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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
The Apple changed I'm afraid

morespce54 said:
well... the "apple" color has been the same for a while now (10.2-10.4)...
Aa far as I remember..
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While the color has been similar, the Apple logos have changed in design from 10.2 to 10.3 and then to 10.4. The 10.4 one seems flatter with additional shading to its predecessor. This brings it into line with the Spotlight icon design.

I guess everyone anticipates Leopard will see another redesigned Apple logo on the Apple Menu.
 
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. 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.

I recently switched, with a 17" MBP, and I couldn't be happier. Almost everyone I talk to who asks me about buying a new PC, I recommend a Mac to, and if 10.5 supported virtualization and had transparency, Vista and the Windows platform would become basically irrelavent and I think you would see people switching in droves.

Hopefully this is fake, or at least just intended to show off tabs in finder. If one of the top 3 advancements in 10.5 come September is still just tabs in the finder window, I'm not sure OS X can still keep claiming to be far in advance of Vista once it comes out.
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Talk about quick to judge. Slow the train down!
All this video showed was Finder with tabs and the About window. If you think this 1 minute video highlights everything new to 10.5 you're grossly mistaken. I swear, some of you guys act like you belong with a herd of sheep.
 
SystemVersion.plist

I also have to say how easy it is to change your SystemVersion.plist file - the one which feeds "About This Mac". I don't think there is any point in people even showing this as though it is a secure source of info.
 
encro said:
I'm guessing this is simply FruitMenu by Unsanity with a little bit of minor photoshop work on extending the apple menu background right out to the edge.

Fake.
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Very fake! It's actually a Butler menu and a bit of Photoshop work.
 
pianodude123 said:
Looks fake. Way too responsive for an imac G5 1.6. Even my powermac G5 doesnt explore new windows that quickly. Notice as soon as she/he clicked on the mac HD link, it appeared immediately!

Also, if it was real...wouldnt she show us more of the OS such as...well...idk...other stuff?
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Don't forget the memory. With 1,25 GB of RAM an iMac G5 can be VERY responsive. On my rev. A iMac, with the same amount of memory, the Finder is very snappy (to the point that that Mac HD link you mention opens instantaneously), and this is while folding and having a lot of apps open (Mail, Safari, Mercury, iChat and iTunes). :rolleyes:
 
curmi said:
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.
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You know, a bunch of you really deserve a strangulation*. Don't worry, your fears will be answered. Tabbed-Finder is ALL we're going to get with 10.5. Nothing more, nothing less. $130 for TABS! I can't wait to empty my wallet for this one.

Disclaimer:
Sarcasm tags not needed as it should be pretty evident of my tone.

*Strangulation not included in sarcasm.
 
p0intblank said:
Do you honestly think Apple would drop the Dock just like that? Especially in favor for a basic menu? No, it's not happening. That's like going to the Windows Start Menu.
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Yea, like clicking "Start" so you can "Shutdown". I mean what kind of moron would... oh, that's right... :D
 
It's amazing how so many people are so quick to judge. I can assure you this... Apple is NOT getting rid of the Dock, not until OS 11 at least. Ever hear of the 'Hide Dock' option? :rolleyes:

And what makes some of you think Apple is including tabbed browsing in the Finder as the only new feature? Do you HONESTLY think Apple is that naive? Certainly not. Sometimes people need to think more clearly before posting their replies.

I'm sorry if I seem so negative, but I speak the truth. Relaaaaax!

Edit: creese!, I never looked at it that way. Very amusing! :D
 
mandis said:
The video looks real to me. It doesn't show anything dramatic anyway so no reason why somebody should fake it.

The FINDER needs a tree diagram on the side. Remember windows explorer? That was the most practical way to manage my files back in the day when i was using windows 2000.

There is nothing wrong with copying from Microsoft Mr Jobs. WTH they do it all the time... :p
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No, please...the tree thing in Windows Explorer was one of the most loathed and confusing features ever to appear in an OS...you click on one side and you see something else on the other side...and then you click on a folder and it only shows files on the right...no, thanks...I hope Apple DOESN'T make the same mistakes MS did.
 
ezekielrage_99 said:
5) the cursor keeps disappearing in some shots, no continuity of the mouse movement for the operations of the user. The cursor appears from no where to select the Macintosh HDD icon, there should be at least some blur or sight of it coming into frame, it just appears. (like bigfoot or a UFO)
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Not true... If you look closely, on slow motion (or scrubbing), you can clearly see the cursor going past the Applications sidebar shortcut. That's what usually happens when you move the cursor too quickly on OS X, its movement won't be fully displayed, just a couple of frames of it.
 
leopard is way too important!

i found this article while browsing through some leopard news.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50236.html

anyhow... i think this really shows the importance of leapord. This is an oppurtunity for apple to really show whhat its capable of.


this also leads me too believe that the video is probably a fake, because im betting finder will be a little bit more advanced. there needs to be some pretty awesome features in leopard to catch windows users eyes. mac needs to really take advantage.
 
Movie looks real to me, and frankly it's about time we start getting some good leaks...the rumor mills seem to have been dry for a few years now. Ship needs some holes!
 
know-it-all5 said:
i found this article while browsing through some leopard news.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50236.html

anyhow... i think this really shows the importance of leapord. This is an oppurtunity for apple to really show whhat its capable of.


this also leads me too believe that the video is probably a fake, because im betting finder will be a little bit more advanced. there needs to be some pretty awesome features in leopard to catch windows users eyes. mac needs to really take advantage.
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That article was an excellent read.

I don't see how the video could be fake. Maybe it's an early alpha or something. However, if it was real, you would think Apple Legal would have had it taken down immediately.
 
it is odd

...that it is such a short video and all that they show is the tabbed browsing feature along with the GUI changes. I loved uses tabs in safari so I'm glad to see that this feature is coming to finder. Its a shame they didn't show more although the lack of other videos and the short unremarkable nature of this one suggests it is probably a fake.

can't wait til august! :D
 
crees! said:
Yea, like clicking "Start" so you can "Shutdown". I mean what kind of moron would... oh, that's right... :D
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Like throwing a disk with all of your hard work on it into the trash can to eject the disk. I mean what kind of moron would... oh, that's right... :rolleyes:

jbcaro
 
For crying out loud!

If this is real, couldn't they have picked something more exciting than tabbed Finder browsing to highlight in a video that violates their NDA and could get them sent to court? Sorry, seems too canned and not different enough to be believable as 10.5. I seriously doubt that anyone outside of Apple's internal labs even has access to 10.5. It's still too raw from what I've heard. I say this one is fake; a Director or Flash spoof.
 
jbcaro said:
Like throwing a disk with all of your hard work on it into the trash can to eject the disk. I mean what kind of moron would... oh, that's right... :rolleyes:

jbcaro
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I dont know, as weird as that is it kinda makes sense. your getting it out of your computer. remember, putting something in the trash dont kill it. it just stops the availability of it being used. same with dragging a disc down there. if its ejected it cant be used,it doesnt destroy the disc though. another step needs to be put in place to destroy the disc, just like a folder in the trash. a disc can be cracked in half, and the trash can be deleted/securely deleted.:p
 
Parallels...wtf?

CavemanUK said:
Touche ;)
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Hahaha, excellent.
Tangental to the story at hand, but:
Why doe the touche ad say that you need to purchase Parallels Software? I understand the need to buy Windows (well, not really, I think an OS that old should be freeware, expecially if it's THAT craptastic), but can't you just use BootCamp?:confused:

Cheers,
Macaddict06
 
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