Why Leopard Isn't Better than Vista
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 30.10.2007
Apple's newest operating system is at best an evolution from predecessor Tiger. Some of the criticisms leveled at Windows Vista apply to Leopard. Seriously.
I bought my copy of Leopard on Saturday from the local Apple Store. Granted, I've only used the software for two days, but it has made a remarkably fast first impression. There is much to like about Leopard, but this cat scratches—oh, am I wounded.
What's bugging me about Leopard is what bugged me about Vista eight months ago:
* Feature or UI changes made without really good reasons
* Application compatibility problems
* Diminished performance compared to the predecessor operating system
* Irksome sense the software shipped before being really ready
I tested Leopard on a MacBook Pro that Apple provided for testing Aperture: 2.4GHz processor, 4GB of RAM, 256MB graphics accelerator and 160GB hard drive. I kept the notebook longer for Leopard testing. No doubt someone will ask for the loaner back as soon this post is passed around Cupertino.
My problems with Leopard started fairly quickly. Apple's pre-Leopard launch marketing exacerbated the problems, because it so increased expectations about those 300 new features. Apple's past practice of delivering more than promised gave some confidence about Leopard. Sure, there are some truly whiz-bang enhancements, with some of the seemingly smallest having big impact (example: users can from the main Spotlight search window type in definitions to find words in the dictionary). But compatibility and performance problems are causing me way too much trouble.
Some quick examples:
* The new Apple Mail can no longer delete messages from my personal domain's IMAP server; they're piling up in the inbox
* Leopard is incompatible with my version of Cisco VPN. I did hunt down a compatible upgrade
* Safari crashes ... often enough
* Outlook Web mail works sometimes in Safari, but usually just hangs; it's A-OK in Firefox
* Internet connection is sluggish and routes slowly (connected through an Apple AirPort router); performance is speedy by comparison on Windows Vista or Tiger
Interface changes add unnecessary complexity to the operating system. Another added complexity: Like Microsoft, Apple has added new and annoying security prompts to the operating system. This morning, I downloaded an updated NewsFire RSS reader and got a warning popup asking if I really wanted to open this application—because it came from the Internet. Maybe Apple's user interface designers should watch their own TV commercials: "Security."
I'm going to give Leopard another day, but already I'm thinking about switching the MacBook Pro back to Tiger. Isn't that a story told and retold about Vista, where people went back to XP? It's a story other Leopard adopters may tell.
My point: Leopard is no better than Vista, in the sense that some—perhaps many—of the same migration complaints and problems apply. Windows' visibility and exponentially large number of applications amplify its complaints. There are more potential problems to have with Windows compared to Mac OS X. Besides, Microsoft is the successful company so many people love to hate. Criticism is easy, and it's frequent.
Leopard's problems would be a whole lot bigger if more businesses used Mac OS X. I'm simply one consumer user. By the way, I had no serious problems (other than Cisco VPN) migrating to Leopard's two predecessors, Panther and Tiger. My user experience, while anecdotal, shows the problems that can come as an operating system adds on features and its supporting ecosystem of software increases. Those 300 new features have their price in increased complexity and compatibility problems.
By the way, Cover Flow is the one Leopard feature I really like. Cover Flow lets me scan through documents without opening them, which is hugely convenient. But the one compelling feature won't be enough to stick with Leopard, particularly if personal and professional e-mail problems persist.
By comparison, Vista's shakedown is largely over. I have little to complain about and lots more to like about Vista than I did in February.
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experiencing any of these problems. safari hasn't crashed on any of my installs (a mini
and a powerbook and an imac). i use outlook web mail daily in safari. i have also noticed
that on all three installs, everything runs faster... much faster. the only thing i
haven't tried yet is vpn. my company doesn't support mac clients. but my vpn account
works perfect in a windows session under vmware fusion.
all in all, this was
the best $67 (per mac upgrade) i have ever spent.
another stupid article!!!!!! about vista
i'm running leopard (hackintosh)with no problems at all... safari works just fine for
me. the only thing i'm having issues is the time machine automatic backups. it ain't
happening and of course i have no video drivers for my ati x550 so i'm stuck at 1280 x
1024 in a 22" lcd monitor. even though i'm really enjoying this new release. yeah, i'm
getting a new mac!
i have never used leopard but i can guarantee you that anything that works is better than
vista!
leopard? sounds like a cheap toy
those kind of articles make me to beleive that, microsoft is in big trouble.
i do
not use apple, but i must admit that, the mac os price is a dream that will never come
true for the windows world.
also for the problems in new os,vista released a year
ago and still much have to be done.
leopard released 2 days ago with less problems
as i can see.
amazing comparison.
"anything that works is better than vista".
i couldn't said it better! :)
my vista ultimate costs for me an arm and a leg ($259/upgrade, $399/user) and i have not
yet criticize microsoft even though i have been suffering for 10 months using my damned
vista ultimate. the new apple leopard os is dust cheap ($67/upgrade, $129/user,
$199/family pack) and apple users are just too quick to criticize the new apple os even
they only have 2 or 3 days trying out.
either, the apple leopard is just as
horrible as the microsoft vista ultimate or those spoiled rotten apple fools (users) are
just much more demanding than us (the faithful microsoft users). the apple fools can
afford to be spoiled because the apple company has to earn 1 customer at a time while we
are being ignored by microsoft because the company already has millions if not billion of
customers.
i mean, if this article is telling the truth, it runs worse on a real apple computer than
does osx86 leopard on a pc (which is my configuration)
how nice, all the 7 mac users came in here :)
enjoy your fisher price os, i hope it
vastly improves your email reading and recipe organizing experience
areyou being serious. oem of vista ultimate is $200 and guess what. it can run games. i
personally hate vista however and im on a xp/linux combo. mac users have a serious
superiority complex. stop using glorified pc's.
apple really s*cks in every thing/..
they are only better in ipod...but still not
perfect.
they cant be...
apple fall... newton....lol
you guys that harp about games,games ,games on your pc's...who cares????? are u guys
like 9 years old?
the h e l l with games...who plays games on their computers
anymore???? get a nintendo wii, get a macintosh...and get a life...you pathetic little
people.
we apple users don't feel superior to you pc people in any way...it's just that
demographic data has proved that we are better educated, more affluent, and more
interesting than you.
quite simple actually
take a good look around you, you f**king moron, the gaming industry is one of the biggest
around and gaming on a pc is more popular on pc than a console look at the statistics
you
f**king
moron.
88,000,000 oem versions sold to box sellers and consumers back peddled to xp. doesn't
look like a good future for vista
i see no need for this artical simply because apple will never be better than windows.
too proprietary for the home user and the enterprise and fewer options to the user such as
software and hardware choices. being proprietary is never good for the advancement of
technology.
apple os may seem cheaper than vista but dont forget that a mac is much more expensive
than a pc...
it's so funny watching 12 - 16 year olds fight when don't know anything about software
let alone operating systems.
just kidding
halo 3 doesn't even run on windows since it is an xbox game so i don't know what you
are smoking.
probably some guys cock.
bill earn more and more money, while you f**cking cheaps buy they sh*ty products, if
there is not a lot of game in mac or linux, if apple and linux got problems earning market
share, it is because of you windows (we say windaube in french, which means winsh*it)
locked stup*id guys, ea or ubisoft doenst give a f**uck about which os is better, they
just wanna sell more, if mac would have 90% of the market share, the games would be on mac
and not pcs, for you, the best os is the os on which you can play games, you morons, you
don't know what you are missing by staying on your micro$hit wins$hit
stay in your pathethique world, resolving problems...
linux is a child but healthy grow up than father( mac ) and uncle ( windows ).
unix=leopard
?=vista
vista - windows me
linux= waste of time
leopard= a joke
halo3= for kids
with a flower on there head
killzone 2= the real deal
so care to explain why halo 3 is the most wanted game ever made by kids and adults alike?
everybody who owns a 360 owns halo 3 according to the statistics so shove that
down your throat faggot.
leopard is such a gay name for an os
i own a 360 and of course i owned halo 3 but i took it back cos it dont support 1280x1024
on my monitor cos the designers are stupider than the gears of war designers
well i recently installed leopard and although i am really pleased with it, i also have
some issues with it too. i peronsonally love how you can install windows on it (as i
bought vista, so microsoft better thank apple because they are giving them business too)!
now i run guitar pro 5.2, and i had compatibility issues with it, so i ran it on vista.
although there are many new features for photobooth, i found that it recorded black
pcitures sometimes and it gave a yellow hue to the photo. other than those, i love both
vista and leopard
some guys really don't know what they are talking about. do you ever used os x???? i use
leopard om my mac mini core2duo 2.0ghz 1gb/120gb/sd and notest not one single problem, it
works like a charm. first i used tiger and later i tested four builds of leopard on my x86
and compared it with vista, then i was shocked wat such of crap vista is. now for a couple
of weeks i bought myself a mac and couldn't be happier.
vista left 5 years
behind leopard, read about it...
vista su*ks, just a piece of crap and the name
is horrable.
all i can say, use leopard for a few weeks on your x86 and i am
sure many people decide to buy a mac.
for serious gaming buy a game consol and get ride of vista!!!
the guy who buys an os for a mere 2days use.
i bet u own a boat too. :/
vista ultimate more then 500 bucks and you get the bugs and instability for free. leopard
(ultimate) with everything in it costs only 129 bucks and you get a fast, stable.
virus/spyware free, no activation crap and looks awesom compared to vista. i bought myself
a the newest mac mini for 779 and use the monitor i used with my x86 and works like a fast
train. buy a vista system with vista ultimate retail then you pay more then 800. leopard
you can use it also on older systems. for a good vista systeem you must change the
hardware and then it stays a unstable system. ik you install many software in vista, you
can wait 2 or 3 minutes to load. by me just 15 seconds and everyting is loaded. in os x we
don't have a register, like windows does....
i am sorry to say but apple is
growing and after a few years it's done with microsoft. it's beter for microsoft to
develop software for the mac the an os.
again, microsoft su*cks!!!!!
i never gonna use microsoft os anymore. it's even unstable as the criminal steve ballmer
does bycose he only want to rip people off. steve jobs is a serious man and that means
that you can trust his os.
steve ballmer is a moron!!!
lmfao to all of you. i have a hackintosh(pc running mac osx) using leopard 10.5.1. and
would never be happier. had windows xp. had vista. tried up the tiger install. never
switched back. never will. im buying a imac asap too. so eat my cock and tell me windows
is good.
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