Vista vs Mac OS X

@emi4th (10)
Malaysia
March 14, 2007 11:19am CST
has anyone ever tried running Vista on the MacBook. How is it compared to Mac OS X. I heard that Vista is actually imitates the Mac OS X. I don't see how just yet because I do not have Vista currently.
5 responses
@vorksholk (122)
• United States
9 Jul 08
Vista runs at native speed on a macbook. Vista runs slow, boggs down your computer, vacuums up RAM ( GB just for the OS! Yikes!) and has lots of security features, that make it hard to burn a CD. The search feature is slow and doesn't work too well, Vista is ok, with a few drawbacks. Mac os X 5.1 is amazing, it works fast, seamlessly chugging on, the only problem is program and document compatibility. For more info look up under the discussions tab iMac with Leopard, to learn a lot of other cool things about the mac.
• United States
9 Jun 07
At first glance it's shockingly similar. But then again, whenever i'm at a store i never see OSX with an error screen, only vista :D So even though the UI is similar, Microsoft didnt do too great of a job.
@0888ip (269)
• Romania
16 Mar 07
Woow WIndows Vista.. what a hot subject i can say. I have talked a lot in my area with many of my friends and all of them had only positive thoughts about it. I can say that i was blow off by this new windows system. Some things certainly lack to it but this new look which Microsoft has incorporated in it certainly do the money you would give for it. I have waited this new system for 2 weeks and here i am using it. It was pretty hard for me to buy it because in my area it can't be found. So i had to ask a friend from another part of my country to order me. I am so happy using it and all i have are only words of gratitdue. I post here a short description about VISTA. Windows Vista contains hundreds of new features; some of the most significant include an updated graphical user interface (GUI) and visual style dubbed Windows Aero, improved searching features, new multimedia creation tools such as Windows DVD Maker, and completely redesigned networking, audio, print, and display sub-systems. Vista also aims to increase the level of communication between machines on a home network using peer-to-peer technology, making it easier to share files and digital media between computers and devices. For developers, Vista includes version 3.0 of the .NET Framework out of the box. The .Net Framework makes it significantly easier for developers to write high-quality applications than with the traditional Windows API.
@glvfrank (32)
• China
30 Mar 07
Yeah I'd agree that Windows Vista did some copying here and there. But one thing I think worth mentioning is the Voice Recognition in Windows Vista. I have set up Windows Vista on my MacBook and tried its Voice Recognition. It actually works very well. There's a tutorial that will walk you through the learning of using voice commands to control your computer, which I think is quite easy and fun. After that you're ready to assign pretty much any task to your computer at ease. It will be able to recognize your voice and execute on your commands which also involves keeping learning about your accent and speaking habits and stuff. As for voice commands on Mac OS X, it couldn't do that much and the commands you can use are rather limited. I guess it's because Tiger stayed in 2005, but Vista has come to 2007, which may be one of the reasons for the delay of releasing.
• United States
29 Mar 07
yupz..i got it on my black mac..vista jus copied mac os x...but the battery discharge is faster on vista!!