Posted on 04/25/2005 8:18:50 AM PDT by r5boston
It's Steve Jobs's plan to make this the Week of the Tiger. But Bill Gates and his minions at Microsoft are crying bullspecifically, a Longhorn steer. Despite the zoological bent, this dust-up is not about animals, but operating systems; Apple and Microsoft just happen to have named each of their major system upgrades after beasts of the realm. This Monday, Bill shows off the future of Windows, a.k.a. Longhorn, at a developers' conference. The oohs and aahs may be tempered by the fact that the hundreds of millions of Windows users won't get their hands on it until holiday season, 2006. (Unless it's even later.) On Friday, Jobs proudly presents the latest Macintosh OS X upgrade, named after that big striped cat that he always seems to have by the tail. When can the 25 million Mac users get their hands on Tiger? This year. This month. That day. Growwwl.
That's a big point for Apple in the latest matchup in high tech's equivalent to the rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox. Both companies seem to understand what's really necessary and really cool for the next stop in desktop computing: support for the powerful new generation of 64-bit chips that are coming online; search capabilities built in, so you can mine your own documents as smoothly as Google scans the Web; a suite of persistent, constantly updated tiny applications that keep track of stuff like weather and stock quotes. A way to take advantage of the hot RSS technology that lets you "subscribe" to Web sites instead of visiting them every day or two. And a sleek appearance that relegates the traditional file-and-folder metaphor to the antique shop. Both new systems go a long ways toward making that big step.
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And there you go!
Your Mom was right!
2) Popping in and saying mac users are gay, is free speech, but dont be like many americans and complain about the consiquences...
Doing it at a mall as you suggested is generally prohibited and considered trespassing. I advise against it.
Whatever. Anything else?
Many years ago, in college, I was prop-master for a play that required all the actors to have swords... I turned out 30 or so.
I chose the name because it is also a play on words... in that "the pen is mightier than the sword"... and "sword" incorporates "word" within it.
I couldn't agree more. That's why I have tried very hard to bite my tongue even when Bush2000 "comes out" with the gay remarks. I'm happy to let it die right there and continue a discussion with fellow Mac enthusiasts, and either ignore the remark or remind the poster that they have intruded.
Yeah. Get a Mac!
Sean Connery: I'll take "swords" for $500!
The only bit on Saturday Night Live in the last few years that I truly considered funny.
GUFFAW!!!
LOL. I already did that, except it's not for me, so I'm resisting the urge to crack open the box and play with it :)
Ah, go ahead and open it. For testing and quality assurance purposes, of course. They'll understand.
Interesting. I've always had an interest in the art of swordmaking. Not enough to get into it myself, but I greatly admire the craftsmanship to be found in a fine blade. I want a nice katana
I have a Tanto dagger that was made by a swordsmith over 900 years ago... still sharp enough to shave with. I turned down over $3000 for it 30 years ago.
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