Which one should I go for? Windows Vista, Windows 7, Apple Macintosh Leopard or Mandriva Linux 2009?

Question

Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 or Windows 7 Ultimate/Beta Edition or Apple Macintosh Leopard (latest) or Mandriva Linux 2009 Second Alpha? Which is better?

Answer 1

Alpha and Beta OS releases are intended for testing and will likely contain bugs. In the past, some of these bugs have been known to destroy some hardware so unless you are using a computer that you don't care about, you may be risking permanent damage to your PC. In addition to that, the bugs in the alpha and beta versions may be such that only the most advanced users of the OS can successfully fix the bug and make the OS operational. It is not recomended to install these on a PC that you intend to use.



Apple Macintosh Leopard has very spotty support for many 'off the shelf' PCs and it is very likely that your hardware would not be supported. If you are buying a new computer that has this OS installed, you will not experience this. If you have your heart set on it, then you will need to read up on it from one of the many "hackintosh" sites. http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-attack/build-a-hackintosh-mac-for-under-800-321913.php.





I can tell you from experience that Vista sucks. It has browser crashing issues, it takes a lot of memory and HD space and it just plain is not cool. Vista, however, is not an alpha or a beta and is not likely to harm your hardware so it is safe.





For the question of which is better, it is really a matter of what you plan on doing with the PC. If you are a hardcore gamer, then it is conventional wisdom that you need a Windows PC to do that. If that is the case, then you should use Vista. It has DirectX, most hardware is supported and it will likely run all of the latest games.



If this is not an issue, Mandriva and Macintosh are both 'unix' like operating systems and they both operate in a similiar manner. I personally use Mandriva 2008.1 and Mandriva 2009.0 and I can recomend it. It is a wonderful - beginner friendly - version of linux and unlike Mac, it's free and most - if not all- of your hardware will work. You should not install the alpha or beta version though and if you are not already a linux user, you may want to use 2008.1 because there is a bug in the 2009.0 version and your install may not boot into a graphical interface. This is one reason that Linux is not really for everyone at this time. Linux will require you to learn and tinker around your PC to some extent. If you want to try a 'unix' like OS and you expect it to just work, then you should use Mac. If you are interested in learning about the nuts and bolts and you want your computer to be endlessly configurable, then Linux is for you. If you have some proprietary software that you 'just can't live without' then you need to make sure that whatever OS that you use will run it.

Answer 2

i used windows for 5 years and yes ive had viruses bugs



viruses are not ms problem. bugs come always in beta software



so wait till xmas when windows 7 shall be released and buy it. now if u have xp, stick with it. if not, go for vista sp1 ultimate. EXCELLENT...



I HAVE WINDOW 7 and its VERY futuristic. far above all others. and dont forget for windows, software option are more



take vista stick with it, later just install w7... no upgrade needed

Answer 3

I used Windows (all kinds of versions) for years - years of frustrations, viruses, blue screens, and so on. Switch to Mac about 2 years ago - and never looked back. I did not have a single problem since. By now my whole family is switched to Mac, and those 2-3 hrs I week I spent fixing someone's Windows PC at the house, I spent reading....

Answer 4

anybody says chooses one and describes it. i will inform you which of them OSes i'm using yet i'm no longer able to tell you which of them is greater powerful via fact the final OS is often the only which ultimate meets YOUR desires, no longer mine or those of the different people who're answering this question. i'm typing this on a Gentoo Linux field. that's twin Boot with Slackware 13 and surely I surely have a Slackware modern (the finding out distro) compiling the hot kernel 2.6.33-rc7 beside me as I write this. I relish digging under the hood. For me it particularly is greater relaxing than maximum laptop video games -- it particularly is my laptop video games. Gentoo recompiles each and every little thing once you install it and Slackware is approximately as on the threshold of a vanilla Linux as you will get. you are able to say those are the two maximum UNIX-like of all GNU/Linux distributions. Apple Macintosh is a hardware/application mixture. It makes use of Mac OS X it particularly is outfitted on BSD (as Linux is derived from BSD -- Berkeley known Distribution Unix it particularly is copyright by the college of California At Berkeley Board of Regents) and could surely run maximum Linux computers and loads of alternative courses with an person-friendly recompile -- I mean a particularly ordinary recompile. it particularly is optimized for presentation photos and does huge form crunching o.k., in spite of the undeniable fact that it particularly is meant as a hardware/application mixture. living house windows is exactly a customer working gadget, and maximum customer application is written to be run on it. on the comparable time their improper attitude to risk-free practices has made it attainable for our multi-billion dollar malware industry to bootstrap itself into existence and their living house windows actual benefit nonetheless supplies fake positives. Ubuntu Linux is a derivation of Debian Linux it particularly is an marvelous builders' environment. In some strategies Ubuntu is greater powerful and that i've got met "Debian" builders who paintings on Ubuntu. Its emphasis on usability particularly than resemblance to living house windows became progressive in its time and it continues to be between the final Linuxes obtainable for those that're no longer interested in laptop technology yet on the same time as i've got no longer been specific approximately all of it 3 are geared in the direction of distinctive clientele. there is particularly too little admire for the undeniable fact that human beings have distinctive desires which computers may well be useful with in the event that they are allowed to. there is not any Panacea OS.

Answer 5

If you want to have User friendly environment then go for Windows or Macintosh

If you want to some type or research or R&D then go for Mandrive Linux.

Answer 6

extremely tough matter. try searching at search engines like google. that will could actually help!