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Originally Posted by allaboutmusic
Hearing about friends' experiences with Vista makes me tempted to buy a Mac for my next system.
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I've used Mac's OS for over 3 years in a business/production environment. I went from OS 9 to OS X and was blown away by the improvements.
When I first started using computers, it was a PC loaded with Windows 3.1. I switched to Windows XP with similar results--I was blown away. I currently use XP on my home desktop for general use and gaming.
However, when I test drove Vista, all I thought about it was: Looks pretty, but it's really just bigger and more convoluted.
I have yet to try Mac's OS X Leopard, but in reading the improvements and changes, it looks like Mac is further putting Windows to shame with its performance, stability, and simplicity. I have mentioned this following tidbit in another thread, but I will state it here as well: At my place of employment, we are running Mac OS X on the following hardware to passable functionality: PowerPC 433MHz processor, 256MB RAM, 10GB hard drive (or less). Try just
booting Windows XP (let alone Vista) on similar hardware and see what you do to the hair on your head. Now imagine running the same OS but using an Intel 2.4GHz duo-core chip and 1GB RAM with a 280GB hard drive (the new iMac we just picked up).
Doesn't Microsoft own a piece of Apple? Can't they figure something out? Boy, they
reaaally need to pull their socks up on Vista. There is a lot of potential, especially with the new graphical technology, but they have a lot of patching to do it seems.