Windows is well known to grind hardware down to the bone and make it fail. See PC Magazine, Maximum PC, and most mainstream press for that.
Never in my experience. Both my Windows machines and my *nix machines last as long as I care to keep them running. Primary failure mode for the handful I've had problems with is CPU fan dying, which is more a result of me not cleaning out cases regularly than of any OS shennanigans. Primary reason for ceasing to run is me throwing out hardware that's old enough to no longer be useful.
I'm afraid you don't sound very convincing to me.
Windows is well known to grind hardware down to the bone and make it fail. See PC Magazine, Maximum PC, and most mainstream press for that.
Never in my experience. Both my Windows machines and my *nix machines last as long as I care to keep them running. Primary failure mode for the handful I've had problems with is CPU fan dying, which is more a result of me not cleaning out cases regularly than of any OS shennanigans. Primary reason for ceasing to run is me throwing out hardware that's old enough to no longer be useful.
I'm afraid you don't sound very convincing to me.