Windows Vista vs Apple Leopard in one minute (bias included)!
The Operating System wars: what can you do but get caught in the middle of them. I can honestly say that I was really looking forward to Vista Ultimate Edition (gold fronts included). Then I realized that it was just too expensive at over three hundred bucks! So I bought an upgrade version of Windows Home Premium Edition (minus the gold fronts) for $160 and installed.
THINGS THAT DROVE ME NUTS IN VISTA:
- It took me 4 times to install the thing. When I upgraded from XP, it told me it did not have the correct files to make the upgrade. After three times, I had to wipe my XP installation and start from fresh.
- About 40% of my existing hardware and software did not work with Vista. I had to search for drivers on all 3rd party vendor sites, which turned out to be very cumbersome with Vista.
- Performance decrease with my Dual-core mega-system! I watched as all the life and stamina of my machine was sucked away. For what, reflections, semi-transparent windows and widgets?
- Vista Media Center, although very fun and gorgeous, was about as unstable and slow as George Bush in a Killswitch Engage mosh-pit.
- I eventually removed Vista because it was so slow. Windows XP actually runs very well on my PC.
Well, then. Completely dismayed about upgrading a Windows OS ever again, I decided to upgrade my Apple MacBook Pro to OS X Leopard and take a chance with a Apple (only fair). Last week I installed and here’s the results I found:
- Installation was as easy as restarting my computer, letting the DVD load, and voila! Mac OS X Leopard!
- Every darn application and piece of hardware worked!
- My previous install of Tiger was a bit slow. Upgrading took the performance way, way up. Stable as ever.
- Front Row is looking and operating as great as ever.
- Apple simplified things a bit in finder. Which is what I like.
- This is a keeper! I doubt I will have any issues like Vista.
In conclusion, stay with Windows XP until Summer 2008, upgrade to Leopard if you have an Intel-based Mac and please comment below with your frustrations or praises of either operating systems.
When you have an experience like that – it’s so difficult not to just bash on one or the other.
I’m having a couple of issues with Leopard – but definitely no deal killers. The enhancements in iChat alone have made me far more productive.
My next step is to get a bigger hardrive so I can use Time Machine – I hear good things about that as well.
Comment by George Huff — November 6, 2007 @ 11:37 pm
Yes, I could have totally used Time Machine the other day when I lost about an hour worth of intensive Flash code! I thought, “Maybe Steve Jobs made TM work in stealth upon Leopard’s install, without the need for an extra hard drive!” Sadly, Steve and I both failed!
Comment by Steve — November 7, 2007 @ 1:24 am
I just finished my migration from Tiger to Leopard. I did an erase and install on a new 24″imac, an old G5 Powermac, and a G4 Powerbook. All three are stable and have performance increases. I was surprised about that on the old PPC chips.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Comment by Chris Barker — November 8, 2007 @ 10:32 am