Windows 10 Said to Run Better On the New MacBook Than OS X

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Posted May 15, 2015 at 6:34pm by iClarified

An early preview of Windows 10 is said to run better than OS X on the new 12-inch Retina MacBook, according to computer science major Alex King. On his blog, King notes that he has enjoyed the 2015 MacBook and has a bootcamp setup with Windows 8.1 and OS X Yosemite. King decided to upgrade Windows 8.1 to the early preview of Windows 10 and found that Microsoft's latest operating system ironically outperforms OS X on the MacBook.

Here's the real kicker: it's fast. It's smooth. It renders at 60FPS unless you have a lot going on. It's unequivocally better than performance on OS X, further leading me to believe that Apple really needs to overhaul how animations are done. Even when I turn Transparency off in OS X, Mission Control isn't completely smooth. Here, even after some Aero Glass transparency has been added in, everything is smooth. It's remarkable, and it makes me believe in the 12-inch MacBook more than ever before.

King notes that while Windows 10 does look and run great, there are some current compatibility issues with the new MacBook. For instance, there's no bluetooth support and some boot camp drivers were not automatically recognized. Additionally, not all applications scale natively and do not support the full resolution of the retina display, causing the applications to appear blurry.

The new 12-inch Retina MacBook is still seeing lead times of 3-5 weeks, despite launching about a month ago. If you're lucky enough to get your hands on one, try out Windows 10 and let us know what you think.

via 9to5mac

Windows 10 Said to Run Better On the New MacBook Than OS X

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Omar - May 17, 2015 at 4:55pm

As a apple user, it's true, Windows 10 runs better, so get to work apple! We want 10x faster than Windows!.

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gamerscul9870 - May 17, 2015 at 5:05pm

Apple has gotten to work for years of different versions. It only works slower because it doesn't run owc or because OS X has so much more to offer that takes up performance. Windows doesn't worry about anything that much for consumers, that's why you may think it runs good with not much to do. Think of it as supply and price demand. Price is performance, supply is how much an OS offers with takes up most performance. Aside that, I myself an apple user say windows runs slower. I use plugins extensions on safari to extend my experience with safari. Another advantage there!!

Woz - May 21, 2015 at 4:52pm

Please explain what OSX offers that windows doesn't? I use extension on Chrome to add to the Chrome experience how is that different from plugins from Safari?

gamerscul9870 - May 21, 2015 at 4:56pm

Click to pluggin is an extension that allows content to play where you want on a specific site th at prevents unclicked areas from loading it automatically like ads. Another extension is flash to html where html5 is used instead of flash garbage, and most of all, flux which helps dim the macbook brightness at a specific time of day for day and night to prevent eye strain.

gamerscul9870 - May 16, 2015 at 12:31pm

I have an owc ssd that makes my Mac w/ Yosemite run like a light speed demon.

yas9in - May 16, 2015 at 12:32pm

what is this magic? tell me more!!

gamerscul9870 - May 16, 2015 at 12:34pm

Owc outperforms the Apple ssd, I have ram that is also better than that. Opening things that took like a minute takes 2 seconds. On MacBooks, they take slightly longer due to non upgradable ram.

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MalcolmTucker - May 17, 2015 at 8:37am

I agree with Nat. I recently took my Mac into get a repair, and the Apple "Genius" said it'd cost $1200 to fix the issue. So, if you're ever looking for a deal, a friend showed me what he did. Put a SSD drive in any quad-core HP computer, put an NVidia video in it, and make a Hackintosh. These machines run real fast.. and as long as you kept the broken Apple Computer, you have a license to run the OS. The great thing of course is that there was very little difference in the speed of the computer between 2GB of RAM and 4GB. But with the money you'll save, you could probably do just fine with either 4 or 8 GB of memory.

yas9in - May 16, 2015 at 12:29pm

Yosemite is seriously problematic. my 3-year old top of the line macbook pro with retina display has been heating up like hell ever since I updated to it. I'm almost entirely convinced apple configures new software updates to deliberately slow down old macs so people buy new ones.

Techno - May 16, 2015 at 3:52pm

Sounds like you have a low end version of the laptop with i3 processors? You may want to reinstall the OSX and this might fix the problem? Goodluck

Jesus Christ - May 17, 2015 at 12:25am

Probably need some new thermal paste and need to clean in out internally. 3 years old.

gamerscul9870 - May 16, 2015 at 11:47am

Truth: windows doesn't have the balls to be that secured compared to past windows I have always stayed on. If anything, OS X runs as good as windows 7 but 10 is the real deal of sluggish. Looks don't lie and that says a lot for textures and effect. So hands down to OS X.

MalcolmTucker - May 17, 2015 at 8:52am

Well, security-wise, my experience was different. OSX Server was breached within a week of installing it; even with a properly configured firewall. Apple sells this venomous OSX Server software for $20 in the App Store. I thought it was actually worth buying a mac just to test it. Two weeks later, had to load Windows Server instead. I would have had a better week spending $20 on a couple bottles of "King Cobra" Malt Liquor or perhaps Zima. Mac Platforms always have funny ways to waste their user's time. Thankfully, nothing important was on the mac before it was returned to the Apple Store. It was just new, and just out-of-the-box, like that "I'm a PC" ad.

Tokijici - May 16, 2015 at 9:59am

True fact, OS X Yosemite full screen app transition is sluggish and stupid windows really has the lead here.

John - May 16, 2015 at 7:41am

Windows 10 is built around touchscreen like Windows 8. The new MacBook doesn't have touchscreen so it's hardly going to work better when it wasn't designed to work on it :/

devil's advocate - May 16, 2015 at 7:12am

guys guys! calm down. maybe Windows is getting better. After this article I decide to look for proof myself so i youtubed it. YES there are a lot of videos and people saying that the beta version runs REALLY smooth and I've watched a couple of these videos myself and they arent lying. See for yourself. It actually looks really snappy. youtube it!

Yuuuup - May 16, 2015 at 3:46am

Yuuuup, windows runs so much better on my Mac than OS X. However, windows does not fit my preferences (other than its emulators such as project64) so I use OS X.

Tech Jedi - May 16, 2015 at 3:10am

Stupid review. Graphics turned down, huge icons, limited Windows 10 out performs OS X fully functional? It's like saying that a calculator program runs smoother and faster than OS X. Therefore the calculator is superior to OS X.

aXczcvzcv - May 16, 2015 at 6:54am

I think you are overexaggerating just a tad bit when comparing windows to osx the same as a calc to osx... you won't be a good reviewer and your points have no logic. you simple write out of anger.

yas9in - May 16, 2015 at 12:31pm

you win this post my friend.

gamerscul9870 - May 16, 2015 at 2:00am

Don't forget textures, effects, handoff, no pixelation, apps to choose from, etc.

TTTT - May 16, 2015 at 1:04am

Denial is the first step.

Techno - May 15, 2015 at 11:58pm

Once you actually have everything working, windows 10 will be like the windows we know and hate.. It slows down after a few weeks.

Betzy - May 15, 2015 at 8:26pm

Well, no need to be experts but, if it's not supporting the full resolution of course it run smother! But with blur! Is this PERFORMANCE!?! Better???

Spawn - May 15, 2015 at 7:47pm

Probably when is new. After you get all the spyware and viruses by surfing the net then is the same ol' Windows we all dislike.

J - May 15, 2015 at 6:39pm

I call nonsense on that! Nothing windows will run better than any Mac I've used them both you must be high or something

Elektra212 - May 15, 2015 at 8:07pm

I believe they excluded the shift key on your Windows machine.

Elektra212 - May 15, 2015 at 6:39pm

Sounds like a fair assumption when its in beta.. "For instance, there's no bluetooth support and some boot camp drivers were not automatically recognized. Additionally, not all applications scale natively and do not support the full resolution of the retina display, causing the applications to appear blurry" So what you are saying is, it doesn't work that well...

Woz - May 15, 2015 at 8:04pm

I think that's the point. And it still runs better than osx.

gamerscul9870 - May 15, 2015 at 9:53pm

Yeah right. My dad had a windows 10 computer that lasted a few weeks.

humm? - May 28, 2015 at 6:29am

well if you are running things in 25% resolution just like a game you will get higher fps no? DDUUUHHHH