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...forehead affairs? Try installing two brand-new operating systems on two different computers at the same time. Nothing causes cranial pain more quickly, as I discovered when I got my hands on the two pieces of software that will soon rule our lives: Windows XP and Mac OS X (pronounced oh-ess ten). These are the next-generation operating systems for PCs and Macs, respectively. Windows XP, to be released later this year, is currently out in beta, a trial, bug-testing format. The debugged OS X is on store shelves now, which means it ties your brain into slightly...
First the good news. Both systems are phenomenally stable and virtually crash free (say goodbye to the blue screen of death, PC users! No more freeze-ups for Mac fans!). They're also much nicer to look at than their predecessors. OS X wins the beauty contest with translucent menus and more gee-whiz effects than a Hollywood blockbuster, but the new Windows has its share of cool colors and eye-candy icons...
...better time with Mac OS X. But that's probably because I didn't have occasion to do any of the following: burn a CD, watch a DVD or use a service called AOL. (When each will work with OS X: later this month, this summer and later this summer, respectively.) My Mac headache--a doozy--came when I tried to set up a wireless Airport connection between my OS X machine and the other Macs I own, which run OS 9. You guessed it: more conference calls...
...truth, neither operating system is ready for prime time. My advice is to give even OS X a miss until a revamped version arrives later this year. Install it in the meantime, and you might face another tough choice: Advil or Tylenol...
...digital-music party, they've made up for it with delightfully intuitive song-name searching and lightning-fast CD ripping (iTunes records at around eight times normal CD speed). Mac loyalists, once again, will have to hang on for all the good stuff (including Apple's new operating system, OS X, which Jobs had promised for January but is now set for a March 24 release); at least iTunes will help us whistle while we wait...