Disappointment with Vista Causes MIT Writer to Switch

Technology Review: Uninspiring Vista

Ironically, playing around with Vista for more than a month has done what years of experience and exhortations from Mac-loving friends could not: it has converted me into a Mac fan.

Wow, and I was looking forward into playing with Vista after Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko and others have said positive things about it.

This is the point she makes that I like the most, (emphasis added).

And my deepest-seated reasons for preferring Windows PCs--more computing power for the money and greater software availability--have evaporated in the last year. Apple's decision to use the same Intel chips found in Windows machines has changed everything. Users can now run OS X and Windows on the same computer; with third-party software such as Parallels Desktop, you don't even need to reboot to switch back and forth. The chip swap also makes it possible to compare prices directly. I recently used the Apple and Dell websites to price comparable desktops and laptops; they were $100 apart or less in each case. The difference is that Apple doesn't offer any lower-end processors, so its cheapest computers cost quite a bit more than the least-expensive PCs. As Vista penetrates the market, however, the slower processors are likely to become obsolete--minimizing any cost differences between PCs and Macs.

Apple basically forces you to buy what you are going to need anyway right up front. It doesn't tease you into buying a piece of junk that you will have to upgrade anyway and will be more expensive in terms of lost time than anything you would have saved.

Via: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)