Vista's Bitlocker vs. OS X's FileVault, a duel to the death

Lifehacker organized a battle royale between the two common desktop drive encryption schemes available on Mac and Windows. It's a head to head that's a long time coming, although it may not be a fair fight until Leopard makes its appearance.

In one corner, the lightweight FileVault with its home directory encryption designed to keep your files reasonably safe without too much intrusion. In the other corner stands Bit Locker, the 800lb gorilla of whole drive encryption; a roach motel for data.. once it goes in, it doesn't come out (unless you have the key).

The verdict? Gina says, "I'd choose BitLocker - simply for the total-lockdown factor." Adding, "Yes, the annoying repartitioning rigamarole and cost of Vista Ultimate or Enterprise suck, but a thief ain't gonna come close to anything on that drive, no matter where it's stored, and I like it that way."