A brave and point-blank review from Computerworld's online editorial director, Scot Finnie, was recently published. In his article "Visual Tour: 20 Things You Won't Like about Windows Vista", he clearly believes that the Apple Mac OS X is miles better than the one from Bill Gates' camp. His criticisms about the Vista could be likened to those of acerbic AI judge, Simon Cowell, everytime a contestant gives a lackluster performance.

In his article he says that, "it boils down to this: The software giant is favoring security and IT controls over end-user productivity. Don't get me wrong, security and IT manageability are very good things. But some of the people actually using the Beta 2 Vista software describe their experience as akin to that of a rat caught in a maze..."

He continued to critic the Vista saying that "the same is true of what Windows XP calls Display Properties. By default, the main menus (you know, File, Edit, View, etc.) are turned off on Windows Vista folders, Internet Explorer 7 and several other programs and utilities that come with Vista. Listing 20 things you won't like about Windows Vista was unfortunately all too easy. The question is: Why couldn't Microsoft see this coming?" Ouch!

The beration didn't stop there. He also said that the Vista lacks a "gotta-have it feature", the kind that endear Mac OS X to its users. And don't think that Mr. Finnie is just an Apple geek and is therefore biased about this topic. According to him, "after more than 15 years reviewing Windows operating systems, I didn't just suddenly begin hating Microsoft or Windows. (Although I have to admit, OS X is looking better and better of late.) Windows Vista has plenty of good aspects to recommend it. In a future article, Computerworld will make plain the many good things about Windows Vista. When the product ships, we'll also make some final recommendations on the new operating system."

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