Despite earning positive press reviews, we'd argue its teething problems are reminiscent of those of Vista. Since its launch, it's been riddled with software and hardware incompatibilities. There's a lack of Earth-shattering new features and an air of general mediocrity that was the hallmark of Microsoft's much-abused OS.It's the first-ever Intel-only OS, so naturally the paid FUD-spreaders will be out in force. There are fewer than there used to be, because so many of them have either died, or gone to prison, or used one of the payoffs of bribe money to quietly buy a Mac. ;')
Been running Snow Leopard since 2 days after release. Have no problems. Love it. It still blows away our cleaned up Vista machine at work. And the computers have very similar hardware and RAM.
Played with Windows 7 the other day on top of the line hardware. Certainly way better than Vista. But still not quite as easy on the eyes and as smooth as Mac OSX. But closer than Windows has ever been.