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Computerworld: Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard spanks Microsoft’s Windows Vista

Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 10:26 AM EDT

"Given the timing of Mac OS X's release, the somewhat lukewarm response to Microsoft's Windows Vista by many IT shops, and even the similarity in the areas of concentration pursued by Apple and Microsoft -- a comparison between Leopard and Vista is inescapable. Both companies emphasized efforts to improve usability and add features to their bundled software," Scot Finnie reports for Computerworld.

"Throughout the four years of the Vista development process, I tested and evaluated at least 15 different alphas and betas of the operating system, spending hundreds of hours evaluating the late prereleases and the final editions. Likewise, I spent countless hours testing Leopard, both in prerelease form and the final version now available to the public. What I found after all that testing is that despite their similarities on paper, Leopard and Vista are nothing alike," Finnie reports.

"Vista has a cover-Microsoft's-butt, designed-by-corporate-committee feel, while Leopard tightly adheres to Apple's well-honed user-interface design principles. In numerous small ways, Apple has improved its OS, while Microsoft has, in a plethora of ways, changed Windows -- not always for the better," Finnie reports. "With OS X 10.5, Apple is clearly going head to head with Microsoft and Vista. With the smoke clearing, it's also apparent that Apple still has a lead on Microsoft when it comes to user interface and functionality."

"It's impossible to miss the refinement infused throughout Apple's new operating system, whereas there are compromises in Vista that impinge upon the user experience without giving something back in return. Apple is focused on the user experience, while Microsoft appears to be focused on antipiracy, overengineered security protections, and digital rights management aimed at serving its prospective third-party partners," Finnie reports. "There's really no contest. Tiger is a better OS than Vista, and there are no long-term downsides to Leopard. Vista doesn't measure up."

Full article here.

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Nov 07, 07 - 11:31 am Comment from: Mauritius Kestrel

"Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard spanks Microsoft’s Windows Vista"

Ball gags it and makes it wear cheekless chaps too.

The safety word is "karma".

Nov 07, 07 - 11:33 am Comment from: Jester X

Hasta la Vista, baby.

Nov 07, 07 - 11:36 am Comment from: matalino

Microsoft = guilty till proven innocent

Nov 07, 07 - 11:41 am Comment from: DanielN

Hey MDN,

Why did you make up a headline, "Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard spanks Microsoft’s Windows Vista." that wasn't in the article instead of using any of the many great things the article actually SAID?

Lower your credibility for no reason.

Nov 07, 07 - 11:46 am Comment from: jooop

bends it over and spanks it bare-assed in front of its wife and kids.

Nov 07, 07 - 11:47 am Comment from: Woody

Wow Mauritius, that would be kinda hot, except I imagine that Vista looks like Monkey Boy. Ew.

MW: And that gives me the creeps.

Nov 07, 07 - 11:50 am Comment from: Woody

Um, DanielN, the title of the Computerworld article is "The verdict: Leopard spanks Vista, continues OS X's reign of excellence".

Nov 07, 07 - 11:51 am Comment from: Me

Spanks is actually in the title of the Computerworld article.

Not that it's the best verb available, but it wasn't MDN's choice.

Nov 07, 07 - 11:52 am Comment from: Grigori

Leopard tightly adheres to Apple's well-honed user-interface design principles.

Well, not exactly, but close enough. On the other hand, does anybody still read ComputerWorld?

Nov 07, 07 - 11:52 am Comment from: jooop

gotta love those best buy commercials that try to sell PCs by bragging that they come loaded-down with "anti-spyware, anti-virus, anti-phishing" software and the link. Boy, doesn't that make owning a PC sound like fun!

Nov 07, 07 - 11:57 am Comment from: Squint >.<

Wow, either this font is suddenly smaller, or my morning coffee is constricting my eyeballs.

What gives MDN?

Nov 07, 07 - 11:59 am Comment from: Change the font BACK!!!!

Reader's Take: This font is not going to work folks....

Nov 07, 07 - 12:07 pm Comment from: kenh

Ok, thought it was just me that thought this particular site looks weird.

This is not permanent, is it?

Nov 07, 07 - 12:09 pm Comment from: Dolita

the font.. it hurts!

Nov 07, 07 - 12:13 pm Comment from: Steve Martin

Hey, I don't get small until AFTER my morning coffee thank you.

Nov 07, 07 - 12:18 pm Comment from: 7U

Isn't a better comparison Vista to Tiger?

Nov 07, 07 - 12:22 pm Comment from: Banjo

I squinted so hard I shat myself

Nov 07, 07 - 12:22 pm Comment from: British Mac Head

Wow MDN. I had to squint to read the comments. At least put it a couple of points bigger mate it's giving me a headache trying to read them

Nov 07, 07 - 12:26 pm Comment from: dogadoga

MDN -- PLEASE change this ugly, too-small, hard-to-read font that will make me look elsewhere to sites for my Mac news!

Thanks in advance.

- Doga

Nov 07, 07 - 12:36 pm Comment from: cj

this font is as small as me on a cold day

Nov 07, 07 - 12:38 pm Comment from: MacArch

You Mac users, just use your Control - Scroll Wheel to enlarge the text. WIndows users - do they have an equivalent?

MDNW

South - as in the direction Microsoft is headed.....

Nov 07, 07 - 12:47 pm Comment from: Vanillacide

Four years to develop Vista, isn't that an underestimation ... wasn't it more like seven? I had occation to be at Microsoft conferences 1999 through 2000 and they said they were working on the next OS after XP even then.

Nov 07, 07 - 12:49 pm Comment from: Tom

All the positive press for Leopard is killing the Microsoft blogger community. It's so bad they're resorted to trolling tactics in their attempts to downplay Vista:

Mac OS X Leopard Changing Microsoft Bloggers Into Trolls.

Nov 07, 07 - 12:59 pm Comment from: Mr. Peabody

The question is, does VISTA like spankings? Hmmmm?

Nov 07, 07 - 01:03 pm Comment from: E of E

Comment text size is a bug in the html output somewhere, don't feel like digging into it to tell them exactly where, but it's not the problem on other articles, just this one.

I've seen this before, seems to happen on random articles. They really need to sit down at some point and figure it out.

Nov 07, 07 - 01:17 pm Comment from: Macaday

Just hit 'Command +' to increase the font on this page...

Nov 07, 07 - 01:52 pm Comment from: adam

i know this isn't the correct forum, but can anyone offer a method to get a cetain Sharp AL printer to work with Mac?

I emailed the customer team and Sharp doesn't offer a Mac driver.

Nov 07, 07 - 02:38 pm Comment from: Boyarsky

CHANGE the font!

This small looks too much like Windoze and is WAY TOO HARD TO READ!

CHANGE THE FONT SIZE!!!

Nov 07, 07 - 02:48 pm Comment from: Cubert

"Throughout the four years of the Vista development process"

Didn't make it too far in the article before I was busting a gut. 4 FREAKIN' years!?!?!?

Yes, I know that's true, but this guy HAD to have laughed to himself when he typed that. Panther, Tiger, and now Leopard since then.

HAH!

Nov 07, 07 - 02:50 pm Comment from: Cubert

Hey, man. I feel kinda weird today. Kinda long in the tooth.

Gotta stretch now.

Nov 07, 07 - 03:13 pm Comment from: gman

holy crap..with font size this small..I'm not visiting MDN again, until they get there arses in gear and fix the FONT problems.

Nov 07, 07 - 03:32 pm Comment from: Woody

@ Adam. Check the CUPS site: http://www.cups.org

That's the open-source print system that is used in OS X, and now maintained by Apple. That's your best bet. I saw lots of Sharp AR drivers, but no AL drivers. Maybe googling "Sharp AL CUPS" will be fruitful.

Regarding font sizes: I think it's a bug. Happens randomly, it seems. I think MDN is using some homegrown software that has issues. Maybe they should migrate to a new CMS or something.

Nov 08, 07 - 12:52 am Comment from: MacSheikh

I've been getting the "tiny font" syndrome a few times myself. Only on some pages though, mostly they turn out as normal.

Hope you guys solve this soon, really is a pian to read. I usually skip these pages when i come across them.

Nov 10, 07 - 08:00 am Comment from: Mort

Leopard is Itunes. Itunes is Leopard. Eventually they will just call it MAC OS Itunes.
IT BLOWS ON G5 MACHINES.
I think I will try a Dell

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