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Longhorn Outruns XP, Threatens Tiger | |
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| Time: 17:56 EST/22:56 GMT | News Source: eWeek | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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News Analysis: With updated security and networking features, Microsoft's hare may be ready to overtake Apple's tortoise … for now. In the operating system race thus far, Apple's incremental approach to system releases has paid off compared to Microsoft's strategy of giant leaps at long intervals. Since Windows XP shipped in 2001, Apple has shipped five major versions of Mac OS X. Apple's Unix-based operating system started out far behind Windows XP, but is now out in front in terms of features, functionality and user interface. | ||
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| #1 By 2332 (66.92.78.189) at 6/6/2005 8:48:13 PM |
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Wow, that's some incredibly misinformed writing.
Why these people aren't fired for being inept, I have no idea. Among his assertions: 1.) WinXP can't encrypt files on the hard disk. (WRONG: Right click, properties, advanced, check "encrypt contents to secure data") 2.) Longhorn won't support Spotlight-style searching because it won't have WinFS. (WRONG: Not only can you get Spotlight-style searching RIGHT NOW on XP (MSN Desktop Search, Google Search, etc.), but it will absolutely be built into Longhorn along with a bunch of other cool-search related stuff. WinFS was NOT just an indexing layer on the file system. It was an object-oriented, truely relational and extensible file system far beyond what's available today... yes, including BeOS.) 3.) Completing tasks in Tiger generally take fewer steps than in XP. (MAYBE: Please, an example? I can give plenty where XP smokes Tiger. For instance, try sending a photo you just took with your digital camera to a friend via e-mail. XP will automatically resize it and attach it to an e-mail with 2 clicks.) 4.) XP is dated when compared to Tiger. (LAUGH: Visually... sure. Tiger is purty. In most other ways, however, XP is better. It's easier to use, it has FAR more software available, FAR more compatible hardware, it's typically faster, and it's certainly more secure... at least since SP2.) |
| #2 By 32313 (208.163.38.3) at 6/7/2005 1:17:27 PM |
| I guess the writer was referring to Home Edition of XP in terms of encryption. But it is possible in Home Edition, just restart in safe mode. |
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