vista or mac?

February 10th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized

Digg points out this article and while I disagree with some of the comments in the article, I have to admit that I have been seriously considering moving to a mac. Some more on that soon. But, needless to say that I am impressed by the craftsmanship of the mac notebooks and the operating system seems to be very slick.

I was getting excited about Vista. I wanted to learn more, specifically about the release date. I wanted to upgrade the minute it was available.

Then I learned about the hardware requirements. Vista is not going to work well on budget PCs. As I said, I’m cheap. My PC would definitely classify as budget.

This means I’m still stuck with an operating system that welcomes viruses and embraces spyware. Even though I have been using Windows for almost as long as Windows has existed, I can’t just upgrade to the new system and expect good results. I have to buy an entirely new computer.

Now that I know I need a new computer, should I buy another Windows system and hope Vista lives up to its hype? Or should I go with Apple, remembering that users have told me they are not bothered much by spyware and crashes are unheard of?

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