Photoshop, design the latest web layout, and work in Flash bringing in 3DsMax models and converting it to vector graphics ... software for Windows is just so much better. Its so painfully obvious .... there is a reason its not free
Installing apache is easy sure; but its even faster in Windows. Gimp, what the heck kind of junk is that thing? Windows paint with a facelift

*belch* and no you don't need to reboot; you just have to sit and wait for the kernel to re-compile ... by the time thats done on my Athlon 3200+ barton, with a gig of RAM I could have booted Windows up atleast 5 times =)
Windows is plain easy for everything .. name one thing thats hard to get up and running reliably on Windows?
Btw, how do you find Windows slow and awkward? The Windows GUI is MUCH faster than your KDE or Gnome GUI's ... also, for the beginner how would you rate Linux on security?

Its more vulnerable than a rookie install of Windows without a doubt; its just you hardly hear of Linux being hacked because nobody runs the piece of junk!
Going to the store to pick up a Linux distro must be like "I want the cheapest software I can find ..." take that statement and apply it to anything else in this world, and what do you get? A junk product. You get what you pay for, you really do.
Its about useability, performance, polish and support. Neither of those are Linux's strong points.
Its especially misunderstood that Linux is a good performer; as soon as you slap on your GUI, load up all your drivers and start your programs its actually more sluggish than Windows on the equivalent machine -now use your brain here, and obviously if you're running a good system already you won't notice REALLY the difference in GUI performance between Windows and Linux; now take your average myth that Linux can be run on just about anything; P3 350 with a shitter vid card, load up your GUI and whats the first thing you do? take off all the eye candy, and strip it to bare minimum; even then its still sluggish -. For server use, you don't need a GUI and the command line use will do; so in that respect you get away with less overhead. The only bonus point over Windows.
Linux .... I have always said, its for unempowered geeks who take to the glorified world of theatrical "hackers" and feel empowered by having to use a command prompt; giving them a sense of actually doing something and taking pride in doing such. Granted I will admit running Linux is fun for the first week just because its new, and you get the feeling of "doing more for less"; but past its ego boost Linux smells worse than a rotten fish
If Linux became better than Windows in every way, and it was free .... you can be darned sure I would move over to Linux. Until that day; you have to pay for Windows for a reason. Microsoft isn't rich because they sell crappy software; otherwise Linux, Mac OS, or some other form of OS would be at the top. It makes me laugh how much people are willing to fend for the underdog

Fending for the underdog just helps prolong the inherit crappiness of the underdog without doing any good whatsoever; but showing it has user support for being crappy
