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Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Georgiatch11 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:42:26 -0000

I've been running windows 7 since October 2008 and so have 4 million plus other beta testers.. so I'd say a heck of a lot of people have had windows 7 long enough to have an opinion about this operating system.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Lincoln — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:46:54 -0000

Seems to me that if "most of mashable users are mac fanboys", that it doesn't make sense to see Win7 came out ahead in the poll.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

johndoe — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:57:13 -0000

Confirmed.
Yesterday I installed the latest available Nvidia drivers, specifically made for Windows 7, and I keep having the same problems with the game GRID. In certain scenes, the game first enters in some kind of slow-motion, and about two seconds later the amount of frames per second drop so low that I usually end crashing my car against a wall because I have no real-time visual feedback.
Windows 7 is definitely not better than Windows XP, at least for this particular game.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

josh154675 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:13:52 -0000

i havent used snow leopard but windows seven cannot be beaten. windows has almost always been better than mac.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

aj02 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:26:25 -0000

I was going to vote for windows 7 but it keeps crashing and disconnects me from the wireless I will use the mac for now

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Scott — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:00:11 -0000

WINDOWS 7 IS SOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!!!! Apple just trys too hard to be different! They suck and they know it! That is why they are making such mean comercials-because they KNOW microsoft has them beat! I have used BOTH operating systems and I think Windows 7 is better!!!!! :)

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

speedy87 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:45:44 -0000

I already really don't like win 7. I have the Pro RC running on a PC in work and it has reminded me of when win xp first came out. Although win 7 has it's compatibility mode for installing older versions of software (to attempt to avoid the same problems of the xp release), since installing win 7, i've decided to get a mac, and thinking about boycotting microsoft all together. Do love apple's new "I'm a mac" ad. really makes my point.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Sam the Deaf — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:42:54 -0000

Vote prove that media social are on Mac

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Alex fez — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:25:03 -0000

Windows 7 is the way!!

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Ghryphen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:12:27 -0000

What headaches?

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

kznx — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:13:36 -0000

Ubuntu and Gnome are great for being free, but the interface is a little too clunky for working on all day, at least for me. Of course, I run my servers with debian, but use windows for everything else. Not to mention the whole full-screen flash problem:
http://xkcd.com/619/

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Andrew — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:40:39 -0000

@Ociro: Yours is probably the most sensible Mac user comment I've ever read. My first clue was that I didn't want throw up from over-exposure to arrogance.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Mac User — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:01:16 -0000

PC is BS! I mean its a pathetic excuse for a computer, and Windows is a pathetic excuse for an OS.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Mac User — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:59:30 -0000

Okay, so Microsoft thinks they can kick Apple's butt! HAHA! Mac has been working better than Windows for years, and watch the new Mac ad "Broken Promises" It will explain!

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

MacMeister2000 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:43:24 -0000

I just prefer no headaches, and the low requirement of resources. So in my opinion, Snow Leopard is the winner. Facts... 64bit Windows 7 requires 20 GB while SL requires ~8GB (no extra printer drivers, and localizations {installable later, if needed}). And, I have a gut feeling SL uses less RAM too, but no facts in my head to back it.

Don't quote my name.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

anon — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:29:31 -0000

i doubt this article has been read by over 5,000 uniques so far. i am sure the fanatics have been clicking the button all day.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Kelsey — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:12:02 -0000

Since I'm now a Windows user, I'm interested in upgrading to 7, but I'll always have a sweet spot in my heart for Mac and I know that it will always work faster and easier than windows. I know that 7 has a lot of similar features as mac operating systems though, so maybe 7 will be the closest thing I'll come to having a mac again!

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Guest — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:07:28 -0000

Honestly about all you would get from putting mac os on a windows machine is possibly more reliability and a slightly different UI. The functionality that makes mac os what it is requires an apple computer. The biggest example I can think of is the apple 'magic mouse' which is one of the amazing things about a mac but apple owns the copy right. They would be foolish if they sold it just so that mac os could run in all its glory on a windows machine.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

OmniDragon — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:44:30 -0000

I guess you missed the part about the beta and release candidate being out for a long time. That's OK, though. Lots of people can't read too well.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

johndoe — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:28:15 -0000

I have never used a Mac, but wanted to report that I have been using the RTM of windows 7 for over a moth now, whith a hardware that should have been adequate:

Intel DP965LT, Intel Core2 at 2.33GHz, 4GB Kingston DDR667, Nvidia 8600GT with 256MB, and a Maxtor SATA2 drive

Yet Windows freezes every now and then for no apparent reason, some times even before reaching the login screen, and I have to reboot several times.

I have used that same hardware with Windows XP and Debian Lenny, and it was stable and speedy on both.

For example, in Windows 7 the game GRID is less responsive than it was in XP, where I never experienced any problem at all. In Windows 7 sometimes it seems like things are in slow motion. I am downloading the latest Nvidia Drivers, but to be fair, I used old drivers with XP with no problems, so if Windows 7 was better than XP as MS claims, the NVIDIA drivers built in Windows 7 should have been enough to have a similar gaming experience, which clearly has not been the case.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

shafew — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:06:26 -0000

i voted for windows7 coz..i never used mac! -_-

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Guest — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:05:54 -0000

The Apple team are stupid! They have an operational system that can be only installed in Apple machines. This means that if I want to try it or install it in my PC, I just cannot. For this purpose, I'd have to buy a new computer and choose a Mac. Why don't they release a universal OS, one that you can install in your computer regardless if it is Apple or not? That would be a real competition. The way it is now is just a waste of time and money for the stupid.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Chris Stewart — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:02:10 -0000

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

Flanjygo — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:46:48 -0000

I want to see Ubuntu in a faceoff as well. Ubuntu has all kinds of good things that I would pick over Windows any day, and it isn't overpriced in any sense of the word.

Re: OS Faceoff: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

MacBav — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:43:14 -0000

How can your PC contradict another person's experience?