November 5th, 2007 — Comparisons
Mac OS X Leopard was launched recently (see our coverage) amid much hype and anticipation. Quite a few remarks have been made, with flowers, punches and everything in between thrown in. Users have boasted about the refined look, feel and functionality of Leopard, whereas some have written about terrible bugs and lack of backward compatibility for software. We have also written about the worthiness of upgrading to Leopard, from Tiger.
Windows Vista was launched early this year for home users (late last year for business customers), with more complaints and swears about the excess eye candy. The lacklustre launch was not close to the launch of Leopard, and nobody’s complaining - there’s no loyal community as in Apple’s case.
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November 3rd, 2007 — News
To say that this week has been a hectic one would be an understatement. Problems like iPhone bricking and Leopard troubles continue, but things have taken a peculiar twist this week - nasty hackers are sending out malicious code targeted at Macs (that’s something!). The code is targeted at Mac users, who are made to believe that they’re downloading a free media player while trying to view online p**n.
We’ve already talked about Leopard, and soon enough, a so-called threat emerges. Analysts say that there could be more to come, and that hackers are only warming up to the idea of throwing stuff at Macs. Now, that’s a worrying by-product of Mac’s increasing sales!
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October 29th, 2007 — Thoughts
The dust has settled, and early buyers of Apple Mac OS X Leopard are slowly getting to terms with the new OS. Agreeably, most of them have pronounced this update of the Mac OS X as evolutionary, rather than revolutionary.
The reason? Tiger was a superb OS, and ‘evolutionary’ is the term that any company, even Apple, can get from users about an update. Sure, there are over 300 features, but at this point, I would advice anyone without a large purse to hold on for a bit longer. Continue reading →
October 26th, 2007 — Comparisons, Thoughts
Mac OS X Leopard, the new love of Apple fans world over, is here. TechCrunch’s Duncan Riley gives his first impressions. Most people are happy with their upgrade, but sadly, not many are crazy over it as expected, and not even close to the launch of the phenomenal iPhone.
Apple surely must be rubbing their palms, and for good reason. Their fight with Vista - if you call it a fight at all - is just about to heat up, and is almost certainly heading Cupertino’s way.
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