Archive for the 'Vista vs. Mac OS X' Category
Leopard vs Vista 1: Prerelease Marketing
Thursday, November 16th, 2006It’s tricky to directly compare Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard and Microsoft’s Vista, because the two products will be sold to very different markets in different ways. Here’s a look at how both differ in their prerelease marketing.
The biggest hurdle in directly comparing Mac OS X Leopard against Windows Vista is that Apple and Microsoft [...]
Mac OS X Leopard vs Windows Vista
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006On Nov. 30, we’ll get out first non-beta look at Windows Vista, when Microsoft holds its New Day for Business event in New York City. Of course, non-business owners won’t actually be able to purchase the much-anticipated operating system, but after more than five years, a partial launch is certainly good news for Windows users. [...]
Will Leopard get buried by Vista buzz?
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006If you were counting on Leopard gaining an advantage from shipping before Vista, it looks like you’re out of luck. Vista is in its last test release before shipment, and historically, the final release candidate becomes the supported RTM (ready to market) product. OEMs and volume licensees are expecting November delivery of the finished Vista, [...]
Running Vista on a MacBook Pro
Friday, September 8th, 2006Ever since Apple Computer Inc. released its Boot Camp software in April, thus enabling Intel Mac owners to run Windows on their Apple hardware, I’ve been working with various permutations of Windows on my 17-in. MacBook Pro. There was the Boot Camp-enabled Windows XP installation, the Parallels virtualized version of XP (no reboot needed) and [...]
Enjoy the Vista
Sunday, August 27th, 2006David Flynn takes a sneak peek at the new versions of the Windows and Mac OS X operating systems - one of which will run your next computer.
Whether you’re using a Windows PC or an Apple Mac, running a desktop or laptop, next year will be one of life’s more significant technology changes.
By the middle [...]
Can the Mac Counter Windows Vista?
Saturday, August 26th, 2006Apple is already gearing up for a major marketing campaign for the holidays, and if they’re able to ramp up demand, and then deliver the system when they say it will be delivered, it could trump Microsoft in a way that Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs would crow about for years.
Forget the browser wars of [...]
Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X: The Copycat Olympics
Friday, August 18th, 2006Now that we know more about Mac OS X Leopard, the battle lines are clearly being drawn between Apple’s offering and the one that’s sitting in Redmond somewhere. Even though some of us may have been mostly unimpressed with the keynote presentation at this year’s WWDC, that hasn’t stopped Apple from being proud of what [...]
Microsoft Vista undelete sparks more facts
Thursday, August 17th, 2006OUR RECENT examination of the ‘undelete’ technology in Windows Vista has become more important since Apple formally announced ‘Time Machine’ in Leopard, the next iteration of OSX.
Unfortunately Apple’s Time Machine requires a separate disk, dedicated to the backing-up of data on your primary drive. Useful in the case of a hard-disk failure, but not exactly [...]
Balance brought on the whole Leopard vs. Vista debate
Saturday, August 12th, 2006A very interesting piece written by Paul Thurrott brings some light and balance on the whole Leopard vs. Vista deal, just days after Apple’s WWDC where the "next generation" Mac OS X was unveiled. Although Paul is known to run a Windows site, and as such his comments may be seen as biased, in my [...]
Apple Mac OS X Leopard Preview: Who is the Copycat Now?
Friday, August 11th, 2006Sometimes I wonder how Apple CEO Steve Jobs can sleep at night. He appears to spend half his waking hours ridiculing Microsoft’s admittedly behind-schedule operating system, Windows Vista, for copying Mac OS X features. But this week at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), he announced ten new features for Leopard, the next version of [...]
