Windows 7 versus Mac OS X Leopard the feature by feature showdown
Lifehacker had an article regarding Windows 7 versus Mac OS X Leopard:
http://lifehacker.com/5277207/windows-7-versus-mac-os-x-leopard-the-feature+by+feature-showdown
Personally I think this article was a little gutsy when the WWDC was going to be the very next week and it was guaranteed that it was going to announce the successor to Leopard: Snow Leopard. To summarize the competition was close but Snow Leopard was decided as the favored operating system. The author’s comparison points were interesting and I think it was a fair assessment of the two operating systems.
However, I thought it was bizarre that they would compare Time Machine to Windows backup. My first thought was about how I never use windows backup. I just make a habit to store my important files on a secondary drive and keep the operating system on it’s own drive. The real backup system is Windows Home Server. And then a colleague of mine at work pointed out their poll at the bottom of article asks for people to rate the favorite feature about each operating system, and with 10% of the votes Time Machine was the readers favorite feature of Leopard. Wait, I thought Mac’s were secure and didn’t crash, then why is the backup/rollback system the favored feature? I think I deal more with the taskbar, themes, aero and the file explorer way more than I ever think about my backup. I am happy it’s there but I tend to go more with the set and forget it method. But, I guess that is just me. That’s just my two cents.