Snow Leopard and the Windows 7 Dwarfs

• Report this Comment On October 20, 2009, at 3:46 PM, dileepkrp wrote:

  I sincerely feel this article was lame. For one the author is just not conveying any meaningful insight backed up by real data. It was more like hey I feel like not using x today, so let me write an article on that.

  I had been perfectly happy using XP, but wil ldefinitely upgrade to Windows 7 since the new usability changes that I saw in Windows 7 Beta were amazing. And I did read an article that Windows 7 is more secure than Snow Leopard: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/hack-windows-security-snow-...

  Sir, if you like Mac, and want to continue using XP when it is no longer supported by Microsoft, please feel free to be dumb. But stop writing articles about it. Atleast some ignorant readers might follow your advice and either stick to unsupported XP or pay their arm & leg for a Mac, for well, internet browsing. Duh!

  Sounds exactly like another Apple fanboy article, and a waste of internet real estate.

• Report this Comment On October 20, 2009, at 5:32 PM, hembreeder wrote:

  Snow Leopard users will prove to be dramatically more satisfied with the general performance and capabilities of their computer than Windows 7 users will be. Mark my words, this is more than just an idle prediction. It is based on a lifetime of experience and a deep level of knowledge of both systems and the good and bad in each.

• Report this Comment On October 20, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Turfscape wrote:

  dileepkrp,

  I agree that this article was a waste...but how do you call it an "Apple fanboy article"? The only mention was that his son didn't have a need for Windows 7 on his Mac!

  Sounds more like your criticism stems from being a Bill Gates fanboy. Looking through your post I see unnecessary superlatives heaped on Windows 7 Beta and ridiculous taunts about being "dumb" for not wanting it. That, too, is a waste of "internet real estate".

• Report this Comment On October 21, 2009, at 1:21 AM, Graham wrote:

  I have already upgraded two systems to Windows 7. Both were running Vista so the upgrade was relatively painless and well worthwhile. So much so that I will probably update the family laptop to Win 7 even though it is currently running XP. The one system that probably will not be upgraded in the near future is the iMac which is currently on Leopard (OS X 10.5). It is running fine and there is nothing compelling about Snow Leopard that would make the new OS a "must have".

• Report this Comment On October 21, 2009, at 1:25 AM, Netteligent09 wrote:

  We are happy with Windows XP and Linux. There are no need to pay expensive upgrade for Beta Testers.

• Report this Comment On October 21, 2009, at 11:39 AM, TMFinept wrote:

  Rick, upgrading from XP to 7 isn't really that much of a chore. 7 will create a Windows.old folder in which your previous Windows install will be located along with your My Documents and whatnot. I've said this before on the forums, but this cures upgrade headaches for the vast majority of users at least insofar as backing up is concerned. 7 also includes a piece of software for migrating your data. You will need to reinstall your apps though.

  Perhaps of interest: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/44377/140/

  I'm sure the 50% off didn't hurt, but apparently sales continue to be strong. IMO, 7 ultimately means the end of XP's widespread popularity.

• Report this Comment On October 21, 2009, at 1:39 PM, BMFPitt wrote:

  So here are some facts:

  - Windows 7 Home pre-orders were $50 in July, when the launch day retail price was known to be over $100.

  - Lots of people bought copies of it with this knowledge.

  - There are now lots of copies on eBay.

  So you feel that the obvious reason for this is "cold feet"? I certainly considered buying a dozen or so extra copies. If I had, they wouldn't be on eBay right now due to "cold feet."

• Report this Comment On October 21, 2009, at 1:43 PM, BMFPitt wrote:

  By the way, I sometimes forget how completely paralyzed with fear non-technical people are. I have seen a lot of articles about the "nightmare" of having to do a clean install of Windows when going from XP to 7. Nobody with any respectable amount of computer knowledge has ever done it any other way. My mom had no problem doing it that way when I walked her through a clean reinstall of XP, so nobody else should.

• Report this Comment On October 21, 2009, at 2:42 PM, RTFM2009 wrote:

  Well I am not going to favor any of the operating systems since I own both and own both shares (aapl / msft) significantly and have also experienced good amount of nightmares on both.

  But the way I see it the most threat to operating system is the Cloud Computing in that context Rick is right. Cloud Computing is the future and this would render Windows 7 as well as the Apple's Leopard pretty much obsolete going forwards in next 5-10 years and that means all the software would become useless since consumers will no longer need them to be installed on the Computers. This will hurt both Apple and Microsoft in terms of the software revenues, but they will come around by charging consumers on per license base subscription model, which I see it happening in near future.

  But again that doesn't mean Microsoft and Apple will die, these two companies are among few companies in the US market that has a huge amount of Cash reserved. So both companies will use it for R&D to improve their infrastructure, right now Microsoft is working hard on Cloud computing, building huge data centers/improving its infrastructure and Apple is not far behind if you look at the all the iphone Apps, itunes these are all based on Cloud computing. Some how I see in near future Apple acquiring smaller companies that are right now making a mark in C.C.

  The only question is who will come up with a uniform infrastructure that will make the user base experience the most likeable and enjoyable without having to worry about all the hardware requirements.

  (Disclosure: I own MSFT and AAPL)

• Report this Comment On October 21, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Turfscape wrote:

  Even in a "Cloud Computing" environment you need an operating system. The machine that you use to interact with the Web-based applications needs to have core code to process the Web-based application, present the user interface and transfer the data properly and efficiently. Companies that create the programs in a cloud computing environment will need a platform on which the programming runs. It's not like the Web exists without programming and operating systems.

  The main difference in platforms in a cloud computing environment is going to be the user experience...the interface. In that realm, Apple has the advantage.

• Report this Comment On October 21, 2009, at 3:10 PM, RTFM2009 wrote:

  I agree !

• Report this Comment On October 27, 2009, at 2:15 AM, jfrajkor wrote:

  I dual-boot with XP Pro and Ubuntu Linux 8.10

  I do not need to downgrade to Windows 7, as most of its so-called features are already available on Linux, and those which are not are already on XP Pro.

  Linux cost me nothing to download. Why pay for something which doesn't do much more for what I need?

  My email client is Thunderbird (free) and web is Firefox (free) and Open Office (free) does anything Microsoft office can do -- for me. AND -- all of the above are availablel also for XP PRO. No file problems.. fine interoperability.. Why is anyone talking about Windows 7 and OSX at all?

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