“It’s not often that the two most popular operating systems get major updates so close to each other, so we couldn’t resist throwing them into a cage match together,” CNET Reviews reports. “The judges for this Prizefight hardly shy away from telling you what they think about software, webware, and the operating systems you need to get to all those goodies.”
The judges are CNET contributors Josh Lowensohn, Rafe Needleman, and Seth Rosenblatt.
Round 1: Interface and design
Round 2: Reliability and stability
Round 3: Performance and compatibility
Round 4: Unique features
Round 5: Value, value, value
After some crazy judging, somehow CNET screwed up and actually got the winner right, Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard, but just barely, due to some insane scoring based on seemingly random Mossbergian logic (ignore the Registry nightmare, fixate on how Microsoft has appropriated some of Mac OS X’s Dock features to improve Windows’ Taskbar).
Still, miracles do happen or maybe Microsoft’s check just bounced this month.
Full article here.
Must have killed CNet to report it.
Did hell freeze over? Oooh the MS fanbois are gonna be pissed at CNET for this. ahahaha
Wow! Even CNET tried real hard to keep it close, but could not bring themselves to giving Windows 7 the win. That’s really amusing…
MDN you missed the easiest part: “It’s not often that the two most popular operating systems get major updates so close to each other”, which is because it’s not that often that Windows gets a Service Pack, err major update, period.
Looking at the comments at CNet, it appears MS spent all their money on astroturfing.
…”it appears MS spent all their money on astroturfing.”
And judging by the volume, they may have even burned through all of their cash reserves!
They scream about us as “fanbois” but you should really see some of the whining on the CNET board for this article! It is downright hilarious!
The Wintards are going ape over this article. A very amusing read.
I had to leave a comment….
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Most of the angry PC users are comparing the Mac Pro to custom built rigs, the rest are whining about exaggerated price differences, and others are exaggerating Windows boot up times.
Why don’t we compare something other than a Mac Pro, huh?
Dell All-in-one Studio One 19
3.0GHz Intel Dual Core CPU
Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit (Wow, they aren’t shipping with 7 yet?)
Microsoft Office Home and Student
McAfee SecurityCenter 9 with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 2 Year
4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM
500GB 7200RPM HD
Nvidia 9400M GPU
Dell Wireless Desktop Keyboard & Mouse
Internal 802.11 b/g wireless networking
$1,212
iMac 21.5″
3.06GHz Dual Core Intel CPU
Snow Leopard
iWork 09
4GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM
500GB 7200RPM HD
Nvidia 9400M GPU
Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse (multi-touch FTW)
Bluetooth + EDR
Built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
$1,248
Woah… What happened? Why isn’t the Dell half the price of the Mac? On top of this, the Mac has better customer support, a larger screen with a better display, faster RAM, a better mouse, a faster and more secure OS, more included software (iLife), and much better resale value.
Let’s jump several years into the future. It costs $100 to upgrade to the new version of Windows, and $30 to upgrade to OSX 10.7. On top of this, the iMac will partially pay for itself with the resale value it keeps. The Dell won’t.
I can do similar comparisons with HP, Dell, and Sony 13″ notebooks, all-in-ones, and Micro ATX PC’s. Apple has gone from extremely expensive to directly comparable to the competition.
At the people claiming Windows is faster…
Humor me. My Macbook Pro, used for basically everything but gaming (2.53GHz Dual Core Intel CPU, 4GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM, 250 5400RPM HD, OSX 10.6), boots up and shuts down much faster than my gaming rig (3.81GHz Quad Core Intel i5 CPU, 4GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM, 320GB 7200RPM HD). It’s also more stable and secure. And no, disabling the boot up sound won’t make Windows win. It won’t win.”
@RED-411
Nice. A little smackdown of your own right there!
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Heads must be rolling at C|Net!?! They’re right up there with the Windows “Supersite” fighting to be Microsoft’s #1 shill site. Someone’s gonna lose their job as soon as gasball(mer) hears about this one…
Hhhmmm. The Mac’ers enjoyed this one. I am glad that you have a feather to put in your cap. As for most that require flexibility in their business solutions, it appears that we have to stick with windows in place of the status and/or bling effect some get from the Mac.
Then Kdog you certainly have my sympathy. As for bling haven’t you noticed Macs are minimalist now those vile alien machines made by dell with the hinged helmet now they are bling my friend.
@ RED-411,
I had the impression that the $29 price of Snow Leopard was a one time thing, and that the next upgrade to OS X would be back to the same $129 price.
@ KDog
Flexibility in business solutions? Care to elaborate?
Macs have popular photo and movie editing programs, Office for Mac, iWork (personally, I think it is vastly superior to any version of Office), and they work with Microsoft Exchange.
On top of this, you don’t have to worry about malicious software harming your valuable data.
spyinthesky,
I agree with you 110%. The first thing I thought when I saw that was, are you kidding me. There is always a weirdo in the crowd.
I redirect to function.
“As for most that require flexibility in their business solutions, it appears that we have to stick with windows in place of the status and/or bling effect some get from the Mac.”
Bwaaaaaaaa hahahahahaha! I consider flexibility in my business solution to be not suffering downtime because my POS Windows machine crashed or became a virus-laden, mal-ware-riddled bot. Oh, yeah, I suppose I could pay the MicroSoft tax and hire an IT department to keep my POS Windows machines running, I suppose…
Enjoy your Dell, KDog.
@kdog…
If by flexibility you mean being able to run Windows and OSX then yes, by all means businesses should buy a mac. If by flexibility you mean being able to run only some of the available software out there and not 100% of what’s available… then go for it fanboi.
@ Sir Bill Gates
Because of Snow Leopard being more of an update, rather than a completely new OS?
Well, I would like for the price to stay at $29. Regardless, even at $129, OSX is cheaper than all but the most feature-lacking versions of Windows.
Just wait. Balmer’s gonna’ figure out to Obamaize these dupes that go against the MS grain and laud Apple over Win7, withdraw all their ads, order Dell and H and Sony to do so as well.
If you disagree with the Pack, you will get whacked.
Just ask The One Lord Obama.
What rubbish!
@ RED-411,
True, even at full price OS X is an awesome value (especially the family packs) but I agree, that $29 price if permanent would be sweet.
from W7 review on NYT:
Finally, out of fear of antitrust headaches, Microsoft has stripped Windows 7 of some important accessory programs. Believe it or not, software for managing photos, editing videos, reading PDF documents, maintaining a calendar, managing addresses, chatting online or writing e-mail doesn’t come with Windows 7.
What kind of operating system doesn’t come with an e-mail program?
Instead, you’re supposed to download these free apps yourself from a Microsoft Web site. It’s not a huge deal; some companies, including Dell, plan to preinstall them on new computers. But a lot of people will be in for some serious confusion — especially when they discover that the Windows 7 installer has deleted their existing Vista copies of Windows Mail, Movie Maker, Calendar, Contacts and Photo Gallery. (Mercifully, it preserves your data.)
Where’s ZuneTang when you need him! I’m positively salivating for one of his nuggets
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=:~)
@ Handsome Smitty,
Handsome huh? I found your baby picture. Hope you’ve improved with age.
@ Chas,
Please don’t talk like that.