Exclusive: Windows Vista Interim Build, Beta 2 Update

"Bonch: In those items that were shown, Vista does them better. I can elaborate if necessary."

You know, my favorite part of this statement is how it illustrates the way Microsoft fans think. Vista doesn't do any of those things better--in fact, it doesn't do them at all. Vista's not OUT yet. It's not out until early 2007, and by then OS X Leopard will be out. You're claiming a product that doesn't exist yet does something better than a product released way back in April of '05.

For some reason, Microsoft fans like to pretend that if Vista is mentioned in the MSDN brochures and Windows fansites, it magically exists as a real product that you can use and compare to. Nope, sorry, Vista's not out, and it's been delayed to 2007, so happy waiting. That means Vista can't do any of that stuff, because it's not OUT yet. Not until 2007, and by then, it'll all be dated anyway.

"Build 5365 will include major changes to the User Account Protection (UAP) feature"

I really didn't think Microsoft was stupid enough to leave it in it's current form of dialog hell. I changed Internet Explorer for people who have to use it (or dislike the alternatives for whatever reason) to where it prompted for ActiveX controls, and it drove them crazy with all the prompts. Glad to see Microsoft's making changes there.

"May 22, two days earlier than the previous schedule."

If it was May 22nd of last year, that would have been better. :|

"Why can't you guys just accept it, laugh at Microsoft, and move on? "

"Vista feels like a joke compared to the super-polished OS X and iLife suite."

"OS X is technologically years ahead of Windows."

"Why not use the operating system where the innovation originates from?"

Are you on Apple's payroll or something Bonch? Yeah, the platform is so advanced it only works on Apple's hardware (here comes the BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT STABLE comment, even though Linux and Windows 2000+ don't really have stability problems to begin with, and they work on a helluva lot more than Mac OS X is designed to). What exactly is it that makes it advanced, anyways? Because Apple says so (yeah, i've seen the picture on the site about it being built on top a "rock-solid" UNIX foundation, but no explanation as to how their UNIXish implementation is rock-solid [I don't need a lecture on UNIX architectures, but feel free to give me one if you like seeing yourself type])?

Oh, and that super-polished comment. Yeah, Mac OS X looks decent, but it's got some incosistencies , like apps made by Apple that come with the OS using their own skin. That alone makes it seem less "polished". I've heard this sort of thing will be fixed in the next OSX release (although it could have just been speculation). I haven't even used OS X, so I can't comment any further (except that i'm glad their killing off that polished metal thing, didn't like it from screenshots).

"Look, even Paul Thurrott called Vista a 'warmed over copy of OS X Tiger.'"

Seems like the windows team has run out of ideas.

Bonch, there's no reason to be so fanatical about this. I've used both XP and OS X and inmy opinion, OS X is technologically years ahead of Windows. I don't know about Vista, but I don't see anything groundbreaking in it. However, Vista may work just because it's windows.

"Look, even Paul Thurrott called Vista a 'warmed over copy of OS X Tiger.'"

Oh yeah! When it convenient to you, PAul suddenly becomes the expert. At other times, he doesn't know what he's talking about. Isn't that right ? :-)

"But Apple had file indexing even back in the OS9 days, and when they added the real-time search field to iTunes, they decided to add it to OS X."

Windows had file indexing before the XP days too, for your information.

"Windows is a teetering old house of cards. The interface sucks, the technology sucks. Usability studies have shown that users are faster in the OS X interface than in the Windows interface, because the Windows interface requires many more starts and stops with the cursor, much more pinpointing, many more dialogs and wizards, and so forth. "

Definitely. If everyone in the US switches to macs, the GDP will go up 100%, won't it? In fact, Windows is so horrible that some retailers are preinstalling Windows on macs just to increase sales.