You have forgotten the biggest thing what we do with computers now and more and more in the future. Games and multimedia! Vista is clearly better…

Windows is definitely better for games, but many would argue that Macs are better from a multimedia standpoint.

I have nothing against Macs; in fact, I love Mac design. The problem is: can I find a new Mac laptop for $400 or less? All my family members use sub-$400 laptops, which work fine and which I expect to last at least 3 years (not 1 year, as someone suggested). Now, if a sub-$400 laptop does everything I need, why would I want to spend over $1000 for similar functionality in a prettier package. No matter how pretty it is, it’s just a piece of technology which will be obsolete in 3-5 years.

That is absolutely true. But Apple does have some desktops that are slightly more reasonable in price, but when it comes to laptops they are definitely a lot more.

Ryan wrote:

The problem with a lot of the comparisons that I’ve seen is that they don’t accurately explain why one operating system is better than the other. If you’re going to criticize an operating system there needs to be some points to back it up. I don’t really see much of that in either article.

Google wrote:

Or you could dual boot which voids both arguments.

True that… but too bad it is just for Mac users who can do that.

Can’t you build a hacintosh though and dual boot thru that?

You could, but it’s quite a pain to try and find compatible hardware that you won’t have any problems with. I have some friends who have tried to install OS X on their PC’s, and there’s always something that doesn’t work right… normally there’s no audio.

I was actually just reading about a story from someone who was visiting the U.S. and purchased a MacBook. When they went back home the hard drive stopped working, and Apple wouldn’t even let them mail it in since they were outside of the country where it was purchased.

I saw Chris Pirillo’s video on his thoughts, and I really think he is spot on with his observations. Especially when it comes to the money it costs to build a comparable machine.

“If you’re comparing the two operating systems then cost shouldn’t factor into it, because the cost of a Vista machine is widely varying and can depend on version, whether you’re upgrading, OEM etc. Mac OSX also has two costs – one where it comes with a Mac, one upgrading an existing Mac. They can’t really be compared.

I’m not going to list 5 but the reason I run Vista is because it runs on a PC and is the easiest OS to use on a PC. Linux distros are improving but still have many driver issues and don’t easily support games. If OSX ran on PCs, then we’d have a comparison – but seeing as its strength is that its makers control the hardware it runs on, it wouldn’t be half as good coping with the myriad configurations of the PC.

If money was no issue and I just wanted to do basic tasks easily I’d pick a Mac. With money, games, customisation and expandability being a factor for me I choose a PC and with that comes Vista.”

Anyway, everybody’s persuaded to own The truth when it’s only his.
Same thing about OS…a never ending topic.

I like comments faces photos today. Are they more mac or vista? Both? Site’s really funny at times!