Leopard as the New Vista?

ninja_assault_kitten writes "There's an interesting rant from Oliver Rist up on the PC Magazine site. He compares the catastrophe that is Vista to the recently released OS X Leopard. While clearly one is a lion and the other a cub, there do appear to be some frustrating similarities. From the article: 'A month of using Leopard with the same software I had under Tiger and the OS has dumped six times. That's six cold reboots for Oliver. Apple isn't even honest enough to admit that Leopard is crashing: The OS just grays out my desktop and pops up a dialog box telling me I've got to reboot. Like the whole thing is my fault. I even snapped a picture of it. After all, I HAD PLENTY OF CHANCES!'"

Comments

And Microsoft always admits problems?

[edwardpickman]

Remember Microsoft actually advertised an OS crashing less than the previous version. I didn't dive into Leopard because I wanted to give it a change to settle in. Apple has a good track record in recent years but they've had a stumbles in the past. I'd be curious if the problems were on all versions or just upgrades? Leopard has some fundimental changes so it's not entirely surprising there are some stability issues. I've got to wait until my current project is done anyway so they have three or four months to shake out the problems before I have to worry. On my Windows machines crashes are a daily occurance on good days so half a dozen crashes doesn't exactly scare me.

Re:Clearly you're mistaken

[civilizedINTENSITY]

Thanks! Wish I had mod points...

Just like grays it all out and stuff

[Trogre]

The OS just grays out my desktop and pops up a dialog box telling me I've got to reboot.

Sounds like... a bummer.