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Comparing Tiger and Vista Beta 1

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-bit-of-this-a-little-bit-of-that dept.

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."

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  1. Re:i hate to take their side by avalys · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, but this is a pro-Microsoft site doing the comparison, so I'm sure they'll figure out a way to balance it out.

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  2. fugly by JunkmanUK · · Score: 0, Troll

    Am I the only one who thinks Vista looks damn ugly... like the designers spent the afternoon in Fisher Price for inspiration?

  3. Re:Vista is a total rip-off of Tiger... by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 0, Troll

    Some (many?) of the features Vista "rips off" from Tiger were actually announced by Microsoft before Apple. Kinda sad how long it's taken them to get anywhere though. Gives the feeling it took them a few tries and re-writes before they had everything working how they wanted.

    The bad thing about beta 1 is that most of the changes are under the hood in the APIs. It's certainly not a good time to compare the user experience.

  4. The most important feature by bradbeattie · · Score: 1, Troll

    Availability.

    Tiger released? Yes
    Vista released? No

  5. This is garbage by cnerd2025 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The guy is an M$ user, supporter and in all other ways, an M$ borg. He gives many excuses for why Apple is better than Microsoft. He says (first) that Apple copied many Microsoft technologies revealed at the 2003 developers conference. Then he also gives excuses as to why Apple's UI is better. I got sick of reading the article. He claimed that M$ was like a poor picked on little kid at the playground. I doubt that. A company with that size and power has the capability to do whatever the fuck they want. I don't buy that bullshit. Apple was smart and decided to build on top of Darwin Unix. But M$ would never be so bold (no pun intended). Just hot air from a hopelessly plugged-in M$ user.

  6. Who _are_ the marketroids for Microsoft? by ankhank · · Score: 0, Troll

    Windows 3.1 -- "Start Me Up ... it makes a grown man cry" was the advertising slogan.

    Windows Vista -- "Look Out!" seems the obvious choice.

  7. Re:Not impressed by Tiger by Tim+Browse · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sure, uncreative people won't think of using it when they should, and they'll say it has no use.

    I find I use it quite frequently. It can take care of almost any repetitive task.

    Wow...wait a second, let me follow that through...hey, that must mean that you are creative! Awesome!

    Oh no, I see what you did there...never mind.

    (By the way, people with low IQs won't find this post insightful or funny, and will just bitch about it or mod it down.)

  8. Re:Comparable by tiptone · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple truly trumps the hacker shop that is... uh... God.

    Sorry, I think you misspelled evolution.

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  9. Re:Tiger supports 256 x 256 Icons by Warlock7 · · Score: 0, Troll
    You don't recall correctly...

    Icons in Windows XP are generally rendered at 32 x 32 pixels or 64 x 64 pixels in some cases, but the 128 x 128 pixel icons in OS X Tiger are much nicer (Figure). That said, Windows Vista Beta 1 utilizes some 256 x 256 pixel icons (Figure), offering four times the resolution of the icons in Tiger.
    He is clearly saying that Tiger supports 128x128 pixel icons and does not support 256x256 pixel icons. He and you are both mistaken.

    Now, don't be a Thurrott apologist too.