Battle of OS

Windows Vista is out. The whole worlds of softwares and hardwares are influenced. What struck my mind first was the"system requirement for Vista", and the requirement seems to be:
2.0 GHz Intel Duo Core, 2GB of RAM, takes up 15GB of HD spaces (XP takes only 1.2 GB), and 128MB of display card. Woah! What a ridiculous requirement!!
U need these specs for optimum performance, which means no lagging, no waiting, smooth animation and able to open many programs at once.
I think NON of the PCs at home right now actually supports Vista perfectly, and so upgrades are absolutely necessary. Why upgrade to Vista when you can upgrade past it? Get a Mac, once and for all.

Revolution vs Evolution:
All newer version of Windows are revolutionary. It takes u into a totally new hype. You need to start all over again to learn the place of each icons. Most of the changes in Vista are actually unnecessary. Microsoft 'change for the sake of changing'. Now, user need to find harder and press more clicks to get to something. However, Mac OS X had been evolving steadily throughout the years. Mac had done a much better job in R&D. They bring you new improved stuffs in newer versions instead of changing things unnecessarily. Apple 'change for the sake of serving better', keeping their simplicity. See, in the past 6 years since XP, Mac had come up with 5 versions of upgrades, and Microsoft only 1. What was Microsoft doing all these while? Ah ha, busy tackling spywares and viruses.

Why I Love A Mac?

1. Look and feel
Vista does look much better than XP, but compared to Mac, still a far cry. (ps: most of the icons in Vista are actually Mac-look-alike.)

2. Secure
Mac has no virus... One, because hackers are busy attacking Windows who dominated the market (market share: 95% Windows; 4% Mac, 1% Linux), and two, Mac work in a much safer and stable background.

3. No spyware
Mac has no spyware or malware problem. All softwares that comes with Mac are totally stable and their performances are adjusted to the optimum.

4. Fast
Mac has no lagging, no hanging. It brings out the best from 64- bit Intel Core 2 Duo 4MB L2 Cache and other specs. That's what you need for speed.

5. Easy
Mac's learning curve is easier. Vista are way too complicated for older people, busy people, and even for advanced users as more clicks are needed. Mac make your life easier and better.

6. Everything's ready
Mac comes with the best softwares. What software Windows Vista actually provides? Erm, Windows Movie Maker which cant even make a good movie; Photo viewer who can do nothing except, ya, viewing photos; Windows Media Player which basically can only play musics and movies; IE7 which even though claimed to be more secure but actually not; newly added Windows Defender which acts as anti-Spyware program but still misses too many Spywares. (ps: you cant even type or make slide shows. Why? You still haven spend extra money to buy and install Microsoft Office.)
With iLife you make a movie, publish your own podcast, create gorgeous coffee-table books, produce a Hollywood-style DVD, state your views in a daily blog, make beautiful music etc.

7. Safe
The MagSafe Power Adapter. No cord attached. Imagine u tripped on a PC wire, "bang!" Ur PC fall and gone. You tripped on a Mac wire, "pop", the plug unplugged just like that, Mac intact on the table. Cool!!

8. It just works
No hardware drivers needed, no reformat needed, no nothing. Simple? Cut out the hassles of PC reformatting every time you got a virus attack and take up hours for system reformat, programs installation, drivers installations blah blah blah. With Mac, open the box, everything is ready. Plug in anything, they just work.

9. Relates well with PC
Who say Mac is not user friendly? No games? No Network? No programs installation allowed? No way to interact with a PC? Tell u what, Mac comes with perfect LAN n wireless networking with all PCs; Mac has Microsoft Office!! Mac has MSN messenger and Yahoo messenger; Mac allows only good softwares, not stupid malwares or whatever cool stuffs you need cz Mac already has the best stuffs; and many many games nowadays works on Mac.

10. Trend leading
Windows Vista is an OS Microsoft created in order to become more like Mac. Mac takes months to develop, but it took Microsoft 6 years to imitate a Mac. Now that Vista is out "Woahh, see, we're now quite similar to Mac OSX Tiger!!" But so what? Mac OSX Leopard is already around the corner. Who's faster? Mac is leading the trend and Microsoft is playing catching up and copy-cat.

11. Value for money
Mac is hardly affordable? A MacBook cost around RM4000-5000. A PC similar to the spec Mac provide? RM4000+. Forget another RM200 on anti-virus program, another RM100 on antispyware program, another few hundreds on hardware upgrades. Mac is expensive? Haha. Get a Mac, you'll use it for 5 years without s single upgrade; get a PC, prepare yourself extra money in the future for any malfunction or repair or system upgrade or program license renewal.

This is not an advertisement for Apple. All these are just my personal insights and dream. After some serious thoughts, doing some research and reading some reviews, i decided to share my views. Buying an Apple? Well, at least not so soon for me. Upgrading to Vista? Don't think so. Right in front my desk now is still an Acer laptop with WinXP. It had served me right and i love it and am enjoying it to the max. The most i did was to make my PC look like an Mac: (grin)
To see the cool funny ads: http://www.apple.com/getamac/