Aero vs. Aqua

[Apple Inc.]

Which do you think is better. The Aero System of Vista or the Aqua system of OS X. I personally like Aqua because it seems to look better to the eyes and isn't as consuming of RAM as Aero is.

 

[Zet]

Aero of course, that way I have a machine that can run software [/end 1970's joke] personally I prefer windows themes over mac themes since I just see mac themes so bland and boring

 

[Gerri Shin]

I prefer a mix of both actually. (see attachment for illustration) I like the dark transparency of the Aero, however I prefer the Matte uniformity of Aqua. I compromise with a mix of both of them.

 

[SegaSaturnGal]

Well, since the only Mac I've used is an old-school iMac, I like Aero. Come on...I use Vista.

 

[mewthree w/armor]

Neither in all seriousness. 3.1 Interface was superior to all and anything that will ever be developed.

Kidding.

I prefer the Windows XP interface. Its basic and easy to use.

 

[Cherrim]

I... don't really like either. I guess if I had to pick one, I don't mind Aero but I don't have it turned on anyway. o_O; I just like the look of basic Windows XP or Vista, no frills. :/ I don't like the look of OSX at all, though. Can't staaaand it when I see screenshots.

 

[Melody]

I've grown rather fond of the Basic Vista look. It's clean. Vista Home Basic doesn't have Aero so I don't worry about how much ram it hogs.

The Glass look vista has isn't bad. In fact it's actually pretty cool. But again, some people cant stand to trade off performance for it, so they have to whine incessantly about it. Meh. Hopefully Win7 will have optimized code so people can actually see the awesomeness of the glass without having to give up much machine power. (No code is ever optimal the first time it's released)

 

[Spinor]

Well, obviously Vista has the best interface. You can't be serious, really.

Any monkey could use Vista anyways.

 

[Cartmic]

I would have to say I prefer Aqua.
Though my favourite interface is RISC OS's.

 

[Camisado]

First up, though I'm no longer a Windows user (lies, I help support 3500 XP computers at work and approximately two Macs) I do like the look of Vista's Aero. It really is very pretty. I like to see websites and forum layouts based on the graphics particularly.

However, I'm a Mac person and I adore the Aqua interface just because it looks so clean and because I find it so easy to use.

Of course there's also the RAM issue. I think I'd see some differences if I were to put Vista on my two different Macs, but I don't see Mac OS X run any differently between similar usage on my Core 2 Duo/2GB RAM MacBook and my 2Ghz PowerPC/512MB RAM iMac G5.

I'd probably be switching Aero off if I had Vista just because I am a speed freak xD

 

[PowerMac]

Even though I own two Macs, My favorite GUI is the GNOME interface used in Ubuntu Linux.

 

[mcr3240ca]

Apple always rule over Microsoft.