1. More hardware options at relatively lower prices.

2. A piece of blogging software called Windows Live Writer, which I can honestly say is the best thing Microsoft has ever developed (in my opinion). This could very well be the #1 reason I don’t use a Mac. I use it all day for work and I haven’t been able to find anything like it for Mac.

3. Sony Vegas for video editing. I’ve used it for a long time and I’m comfortable with it. I have to create enough movies for work that I don’t want to get into learning something else when Vegas does everything I need it to do just fine. Some of the guys complain about using iMovie, too, which is probably what I’d use if I had a Mac. I wouldn’t need/want to shell out for more robust software because I basically make short videos for the web.

Other than that, I used to say because of games, but I don’t play games on the computer all that much any more so that’s not really a good argument.

I guess one of the main reasons is that I grew up using Windows in school and at work. I grew up during Apple’s darker years, right before the company kind of exploded in popularity again.

I went to high school between 1994 and 1997 and college until 2001 and everything was mostly Windows. Not too many people had Macs and they weren’t really supported all that much. I think there was one Mac lab on campus and four or five PC labs.

It’s really different now. If I’d been born ten years later — or even five years later — I might have been a Mac guy. Who knows? I think they have some cool stuff and I love the iPod Touch but as far as computers go, I’d have to personally give up too much to switch permanently.