For a better comparison, I ran Windows XP in VirtualBox on a Macbook Air last year to interface with some old hardware.
I was surprised that it ran in something like 256 MB of RAM. And everything was super fast and responsive out of the box.
I consider OS X less janky than Windows or Linux these days, but Windows XP blew it out of the water.
Try it -- it's eye opening. The UI does basically 100% of what you can do on OS X, yet it's considerably more responsive on the same hardware, with the handicap of being virtualized, and having fewer resources.
I was surprised that it ran in something like 256 MB of RAM. And everything was super fast and responsive out of the box.
I consider OS X less janky than Windows or Linux these days, but Windows XP blew it out of the water.
Try it -- it's eye opening. The UI does basically 100% of what you can do on OS X, yet it's considerably more responsive on the same hardware, with the handicap of being virtualized, and having fewer resources.