Comment 1611 for bug 1

I believe Unity can be made faster and bugs fixed, such as the problem of Unity making Wine malfunction.

In the "real world", Windows has the monopoly because too many apps and games have been developed only for Windows. Now that mobile devices and tablets are popular, Microsoft now have to compete for the first time in about 20 years! Unity is obviously being designed for tablets etc - but don't forget that users still have desktop computers with keyboards and mice. Some users will still rely on certain Windows apps and that's why Wine exists.

In the real world, moving from Windows to Ubuntu is not a simple snap. There will be issues and I always recommend keeping a Windows installation around "just in case" you have something like a hardware device or critical program that can only run in Windows - I DON'T mean Windows in VirtualBox. In such cases, Ubuntu can be used for regular web browsing and so on, but the Windows computer can be used ONLY when needed.

Finally, I wish Ubuntu would advertise with glossy marketing. That's how American companies like Apple become very successful. People buy iPads - NOT because they NEED them - but as a result clever MARKETING that makes people want iPads.