Give the magic: HP dv5t
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17 out of 28 people found this review helpful
4.0 stars
"Great Performance, Kick-@SS UI, Extremely reliable under heavy loads"
Pros: New UI makes things easy to find and is more intuitive than OS X by a long shot
Cons: Driver support is still somewhat elusive in some hardware. Get with the program manufacturers!
Summary: Although it took a long time for this release to become available, I think it was worth the wait. Not only does the OS have truly innovative features and functionality in hardware, but the software is of the highest quality MS has put out to date. Vista is a fantastic business, home and gaming platform. Many services are disabled by default making it the most secure OS from MS to date. I have put RTM on 5 machines so far. A brand new MacPro, a Mac Book Pro, a Dell Optiplex GX260, and my two systems at home, Athlon XP 2400+ and a Athlon x2 4000+. All of these machines scream (well, besides the Dell). Building of the framework of the 2003 kernel makes this an extremely solid, reliable and secure OS. After installing it on the MacPro, I wont even go back to OSX except for Filemaker Dev, Apple Scripting and XCode dev (rarely). Vista Home Premium is great for the average person, but if you want to see the true power of the OS, go with Ultimate. The beauty of this OS surpasses OS X by leaps and bounds, Ive even used the latest seed of leopard only to find that its another kernel panicking POS like the rest. Sorry Steve, my money will go to Bill again..But hey, stay smug!
- 5 replies to this review
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I have a G5 Quad running OSX, and I have a lot of XP Pro boxes (core2Duo, Athlon X2 4800, etc.) so of course I have an opinion, and a question: Why buy Macs if you're going to run Vista, anyway??
Maybe I'm missing something, but I have to say (reluctantly) that the user experience is vastly superior in OSX. As far as the new Leopard goes, Time Machine alone will make it worthwhile. Vista is fine as far as it goes, but for the money and the hardware investment required to get the most out of it, it doesn't come anywhere near OSX, even on a G5 Quad let alone a new MacTel box.
I'm looking at them, right now, and I don't see what you do. Just goes to show... -
It is obvious that a number of reviews on the New Windows Vista are being made by individuals who haven't seen Vista in operation and most likely are users of other operating systems and are taking this opportunity to bash Microsoft. Please limit reviews to current users of the program so we can make an educated decision. Thanks
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Sorry Dude..
Your opinion sux.. I've used them all Windows, MAC, Linux, BSD, Unix.. I gotta tell ya Microsoft Window is the Swiss Cheese of computers.. The rest are all pretty much Mazzarella cheese, no holes, maybe you understand that analogy better.. Vista will be know better than XP.. It's just a bloated patched XP with a lot more DRM and privacy breaching software enhancements. Oh, and by the way, enjoy the $300 to $500 Windows Tax on the new comptuer. -
You said: "As far as comparing to leopard, I'd say its fare to compare the two, since most mac users consistantly say that Vista is comparable to 10.5 or even 10.6...Sorry"
First off you don't have Leopard which is 10.5 and nobody knows half it's features yet and 10.6 will follow Leopard in a couple years so lets just call this the pure bull **** it is and let the are out of this puffed up little wannabe.
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You are comparing illegally sourced seeds or Leopard betas with Vista final? How far is that. I would go as far to say that I don't believe you have a current mac at all.
Vista is a warmed over XP. I've had Vista RTM installed on my MBP for the past few months in addition to Tiger and Tiger still has it beat.
If you are easily impressed with flashy eye candy and marketing buzzwords, more power to you but your review sucks.
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