Okay, Jelly Bean is *very* impressive

[desura]

True. That was a major selling point of the early Android devices, multi-tasking.

Eh, multitask is important on like a pc with a 20 in screen. Not so much on a device with a 3.5" screen.

So Android tackled the technical challenge of multitasking early, while Apple tackled UI responsiveness. I think Apple made the right choice. Today, I don't really noticed multi-tasking performance improving my experience. At best, I get background downloads.

 

[Shackanaw]

But it can multitask now. Sure it's limited multitasking but so is Android's multitasking. It's not the same kind of multitasking that you get on a PC.

Samsung's Multi Window feature is probably as close as we'll get. I haven't played with it myself, but it's one of the few features Samsung piled on that does seem useful to me.

 

[ultimatebob]

It straight out was the consumer grade OS.

I find it ironic though, that everyone remembers XP fondly when it was derided and criticized at release. Will perceptions of Vista be different 10 years from now or did Nvidia's shitty drivers forever damn Vista's reputation?

It wasn't just NVidia... Intel's Vista drivers sucked as well. As did HP's printer drivers, and Creative's sound card drivers, and I'm sure there were more.

Even after a year and a ton of driver patches, it never felt as responsive as Windows XP OR Windows 7 on the same hardware. What a bloated mess.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Samsung's Multi Window feature is probably as close as we'll get. I haven't played with it myself, but it's one of the few features Samsung piled on that does seem useful to me.

I agree, it's nice. I personally use Paranoid Android's HALO functionality right now for an overlay window.

 

[openwheel]

Eh, multitask is important on like a pc with a 20 in screen. Not so much on a device with a 3.5" screen.

So Android tackled the technical challenge of multitasking early, while Apple tackled UI responsiveness. I think Apple made the right choice. Today, I don't really noticed multi-tasking performance improving my experience. At best, I get background downloads.

Agreed. Hence the early Android devices were crap compared to iPhone. However Google Nav was so important to me at the time I could not justify the switch. I drooled over the responsiveness of iOS at that time.

 

[code65536]

It straight out was the consumer grade OS.

I find it ironic though, that everyone remembers XP fondly when it was derided and criticized at release. Will perceptions of Vista be different 10 years from now or did Nvidia's shitty drivers forever damn Vista's reputation?

Nah. The fondness for XP was in response to what came after XP--Vista. Since W7 was much loved, Vista will get the shaft. With W8, W7 will likely become the new XP...