[kiaulen]

Startup time, designed from the start as cross platform (i.e. not _ported_ to windows) , sane default configuration and keybindings, customizable using a language that a lot of people already know?

I like emacs (and spacemacs), and I really appreciate all the ideas that have come from it. But it's not easy to get started with.

[afghanPower]

Startup time can be fixed by running Emacs as a daemon on boot. (Not sure if that's possible with Windows) For keybindings you can just use evil and get vim keybindings. But yeah, Emacs is not easy to get started with, though I feel it's worth spending time getting used to it.