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In my professional experience, its worth the price to upgrade to Windows 7 from vista, simply from a productivity/security/ and efficiency perspective. Faster boot up times, same kernel as server 2008 r2 for great security and efficiency, and if you own a laptop the power usage is tremendous!! Windows 7 rocks when it comes to power management. Upon upgrading my vista laptop to windows 7, Ive experienced longer battery life, and better hibernation and power management efficiency. I have also seen weird problems (small to large SQL issues) with vista installs, that simply went away when upgraded to Windows 7.

If you are a moderate to high end user its worth the upgrade. And as far as the Apple OS is concerned...its biggest issue is security...why do you think the Financial/Banking and government agencies don't use Apple. Its true look it up.
 
"Windows XP, however, remained the dominant Microsoft OS with 61.9 percent of the share – more than all other Windows operating systems combined."

Anything over 50.01% share is more than ALL other's combined (not just Microsoft Windows) so you can remove "Windows" from the above line.
 
OSX is a fine operating system but as long as it is fettered to Apple hardware it will continue to decline until it disappears. Few people are willing/able to pay for the hardware when perfectly viable options are available at a fraction of the cost. These numbers speak for themselves, Windows rules the world of Operating Systems.
 
[citation][nom]wotan31[/nom]Win 7 is just another smelly turd, forced from the constipated fetid bowels of Microsoft. No wonder it took so long for it to eclipse Microsoft's previous bowel movement, Vista. Sorry Microsoft, keep your steaming piles to yourself. I'm sticking with Linux and OSX, because they actually work, they run more software than Windows could ever hope to, and they don't crash and burn like your obsolete garbage does. Game over MIcrosoft, you lose.[/citation]

Took so long? So it's bad Windows 7 needed 9 months to have more market share than vista did in 33 months. It's also bad being the fastest selling SO ever made. Also since when does the OS X runs more software than Windows?
 
[citation][nom]crom[/nom]Microsoft has lost its ability to innovate. Now it patches up its flaws, puts on a slightly more friendly UI, and calls it Windows 7. Don't get me wrong, I like 7 much more than Vista. That being said many of the design cues are taken from Apple, like the dock, semi transparent menus. The animations are taken from linux like window opening and closing, minimizing, etc. Love or hate Apple, they are the company that is pushing innovation in design and hardware on the PC side, while Google is pushing it on the internet.[/citation]

Vista also had animation opening and closing windows. Windows 7 Taskbar is nothing like the dock. Microsoft fasically merged the old taskbar with the wuick launch bar. Also I don't know if anyone told this but apple stole the dock from sun.
 
[citation][nom]donovands[/nom]OSX is a fine operating system but as long as it is fettered to Apple hardware it will continue to decline until it disappears. Few people are willing/able to pay for the hardware when perfectly viable options are available at a fraction of the cost. These numbers speak for themselves, Windows rules the world of Operating Systems.[/citation]

I love how insightful comments like this start getting negative cred. I agree with this because Macs are not perfect hardware wise. No computer is. A PC isn't perfect and a Mac isn't either. As long as the o/s is tied to one manufacturer, it will never gain a large foot hold in the real world.

Plus one can easily buy an i7 laptop these days with the same hardware as in a macbook pro i7 for almost half. Same cpu, same graphics chip... well, you get the point. I usually get negative cred for pointing out the obvious though so be it.
 
[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]Can Windows 7 run Final Cut Pro? Because an Apple machine can. An Apple machine can also boot into Windows and run every piece of software written specifically for Windows. So. On one corner we have OS X 10.6 that can run OS X + Windows software and on the other corner we have Windows 7 that can run Windows software. Remind me again what programs a Mac user can't run?This notion that you miss out on a ton of great software if you buy a Mac is silly. You don't miss out on anything. You can literally run every piece of software that is available.[/citation]

You can run Apple software to at virtual machine
http://www.osx86project.org/
 
[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]Can Windows 7 run Final Cut Pro? Because an Apple machine can. An Apple machine can also boot into Windows and run every piece of software written specifically for Windows. So. On one corner we have OS X 10.6 that can run OS X + Windows software and on the other corner we have Windows 7 that can run Windows software. Remind me again what programs a Mac user can't run?This notion that you miss out on a ton of great software if you buy a Mac is silly. You don't miss out on anything. You can literally run every piece of software that is available.[/citation]

Oh snap, the ace of Mac camp is a movie editing software! Because everyone edits a clip alongside breakfast, right!?
 
I really like apple hardware, I can't deny it. But in my experience 7 runs so much smoother than 0S X ...even 10.6.
I'm so tired of seeing that spinning beachball of dread on a very decent MacBook Pro and MacBook Air when even my crappy on ThinkPads run 7 trouble-free. In my experience 7 is just better. ...and I think 0S X is neat...it just doesn't perform well enough for my tastes.
 
[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]Can Windows 7 run Final Cut Pro? Because an Apple machine can. An Apple machine can also boot into Windows and run every piece of software written specifically for Windows. So. On one corner we have OS X 10.6 that can run OS X + Windows software and on the other corner we have Windows 7 that can run Windows software. Remind me again what programs a Mac user can't run?This notion that you miss out on a ton of great software if you buy a Mac is silly. You don't miss out on anything. You can literally run every piece of software that is available.[/citation]

Or I could buy a copy of OSX and trick it into running on my windows PC, thereby saving over almost a thousand dollars and still do everything your overpriced rotten apple can do.
 
[citation][nom]rooket[/nom]I love how insightful comments like this start getting negative cred. I agree with this because Macs are not perfect hardware wise. No computer is. A PC isn't perfect and a Mac isn't either. As long as the o/s is tied to one manufacturer, it will never gain a large foot hold in the real world.Plus one can easily buy an i7 laptop these days with the same hardware as in a macbook pro i7 for almost half. Same cpu, same graphics chip... well, you get the point. I usually get negative cred for pointing out the obvious though so be it.[/citation]
First of all what do you mean "As long as the o/s is tied to one manufacturer, it will never gain a large foot hold in the real world"? That doesn't even make sense. Windows is tied to one manufacturer. Microsoft. It's a proprietary closed-source OS that no one (well, except the NSA) has full access to. OSX and Linux on the other hand are open source and standards compliant. You know, REAL standards, open and cross-platform, like POSIX and OpenGL. Not closed proprietary vendor lock-in standards like you get from Microsoft. Secondly, no, you cannot get an "equivalent" peecee laptop for half the price of a Macbook Pro. There was this exact article published here on Toms last year that proved this. Same CPU and GPU, ok, so what? What about the rest? MBP was using LED back-lit 8 bit IPS panels while everyone else was still using crappy 6-bit TN panels. Most here probably don't even know the difference between an IPS panel and a TN panel so they conveniently omit such things from their "comparison". You get what you pay for with a Mac - you just have to be tech savvy enough to know the difference, beyond the boring CPU/RAM/GPU specs. Sadly, most Microsoft fanboi's here are just teenage peecee gamers whose entire world revolves around Crysis FPS, and the have no real understanding of computers beyond their sad little Wintel world.
 
[citation][nom]halcyon[/nom]I really like apple hardware, I can't deny it. But in my experience 7 runs so much smoother than 0S X ...even 10.6.I'm so tired of seeing that spinning beachball of dread on a very decent MacBook Pro and MacBook Air when even my crappy on ThinkPads run 7 trouble-free. In my experience 7 is just better. ...and I think 0S X is neat...it just doesn't perform well enough for my tastes.[/citation]
What did you do to it such as what software did you install. My 13" Macbook pro runs great. The spinning ball comes from installing Trojan laden software/freeware.
 
XP was a good OS, it had a good run, but it is time to move on. windows 7 is here and it is not vista! woot! nice to see everyone flocking to this os, and microsoft...don't do that again!
 
Windows 7 is Vista successfully marketed. I am not happy about what they did to Explorer and the shell. See www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_7 and www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_Vista
 
[citation][nom]wotan31[/nom]First of all what do you mean "As long as the o/s is tied to one manufacturer, it will never gain a large foot hold in the real world"? That doesn't even make sense. Windows is tied to one manufacturer. Microsoft. It's a proprietary closed-source OS that no one (well, except the NSA) has full access to. OSX and Linux on the other hand are open source and standards compliant. You know, REAL standards, open and cross-platform, like POSIX and OpenGL. Not closed proprietary vendor lock-in standards like you get from Microsoft. Secondly, no, you cannot get an "equivalent" peecee laptop for half the price of a Macbook Pro. There was this exact article published here on Toms last year that proved this. Same CPU and GPU, ok, so what? What about the rest? MBP was using LED back-lit 8 bit IPS panels while everyone else was still using crappy 6-bit TN panels. Most here probably don't even know the difference between an IPS panel and a TN panel so they conveniently omit such things from their "comparison". You get what you pay for with a Mac - you just have to be tech savvy enough to know the difference, beyond the boring CPU/RAM/GPU specs. Sadly, most Microsoft fanboi's here are just teenage peecee gamers whose entire world revolves around Crysis FPS, and the have no real understanding of computers beyond their sad little Wintel world.[/citation]

The Mac OS X is a open source SO? LOL. The Mac OS is a proprietary OS just like windows. And I can't use OpenGL on Windows?

I also don't know if anyone told you but Apple has abandoned IPS LCDs on the MacBook Pro for quite some time. Now it uses an ordinary 6-bit TN LCD. So if it has the same kind of display, could you please tell me what other spec beyond the CPU/Chipset/RAM/GPU matters?
 
[citation][nom]wotan31[/nom]First of all what do you mean "As long as the o/s is tied to one manufacturer, it will never gain a large foot hold in the real world"? That doesn't even make sense. Windows is tied to one manufacturer. Microsoft. It's a proprietary closed-source OS that no one (well, except the NSA) has full access to[/citation]
You knew exactly what he was saying and arguing the toss about being closed, the same way OSX is, just goes to show how much bitterness and hatred you have, as well as a knack for avoiding true debate.

The OS tied to the manufacturer, he meant the manufacturer of the hardware, the actual PC. And you knew it, you just wanted to have a good old rant. Well done.
 
[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]Can Windows 7 run Final Cut Pro? Because an Apple machine can. An Apple machine can also boot into Windows and run every piece of software written specifically for Windows. So. On one corner we have OS X 10.6 that can run OS X + Windows software and on the other corner we have Windows 7 that can run Windows software. Remind me again what programs a Mac user can't run?This notion that you miss out on a ton of great software if you buy a Mac is silly. You don't miss out on anything. You can literally run every piece of software that is available.[/citation]



Dude get off of Jobs and crews nuts. Boot camp is emulation software,VMware or whatever you wanna call it. When it can run Crysis,Far Cry or any other system intensive app or game like my WINDOWS PC come talk to me. Apple computers are usually a year or two behind PC hardware, everyone knows this. And lets not forget that your lord Jobs said that MAC will not natively support BD, in other if you are a video editor, or if you are one of the few poor souls who brought a mac mini to use as an HTPC,(your excluded if you have a stand alone player or PS3) you will have to spend even more money on an external solution that Apple may officially recognize
 
If the numbers are true, then Windows XP will still hold the number one place for the coming 3 years; as the hardware PUSH to Vista or 7 really was last year. Computers bought before 2009 generally was loaded with XP (if it was loaded with a Windows version). That hardware should last at least another 3 years.
I don't expect XP to give off place before the end of 2012 (and that'll probably be when (and why) the world ends; dec 2012).
jk...
 
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