"Doing the same thing in Windows (WAMP), while not impossible, is certainly more time consuming and requires (believe it or not) a bit more confidence in your computer skills."
Have you ever heard of XAMPP? I guarantee you, in 5 minutes I can visit the XAMPP site, download the package, unzip it to a directory, run three batch files, and have a whole Apache + MySQL + PHP + Perl system up and running. I would dare to say it might be quicker even than setting up each system through the package manager (Synaptic or w/e).
WampServer is not much different, though I've used XAMPP more frequently. And setting up each piece by itself, yes would take a little time, but really isn't all that hard...

>The solution is very simple. Sell your Windows based PC and just get a Mac

Wow, thanks. Cause we totally wanna drop an extra couple grand on a system with mediocre performance, crappy graphics, hardly any games, etc. - just to run Windows (or in this case, just to run some iPhone software). My Windows PC can already run Windows, thank you. Maybe if I were an average person that was incapable of understanding how to run Windows/Linux, I would consider a Mac because they are dumbed down for the "common folk".

Oh and about 32-bit vs. 64-bit... It is common fact that not everything works on a 64-bit system. That's why I chose 32-bit over 64-bit... It's just not supported enough yet, and the downsides outweigh the benefits. However, I am very glad to see that more people are running 64-bit, and perhaps I will switch over in the near future. But things like this just keep making me glad I am still with my 32-bit OS.

Uhh yeah I've been using iTunes on Vista for the last month or two, synching my iPod, buying songs, listening to music, downloading podcasts, etc. I haven't seen any problems. The only problem I did have was Quicktime's plugin crashing Firefox... But just disable DirectDraw acceleration and it's all fixed.