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November 1st, 2008

A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X

Posted by Paul Murphy @ 12:15 am

Categories: Apple, General, Vistabulations, What users care about

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy, Challenge, Microsoft Corp.

Ok, if you’re hiding from kids suffering from sugar candy hangovers I have a challenge for you - and, especially for those who like and use Microsoft Windows on a regular basis.

The challenge is this: offer a list of anything new in the Microsoft Windows 7 M3 pre-beta release for desktop use sometime in 2010 that doesn’t work on a Mac laptop now.

From personal libraries and gadgets to gesture support, it looks stunningly familiar - and if, like me, you don’t have personal access and have to go by third party reports, here’s a whole bunch of google hits on stuff by my fellow zdnet bloggers - everything from leg tingles to comments from Microsoft technologists and all with lots of helpful screenshots.

Good Luck - oh, and if you can’t find anything that’s exactly compelling? well, then there’s probably something you should be asking yourself, isn’t there?

Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (a pseudonym) is an IT consultant specializing in Unix and related technologies. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.


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Extremely Late to the Party
While I am extremely late to the party, there is at least one feature that Windows 7 has (as well as Vista before it) that Mac OS X does not have: reliable speech recognition software. To the Mac fai... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Rob Oakes Posted on: 01/26/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
There is only one advantage of Windows over Mac OS X  cruggeld | 11/01/08
Yep, I have to agree... gaming is the only thing  Lerianis | 11/01/08
Not true  Comnenus | 11/01/08
Nobody  DannyO_0x98 | 11/02/08
PC gaming is becoming a niche market these days.  ashdude | 11/01/08
Not true...  storm14k | 11/03/08
Wrong. The sales say other wise.  ashdude | 11/03/08
Actually You're Wrong!  SuperSean | 11/03/08
Truth  shellcodes_coder | 11/02/08
You're quoting NonZealot? Give me a break...  olePigeon | 11/03/08
Speaking of half-truths...  rtk | 11/03/08
No...  olePigeon | 11/04/08
LOL  shellcodes_coder | 11/04/08
OK...  olePigeon | 11/04/08
OpenGL is a perfectly viable alternative to DirectX...  olePigeon | 11/03/08
Too bad  Kaiwai | 11/03/08
Yes, that is true...  olePigeon | 11/04/08
RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X  BR999 | 11/01/08
Exactly  eMJayy | 11/01/08
64-bit Unix core with native Office support.  ashdude | 11/01/08
you mean a 32bit core,  rtk | 11/02/08
It still runs 64-bit Unix commands and apps.  ashdude | 11/02/08
Swoosh goal those goal posts.  ye | 11/02/08
Ok.  ashdude | 11/02/08
It does run Office and not being Unix is ....  ShadeTree | 11/02/08
Hardly any one cares.  ye | 11/02/08
Yes, it can...  Tismo | 11/02/08
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Disk Drive  DannyO_0x98 | 11/02/08
And the Linux Guy Just Laughs  DannyO_0x98 | 11/02/08
Work easier which for me translates to faster and  James Quinn | 11/03/08
Could you please be more useful to the Linux/Open Source cause ?  timiteh | 11/01/08
Here come the Linux zealots  U53r | 11/01/08
Me a Linux Zealot ?  timiteh | 11/01/08
TLDR  U53r | 11/01/08
Linux isn't the problem.  ye | 11/02/08
He makes a very good point.  ye | 11/01/08
His point isn't really that great.  storm14k | 11/03/08
It works all the time for me...  storm14k | 11/03/08
I prefer being useless to causes, thanks  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/01/08
His point still stands. nt  ye | 11/01/08
Not a Linux shill ?  timiteh | 11/01/08
Unix works  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/01/08
His point is you're not advocating them.  ye | 11/01/08
Exactly  timiteh | 11/02/08
I don't know how much truth there is to that but...  ye | 11/02/08
RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X  kitko | 11/01/08
RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X  Wolfie2K3 | 11/01/08
Corrected spelling, Thanks!  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/01/08
This is becoming pathetic  timiteh | 11/01/08
Well.... Actuallly...  Wolfie2K3 | 11/01/08
Distinction between OS X and Mac  NonZealot | 11/01/08
BUT...! Is there a difference?  Wolfie2K3 | 11/01/08
Yes There is  timiteh | 11/02/08
And yet...  Wolfie2K3 | 11/03/08
Screen Touch  DannyO_0x98 | 11/02/08
Non-sequitur, Yes, Yes (No), and Yes...  olePigeon | 11/03/08
well they did  aaarrghhh! | 11/05/08
And again... Your point is?  Wolfie2K3 | 11/01/08
Agree  shellcodes_coder | 11/04/08
HomeGroups maybe?  palotasb | 11/01/08
No - that was in MacOS 9  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/01/08
Oh, OK  palotasb | 11/01/08
I have an anecdote.  DannyO_0x98 | 11/02/08
Link please  palotasb | 11/01/08
Google is your friend.  frgough | 11/01/08
got a search link  rtk | 11/02/08
Anyway, what plus can OS X offer?  palotasb | 11/01/08
Sure: a two - three year lead time  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/01/08
Why not? 2 reasons  eMJayy | 11/01/08
Add software costs too.  palotasb | 11/01/08
Software selection too. nt  ye | 11/01/08
I see  frgough | 11/01/08
Awesome features? Let's not kid ourselves.  ye | 11/01/08
Examples of really awesome features..  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/01/08
I'm sorry...  dcoaster | 11/01/08
Umm  ShadowGIATL | 11/01/08
Sorry. Nothing awesome there.  ye | 11/01/08
Murph, that's Linux or BSD... *NOT* OS X  dave.leigh@... | 11/02/08
|_ OS X is BSD. [nt]  olePigeon | 11/03/08
|_Wrong answer, thanks for playing.  dave.leigh@... | 11/09/08
There's a Point  DannyO_0x98 | 11/02/08
They are illusionary.  ye | 11/02/08
Anyone see a parallel with the iPhone?  NonZealot | 11/01/08
Excellent point  eMJayy | 11/01/08
Based on iPhone sales and such I can't help but  James Quinn | 11/03/08
hmm  Badgered | 11/03/08
RE:I see  timiteh | 11/01/08
Can you say DDR3?  eMJayy | 11/01/08
Two button mouse  zmud | 11/01/08
Common myth, but wrong  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/01/08
10.6 will support even more  palotasb | 11/01/08
Hah, wrong on two counts  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/01/08
In theory but in practice  andrewjg | 11/01/08
RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X  majestiq | 11/01/08
#4 is opinion, #7 is true, the rest: all wrong  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/01/08
k.  isulzer | 11/02/08
blu-ray support  rtk | 11/02/08
the confusion comes from...  doh123 | 11/02/08
Then please  rtk | 11/02/08
RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X  majestiq | 11/01/08
You're joking? Please tell me you're joking  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/01/08
Are you trying to unload the one you just bought?  ye | 11/01/08
I thought this article might have a hint of bias...  dcoaster | 11/01/08
Check again  frgough | 11/01/08
Forgot to mention...  dcoaster | 11/01/08
OS X doesn't have Flip-3D. nt  ye | 11/01/08
as i recall..  isulzer | 11/02/08
Are you sure you're talking about the same thing?  ye | 11/02/08
im saying, they have the animation.  isulzer | 11/02/08
@isulzer: What you're talking about is not Flip-3D.  ye | 11/02/08
But the slickest 3d stuff is on SuSe Linux  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/02/08
You asked, I answered. Now you're moving the goal posts.  ye | 11/02/08
Good thing  MacCanuck | 11/03/08
paul murphy is biased? it cant be...  isulzer | 11/02/08
RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X  dptcreations@... | 11/01/08
really?  isulzer | 11/02/08
RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X  R_Connelie@... | 11/01/08
preview does allow  isulzer | 11/02/08
oh right.  isulzer | 11/02/08
How about a feature decades old that Apple still doesn't get...  ericesque | 11/01/08
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!  scoobyJ | 11/03/08
That only depends on how old the hardware is...  Wolfie2K3 | 11/03/08
Doesn't matter who did it first, it is who did it better  NonZealot | 11/01/08
Whatever...  ashdude | 11/02/08
Yes, they have.  ye | 11/02/08
Cool!  ashdude | 11/02/08
Actually, no - not even in server 2008  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/02/08
Actually, yes they have.  ye | 11/02/08
no they havent  isulzer | 11/02/08
You must have some pretty big arms moving those goal posts all the time.  ye | 11/02/08
however  isulzer | 11/02/08
@isulzer: The only Windows 64 bit problems are...  ye | 11/02/08
nice dodge. but not good enough.  isulzer | 11/02/08
To be or not to be 64  ShadowGIATL | 11/02/08
well.  isulzer | 11/02/08
@isulzer: More goal post moving.  ye | 11/03/08
@isulzer  logicearth@... | 11/05/08
Point by point destruction of your post  NonZealot | 11/02/08
Completely agree  eb276 | 11/02/08
Agree  shellcodes_coder | 11/04/08
Please explain  Richard Flude | 11/05/08
Time Machine  logicearth@... | 11/05/08
Are you sure?  Richard Flude | 11/05/08
Google is your friend.  logicearth@... | 11/06/08
If you want nothing  Richard Flude | 11/06/08
Murphy right, EU wrong?  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/02/08
Windows is the winner  shellcodes_coder | 11/02/08
Wrong again, of course...  olePigeon | 11/03/08
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 11/10/08
White grape or Red grape  kiglas | 11/01/08
Exactly!  ye | 11/02/08
Tablet, BluRay and cable card support.  ShadeTree | 11/02/08
I think OS X has at least 2 of those.  ashdude | 11/02/08
well, not really.  rtk | 11/02/08
RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X  pkatz | 11/02/08
Umm, mixed feelings about that  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/02/08
Well Murph,...  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 11/02/08
Murph shows his ignorance again  NonZealot | 11/02/08
Hyperbole. [nt]  olePigeon | 11/03/08
.net comes with Vista too *NT*  mikefarinha | 11/03/08
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 11/10/08
hmmm  isulzer | 11/02/08
Don't believe it  eb276 | 11/02/08
4 out of five 5 wrong  palotasb | 11/03/08
Windows is much better than Mac OS X  shellcodes_coder | 11/03/08
Windows Kicks the Snot Out of OSX  mikefarinha | 11/03/08
Windows is the winner  shellcodes_coder | 11/05/08
@mikefarinha  Axsimulate | 11/11/08
@Axsimulate  mikefarinha | 11/18/08
RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X  dprozzo | 11/03/08
I agree.  Grayson Peddie | 11/03/08
This is too easy...  Scrat | 11/03/08
i come too late  s_souche | 11/03/08
Yeah, I saw this post late too.  mikefarinha | 11/03/08
64 bit support  murph_zZDNet Moderator | 11/07/08
Mr. Anti-MS is at it again...LOL, you showed your ignorance of Windows..  transposeIT | 11/03/08
Actually.. He did rebutt a few posts..  Wolfie2K3 | 11/03/08
RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X  surfasb | 11/03/08
Extremely Late to the Party  Rob Oakes | 01/26/09

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