what? please explain how os 9 is superior to os x...
OS 9 to 10.0/10.1
--OS 9 supported more software natively (Quark, DP3, etc.)
--Didn't have to run a virtual enviornment to make use of the most popular software
--OS 10 lacked drivers to all sorts of things like scanners and printers
--OS 10 was unbelieveably slow compared to OS 9 on the same machines (still is much slower)
--Lots of great Mac UI concepts like the Apple menu and Windows tabs were either ditched completely or massively redone without improving their effeciency
--Lots of software that was written for both OS 9 and OS X ran much better in OS 9 (FCP 3 in particular).
--Lots of features that existed in OS 9 did not exist in OS 10 (labels, encryption etc.)
-- Concepts of spatialness in the Finder were generally replaced with a rather foreign metaphor of browsing.
Did I mention OS X was unbearably slow? It took a month to boot.
Resizing windows-- nuff said.
I can go on if you wish.
This is where I ask you if you are running OSX. I have a good feeling (and a little bit of proof) that you are not and if you ever have it has been a limited experience. Prove me wrong.
Show me one thing I've said about Macs that has been wrong? I don't own a Mac but I use one everyday at work. I probably use a Mac more than I do a Windows machine. Not only do I do video production with FCP, Soundtrack, Bias Peak, Motion, AE, Photoshop, Livetype, and Illustrator but but I also do Mac tech support and private consulting. I frequent every major Mac site including Macintouch and the Apple support forums, I follow virtually every major development whether it be Mac or PC because... I'm a geek. I bet I know twice as much about the Mac than you know about Longhorn.
Only the most blind Apple users would argue that 10.0 and 10.1 were not complete crap. They showed promise but were no where near complete. I would argue that 10.3 was the first 'ready for prime-time' release of X.
Well, tell that to Krunch because for some reason he doesn't believe it to be true.
OSX has evolved by leaps and bounds in the past few years and expecting Apple to back-port these developments is ludicrous.
Why? Anything that directly makes Apple money they will port to anything. They port QT and iTunes to Windows for gods sake but for some reason you think it's "ludicrous" for them to port Safari RSS and the new versions of OpenGL or Java to Panther? Some of their new Tiger stuff runs on pather without any modifications (Grapher) but you still have to buy Tiger to get it. They have no problem getting FCP Studio and iLife'05 to run on Panther but apparently the new Mail and Font Book having the same level of compatibilty would be "ludicrous".
Let me guess, you are one of those people who figure that 10.0 to 10.4 is only 4 point releases yet if Apple had gone from X to XIV you would have been fine with it?
WTF does that have to do with the conversation? I never said anything of the sort but yet you're rolling you eyes at me as if I did say it lol. You just made up some ridiculous arguement, (that I did not make), and attached it to me then tried to make fun of it as if I had said it. Let me try:
Let me guess, you are one of those people who thinks clubing baby seals is a fun pastime
See how that works?
Lastly, thanks for not responding to me calling you out about having no clue as to when Longhorn might come out.
Yeah, like I really needed to respond when Thurrott, the guy who you claim is usually right-on when it comes to Longhorn development, supports the time line I gave. There's a giant list of links from Google that I posted saying "Summer 2006 is the expected RTM for Longhorn.
Your own link has the Microsoft guy saying he's very confident they'll release in Fall 2006. The recent WinHec, TechEd, and Microsoft Partners Conference also reiterated the "broad availability in Holiday 2006" and "RTM in Summer/Fall 2006" timelines. And I told you how they said they'd cut anything that sacrificed a 2006 release (BTW, that was the first time they ever set a Longhorn date in stone before that they always said Longhorn's date was fluid). Yet, you contend I have no clue about Longhorn's release date and somehow Jobs and his "late 2006/early 2007" banter is correct. Only people in the RDF, Macland, or Windows/Microsoft-haterviille contend Longhorn isn't going to ship in 2006. Futhermore, you're here claiming WinFS is 2009 and saying I don't know what I'm talking about
Obviously, you are the one without an "effing" clue as to when this stuff is going to ship.
