This blog post (Five reasons why Vista beats Mac OS X) by Preston Gralla on ComputerWorld is troll material and normally I wouldn’t fall for it, but it’s too far over the top to ignore.
Several of the reasons he gives for using Vista are rather silly. I won’t even get into them.
What I want to say, instead, is that I think he’s looking at the whole problem the wrong way. In fact, he’s looking at it as a battle of one computer system over another. Forget it. That’s yesterday’s battle. The stakes are different today.
It’s now just not about one desktop or one notebook for that matter; it’s about what devices (yes, plural) you use and how much you can do with all of them as a whole. It’s about how collectively they make your life better.
I like Vista. I even use the 64-bit version as my main OS on my Mac Pro, but I also love OS X lite, if you will, on my iPhone. It beats everything else I’ve ever owned in terms of browser connectivity–even though it’s missing Flash, which I sorely miss. I also love my Toshiba M700 Tablet PC. It’s a terrific notebook; a great brainstorming tool, and an all around workhorse while on the go.
I use all of these devices as a collective pool. They are all winners in my mind. Singling out one device or one OS or one application or one power plug or one button or…you get the idea…is focusing on too small of an item. Today, it’s about connectivity across multiple devices. The OS tug-of-wars still get down and dirty, but they’re nothing to get overly concerned about.