"""What "things," FreedomGuru? Rosetta is available to run legacy Applications that have not been upgraded to Universal binaries. Most apps have been upgraded."""
Yes, maybe,like all the apps for PPC, many apps have been upgraded to Universal but at a cost to upgrade(even Apples own software).All my software works on W98,2000,XP, and will work on Vista,and run better on each step up. If I had a G5, and want to upgrade to an Intel Mac, I have to upgrade the software, or expect poorer performance. One of the main Mac-slappies talking points bashing Vista is the need to upgrade hardware (to get Aero). I guess its ok for Mac users to pay for upgrades if they want better performance.
And the Mac-slappies keep posting misinformation, such as """what Windows Vista sets out to do, and requires at least 2 GB of RAM and massive processor power to accomplish""" That as already posted is WRONG, but mac fans just go on believing what they want. And you try to compare a beta version of Vista, with OSX. Lets list all the bugs currently in Leopard.
Each system has its pros and cons. But you freepers with Macs are in a whole different world. You sound like liberals with the talking points, everybody keeps saying the same things. Many of the mac fans here bashing Vista, haven't seen Vista, and wouldn't know Vista if it bit them on the butt.
Macs are fine computers, but limited hardware wise. One of the reason they work resonably well. On PC's I can buy over a 110 AGP video cards, over 400 PCI video cards. With the big daddy Mac Pro, I've got a choice of 3 video cards. Like anything in life, its a toss up.
But Mac fans get real enjoy your computers but stop spreading misinformation. But I'm sure this will go in 1 ear and out the other, with many of you.
Referring to Mac users "Mac-slappies" and spouting mis-information will get you no respect. Have I insulted you?
Many of the updates to Universal Binaries have been free upgrades. Others, when upgraded, have added functionality and are worth the upgrade fees. Most upgrade fees are quite reasonable. In addition, the vast improvement from having dual processors for most Mac upgraders has resulted in their apps that still run under Rosetta actually running either as fast or faster on the Intel Dual core processors as they did on the single G5s. Those that have noticed a degradation in performance have been those that moved from high-end dual and quad G5s.
You say that it is "Mac-slappies" talking points that say that to get Vista with Aero you have to upgrade hardware... but it is not "Mac-slappies" who have been saying that but rather the majority of PC punditry... columnists in PC magazines and websites.
Microsoft lists "minimum" RAM and processor requirements ... but those who have attempted to run Vista with those minimum standards find that the performance is unacceptable. Apparently paging memory to virtual memory on the HD is frequent with those "minimum" RAM standards... and that slows Vista down. As for comparing the current release of Vista (not a Beta but a Release Candidate), the comparison is to OS X Tiger, not Leopard which is not yet released so we cannot list the bugs "currently" in Leopard.
It seems to me that it is YOU who are spouting "talking points" rather than the Mac users.
Unfortunately, the same old worms, viruses and spyware will work on Vista too -
I expect Vista's security problems will continue to get worse after the official release in a few days.