There is an article in the March 2008 PC Magazine entitled 'The Battle for Your Desktop.' They compared Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu Linux. They tied to determine as fairly as they could which operating system was best.
Remember; this is PC Magazine. Most of the readers of that magazine probably use some version of Windows. The conclusion they come to is that overall Mac OS 10.5 is the best. Regardless if you agree with their conclusions or not it is extremely refreshing to me that it is possible to have an open minded discussion of operating systems. You would not find such an open minded discussion in some other areas that I could mention but I will not.
My own personal opinion is that if a person wanted to use a Mac it might be better to get a good used Mac, install plenty of RAM, get a good monitor, and use Mac OS 10.4 Tiger on the computer. I personally feel that Mac OS 10.4 is the best O/S Apple has come out with. You can actually run four-five O/Ss on that one computer. You could run Mac 10.4, Windows XP, Classic Mac O/S 9.2.2, Linux, etc. That Mac would be useful even if your primary computer was a Windows Vista computer. You can't run Classic on Leopard. I personally run two O/Ss on my iMac and I could easily install Mac 9.2.2. I can't see any use for Linux. My main computer runs Windows Vista.
I feel good about PC Magazine. They have demonstrated to me that they can have very open minded discussions. They will probably receive some emails from some people complaining about the comparisons of O/Ss and the results. Most of their readership probably use Windows. It is nice seeing that there are still some people who can think outside of the box. People willing to look at what else is available and not just march in step and say whatever is currently the in thing to say. Good job PC Magazine. I am more willing to read their magazine after discovering that the people working for that magazine can think for themselves and don't feel they must support certain companies or certain O/Ss just because of the nature of their magazine or where most of their advertising money probably comes from. If only more people could be like this.
Remember; this is PC Magazine. Most of the readers of that magazine probably use some version of Windows. The conclusion they come to is that overall Mac OS 10.5 is the best. Regardless if you agree with their conclusions or not it is extremely refreshing to me that it is possible to have an open minded discussion of operating systems. You would not find such an open minded discussion in some other areas that I could mention but I will not.
My own personal opinion is that if a person wanted to use a Mac it might be better to get a good used Mac, install plenty of RAM, get a good monitor, and use Mac OS 10.4 Tiger on the computer. I personally feel that Mac OS 10.4 is the best O/S Apple has come out with. You can actually run four-five O/Ss on that one computer. You could run Mac 10.4, Windows XP, Classic Mac O/S 9.2.2, Linux, etc. That Mac would be useful even if your primary computer was a Windows Vista computer. You can't run Classic on Leopard. I personally run two O/Ss on my iMac and I could easily install Mac 9.2.2. I can't see any use for Linux. My main computer runs Windows Vista.
I feel good about PC Magazine. They have demonstrated to me that they can have very open minded discussions. They will probably receive some emails from some people complaining about the comparisons of O/Ss and the results. Most of their readership probably use Windows. It is nice seeing that there are still some people who can think outside of the box. People willing to look at what else is available and not just march in step and say whatever is currently the in thing to say. Good job PC Magazine. I am more willing to read their magazine after discovering that the people working for that magazine can think for themselves and don't feel they must support certain companies or certain O/Ss just because of the nature of their magazine or where most of their advertising money probably comes from. If only more people could be like this.
