Each iteration of windows have their own unique teething troubles (and flaws)
I'm still using Win2000 at home which works great, there's only a few things that don't work any more, like video content coded in windows media player 10.
I use Macs at work and it's rare when they freeze up or or get trapped in looping reboots. The fact that Apple is particular about which hardware they use adds to the OS's reliability.
I blame this guy :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc