I am PC based and had nothing but pleasure with Vue. :-)
I have used it since version 6, I'm now on 8.5 (always Infinite). Vue has always been rock solid for me.

Different users experience different situations but there has always been a certain trend (although not universal) for more negative experiences in macs.

Several things do seem like important for stability in Vue:

• a graphic card that is explicitely compatible with Vue
• updated drivers
• 64 bit systems are much more stable than 32 bits'
• plenty of RAM available (more than 6GB)
• a "clean" system (i.e, avoid having lots of widgets and similar stuff)

Anyway, my main point is: your bad experiences are not universal, far from it.