Computerworld blows it, says Apple’s Snow Leopard vs. Microsoft’s Windows 7 a ‘tie’

Computerworld has conducted an “OS deathmatch: Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7,” and concluded that, by their scorecard, and conveniently for their advertising sales staff, it’s a “tie — Windows 7 and Snow Leopard each win five categories. Of course, going by a scorecard is too simplistic, because not all of the categories carry equal weight,” Preston Gralla writes.

“So which operating system is better? The near-simultaneous release of Snow Leopard and Windows 7 doesn’t change the dynamic that has been in place for many years in the operating system competition between Apple and Microsoft,” Gralla writes.

“Snow Leopard is more beautiful and elegant as well as simpler to use — although with Windows 7, Microsoft has closed the gap between the operating systems, particularly when it comes to taskbar improvements,” Gralla writes.

“Windows 7, on the other hand, remains the corporate standard, and nothing in Snow Leopard is likely to change that. And it’s still a more tweakable operating system (although its critics may say that tweaking is mandatory in order to get it running right),” Gralla writes.

MacDailyNews Take: The categories and the “winner” as determined by Computerworld’s Preston Gralla (plus why he’s right or wrong):
• Operating system name: Snow Leopard (yes, an exceedingly stupid category)
• Price: Snow Leopard
• Installation: Snow Leopard
• Launching Abilities: Windows 7 (because Peston doesn’t seem to fully understand how to use the Dock or Spotlight)
• System Configuration: Windows 7 (because Preston, obviously a Window sufferer at heart, likes to dick around with things ad infinitum instead of actually getting work done, and has obviously never seen Mac OS X’s Terminal)
• Software compatibility: Windows 7 (another joke because Macs run the world’s largest library of software of which Windows programs are but a subset)
• Hardware Compatibility: Windows 7 (fine, you can have it. Mac users get to choose from middling on up to the cream of the crop and don’t have to deal with horribly cheap dreck)
• Ease of use and elegance: Snow Leopard (duh, even Preston couldn’t manage to get this one wrong)
• Enterprise readiness: Windows 7 (because, according to Preston, Windows is the “business standard,” not because it’s actually better for business)
• Extras: Snow Leopard

The actual score should be 9 to 1 in favor of Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Gil B.” for the heads up.]