Posted on 10/20/2001 11:49:24 AM PDT by CheneyChick
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:16:28 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Mac heads shouldn't get too upset when they see how closely Windows XP apes Apple's OS X. In the long run, imitation can only help Jobs & Co.
Even though Windows XP won't be officially released until Oct. 25, I can hear the Mac faithful howling already. Once again, Mac heads are accusing Microsoft of building its latest PC operating system on innovations pioneered at Apple. And, quite frankly, they have a point. New XP features such as Windows Movie Maker, My Pictures, and the revamped Windows Media Player strike me as awfully similar to Apple's iMovie, Image Capture, and iTunes software.
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Cheers, CC :)
Won what? Best Cheap Imitation Award?
I would like to refer you to the Golden Standard of OS performance... the
Operating System Sucks-Rules-O-Meter
Who uses VHS? They give away VCRs, it is DVD now.
Try posting it again.
FWIW I use an old MAC SE+ DuperDrive in my bedroom for wordprocessing. Everything else is on PC's.
Looking at the MAC- which is only about TEN YEARS OLD I have to wonder why Apple folks thought they were superior.
The machine basically sucks, and it cost a fortune back then too.
To add insult to injury I stiull can't figure out some of the menu items.
Apple Folk have a completely different perception of the world. To me thay value form over funtion.
OTOH I can do TONS of stuff with my PC, and I can tweak and hack it to boot!
An Apple person would NEVER DREAM of opening his machine while lots of PC people run without cases for the reasons I've mentioned.
And, a good friend of mine who is a dedicated Apple freak wanted the picture of the Eagle with the Amrican Flag likk arpaint. It took him several days (with his brand new state of Apple Art machine) to figure out how to get the graphic and print it. Even then it didn't measure up to what I had on my (old 500mz AMD based) PC. To make matters worse he couldn't figure out hoe to "flip" the picture around!
Nope, Apple Folk are like tea drinkers and PC People are like coffee drinkers. Apple people are anal and SO into proceedure while PC people just want a hit NOW no matter how they get it!
prisoner6
...and copying Thumbs Plus with MS My Picture.
...and copying Adobe After Affects with Windows Movie Maker.
Just because a Apple OS and a MS OS have similar features doesn't always mean that one copied the other.
In the last line the author exposes his bias and in the rest the article he exposes his ignorance.
Aah, you know me too well. Of course it does. That's why I tried to guide the "coffee drinkers" to it!
:)
Exactly.
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