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WWDC, Photos and More on Tiger

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joeboy_45101 said:
Could "Tiger" run on my PC? If true this will be hotter than Satan's Balls in July. Think of it, Apple hasn't been allowing third party Mac hardware for a long time. Given all the grief it is to use Windows, this could be the answer.
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not really; I dislike windows as much as the next guy, but I do have to admit that given the amount of hardware that it does have to support I am sometimes impressed. Your point about apple and 3rd party hardware developers negates the entire argument ... to make OS X work with all of the various hardware in the PC would be a monolithic effort; one not worth the while for a company that has for so long not supported such hardware.
 
Gherkin said:
Can someone explain to me the concept of the Dashboard thing? I don't really understand how it would be useful, or how exactly it is brought up. Will it be like Expose where you can assign Dashboard to a screen corner, and when you move your mouse there, the screen dims and all those widgets come up? I really don't see how that is useful, for instance, the iTunes widget. Why not just click on iTunes and bring the program up to change the track? I don't see how the Dashboard way of doing it would be that much faster. And then there is that calendar widget. Is it really that time consuming to just click on iCal?

Maybe I'm not getting it. Can someone explain?
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It's part of Expose - a fourth function. It's not the fact that it's faster - it's more convenient. Think of it this way:

There is one menu pane. It allows you to control/open iTunes, iChat, Mail, iCal, etc. You have the power to interact with ANYTHING from right there (assuming it's expandable by user/3rd party).
 
themacman said:
Dumb Question whats Redmond
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MS's secret underground labs where the perform cruel tests which involve murder and torture. There's lots of evil scientists too. Some people like to call it "the headquarters." The scientists are codenamed "programmers" and their technicians "employees." ;) :D
 
arn said:
I find the Dashboard concept very useful. I think people are focusing too much on the widget aspect.

In my mind... I frequently have to access certain applications from anywhere... including calculator, address book and stickies.

Let's say I'm on the phone and need to jot a quick note. hit F9 (or whatever) and everything fades except Stickies. Same with calculator, address book etc....

Seems handy to me.

arn
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I agree those "Desktop Accessory" apps could use quicker/easier access, I'm not sure I like the whole widget/konfab ripoff idea though. Why not give me quick access to the calculator app rather than duplicate it as a widget? Maybe the dashboard will incorporate existing apps along with widgets... seems kinda dumb to make redudant widgets.
 
The concept of Tiger being able to run on a PC is intriguing, and has significant benefits and detriments the way I see it. Many of them have already been discussed in this thread, so I won't repeat them, but in general, if Apple did this, they would lose a lot of control (especially quality control) by allowing the OS to be used on PCs. They would have to make it compatible with all sorts of PC configurations, drivers, etc., and this could (and invariabaly would) lead to an unstable OS and a poor image for Apple. In the end, I would see this as a bad move by Apple. Yet they've moved into the PC world with the iPod, iTunes/iTMS, Airport Express, etc., so who knows...

Regardless, how damn cool would it be for Apple to release "Longhorn" (aka Tiger) 2 years (or whatever it is) before Microsoft does? Apple markets Tiger as everything Longhorn will be and better, except they've beaten Microsoft to the punch and beaten them at their own game - so here ya go, use Tiger instead! There's something very cool and bastardly about that, I like it... :cool:
 
See just how far the rabbit hole goes!!

joeboy_45101 said:
You know these posters could hint at something very shocking. I do believe that Apple has mentioned in the past that they have a "backup" version of Mac OS X running on the x86 platform. Could "Tiger" run on my PC? If true this will be hotter than Satan's Balls in July. Think of it, Apple hasn't been allowing third party Mac hardware for a long time. Given all the grief it is to use Windows, this could be the answer.

Something else though, "Tiger" might be able to run Windows Apps natively and so eliminating the need for Virtual PC. That definitely would give Redmond a problem. :)
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OH MY GOD!!!

If true the paradigm just shifted and hell just froze over!

on the fantasy side... HP/compaq sells a lot of windows software. The ipod is now an hp brand with itunes on the desktop why not os X?

That would be a real problem for M$ as compaq and HP sell tons to the IT sector. With x serves running the back end and x86's running the dumb pc's

apple sells tons of software and replaces M$ on the desktop of many of the fortune 500.

Then that allows for apple to sell their hardware for the tehnofetish crowd

or not.

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :)


ps: wouldn't it be funny if the just ported OS 7.x to x86? it would still be better than windows. and less buggy!!
 
cr2sh said:
I'm guessing that does not include the offensive posed by Apple on the music market. You don't have to be delusional to realize Apple is gaining young fans thru ipod and itunes. I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss Apple.
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Hmmmmm.... but Apple has been selling ipods much faster since they made them compatable with windows....

Heck I even bought one for my daughter to use on Windows....
I use mine on my MAC..

But dont get me wrong.... Im not trying to say Microsoft is better... Only that they are so much larger and profitable...
They spend more money Advertising than Apple even makes....

Heck Bill Gates said " Microsoft makes more money on each MAC sold than Apple does"

Now does that sound like a company that would be scared of any products coming out of apple....

That being said.... IF Apple would port OS X to the PC then they would have a product that would scare Microsoft....

But unfortunatly Apple would never sell such a product
 
Sayer said:
I don't really know what the deal with Arlo Rose is all about. He created an original implementation of an old idea, he did not come up with the entire concept hisself.

Apple actually had essentially the same thing as Konfabulator (small, minimal applets) called Desk Accessories. This was back before Multifinder and the ability running more than one app at a time on the Mac. You could run these mini apps on top of whatever single program you were using at the time.

The Calculator was a DA at first, there were Address Books and even Paint Applications plus tons of games. There was a single app to "install" them into the OS called Font/DA Mover.
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I had completely forgotten about the Font DA mover program I had on my Mac Plus running (I think) mac os 5...Those were the days..
 
my take on tiger

ok here is my take on tiger. apple rocks. i got my first mac in april 2004 and i love it. i havent turned my pc on since. i recently got accepted to the incredible school of clemson university. whose mascot happens to be the tiger. so needless to say. i love apple and i am going to buy the first copy of tiger i can get my hands on.

and incase you were wondering i plan on majoring in engineering in hopes to one day work for apple. :)
 
iJordan2004 said:
ok here is my take on tiger. apple rocks. i got my first mac in april 2004 and i love it. i havent turned my pc on since. i recently got accepted to the incredible school of clemson university. whose mascot happens to be the tiger. so needless to say. i love apple and i am going to buy the first copy of tiger i can get my hands on.

and incase you were wondering i plan on majoring in engineering in hopes to one day work for apple. :)
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Now that is someone with a life plan :eek: ;) :D
 
Apple has plenty of cash , why the heck wont they spring for the satellite uplink ?!?

Are they afraid too many people will venture out to the Apple stores ?!?

This is a ONCE A YEAR event , why wouldnt they uplink it ?!? How am I suppose to get excited about the new stuff if I cant see Steve get excited about it ?!?! Steve could sell me a pack of crushed ice in the middle of the north pole, now I just have to imagine Steve showing Tiger in my mind.....

Just think , the Scott Peterson trial will get more satellite uplink time than Steve Jobs showing Tiger, man what are the smoking up in Cupertino ?!?
 
Sogo said:
Is it me or does anyone else want those as posters? :D
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Me too! They would look great in my room :D

Those posters are pretty powerful, I hope that they live up to them. Anyone have an idea when a stream of the keynote would be posted? Would it be right after? or sometime later?
 
newamiga said:
Some people offended by Apple taking the offensive should harken back a few years ago to one of the coolest campaigns ever by a Mac dealer ,.. and it wasn't Apple. Power Computing took on the competition head on and it worked well. :cool:
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I remember that campaign pretty well. It's been a long time since I've seen that poster! I still have the MacAddict's from when that was going on. They were using a lot of the same stuff. I'm glad Apple is doing better than it was back then :)
 
TednDi said:
does anyone have a working link to those banners?

the sites that I click on are down. No wonder!
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It looks like his homepage has gone down or he took it off. There are images on page one of this thread.
 
TednDi said:
does anyone have a working link to those banners?

the sites that I click on are down. No wonder!
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The images have already been posted in this thread.. if you flip back thru the pages - they're there.

New displays tomorrow, new g5s (up to 3GHz non-ADC models), and previews of Tiger.. it's going to be a good day. :)
 
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MacFan26 said:
Me too! They would look great in my room :D

Those posters are pretty powerful, I hope that they live up to them. Anyone have an idea when a stream of the keynote would be posted? Would it be right after? or sometime later?
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Last year at the Apple Campus beer bash during WWDC, which rocked by the way.. they gave us all G5 posters, I can only imagine they might give away these posters at this years bash.. I'm sure the ebay price will be high but man I so want one. :cool:
 
cr2sh said:
New displays tomorrow, new g5s (up to 3GHz non-ADC models), and previews of Tiger.. it's going to be a good day. :)
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Duff-Man says...new G5's??? If they release new G5's tomorrow at 3Ghz I will eat Neatgekko's hand (if he has any left after his bold predictions and then disappearance when they didn't happen) ....oh yeah!
 
Soire said:
God I hope that prediction is true, with immediate shipping along with the displays.
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You must be new here and not remember the whole NeatGekko fiasco of earlier this year... ;) Don't put ANY faith at all in what this guy says - many other members will give you the exact same advice... :cool:
 
cr2sh said:
The images have already been posted in this thread.. if you flip back thru the pages - they're there.

New displays tomorrow, new g5s (up to 3GHz non-ADC models), and previews of Tiger.. it's going to be a good day. :)
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Man, if we're getting 3ghz G5's tomorrow like you say, then we must also be getting those new 2.2 G5 Powerbooks! :rolleyes:
 
~Shard~ said:
You must be new here and not remember the whole NeatGekko fiasco of earlier this year... ;) Don't put ANY faith at all in what this guy says - many other members will give you the exact same advice... :cool:
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Yeh.. but he did get it once before and it was about mini-ipods. That said, he was wrong in a huge way last time. :)

Don't put any faith into what he's saying, but I wouldn't go flaming him either...

Oh BTW, my g5 thing was wishful thinking only... I can't give up the ghost of 3GHz. (Much the same as the anniversary mac) :)
 
New displays tomorrow, new g5s (up to 3GHz non-ADC models), and previews of Tiger.. it's going to be a good day.
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If that were true, whoo that would be fun. And if they upgraded the bottom of the line and the displays at 20 inches went to 999 and 899 w/edu, then I would skip band practice to backup my files and return my g5 and my display AND i would eat my socks. but i'm not wearing socks, and i won't be wearing them tomorrow just incase you are right.

but, we can all dream :rolleyes:



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of eating our SOCKS :D
 
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