I am a Microsoft person through and through. I have what I would consider to be a largely Microsoft powered media setup in my home. My network consists of a gaming tower with Windows Vista, a laptop with Windows 7 Beta, and an Xbox 360. I am currently using Windows 7 to stream media over my network to my entertainment center, and occasionally do some streaming and Netflix stuff on the 360 as well.
In my eyes, MS has more or less made my home entertainment experience seamless. Their vision of being in the living room as well as on the PC is pretty much being fully fleshed out at my house right now.
Aside from the first couple months of Vista, I have had no problems with it. I installed it right after launch and it's still going strong for me. Fast and responsive on my gaming machine and NEVER crashes, at least not to the point where I have to reboot it. And Windows 7 Beta has been INCREDIBLE so far aside from the fact that they need to sort out some Media Player issues. I will admit that I'm on my second Xbox 360---my first one was getting the blue/green lines on the screen that usually preceed the E74 error. I was pissed, simply because I love gaming on the 360, but I feel MS has tried to make good on this. I got a free month of Live, and I think they've worked to sort out the hardware issues.
MS is the company that's popular to hate (usually unfounded) and Apple is the company that is popular to love (usually blind love, without any real knowledge of what else is out there.) It's ok. Both have their place. But I really feel like MS is on the verge of a rebirth. Windows 7 is already proving to be a good release, and beta testers are loving it so far. The 360 is a new success story for them. I think they're going to be just fine.
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