Walt Mossberg the Wall Street Journal, which traditionally has recommended Macs to most PC users, now says the choice is less clear. , While giving an advantage to the Mac for their safety and superior software package, says it's now more of a "toss-up between the newly released Mac OS X Snow Leopard and the upcoming Windows 7.
In fact, in July awarded our crown MacChat smackdown Windows 7 to be further improved, although we preferred Snow Leopard in general.
Mac vs. Windows war is almost as old as the computer industry itself. Although it is generally accepted that the Mac OS is more elegant and intuitive interface, Windows has dominated the market for being licensed to makers of most PCs.
After the debacle of Windows Vista, Mac, when in fact dramatic growth of the share market also helped by the halo effect of iPod and iPhone, Windows 7 marks the first time that Windows users have been enthusiastic about a new version at some point.
With Snow Leopard being a maintenance release that mainly offers refinements under-the-hood, Windows has taken the opportunity to narrow the gap with more user visible features.
On the surface, Windows now looks more Mac-like than ever, with your taskbar like large windows to the Dock and features not unlike Expose (Apple provided under window Windows taskbar for Snow Leopard) . Windows 7 supports multi-touch technology, both on screen and trackpad (Snow Leopard only use the trackpad).
"Windows 7 beats the Mac OS in some areas as the best planned and the right of navigation of the taskbar, facilitate the organization of open windows on your desktop and touch screen capabilities," says Mossberg.
"So Apple will have to fight now that the gift of a faulty view has been replaced by a reliable version, Windows smart.
But there are still several reasons why the Mac OS is superior to Windows. The first is the fundamental reason for the Mac OS has always had the advantage: its interface clean and simple. File browser while it could be brighter now, Windows 7 is even more messy and outdated that the Mac, and use less of the sources and aesthetic space.
It also considers that Snow Leopard Mac OS X run faster and more efficient, with only 6 GB of hard disk space and make the most of multicore processors and exploit the latent processing power of graphics cards.
Meanwhile, Windows 7 is stuck with its legacy DOS-based code and the Secretariat feared, and can take more than two minutes to start, judging by recent evidence.
There is also the factor of iLife. Apple application suites of digital lifestyle - iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand and iWeb - remain on the Windows platform rival for power, ease of use and integration.
However, competition is good, and if the popular perception is that it has improved Windows, Apple is compelled to get even more innovation to the next version of Mac OS X.
