As a VIM user I find that amusing, people that use editors other than Emacs and VIM are very disloyal to their editors, I've been using VIM for years, and I'm not switching to another one...
Just out of the curiosity, what editor do you use on Windows?
PRO Tip: Pick an open source editor, so it's always updated (ejem TextMate).
The learning curve of Vim and Emacs making it hard to swith TO another editor? Sorry, but that makes no sense. :-) Maybe Vim and Emacs do have qualities that other editors don't match?
That's not what I meant. What I wanted to say is you put so much effort to master Vim/Emacs (as you want) so if you say "oh great a new editor i'll use it" all the efforts spent in learning Vim/Emacs are "lost".
I hope you get my point!
(and I agree that they have qualities that other editors don't match)
Emacs and Vim are so different from anything else, and you invest so much time customizing and tailoring them to your use that in the end they are actually your own editor, not Emacs or Vim anymore.
Other editors instead are usually based on the same general idea and interaction, so switching and trying different ones is easier.
I used to be a sublime user and I switched over to vim. Now I'm in a weird position where I use Sublime for the ability to instantly find anything and go anywhere in my project and I use vim just for editing.
On a side note, Sublime has excellent project navigation functionality.
They may not be mastered equally. For example, I find myself using vim to edit files on servers, because setting up emacs to my taste is always a bit of a pain. (I do know about TRAMP.)
Just out of the curiosity, what editor do you use on Windows?
PRO Tip: Pick an open source editor, so it's always updated (ejem TextMate).