&gt; Humans, for some reason prefer and know Windows better<p>Probably because they&#x27;ve been exposed to it in a many settings, for better or for worse. Windows being popular does not imply that Windows is appropriate for any given task.<p>&gt; Why shouldn&#x27;t the devices use Windows?<p>Is this a serious question?<p>Windows is probably the least stable production OS in the world today.<p>Windows is extremely bloated compared to an appropriate embedded OS.<p>Windows is (practically speaking) the only OS where antivirus software is a fact of life. Viruses should not be a concern for medical equipment.<p>Windows is not even close to real-time.<p>I don&#x27;t want to see &quot;Your heart monitor is restarting for updates in 3... 2... 1...&quot;<p>&gt; and they do it with Windows<p>This may be technically true, but this in no way implies that Windows is uniquely suited for or appropriate for the task. They could also do it using a PlayStation, but this is probably not an appropriate platform.