  hide cookie message  Windows 8 vs OS X Mountain Lion: which is
the better operating system?  We pit the latest OS from
Microsoft against Apple's  With such a radical departure from
the Windows format we've all used for the last 17-odd years
since Windows 95 was launched, we thought it was time to take
stock and see how Windows 8, reviewed, compares with Apple's
Macintosh operating system - OS X Mountain Lion, also reviewed -
and find out whether it's time to switch. See also: Windows 8
Advisor  In releasing Windows 8, Microsoft has taken a huge step
towards a unified operating system experience across PCs,
laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Where once small icons and
start menus populated the Windows desktop, the simplified Modern
user interface, replete with live tiles and controlled with
touch gestures, is proving an unfamiliar and often confusing new
landscape.  Improvements behind the scenes are noticeable, but
redesigning the way that users interact with their machines was
always going to be a difficul