os x vs. windows: it’s the little things

Today while loading updates in XP and OS X I came across one of those little features that reminds me why I prefer the latter. Both are laptops (MacBook Pros in fact) and both were running off battery power when I started the updates.

I had 14 updates to load in OS X, including the 10.5.8 update. Just before it started downloading a prompt appeared advising me that I wasn’t connected to a power supply. It gave me the option to continue (with or without a power supply) or cancel. I told it to continue and the downloading began.

On the Windows machine I just had Service Pack 3 to install. It also popped up a notice that I didn’t have a power cord attached. However it did this after I had already downloaded the update and right before the actual install. I connected a power cord then clicked Ok (the only option). I assumed it would check again, see it now had power and continue. Silly me. It instead declared that the install had failed and I had to start the install all over again.

I’m not one who despises Windows and refuses to use it. In fact Windows 7 is the main OS I use on my eee (though I also have Ubuntu and OS X installed). It’s the little features like this one though that ensure my heart will always belong to OS X.