Mac OS X is a lot of things: stable, elegant, usable. One thing the venerable OS does not have a reputation for, however, is speed. Especially when it comes to boot time, OS X can be a little pokey (though this has improved significantly with the introduction of Intel multi-core chips). Windows XP tends to boot faster on some Macs than OS X does, so it should come as no surprise that Vista fairs even better. Wired's Cult of Mac blog did a bit of Vista testing on a quad-Xeon Mac Pro and came away quite impressed. "Vista really flies on this beast, and feels like it's faster than OS X--it boots faster, folders burst open and apps launch instantly." This is no shock--the Mac Pro that he's running goes above and beyond Vista's hardware requirements for both processing and graphics muscle. Could Macs, with their ability to run OS X as well, be the perfect Vista machines?

For more Vista on a Mac:
- see this Wired Cult of Mac blog entry [1]