Is Vista beta as good as (or better than) OS X?

[someguy]

I'll let you know as soon as I get some blank DVD's to burn my downloaded copy.
Yes, it was a legal download from the Vista site, keep your pants on, you anti-piracy freaks!

 

[swingerofbirch]

Also, Apple is the only computer that can officially run System 6 - OS X, Windows 3.1-Vista, Linux, etc.

I wish this were true, but I think it's been a while since Apple has shipped a machine that could boot into Mac OS 9 (or lower for that matter). Am I wrong?

It might be kinda fun if I could reinstall Mac 0S 9 on my Tiger running eMac. It's getting poky and I miss the little quirks of OS 9, the control strip was sooooo nice, and I liked the Application switching palette.

 

[Lixivial]

I wish this were true, but I think it's been a while since Apple has shipped a machine that could boot into Mac OS 9 (or lower for that matter). Am I wrong?

Nope, you're not wrong. However, I said run as opposed to boot; running System 6 - OS 9 can be done in an emulator environment on Intel Macs (which does run rather smoothly), or a virtualized environment in PPC Macs. Heck, even Rhapsody DR2 for x86 runs in a virtualized environment using Parallels on Intel Macs, not that it's useful.

I guess what I'm saying is, while standard PCs can run most of those as well, Macs have the added advantage of official OS X support. So, in the end, Macs can run just about anything under the sun, though I can't see anyone having to run System 6 on an Intel Mac.

 

[Platform]

no, it's just like XP with a bunch of useless junk and badly placed eye candy.

Yup...Xp with a facelift

Tiger beats Vista, wonder what Leopard will do

 

[someguy]

To those of you who have used Vista, can I run most XP software on it? Can I still use Firefox, Trillian, Winamp...? Do I need to find special Vista-compatible apps?

And more importantly, will AVG, Ad-Aware SE, and Spybot run on Vista Beta 2?

 

[dpaanlka]

I actually find the Vista GUI quite disgusting.

Translucent window titlebars? Didn't we try that years ago and find it to be annoying and thus it was removed?

 

[imacintel]

To those of you who have used Vista, can I run most XP software on it? Can I still use Firefox, Trillian, Winamp...? Do I need to find special Vista-compatible apps?

And more importantly, will AVG, Ad-Aware SE, and Spybot run on Vista Beta 2?

I think so. Remember, It may not be "vista approved", but basicallythat is uselss. It is a candied up Windows Xp. I hate and love vista.

 

[imacintel]

Check out the Windows Vista wikipedia page.

at the bottom, you will find out about future Windows.


Wich will lose again to 10.6 Catfish.

 

[Lixivial]

To those of you who have used Vista, can I run most XP software on it? Can I still use Firefox, Trillian, Winamp...? Do I need to find special Vista-compatible apps?

And more importantly, will AVG, Ad-Aware SE, and Spybot run on Vista Beta 2?

Not usually, but you'll probably begin running into trouble with 16-bit apps and legacy DOS-based apps. The Java runtime environment crashes IE7 and disables Aero Glass, and a lot of browser media plug-in's (flash, shockwave, etc) don't yet work. Also, if an install fails due to compatibility reasons, Vista will try to run it in a compatibility mode.

ieXbeta.com has a compatibility wiki (some of it is inaccurate) tailored to users' findings in that arena. My Avira AntiVir XP works, however I have to run the manual update exe standalone -- the integrated auto-update does not work. Also, Symantec AntiVirus corporate edition has been known to have some issues, though they're mostly worked out now.