Comments on: The Buzz About OS X vs. Vista’s Woes

By: kate harris

kate harris — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:36:43 +0000

I have a PC (Microsoft Vista) and a laptop (Fujitsu. Now for a dumb question but like math, I learn very little and very slowly. So here goes: Can I order thte new Mac Leopard for the above named computers or do I have to now buy a Mac?
Please - just tell me what I need to do.
Thank you…thank you…thank you.

Kate

By: pgmer6809

pgmer6809 — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:51:38 +0000

When Vista first came out, there were the usual glowing reports in the press. That faded quickly. I think the difference is that it was obvious from day one, that the purpose of Vista was to please Hollywood, the RIAA etc. and Microsoft, by restricting users, — making it harder for them to do what MS felt they should not be doing etc.
The purpose of Leopard seems to be to make it easier for users to do the things they want to do.
And then there is the price.
Nothing in Vista in its months since its release has changed that. Look at all the fuss over WGA, auto update, not being able to play DVD’s that used to work in XP etc.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:50:13 +0000

I’d never heard of Leopard (I’m a MS Windows user). I watched the demo and for the first time I think I might have Mac envy. They certainly seem to know how to make things usable.

By: Thomas Purves

Thomas Purves — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:36:50 +0000

OSX is good but really it’s neither here nor there.

The real story is that Vista is just a big steaming turd.

marketing and Jobs have little to do with the millions of corporate, business and even regular consumers who’ve insisted on “XP” inside in the year since Vista came out.

XP is flying off the shelves, and selling more than OSX.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:09:31 +0000

Michael: Not sure I agree but interesting premise.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:03:02 +0000

Mac is the choice OS for most newsrooms and publications. Given that people are more biased to what they are used to, it make sense that Mac would receive better reviews.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:27:59 +0000

Well, look at the Mossberg review. He compares Vista and Leopard on a number of measurements and Leopard comes up ahead each time. That seems like a pretty good reason for a reviewer to describe Leopard in more favorable terms than Vista, doesn’t it?

Also, given the market share Microsoft has, the amount it charges for the OS (as much as $350), and the amount of time between new versions, there is probably an expectation out there that each new Windows release will be more revolutionary than evolutionary and will resolve long-standing problems, weaknesses and complaints. By those standards, Vista comes up short.

By: Gary King

Gary King — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:42:18 +0000

Some people seem to think that this is the operating system that Jesus would use (not unlike the iPhone.)

Personally, I of course welcome this new upgrade since I’m a Mac user myself. The reason that I think that this new upgrade has captured everyone’s love is because of how simple Apple manages to make tasks that were once complex. People bash things like Time Machine and Spaces, saying that they were technologies that existed before (which is true), but in Leopard, it’s so easy that anyone can do it. That’s the easiest way to put it.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:43:27 +0000

Excellent point! It will be interesting to see the reaction to Leopard once all those Mac geeks finally get the opportunity to use it.

By: Darren Barefoot

Darren Barefoot — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:36:41 +0000

You called for perspective, but you started on the wrong foot. Replace “The world” with “Mac geeks” and that first sentence reads better.