I have used Arduino from 2010, and I have used many PIC in my university days; was a fan of PicAxe (I'm still, I guess), but were mostly libraries of Arduino that made me opt for it.
Na kutumika Arduino kutoka 2010, na wametumia wengi PICHA en mis días de universitario; alikuwa shabiki wa PicAxe (Mimi bado, Nafikiri), lakini walikuwa zaidi ya maktaba ya Arduino amenifanya kuchagua kwa ajili yake.