Is Apple Doing All It Can to Beat Vista?

aalobode writes "The New York Times is running an article on the narrowing window that Apple has for beating Microsoft's Vista. According the Times, not enough has been done to capitalize on the Mac user experience versus the 'world of hurt that is Vista'. It also points out that that restructuring of Apple leaves ambiguities about Apple's exact commitment to the computer end of its business. The article calls MS Vista's certified vendors, developers and driver writers a flywheel that takes a while coming up to speed - and then becomes unstoppable."

Comments

The world of hurt that is vista

[Cafe Alpha]

Ha! That reminds me of one of my vary favorite jokes.

An old Penny Arcade shows Tycho in a wrestling ring being beat to a pulp by a guy labeled "Windows XP upgrade" (ok the picture is allegorical) and he's calling out to Gabe, "Why? You told me this would be easy, an hour at most! My world is pain!"

And Gabe replied, "Sometimes when you want to hurt someone very badly you have to tell them terrible lies."

as in

[Joseph_Daniel_Zukige]

flywheels slipping their bearings and coming crashing through the firewall?

Or flywheels that shatter from poor balancing?

Or what happens when the clutch locks?

huh?

[Vexorian]

shouldn't apple try to beat XP instead?

Re:Neither can compete with the cost of Ubuntu!

[Leftist Troll]

So see, with Ubuntu I get the Vista experience and the Mac OS X experience, all for basically $0!

If it really did give me the "Vista experience", I would be running FreeBSD instead.

Re:service pack

[Stormwatch]

The beauty of real competition is that other players will take up the slack if anyone else slacks off.

Could that be a veiled comment on Slackware?

Re:service pack

[Afecks]

But putting off Macs and Mac OS X by the blanket statement "The only good thing about Macs is the look of the case" is simply unfair. I agree, the cases look like shit.

Re:Neither can compete with the cost of Ubuntu!

[Anonymous Coward]

And Windows only provides value if you don't compare it to the alternatives.

this is not a Troll, parent was a Troll

[Gary W. Longsine]

Sure, he uses the word "fucktard" but he does use it correctly.

Re:Neither can compete with the cost of Ubuntu!

[celle]

And windows is like a dog that has been fed pet food from china since birth. (Vet trips, limited survival)

Re:service pack

[The One and Only]

Look, let's be honest -- Vista isn't bad. It may not be as pretty as OS X, but it's got the most attractive UI Microsoft has ever produced, and on modern hardware it runs beautifully fast, is very stable, and is far more compatible with previous versions of Windows than anyone gives it credit for.

Running "beautifully fast" on modern hardware is what it's supposed to do. You don't get extra credit for not fucking up. Running "beautifully fast" on modern hardware is somewhere between "I've never been to jail" and "I shower daily" on the list of human accomplishment. Not that bragworthy.

On compatibility, I just can't help remembering all the whining that went on when XP was released and didn't run all DOS programs perfectly. We've been here before, guys. We got over it.

By the same token, it was years after XP came out that it was worthwhile to switch from Windows 2000. Maybe Vista will be worthwhile around the time Windows 7 comes out.

Re:Neither can compete with the cost of Ubuntu!

[rainman_bc]

If it really did give me the "Vista experience", I would be running FreeBSD instead. because no one uses either on the desktop?

badum-ching!

Before I get flamed, I'm a HUGE FreeBSD fan, but until recently the lack of Java support really made FreeBSD on the desktop not be a viable option.

I'm thinking about giving DesktopBSD or PC-BSD a try soon though, now that the Java thing is all figured out.