http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/1-Gaming
2-iPod vs Zune
3-Useless nuh-uh-ing

am I forgetting anything?]]>Oct 27th 2007 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 28th 2007 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 28th 2007 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 29th 2007 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
More people buying Vista is not a sign of more people liking Vista. It's a sign of more people buying Vista.
e.g. Someone has 50 Windows apps. They need to upgrade to make sure they don't get left behind. Why would they buy Leopard when they'd have to spend hundreds on new apps?]]>Jan 19th 2008 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
i just notice it also works if you turn the computer to the right and your head to the left awsome!]]>Oct 27th 2007 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
To take this chart to the next level, how about including a link to 3rd party (preferably open-source) apps that help compensate for each of the OS' weak points?

For example, iTheater (on sourceforge) almost makes up for the fact that frontrow is a joke compared to Windows Media Center.

Or; Windows Photo Gallery isn't as good as iPhoto, but Picasa from Google is pretty dang good, not to mention free 2GB for online photo galleries.]]>Oct 27th 2007 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
More than anything, a load of the red and green assignments are totally based on opinion, and I'd be concerned that this is presented here (and will be accepted by some) as fact. ]]>Oct 28th 2007 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 30th 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
i'm confused.]]>Jan 1st 2008 4:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Price!
and it should be the price of Ultimate because that's really the only one that support all the compared items]]>Oct 27th 2007 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
It's just that MS are better at hiding their version numbers. ]]>Oct 27th 2007 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
I think it's more of a disappointment that they can't just get it right the first time instead of having to release service packs :|]]>Oct 28th 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Also: OS X's price is set by Apple. You can shop around and find OEM dealers willing to sell Vista for a lot cheaper than retail.]]>Oct 27th 2007 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/+ Frontrow (Note: only on Macs with infrared)
+ Speech Synthesis (New Alex voice in Leopard is extremely good, with breathing and natural pacing)
+ Preview Files - Leopard Preview 4.0 is so goddamn good, it deserves a leg up. While Adobe is squawking at Microsoft for incorporating PDF controls in Office, apparently they have few problems with letting Apple built-in a fantastic PDF viewer/editor. See AppleInsider "Road to Preview 4.0" feature.
+ Preview Files - More points, Quicklook has the potential to put ANYTHING in the "thumbnail" view as applications add the featture. Does Vista thumbnail PDFs? Quicklook let's you "preview" multiple pages in a PDF without "opening" it. Leopard also lets you create an on the fly list of selected thumbnails over a black background like Expose (quickly comparing different images).]]>Oct 28th 2007 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
iLife IS NOT IN THE BOX with Leopard. Therefore, iDVD, iMovie, and iPhoto should be excluded from this chart, like it or not, according to your own rules. My friends macbook, which he just upgraded to Leopard, doesn't have any of the iLife 08 features you include in this comparison. He still needs to buy iLife '08, so in the interest of your own criteria, please take these off of your comparison charts. I'm only saying you should follow the rules you have set for yourself. Follow Logic, man. I do use Vista, and love it, but I agree, Each OS has their own strengths and weaknesses. Just follow your own rules, man. Or at least respond to this in some way that isn't, "Well, it may not be in the box with the OS, as we specified, but it's on new macs, so we're including it." Come on, man. You at least have my Email. Please, justify this properly, or remove any iLife '08 programs from the list. They're your own criteria.]]>Oct 28th 2007 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Yes, Vista thumbnails PDFs. Also, any application can install itself as the "Preview/Thumbnail Generator" by adding themselves and the file extension into the registry. here's how:
http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2006/12/managed-preview-handlers-for-vista-and.html]]>Oct 28th 2007 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://i20.tinypic.com/2nsqrcw.jpg

And yeah, I'll say it again- iLife is not in the box. Sorry, had to.
]]>Oct 28th 2007 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 28th 2007 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
And how about a category where updates are considered? I think anyone will agree that Microsoft is much better than Apple's "Surprise!" updates, not to mention a lot more regular. And Windows update is much improved in Vista over XP.]]>Oct 28th 2007 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 30th 2007 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
This is just one area where the author is obviously not mentioning the tie breaking facts. This comparison while OK, is far from perfect....move along nothing to see here.]]>Nov 20th 2007 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
Include Office 2007?
1. Office 2007 is NOT INCLUDED on most PCs. Fact.
2. Office 2007 Professional is $500, Ultimate $680, iLife 08 is $79.
3. Office 07 vs iLife 08 is stupid. They have nothing to do with each other.

Just one more thing.

APPLE: BUY ADOBE!]]>Jan 19th 2008 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/I think that both deserve more credit for things,but even though Vista might be able to do more is some areas, it dosn't count if it is always bluescreaning.

but yes, I do think this way fair]]>Oct 27th 2007 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Ubuntu has only given me trouble when I manually configure xorg
Macs are way too expensive]]>Oct 27th 2007 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/Oct 27th 2007 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/27/leopard-vs-vista-feature-chart-showdown/
Big John, Kernel panics only come from 2 sources... a faulty or poorly written kernel extension or faulty hardware. Just because you haven't altered your configuration doesn't mean the former can't be true. Computers can and do ship with faulty parts. Everything in the guts of a machine is volatile and often has flaws. Or maybe you installed some software that uses kexts - Parallels, Fusion, Cisco VPN, are just a few common ones that get too close to the kernel (in my opinion) and can cause issues. I'd check your logs and see where the panic is coming from and try to resolve it. It's not normal at all.]]>Oct 27th 2007 8:56PM