Suddenly Vista isn't that impressive

[13Gigatons]

http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/

Sigh...Microsoft still has a long way to go....


and by the way I'm using Windows XP so I'm not some Mac fanboi.


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[CVSiN]

how can you compare this pile of crap to even XP let alone Vista...

None of the Mac OSs are that impressive and will not ever make it to the mainstream again.

sorry but I dont see anything impressive here.
just another craptastic OS for a niche market.

 

[Acanthus]

Vista stopped being impressive when they basically dropped every useful added feature and made it WinXP Serivce pack 3, when WinXP was just Win2k service pack 5.

 

[ThePresence]

Oh look, a Mac vs. PC thread!

 

[loup garou]

You mean all those features Apple lifted from MS and *nix OSes? That's impressive?

 

[Ika]

I love OSX, but I will use Windows simply because I don't want to 1) learn a new operating system, and 2) I want to play games and download stuff.

 

[amdskip]

Too bad that website crashes Firefox and Internet Explorer.

 

[jonessoda]

Wow, it looks exactly like every other OSX I've ever seen but OMG IT HAS 64-BIT SUPPORT LIKE WINDOWS HAS HAD FOR YEARS! SPECIAL!

 

[shortylickens]

Microsoft has a long way to go because the Apple website has a pic with the words "Advancing The Worlds Most Advanced Operating System"?

Fanboy or not, you have a long way to go.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: CVSiN
how can you compare this pile of crap to even XP let alone Vista...

None of the Mac OSs are that impressive and will not ever make it to the mainstream again.

sorry but I dont see anything impressive here.
just another craptastic OS for a niche market.

wow

 

[TallBill]

You're not going to find a whole lot of love here. It still is a mac.

 

[j00fek]

Originally posted by: CVSiN
how can you compare this pile of crap to even XP let alone Vista...

None of the Mac OSs are that impressive and will not ever make it to the mainstream again.

sorry but I dont see anything impressive here.
just another craptastic OS for a niche market.

:thumbsup: ownd

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: loup garou
You mean all those features Apple lifted from MS and *nix OSes is more impressive?

QFT. I've been hearing mac fans rave about how original Dashboard is...That's when I bust out linux and show them KDE...


Yes, world, Dashboard was stolen from *nix..

 

[rsd]

Originally posted by: loup garou
You mean all those features Apple lifted from MS and *nix OSes is more impressive?

The irony is amazing.

 

[skace]

The website says I need something quicktime related but it isn't available to download. What the hell? It's hard to be impressed when all I've got is some tiny screenshots to go by.

What apple needs to do to impress me is demo an OSX variant where they are running everquest in 1 window, prey in another, and watching a video in the 3rd window. With Foobar running in the bottom streaming music. Then I'll know they are speaking my language.

 

[SaltBoy]

It it can't run AviSynth, I won't get it.

 

[archcommus]

I think Vista is still good for its security enhancements and new user-account model. Besides that I'm not too sure.

OS X is definitely feature-rich and stable, but not much can be said about security simply because it isn't exploited like Windows is.

I don't have any sort of problem with Macs and OS X and Apple (not that I want to own any of their products), I just hate the typical Mac-lover who thinks their computer is the sh!t and won't hear anything different.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: thehstrybean

Originally posted by: loup garou
You mean all those features Apple lifted from MS and *nix OSes is more impressive?

QFT. I've been hearing mac fans rave about how original Dashboard is...That's when I bust out linux and show them KDE...

Yes, world, Dashboard was stolen from *nix..

NO, it wasn't. The whole dashboard/widgets idea was stolen from Konfabulator, which was a third party program for the Mac until Apple basically ripped off the concept and built it into OS X. The Konfabulator guys retaliated by releasing a Windows version, and then got bought out by Yahoo.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: rsd

Originally posted by: loup garou
You mean all those features Apple lifted from MS and *nix OSes is more impressive?

The irony is amazing.

Only in your belief that its ironic.

Everything that Windows has thats cute and kitchy and totally useless for getting things done was stolen from Mac.
Everything that Macintosh has thats productive and useful for getting things done in the real world was stolen from Windows.

My only problem with MS is they want their OS to be too much like Apples in all the wrong ways. Vista especially.

 

[Hammerhead]

Do macs still have the single button mouse configuration?
If I can't right-click, I'm probably not going to use it.

 

[phantom309]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Vista stopped being impressive when they basically dropped every useful added feature and made it WinXP Serivce pack 3, when WinXP was just Win2k service pack 5.

And in spite of that, Vista is still unbelievably bloated and slow.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: phantom309

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Vista stopped being impressive when they basically dropped every useful added feature and made it WinXP Serivce pack 3, when WinXP was just Win2k service pack 5.

And in spite of that, Vista is still unbelievably bloated and slow.

Really? You have a final copy of Vista? How were you able to get your hands on that?

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: rsd

Originally posted by: loup garou
You mean all those features Apple lifted from MS and *nix OSes is more impressive?

The irony is amazing.

Only in your belief that its ironic.

Everything that Windows has thats cute and kitchy and totally useless for getting things done was stolen from Mac.
Everything that Macintosh has thats productive and useful for getting things done in the real world was stolen from Windows.

My only problem with MS is they want their OS to be too much like Apples in all the wrong ways. Vista especially.

exactly, i still prefer windows 2000 pro for my clients. it's stable, not bloated and can do anything you can do in XP if needed but optional.

xp is ok for the home but sucks for the office.

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
NO, it wasn't. The whole dashboard/widgets idea was stolen from Konfabulator, which was a third party program for the Mac until Apple basically ripped off the concept and built it into OS X. The Konfabulator guys retaliated by releasing a Windows version, and then got bought out by Yahoo.

And where do you think the konfabulator guys got their inspirations from?

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/

Sigh...Microsoft still has a long way to go....


and by the way I'm using Windows XP so I'm not some Mac fanboi.

What specific features in Leopard are you referring to?