Uncle Walt says "Apple's built-in software still has the edge"

Microsoft adds programs to the OS and it's anti competitive. Apple does it and it's innovative. True the programs Apple bundles are better. It's just interesting how both things are seen in different ways becasue of their respective market share.

Windows 7 is totally awesome and you guys know it. Plus, it's less buggy than Snow Leopard. Plus, Walt has his head so far up Steve J's butt he doesn't even know better. Enough said...

No matter how slick Windows becomes it still can't be as tightly integrated with the hardware as Leopard. Apple will always have that advantage unless MS decides to get into the hardware business. I always shutdown my work Dell PC every night so that I have a fresh XP load in the morning. If I put it to 'sleep', like I do on my Mac, then I begin to have problems with the Windows and applications such as Outlook. I never restart my Mac, except to upgrade the operating system, no matter what applications I am using. I think this is what Walt is talking about.

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The problem with some Apple fanboys is they think that to love OS X you have to hate Windows.

If Windows 7 is truly much improved over XP/Vista, and has a slick new GUI and features that are catching up to, and perhaps in some cases surpassing OS X's GUI, then Mossberg would be doing a disservice to all his readers to not point that out.

In the end, praising the improvements of Win7 doesn't mean you can't continue to recommend OS X and Apple hardware as the better buying choice. Attacking Walt for either of those articles is just closed-minded fanboyism at its worst.

One of the silly things about Apple Fanboys is that they think to love Apple you have to hate Windows, and anyone who speaks anything but ill of Windows is somehow a traitor.

If all reports are true of Win7's vastly improved features and usability, then Mossberg would do ALL of his readers a disservice to not point it out; he would lose what credibility he has left with non-Apple fans if he didn't.

If I said that I find Windows 7 to be more stable, and easy to use, with some slick new features that are starting to rival OS X Snow Leopard's, it still wouldn't prevent me from recommending in the end that Apple is still a better way to go, would it? If not, then why hold Walt's feet to the fire for doing the same?

erm if anyone is thinking of rocking up to a Windows 7 user and telling them smugly that 'Uncle Walt' says Snow Leopard is more reliable. Make sure your Mac is locked away so they can't log in as 'Guest'.

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No. Microsoft didn't remove things like Windows Mail because of antitrust issues, they did it to try and build their "Windows Live" brand.

It was always easy to change your default email client. The problem competitors faced was not competing against built-in products like Windows Mail, but competing against Outlook. Obviously, Outlook is not bundled with Windows, so antitrust doesn't come in to it.

Are you worried ENOUGH about your own safety and the safety of others around you to refrain from making phone calls while driving?

After all, if an accident occurs while you're doing this, the real liability, legally and morally, is yours.