Quote: Originally Posted by Randman Let the whining and complaining begin. No whining. No complaining. No purchase. It looks like MacWorld 06 to this old guy.

So what do people reckon is the cause for the delay in ramping up significantly faster chips? The apple chip supplier curse? Or merely the fact it might be tricky to keep gaining…

good lord , i thought we'd got over all this with the G5 the G4 dragged on for AGES with it's pathetic speed 'bump's god , i'm so depressed

So they copied yet antother thing. Yawn. That company is SO overfunded and SO under(brain)powered... -t

Has M$ come up with one original idea other than the service pack? Really, why hasn't more mainstream media slammed the company for such ham-handed management and scuzzy dealings?

Hasn't stuff similar to that been around at MS for just about forever? And anyways, the most blatant rip-off of recent times has been Dashboard. And no, those 1984 widgets don't q…

Quote: Originally Posted by Eug Wanker Hasn't stuff similar to that been around at MS for just about forever? The basic idea has been around for ever, I think they are jus…

I am not surprised. Microsoft has been "influenced" by Apple since day one, and I don't see them changing anytime soon.

meh

Uggggh! Not to mention, have you seen the latest screen grabs of Longhorn. I was just viewing this slideshow today. Can it really be that ugly? Am I just picky? http://www.pcmag.c…

Quote: Originally Posted by DarwinX Uggggh! Not to mention, have you seen the latest screen grabs of Longhorn. I was just viewing this slideshow today. Can it really be that ugl…

Quote: Originally Posted by DarwinX Uggggh! Not to mention, have you seen the latest screen grabs of Longhorn. I was just viewing this slideshow today. Can it really be that ugl…

I gotta say If I were a PC using fool then I'd think Longhorn looked damn good. But, alas, I am not...PUG FUGLY!! I dunno how they did it but they made blue as boring as beige. …

Quote: Originally Posted by sek929 (In the first image the control panel icon in the start menu looks taken directly from Win98. Early build?) One would have to assume th…

Tiger's GUI sucks too.

Quote: Originally Posted by demograph68 Tiger's GUI sucks too. But it looks nice

That blog makes no sense. That media mania app is just an Avalon demo that a few of the developers from that team tossed together in a number of hours. The source will be availab…

Quote: Originally Posted by DarwinX Uggggh! Not to mention, have you seen the latest screen grabs of Longhorn. I was just viewing this slideshow today. Can it really be that ugl…

bah. Still looks confusing as ever.

Not that im defending them or anything (love my mac just as much as anyone else here), but i watched some of the Bill Gates Keynote and the stuff in the screenshots is not going to…

Quote: Originally Posted by misnomer That blog makes no sense. That media mania app is just an Avalon demo that a few of the developers from that team tossed together in a numb…

Quote: This should give people who use their stuff ALOT of confidence in whatever it is they are trying to do over there Yeh, even Paul Thurrott, Windows Wor…

Did anyone else notice that it seems Microsoft's version of the iTunes Music Store in those screenshots has the Beatles? It seems like they're really going to rub that in, and it r…

Quote: Originally Posted by chris e boy Yeh, even Paul Thurrott, Windows Worshipper extraordinaire said Longhorn "has the makings of a train wreck" Where did he say that?

They showed the "Media Mania" on a channel 9 video ( MSFTs Developer Blogs and Videos) its just using Amazons web services. I watched the video yesterday and really nothing that a…