I see videos on Machinima Respawn of people playing the Windows version, and there are all sorts of things that seem a lot better than the 360 version. Being able to join specific squads rather than me and a buddy joining up, getting stuck in a 2 man squad while there are probably other 2 man squads out there that we could hop into. Obviously some of the controls would be better, I particularly don't like having to hit left on the Dpad for 40mms and RPGs... (why can't I at least map it to right??).
 
On the other hand, I've heard murmurs of incompatibility and general disappointment (though that might just be that it's not Battlefield 3).
 
Of course, currently I couldn't even run the game at all, but I'm thinking about getting a new computer anyways, so I just wanted some impressions about the differences. (I already know the game is great and I love playing it. :p)
 
Edit: Come to think of it, the controls ARE customizable right? Like, if I wanted to do something weird like putting weapons on mouse buttons or reload or something?

So far, the only issues I have is with Dice not catering to the PC version as much as the console versions. Now this could be due to the dedicated servers system or a whole host of technicalities but either way, it should be sorted out pronto.
 
It runs great (maybe not so well early on) since the patches.
 
Controls are great.
 
It all really depends on your control preference or whether you consider the graphics to be a massive step up on PC, which it isn't really.

I can't help you when it comes to customizing the controls... but having 16 players on a team, means you have a whole another squad. 
 
So 32>24. 

Oh hey, its one of my clones, anywho, Bad Company 2 is great on PC,  bigger battles, better graphics, better controls, and its on PC where battlefield is meant to be.
 
That said, server browser? Kinda Janky.

" Oh hey, its one of my clones, anywho, Bad Company 2 is great on PC,  bigger battles, better graphics, better controls, and its on PC where battlefield is meant to be.  That said, server browser? Kinda Janky. "

I've had no problems with it running on my machine, but it's a killer on the processor. I have a 2.8GHz dual core and it bottlenecks to 30FPS with a 9800GT.

Bad Company 2 is excellent on the PC, from my experience. Server browser has had some issues, but with the latest patch I haven't encountered any problems with it or the game in general. Personally, I think it's the best military-themed FPS on the platform atm.

 Oh hey, my thread got responses.
 
Does this thing need a powerhouse of a computer to run? This is my first computer that can run any "hardcore" games. My video card is a real bottleneck right now that I'll probably upgrade, but I'm also worried about my processor that I probably won't.

End of the day its a multiplayer FPS of course you should be playing the windows version, mouse and keyboard!!!

Well I kinda blind bought this, so I'm mostly just going off what my computer is telling me. :p
 
 
Windows 7 XP 64-bit
Intel Core i3 CPU      540 @ 3.07 GHz    3.06 GHz   (this kinda confuses me)
4 GB DDR3
ATI Radeon HD 5400 (a friend said the 5770 has a good bang for buck ratio, so I was considering getting that)
 
 
I haven't even opened up the case to look inside yet, and there's a freaking window on it so that's how lazy I'm being.

Best thing to do would be to go to  http://www.yougamers.com/ and do a benchmark test on the game there. 
 
From just a quick look of your hardware and what I can find online, I'd say your graphics card is a major issue, and then maybe your processor. It all depends on what resolution you want to run the game at, and at what detail levels, but you're most likely to see the greatest increases in performances by upgrading the graphics card. RAM's fine, though.

" @Infininja:
Here is my impression of the Windows version of Bad Company 2: 
 
"BANG! Ratatatata - "We're taking fire here" Pew pew, burururururrur. Chk-chk-chk-chk-chk "Enemy chopper!" Ratatatata BOOOOOOM! Wheeeeeeee. Peeyow, peeyow. Ratatatatata! Vroom vroom, screeeech, vroom vroom, ratatata, chug chug chug. Tink tink tink "GRENADE!" BOOOOOM! "Man down!""  Hope that helps in your purchasing decision, dude. "