well if you dont want to waste hardware resources to emulate anything. and dont want 100s of hardware/software/driver issues.
and you want games.
windows is the only bet
I've had less driver issues with Ubuntu than with Win7. WINE doesn't emulate anything, it just wraps the POSIX API with a clone of the Win32 API.
This. Unless you want to buy an apple product.
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Because Apple products have tons of games.
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I strongly recommend OpenSuse.
Its stable, beautiful, and far more professional as a product than the likes of Ubuntu.
How is it "far more professional than the likes of Ubuntu"?
Do you want only a Unix based operating system?
Linux is UNIX-like and POSIX-compatible (the API "standard" for UNIX), but it isn't UNIX-based.