.

Yes , i aggree with the half of you that would rather switch to the more powerful system linux. Leave the "colorful" OSX for girls that need their computer to look cool...For us that want power and something actually Useful. Let's just go and get a linux system. I can't believe people actuall would even consider the mac. !

Given the audience, enthusiasts looking for good looking GUIs, it's actually not that surprising. They both have their respective strong suits:

Mac has generally had the nicest graphics by default of any OS, so you can get a good looking OS without much effort, while Linux has been skinnable from the ground up from day one, so it's even more skinable than Windows.

I would give Linux the edge thought because I think some of Mac voters would chicken out when it came time for ponying up for new hardware.

Yes unbeliveable.. that so many ignorant people exists... Mac should only be allowed to run one (1) thing.. no desktop, nothing.. except photoshop, after all; it's the only thing it can do (and it do it well i might add)

Personally i would chose neither.. i'd go back to my amiga for true multitasking, custom chipsets and nice setups ( )

If BeOS and/or OS/2 were still alive (sure the IBM website says OS/2 is alive, but they are the only ones convinced that) then I'd go for one of them. I've never used either of them, but there's no way I would ever use an Apple (besides playing around with in the shops).

On the other hand, if Linux ran every windows app (exe files) I'd probably be using it right now.

Linux.... by far. I think as soon as enough devz are ready to port their apps to Linux, it will be a no brainer. Once things like WineX are working like a charm, it will be an ez switch. If they could only get a Wine port to work great for both the games, AND the other apps, it would ROCK! And, I would say bye bye windoze FOREVER

I was, until recently, a Mac hater. What changed my mind? MacOSX being based on Unix. I And yes...there is an x86 version...just download Darwin (the open source Unix backend of OSX) and go at it. I dont think anyone wanting an x86 Unix would actually consider Darwin but I may be wrong.

All that aside I would choose Linux. I have been working with Linux for years and the only thing stopping me from using it as my primary OS is game compatibility. Wine is fine but not nearly compatible enough to pair with the newest games. I usually have at least one of my computers running Linux (Mandrake 9 right now) and if Windows bit the dust that would be my primary OS (depending on a few other things).

Should I assume that with Windows gone Microsoft would not just put all their money into MacOS? After all...they own half of Apple. Microsoft has been screwing Linux users for years now making sure it is harder to run Windows ports on Linux so would it change much if Microsoft moved to OSX? I cannot answer that but I am sure alot of the software companies out there would welcome the death of Windows so they could finally move to Linux as their primary target OS. I know my company would!!! Of course cross-compatibility is key to a strong software project in a world where the OS market is split 50/50 but it would be nice to drop the bloat involved with Windows.