I believe that "not having to screw around to make things work" doesn't apply to windows, or at least, not anymore.
Do you recall specific situations where something worked out-of-the-box on Mac but required "screwing around" on a windows machine?
Terminal. Git. Wifi. App store & re-downloading purchases. Imovie with direct YouTube upload. These all often require screwing around or installing addons in windows. All worm flawlessly out of the box (OK I movie takes 3 or 4 clicks to buy/install) on my mac. These are just the firs few things that came to mind.
