Comparing windows Vista &Mac Os X

[amber_18]

Please compare the features of both Operating system, Windows Vista and Mac OS X.

Features in term of functions, technology, reliability, compatibility, scalability and cost.

[Aeternus]

http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=vista+vs+osx&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

 

I'm pretty sure this has been done to death in lots of different articles Although I'm sure some users may offer personal opinions.

[insane_alien]

you forgot linux and BSD

[the tree]

you forgot linux and BSD

Read the OP. I don't think he forgot anything, it looks like it was copied straight from his homework sheet with utmost accuracy.

[Klaynos]

Read the OP. I don't think he forgot anything, it looks like it was copied straight from his homework sheet with utmost accuracy.

 

I second this.... MacOSX is far prettier imo...

[insane_alien]

ah yeah. i wasn't on top form first time round. had a bad day. feeling better now.

 

you saying beryl isn't pretty? i kill you!

[Klaynos]

ah yeah. i wasn't on top form first time round. had a bad day. feeling better now.

 

you saying beryl isn't pretty? i kill you!

 

This is vista-macosX.... If someone asks you to compare a space hopper and a mondeo you don't tell them about a BMW M3

[insane_alien]

unless your me

[Pangloss]

I actually use both Vista and OS-X 10.4 on a frequent daily basis. I like both operating systems quite a bit, and it's interesting to see how they've fed off one another. Apple's search functions showed up in Vista and are a vast improvement over WinXP. Meanwhile Vista's drive management is going into OS-X 10.5. Eventually someone will push that stuff into Linux, which has provided many innovations of its own to Vista and OS-X. It's a very productive and healthy competition, IMO.

 

One complaint I have is that switching back and forth between Vista and OS-X is awkward. It's not so much a weakness in one OS or the other as it is just a reflection on the differences in keyboard layouts of the two computers in question (Macbooks are notoriously shy on function keys -- no page-up/page-down, for example, which makes browsing a little awkward IMO), and differences in hotkeys.

 

And I still think Apple is just flat-out wrong about one-button mice. That's not just the Windows guy in me talking -- I've been a Macintosh user since the late 1980s. (Thankfully you can resolve that button situation by simply buying a two-button mouse and adjusting a few control panel features.)

[bascule]

One complaint I have is that switching back and forth between Vista and OS-X is awkward.

 

I use OS X and XP with Synergy, which means I'm constantly switching back and forth. The main problem I have is the ctrl/cmd dichotomy (cmd is alt on a Windows keyboard), although once you get over that many of the commands are surprisingly similar (e.g. ctrl/cmd-cxvw)

 

And I still think Apple is just flat-out wrong about one-button mice. That's not just the Windows guy in me talking -- I've been a Macintosh user since the late 1980s. (Thankfully you can resolve that button situation by simply buying a two-button mouse and adjusting a few control panel features.)

 

The Mighty Mouse actually has two buttons, even though it looks like it doesn't. Unfortunately, that same convenience was not carried over to the buttons under their touchpads (although you can do a two finger "right click" on the touchpad itself).

[Pangloss]

(although you can do a two finger "right click" on the touchpad itself).

 

Not quite sure I followed that. It behaves differently when you tap it with two fingers instead of one?

[Klaynos]

Not quite sure I followed that. It behaves differently when you tap it with two fingers instead of one?

 

Yes, it's a feature that's been around with touchpads for quite a while now, if you tap it with 2 fingers it thinks it's a right click.

 

My parents mac they (I say they but mean me) just plugged a 5button wheel mouse into it, and all 5 buttons work... even if my parents can only manage with 2...

 

On my laptop if I tap the bottom right hand corner it acts as a right click.

[Pangloss]

Double-tapping is a LEFT mouse button click, not a right mouse button click. That's true on the Mac as well as the PC.

 

What it sounded like he was saying is that there's a way to simulate a RIGHT mouse click with two fingers.

[bascule]

Double-tapping is a LEFT mouse button click, not a right mouse button click. That's true on the Mac as well as the PC.

 

What it sounded like he was saying is that there's a way to simulate a RIGHT mouse click with two fingers.

 

Yeah, rather than double tapping, tap with both your index and middle fingers simultaneously

[CPL.Luke]

yes its a feature that you have to activate in control panel however.

 

Also you kknow you can scroll with the arrw keys or using a two finger motion right?

[Pangloss]

Thanks!

 

I was a Mac user for many years, up through the early PowerMacs and OS9. Just recently went back to it with the purchase of a slightly used G4 iBook from school surplus.

 

I've noticed that you can use the Fn key for page-up and page-down from the arrow keys, but when I try the two fingers tap on the trackpad it just does the same thing. I'll look for a control panel option on that.