Interesting point from Griffith (at this point, it’s almost cliche for me to say how much I love Forever Geek and particularly Griffith’s writing) on the difference between Leopard and Vista…
Apple has officially announced Leopard’s shipping date, and Apple has re-lit it’s advertising campaign for the eagerly awaited 64bit Operating System. They were even kind enough to place most of those 300+ new features on a single page.
Besides all of the invisible work done to the OS, like making it 64bit, and increase it’s security. There is a list of over 300 new “palpable” features in it that you can actually see and use.
Yep. There sure is. But that isn’t the point of the story…
…I hoped[sic] over to Microsoft’s Vista website and managed to find a link which should have had the answers for all my questions, Microsoft’s 100 Reasons you’ll be speechless.
After reading most of those reasons, I have to say I was speechless. Not because I was wow’ed by the list, but because there just wasn’t much to say about them. Most of the features, or reasons as they call it, aren’t really reasons, but just clever marketing phrases such as:
You choose the fun—TV, games, music, movies, home videos, or photo slide shows—Windows Vista has all of your entertainment in one convenient place. Enjoy it on your PC, or gather friends and family around your home entertainment center, and let the good times roll!
Name one thing from the phrase above that you can’t already do with your 6 year old Windows XP
There are a few unsexy changes under the hood of Vista, but Griffith’s point is well-taken. Apple introduces 300 solid new features and overhauls a bulk of the OS in a point-release. Microsoft makes very few changes and a few tweaks, calls it a new version, charges way more for it, and many new features mean nothing to a bulk of their audience.
I may have to go through their list of great amazing spectacular new features so I can have a laugh.
Another post for another day.
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