As we noted last week, Microsoft released a public beta of Windows Vista to the general public. So now that it’s out there in some form, what are people saying?
Well, Gina Trapani, editor of Lifehacker, concludes that so far, Vista appears to be “a lot like the Mac”:
From the emphasis on searching and not browsing (Spotlight) to the Windows Sidebar (Dashboard) which runs Gadgets (Widgets), to the built-in Windows Calendar (iCal), the similarities are striking.Gina’s assembled a handful of screenshots comparing the OS X and Vista counterparts of these features, and sure enough, Microsoft seems to be up to its old tricks again.
Then again, if there’s one thing they ought to be copying, it’s Apple’s ability to release operating systems on time.
Meanwhile, while Aaron provided you with one solution for installing Vista via Boot Camp, another intrepid user on the MacRumors Forums came up with a way that doesn’t involve “repairing” the Vista installation. Check it out in handy Wiki form here. You know, just in case one operating system that looks like OS X isn’t enough for you.
Vista is nothing like Tiger.
It was so bad I took it off my PC.
To be fair M/S shot themselves in their foot releasing it now. It is the crudest beta I have seen in a long time.
Installation takes forever, or multiple trys. Security popups happen constantly. It is slow as molasses in January. The computer requirements are really huge, I would imagine that someone with less than a new computer will have to do some hardware upgrading to make it work smoothly.
That said, I presume M/S will fine-tune the whole thinhg so that it is a fine system.
Having seen Vista in action, Idon't see how it is anywhere close to release to the public.