Windows Vista RC1 (build 5564)

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  3.0 stars

  "Still not even OS X Tiger, let alone Leopard"

  by natejohnstone on September 6, 2006

  Pros: Great integration vs XP, graphics performance improvements

  Cons: Ram hog?, Battery life?, true compatability?

  Summary: I've used Windows all my life, but have recently switched to Mac OS as my primary OS, though i still dual-boot to Windows XP on my MacBook Pro for some Windows-only software. Having both on one machine has showed me that there is just no contest , the Mac OS is just phenomena (much better battery life, faster performance, doesn't bog down from poor ram usage, extremely good integration of all software and 3rd partiesl. So far, I haven't seen big enough changes in Vista to show improvement over the current Mac OS--though they certianly took some of Mac's great ideas, as always, such as "gadgets," etc., and better integration. But with the new Mac OS X Leopard build coming out around the same time as Vista, there will still be a big performance gap between the two.
  The real question is will Vista CLOSE THE GAP a bit between microsoft and macintosh OSs, and we'll have to wait and see. But I think it may a bit.

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• reply by: dfichtner on September 9, 2006

  I heard the new Vista build has disabled hot-swapping between Mac OS and Vista on the Mac machines.

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