PC vs Mac

The Microsoft Vista Operating System was rolled out to the people of Earth last night. “The wow starts now.” (And there was much rejoicing.)

Stats from the paper this morning:
It cost Microsoft $6 billion to develop and contains 55 million lines of software code. Vista will be available at 39,000 stores in 70 countries, in 99 languages. Windows runs on more than 90 percent of the world’s PCs.

Microsoft has been the brunt of a great Apple ad campaign in the past year. Here’s a funny interpretation (presumably by a Mac fanboy).

Operating System debates can be as polarizing as political party affiliation. I’m glad Vista is finally released so we can move on with our lives. Personally, I switched to a Mac over a year ago and am happy on that side of the fence now.

I’m tired of confusing my kids with different computers and operating systems. At school, they have Dell PCs running Windows XP. At home we’ve had at least three (now all defunct) Windows PCs running either Windows 2000 or XP, a classic iMac running OS 9, a G3 tower running OS X, and currently an iBook running OSX. It’s awesome that kids adapt so easy. I know adults who would’ve been freaking out by now.

Ultimately, I just hope that Apple and Microsoft can continue to create better devices and user experiences for consumers, period.

Roland