OS X Vs. Vista — In Spandex

An anonymous reader writes "CNET UK compares Vista Vs. Apple OS X in a Romeo and Juliet, spandex-wearing, Shakespearean English style. Two guys dress up as their favorite operating system and fight with swords, guns, and fists, while a third guy, dressed as a woman, awaits the winner. 'Usability - Act 3, Scene 2: Swords clash, sparks fly and men grunt, but the showdown ends in stalemate ... [Vista] has a far better user interface than XP -- the file and application search facility is vastly improved and the cascading Start menu has been banished, but it only takes a few moments of use to discover pointless idiosyncrasies. Microsoft constantly reminds us of how great Flip 3D is, but this feature doesn't help us find the right application window much faster than Alt-Tab did. It's very time consuming when you have many application windows to flip through, and it's in no way as efficient as OS X's Exposé feature ... We're calling this one a draw. They're just as good as each other, and in some cases just as bad -- a pox upon both your houses! Score: Mac OS X - 2, Windows Vista - 2'"

Comments

No three way stand off?

[Hennell]

And yet again poor old linux if left alone in the corner with only a lute for company..

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At what point can you call a spade a shovel?
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Re:No three way stand off?

[D-Cypell]

Richard Stallman offered to fight provided that his team be referred to as GNU/Linux but this idea was abandoned shortly after he donned the Spandex.

Re:Delete Key

[Anonymous Coward]

You dolt, that's because Windows users have to constantly delete spyware and other junk files. Remember to consider the context first.

Re:Forged from Linux?

[lawpoop]

Even better -- his armor was forged by the fires of the BSD daemon!

What's the the wo .. man?

[signore pablo]

What's it say about these guys if they can't find a real woman to play the part of the woman? ;P

Re:Win2K had better searching than XP.

[phozz bare]

Yes, but it doesn't just pop away. No no. It licks itself, barks, wags its @*#!ing tail and walks away into the sunset, taking its time... Ah, those little things that can drive a man insane...

Re:Win2K had better searching than XP.

[Cygfrydd]

To be quite honest, I would argue that Windows shouldn't be there in the first place. 3... 2... 1...

Re:Win2K had better searching than XP.

[bussdriver]

>I tried, unless my memory is just failing.

Thats ok, my memory failed to contain Vista as well.

The reason MacOS X lost

[dreamchaser]

They were fighting over a girl. I mean, c'mon, what male Mac user would even be interested in girls?? He obviously had no motivation to win.

I'm joking, friends...lighten up ;)

Re:The reason MacOS X lost

[dreamchaser]

Actually the Vista dude would have a chaperone too.

"You are attempting to take off her bra. Cancel or Allow?"

Re:Win2K had better searching than XP.

[StarfishOne]

And let us not forget that this is man's best friend! Just imagine what would happen if mankind had any affection for say, ehm, paperclips! :D

Re:What?!

[Iriel]

I think they're giving Vista an "A" for effort.

Are you trying to say

[goldcd]

that there's an OS that has a more intuitive use for the 'DELETE' key than DELETING?

Re:Are you trying to say

[Fred_A]

My de-leet key is bound to a filtering script that lets me understand what is posted by 12 year olds.
Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Re:Delete Key

[gobbo]

As is "their"--look up the word "they" in the dictionary, you lexically challenged quasi-grammarian.

Re:To sum it up....

[JamesGecko]

Dude, they equal because you're just assigning them to each other. Any lowly CS student would tell you to use ==. Seriously.

OS X == Ubuntu == Vista

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