Oddly enough, I've never had a PC crash, or any problems with uploading pictures, or watching DVD's, etc.
Clearly, I'm not the only one -- hence the huge numbers of PC's out there.
What I find amusing is that Mac users are so utterly insufferable about a utilitarian and ubiquitous overpriced piece of hardware. It's like a religion or something. Get "born again" with the Mac, and now ya got's to convert everyone. Ah well.