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aaron128
Oct 3, 2003, 11:26 AM
Just saw this ad on ABCNews.com ... I guess whoever made the ad likes OS X ;)

EDIT: I had said they use WMP, but I was wrong, it's RealPlayer. I'm a little slow.


tek
Oct 3, 2003, 12:21 PM
...but that's realplayer?
Peyote
Oct 3, 2003, 01:06 PM
It's Real Player for OSX however.
tutubibi
Oct 3, 2003, 02:02 PM
Originally posted by Peyote
It's Real Player for OSX however.

Not necessarily.
Real Player looks the same on Windows as well ("Aqua" look).

Edit:

My bad. Didn't notice controls, just looked at the skin. Yes, it's OS X.
ColoJohnBoy
Oct 3, 2003, 02:20 PM
Yes, it is for OSX, but it's RealPlayer nonetheless; doesn't the original post say WMP? :-P
bennetsaysargh
Oct 3, 2003, 02:34 PM
that's reaplayer. a lot of ads use OS X apps, but i think it's for the eye candy. not to say that windows is ugly;)
fraeone
Oct 3, 2003, 03:05 PM
Yeah I'm still waiting to find out what this has to do with Windows Media

fraeone
Snowy_River
Oct 3, 2003, 03:32 PM
Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
that's reaplayer. a lot of ads use OS X apps, but i think it's for the eye candy. not to say that windows is ugly;)

Ah, but I think the real thing to note here is the Aqua buttons lower on the screen. They have the Close/Minimize/Maximize colored buttons leading up to the word "Watch". That's clearly a take off of OS X, and you know what they say about imitation...
aaron128
Oct 4, 2003, 09:05 PM
Ooops, my bad, it is Real Player. I don't use either (yeah VLC!), so sometimes I get confused ;) ... Yeah the three buttons incorporated into the ad is what was most interesting to me.