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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 11:06 pm
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Madhouse24
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Originally Posted by crwilsn
I would suggest before you make the switch and the investment in expensive apple hardware, you wait a couple of months until Windows 7 comes out. I have been playing with the Beta version and it hands down beats anything coming from Apple or Microsoft in the past.

Had they released this instead of Vista, Apple would be in big trouble now.
Point 1. I agree with most that Apple's just "work" out the box with no muss, no fuss..which make them great machines. However, given the fact of the smaller platform, you really should expect something like this. MS is trying to create compatible drivers for many different configurations that Apple hasn't even touched yet but somehow I believe as Apple expands their market share, esp on the Intel platform, this will eventually become the case for them as well....i.e. Hackintosh

Point 2. I agree with your assesment of the Windows 7 OS. I'm running the beta as well and it has been rock solid even with me throwing a ton of programs at it....this is what vista "should" have been
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