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Leopard In Action: A Movie?

The obligatory real/fake poll:

  • Real

    Votes: 195 46.7%

  • Fake

    Votes: 223 53.3%
  • Total voters
    418
refulgentis said:
As more of a general comment, I'll be really disappointed if this is what 10.5 ends up looking like. It seems like more of a step-back in the eye candy department, especially when compared to Vista. <snip>
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Ah, Mac users got their fill of transparency shortly after XP came out. As each revision of OS X has come around, the transparency and pinstripes have faded away as small things like zooming windows, exposé, and dashboard effects have been created.
 
refulgentis said:
I know that its still more functional and useful than Vista, but I was really hoping for built-in virtualization and transparency, and based on Looprumors, Apple Insider, and this video, it looks like none of this will happen. All of these features would be necessary for Mac to really become a legitimate alternative to Windows in the eye of the public.
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1. Virtualization is rumored to be included in Leopard.

2. What's so great about 'transparency'? I don't see anything partifularly useful about it. Apple has actually toned down the transparency in each iteration of OS X; the original OS X had a lot more.
 
Something to note:

The finder and about window "fade" in.

Use the scrub in quicktime to see it in slow motion. That feature is definitely new. In my mind, this actually adds some credibility.
 
dongmin said:
1. Virtualization is rumored to be included in Leopard.

2. What's so great about 'transparency'? I don't see anything partifularly useful about it. Apple has actually toned down the transparency in each iteration of OS X; the original OS X had a lot more.
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Its not a *huge* deal to me, but the press over the next year for Vista will include transparency as a major feature. Just offering it would be a good move for Apple, any perceived "backwardness" in OS X will keep it backwards in the mind of the general public.

Also, I know virtualization is widely rumored, but it's mostly from disreputable sources who aren't very affirmative about it (i.e. Cringely). For Looprumors, who seemed to be spot on according to Appleinsider, and Appleinsider itself, to not mention virtualization at all scares me.
 
Wow! All this time, and that's the best Apple could do with the Finder?

We're gonna need something more compelling than that to compete against Vista. Or even just to get Mac users impressed enough to upgrade.

I know some people love tabs. They love the in Safari. They love them in iChat. I personally love them in Safari (though think Omni did it better in Omniweb), and dislike them in iChat. Don't particularly see a need for them in the Finder - but that's just me.

Let's hope that is a fake. Or at least the most minor of updates in 10.5 and there are heaps of very cool features still to be shown.
 
johnbro23 said:
Something to note:

The finder and about window "fade" in.

Use the scrub in quicktime to see it in slow motion. That feature is definitely new. In my mind, this actually adds some credibility.
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The menu also fades in too. One thing I noticed with the menu is the lack of the triple blink upon selection of "About this Mac." The blue (selection) fades out as the new window pops up. I still think we're dealing with a fake.
 
Whatever

Real or not this really isn't exciting. Is it a nice feature, probably.

However it is about as informative as knowing that one of the new Mac Pros is going to come with a 250GB HD.

If real, do you know what this actually proves? That, yes, somebody out there actually has a beta version of 10.5... OMG, tHaT RuLz, be still my beating heart...:rolleyes:

Put my vote in the don't care column.
 
markkk! said:
UNO is annoying...it makes rounded edges square, and the icons smaller.

i hate it. rawr.
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You must be kidding. It does not make rounded edges square for one. And sure it reduces the size of the apple and spotlight by 1px (which I'm not happy about myself either), but the end result is not having to look at fu-king brushed metal AND have a nice unified UI. That's priceless!
 
ErikGrim said:
You must be kidding. It does not make rounded edges square for one. And sure it reduces the size of the apple and spotlight by 1px (which I'm not happy about myself either), but the end result is not having to look at fu-king brushed metal AND have a nice unified UI. That's priceless!
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It does on Intel...


FOR ONE.
 
Superdrive said:
The menu also fades in too. One thing I noticed with the menu is the lack of the triple blink upon selection of "About this Mac." The blue (selection) fades out as the new window pops up. I still think we're dealing with a fake.
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Just for the record -- the About this Mac does triple blink. I put my vote down as real.

But, in a semi-unrelated topic, I don't think Apple will combine iCal and Address Book. Although, they might call it "iPeople" They can add the VoIP I've been hearing of...and they might as well throw iChat in there. Now look, four apps bundled into one tiny little bite-sized piece!





just a fifteen-year-old's point of view, take it as you like.
 
The new features look cool and will come handy. I'm also interested in a new interface as I'm not a long time mac user but I'm already sick of the burshed metal.
 
With all of these possible fakes coming out, will we not believe when Steve actually shows us 10.5? Sort of a mac-who-cried-wolf thing?
 
iGary said:
Well it would have to be a big conspiracy...

1. All the "fakes" have consistent interface (all like iTunes).

2. All the "fakes" have tabbed browsing in the Finder.

You could be right, but I think these will be new features.
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Maybe all the fakes are being done by people in-the-know who want to get the word out without showing the real thing. It would explain the consistency in some of these things.
 
No, it's real.. Just installed the pre-release today.. fun to play with :)

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inkswamp said:
Maybe all the fakes are being done by people in-the-know who want to get the word out without showing the real thing. It would explain the consistency in some of these things.
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These fakes are being done by the same group of friends or online buddies.
10.5 does not say "Pre-Release"
 
Fake....

reason #1 - crappy video. How hard would it be to set the damn thing on a stack of books and swivel it? At this point I call fake on anything that is grainy, hard to read, out of focus, or generally could be mistaken for bigfoot. Its 2006 for god sake. My craptastic camera phone that came free with signing up with sprint can do a better job then this.

Reason #2 - The About this Mac screen Before and after pictures....
It’s hard to depict in a simple screen shot but it jumps from the Mac menu to the about this Mac screen in a way that screams OMG fake.
 

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Another Fake vote from me. A good fake, might be real, but I have to take a stand! :p

The fade-in on the menu is a terrible idea. Instant response is better. So why the fade? Because a faker was going nuts adding little fades to everything :)

The one thing this is evidence of: Director runs OK in Rosetta ;)
 
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