Why is Windows so much slower at most everyday tasks than OS X?

[G-Force]

Pages '09 is just as slow to start up the first time as Word 2008 these days, for me at least. Pages '08 was much faster.

 

[macrem]

Can IE be removed from Windows 7? What a poor piece of software.

 

[mac2x]

OK, OK, Pages isn't as bad as I say, but it's still slower than Word 2007 on Windows. On my MBP/W7, If I double click on Word, it is up within 2 seconds, and is ready to type.

Pages, though, bounces on my Dock for at least 5 seconds and then I get the Template dialog. But then, when I launch it again (because it's in memory) its almost instant.

Maybe it has to do with W7 pre-loading apps when starting up Windows, but that's what I've noticed.

I turn off that template dialog in preferences and set to open a basic portrait text doc. Seems a bit speedier that way.

And I'm stuck using FireFox on OS X beacuse Safari is a resource hog, and flash crashes WAY too much in Safari for my liking.

Well, I wouldn't say "STUCK", I do like Firefox

Safari caches everything; a quick option-command-E will empty the cache and trim down memory usage. Flash is equally bad in both for me.

 

[HLdan]

I'm getting one bounce to load Pages using a HDD.

Yeah? Restart your computer, then launch Pages and check how many bounces it takes on first launch. We're not talking about cached launches.

 

[roadbloc]

Yeah? Restart your computer, then launch Pages and check how many bounces it takes on first launch. We're not talking about cached launches.

Twice for me. iWork 09.

 

[definitive]

True; but I don't really need a quad core (like the i5 or i7 iMacs). And the truth is most others don't either.

Right now, if you aren't using Handbrake, Photoshop, or another pro app, quad core is a waste IMO. That will change, of course, as developers rewrite more 'everyday' apps to take advantage of 4+ cores. A C2D is more than fast enough for everyday use.

charging under $1k for a c2d system is ok. charging almost $2k for a c2d system is not. it's like charging someone (today) msrp for a car from 2005. you're paying same amount for an old car when you could buy a newer version for the same amount.

people can make all excuses that they want, but there's nothing that justifies the prices that apple charges for the hardware that they put in their systems. especially the "desktop" computers such as imacs or mac pro's.

 

[macrem]

Yeah? Restart your computer, then launch Pages and check how many bounces it takes on first launch. We're not talking about cached launches.

As I recall there are two bounces, but I will check the next time a software update requires rebooting OS X...in three months or so. 99% of the time, it's one bounce (Pages '09).