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Comparing Tiger and Vista Beta 1
UltimaGuy writes "This article is an excellent comparison between the features of Apple Tiger and Windows Vista Beta 1. The point it raises - 'Windows Vista Beta 1 is a much-needed demonstration that Microsoft can still churn out valuable Windows releases, after years of doubt. For Mac OS X users, however, Windows Vista Beta 1 engenders a sense of déjà vu."
I'm going to hold off until GoogleOS comes out.
Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. --Nietzsche
The fact that you can even compare a beta version of Windows Vista to a final release of Apple's operating systems speaks volumes about their qualities. Microsoft truly trumps the hacker shop that is Apple.
I found no graph! No simplified rating system! Just text! Am I supposed to RTFA in order to complain about it? Is this really slashdot?
Yeah, people don't use Mac OS X in the workplace.
therefore I won't use a mac, because they suck! we all know the workplace is the pinnacle of technological competence.
"For Mac OS X users, however, Windows Vista Beta 1 engenders a sense of déjà vu."
Yeah, us WinXP users are getting some of that déjà... ooooh look, shiny!
> As distributed, what can you do with it?
Nearly everything on your list is perfectly supported right out of the box...
> Word processing?
Wordpad
> Financial stuff?
Calc
> Photo & image manipulation (Paint prog?)
Paint
> Spreadsheets?
Calc
> Desktop publishing?
Wordpad
> Webpage authoring / editing?
Notepad
Come on, man. What more do you want?
Microsoft copies the idea and bungles it in its own uniquely retarded way.
...Microsoft can still churn out vulnerable Windows releases...
Yep, that seems to be the trend.
Did anyone else mis-read the article summary at first glance, like I did?
I've become so used to seeing that lately anyway...
Word Processing: Yes. MS Works often comes with Windows, wordpad always comes with Windows, and even though it doesnt actually arrive with the box, OpenOffice.org is free to download.
:(.
:P)
Financial Stuff: Not to my knowledge
Paint prog: MSPaint
Spreadsheets: OpenOffice.org or MS Works.
Desktop publishing: Not sure what that is
Multimedia editing / DVD authoring & burning: I think Windows Movie Editor or something of the sort comes with WinXP (no clue about Vista). I'm not sure about DVD stuff though.
Webpage authoring / editing: All you need is notepad and most likely a browser (unless you are an alphageek and use notepad as a browser
+1 funny, -2 overrated. Life isn't fair.
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OS X - Ive upped my standards, up yours!
heheh, so why are you extolling Windows-esque loveliness?
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10 minutes? You n00b. I can do it in 2min.
8 seconds? You're complaining about having to wait a whole 8 seconds?
...and we didn't have these "laptops" you speak of. If we wanted to use our computer outdoors, we had two choices: a personal generator or a really long extension cord...
You youngsters have it easy these days! In my day we all had to use Windows Find. After 25 minutes of "Not responding...", we were lucky to get away without a reboot.
Now there's a scary thought... maybe Microsoft will refuse to activate anybody's copy if they don't sell at least 200 million copies. I mean it's bad enough that you have to ask MS for permission to use the software you paid for, but what would you do if they said 'no'?
Life has many choices. Eternity has two. What's yours?
what, the combination "informative offtopic flamebait" doesn't make sense to you?
"And no, Im not running XP on the same hardware I ran Windows 95 on :) My upgrades were not forced by Windows versions tho."
Yes, but you didn't tell everyone what they were really forced by: Office versions.
mbbac