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Even so, I can tell by the title and summary that this certainly won't end well.

And ... ? By the time Vista comes out the next version of OS X will be out not that long after with more updates. Considering the glacial updates of Windows (no matter what the name), Microsoft will be far behind again.

Not that it really matters to me. Windows that is.

I'm not sure what's worse: the troll article or the mac zealots who fall for this tripe.

I'm neither troll nor zealot, but man this "article" reads like Microsoft paid a lot of money for it.

"all you Mac fans are clamoring to be heard claiming that Mac OS had all these features for years. True." End of discussion. Why do I bother posting? bahh...

"Fine, so it got delayed by a few months".... sure... it's been what by now? 40 months? quite remarcable. Whenever you see software delayed so much, it's Vistaware. This article sounds much like port25 stuff. :-D

I am sorry, but I think MacOS X looks terrible. I think WinXP default look is terrible as well (reminds me of a MacOS X). I think it was an error to change the look from MacOS 9 and from Win2000 or even NT.

Now, everything looks too round and colorful, and I am sure if I was 4 years old, and thought that large round bright shapes were the coolest things in the universe, I would like the looks of the "modern" OS's. It's like watching Barney all over again. I wonder who does their marketing department...

This HAS to happen because we *all* know everything you read on the internet is true!

Ah yes, but having heard all of this with the release of WIN95, WIN98, ME and XP it gets a little harder to believe the hype. I admit that with each release, with the exception of ME, the OS has been improved, but that is like saying it is an improvement to lose only one finger instead of two to the axe. While it is better, neither choice is a particularly good one.

"so [Vista] got delayed by a few months"

I think it's more like 3 years.

"But with 2-3 percent marketshare in the desktop area"

Are you saying you prefer a monopoly situation? In 7th grade economics I learned that a monopoly is bad for consumers because it stifles creativity and incentive for improving the product. Have you even thought about the fact that if Apple dissapeared tomorrow you would be running windowsXP for the next 5 years? You should be glad there is a higher bar out there to aspire to, never mind the market share. Keep using windows if it suits your needs, but don't forget where the innovation is happening right now.

"because Vista definitely looks comparable"

It's not about just looks. Yes, on the surface Vista looks nice but it's still largely legacy windows code that's getting a makeover. One thing OS X has going for it is that it's unix-based. You may not care, but I run several X11 programs that are critical for my job as well as plenty of other computational programs in the unix terminal that are not available for windows/DOS. And then I can run MS Office or Adobe Photoshop right along side.

Lastly, while I agree that Vista is finally managing to catch up to OS X in many ways (hardware accelerated desktop composition, desktop search, gadgets, integrated mail and calendar applications, and crude iPhoto and iMovie knockoffs), I do think OS X 10.5 Leopard will likely have quite a bit of functionality that is again a step up from Tiger and Vista technologies. The virtualization in 10.5 we've been hearing about is a major strength just by itself.

I seem to recall when... I think it was the "new" Alt-Tab? Or the Searchlight-like thing in Longhorn/Vista? was demoed, a lot of people were annoyed that Microsoft was claiming it was new, when Apple had introduced it in their latest release already...

Anyway, the Microsoft response was something about having legitimized the idea by announcing it a while before. I'm not saying Microsoft stole whatever idea it was (not that I even remember), but I take offense at the idea that a function isn't "legitimate" unless Windows has it.

"RiscOS has antialiased fonts!"
"Who cares about antialiased fonts? Windows doesn't have them."
...
"Windows has antialiased fonts now! These are the greatest. Oh, and I still don't need RiscOS, because I have antialiased fonts in Windows."
"We STILL have had all that stuff since 1990"
"I STILL don't care."

Personally, I would be/AM frustrated that Microsoft (and Apple) can get away with introducing great new features to entice buyers, that already exist in other places. Tunnel vision... but the obvious answer is that what REALLY matters is that Microsoft Windows Vista is MICROSOFT WINDOWS Vista.

Mac enthusiasts won't be able to point fingers at Windows Vista NOT because it now contains all the cool stuff they've had for years, but because it's Windows. Which is unfair. That's probably Monopoly power in action.

Stupid, but it seems to happen... I guess either people aren't motivated by technology, or Commodore did an absolutely terrible job marketing the Amiga. (for instance) I'm sure someone more familiar with the Amiga could tell you more, but my impression is that by 1987, it had features equivalent to Windows 95. That thing was way ahead of its time but in the end nobody* cared.

*almost

Edited 2006-04-19 01:11

I would prefer the flash commercial ad on this page rather than the content of this article!

Another sub-standards cooltechzone article. Do all "news" sites have some agreement to link to eachothers news, no matter how shitty the site or article?

"Till then, all you companies competing against Microsoft pull up your socks and work doubly hard."
Pity no one told Microsoft that 5 years ago.

why publish an article like this one ?
If this continues, i'll send my OSNews link to the trashcan... This makes once more.

"MS has > 90% of market share."
And that's good because...?
"What other proofs do you need?"
Proof of what? That it's popular?