Comments on: Mac OS X vs. Windows 7: Who has the best upgrade? http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/06/09/mac-os-x-vs-windows-7-who-has-the-best-upgrade/ Making Sense of Technology Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Eric http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/06/09/mac-os-x-vs-windows-7-who-has-the-best-upgrade/#comment-10 Eric Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:51:11 +0000 http://loopinsight.com/?p=119#comment-10 Watching the keynote yesterday, I couldn't help but thinking that Apple is solidifying their lead against Windows with this release. By fixing things rather than emphasizing new features, Apple is doing what Microsoft should have been doing more of over the past 10 years or more. Snow Leopard is going to be solid, fast and clearly better than anything Microsoft or any other OS developer is going to be offering for general use. Sure BSD might be better for scientists, and Solaris better for some UNIX admins, ISPs, etc., but for general use, nothing can touch OS X already, and this just makes it better yet. No contest. Watching the keynote yesterday, I couldn’t help but thinking that Apple is solidifying their lead against Windows with this release. By fixing things rather than emphasizing new features, Apple is doing what Microsoft should have been doing more of over the past 10 years or more.

Snow Leopard is going to be solid, fast and clearly better than anything Microsoft or any other OS developer is going to be offering for general use. Sure BSD might be better for scientists, and Solaris better for some UNIX admins, ISPs, etc., but for general use, nothing can touch OS X already, and this just makes it better yet.

No contest.

]]> By: Mauricio Longo http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/06/09/mac-os-x-vs-windows-7-who-has-the-best-upgrade/#comment-9 Mauricio Longo Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:40:22 +0000 http://loopinsight.com/?p=119#comment-9 Though Microsoft will be coming out with an operating system that seems to be huge improvement over the previous one, Apple seems to be in a position to fare far better with the upgrades. (Relatively speaking...) I'm sure Windows 7 will sell a lot more copies than Snow Leopard, but I'm also sure that an immensely larger percentage of OS X users will upgrade and be running the latest and greatest OS. In the mean time, Windows users, faced with much higher prices of the OS (not to mention myriad SKUs) will think several times before upgrading. The move of making Snow Leopard only $29 was a fantastic one. This pretty much ensures that most Leopard users will upgrade to Snow Leopard sooner, rather than later. Though Microsoft will be coming out with an operating system that seems to be huge improvement over the previous one, Apple seems to be in a position to fare far better with the upgrades. (Relatively speaking…)

I’m sure Windows 7 will sell a lot more copies than Snow Leopard, but I’m also sure that an immensely larger percentage of OS X users will upgrade and be running the latest and greatest OS. In the mean time, Windows users, faced with much higher prices of the OS (not to mention myriad SKUs) will think several times before upgrading.

The move of making Snow Leopard only $29 was a fantastic one. This pretty much ensures that most Leopard users will upgrade to Snow Leopard sooner, rather than later.

]]> By: Eric Ullman http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/06/09/mac-os-x-vs-windows-7-who-has-the-best-upgrade/#comment-8 Eric Ullman Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:57:00 +0000 http://loopinsight.com/?p=119#comment-8 I live in both worlds. I've been running the Windows 7 RC in VMware Fusion on my MacBook Pro as my standard Windows desktop OS, and I have to say that it's the best Windows OS I've used. (I skipped Vista.) While I firmly believe that Mac OS X offers a better user experience, someone going from XP or Vista to Win 7 may very well feel their upgrade matters more than someone going from Tiger or Leopard (which were already pretty damn good) to Snow Leopard. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. Sure puts the pricing pressure on Microsoft, though... I live in both worlds. I’ve been running the Windows 7 RC in VMware Fusion on my MacBook Pro as my standard Windows desktop OS, and I have to say that it’s the best Windows OS I’ve used. (I skipped Vista.)

While I firmly believe that Mac OS X offers a better user experience, someone going from XP or Vista to Win 7 may very well feel their upgrade matters more than someone going from Tiger or Leopard (which were already pretty damn good) to Snow Leopard.

It will be interesting to see how it plays out. Sure puts the pricing pressure on Microsoft, though…

]]> By: scott http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/06/09/mac-os-x-vs-windows-7-who-has-the-best-upgrade/#comment-7 scott Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:41:42 +0000 http://loopinsight.com/?p=119#comment-7 I guess it depends on who you are. Apple could charge $1000.00 for snow leopard, and to me it would still be a better upgrade. Windows 7 is still windows. I guess it depends on who you are. Apple could charge $1000.00 for snow leopard, and to me it would still be a better upgrade. Windows 7 is still windows.

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