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Hasta la vista, vista......

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:08 am
by hoffman2k
:lol: Yeah, yeah. Apple are a bunch of smug gits. But they're always good for a laugh. And they still make awesome computers.

Who fuels a mac vs pc debate? Either Apple or Microsoft. So don't blame me :wink:
http://static.flickr.com/74/207241438_7c0f89412d_b.jpg

"Mac OS X Leopard, introducing vista 2.0"


So whats next? Mac pro, ipod invisibo, new macbooks?
Guess we'll know in a few hours.....

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:16 am
by DJ VAKIS
':lol:'

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:04 am
by Machinesworking
Little bird told me that.....

jeez? this is so weird I don't believe it myself??.... anyway someone I know at Apple actually believes that there was a secret conversation between Bill Gates and Jobs, on the fact that Whine for OSX is dammed near perfect..... Wine is a Windows emulator for Linux, Wine allows Windows apps to run in OSX like native apps. So allegedly Jobs showed this to Gates stating that it could be integrated into OSX, or Gates could allow Apple to introduce Vista to the world.....

Anyway, I guess it's possible that Vista is announced as running on intel macs alongside OSX.... honestly though, I don't believe it myself.....
Either that or talks broke down, and OSX is integrating Wine into Leopard, kind of makes sense as far as the not so subtle stab at Microsoft/Vista goes. :)

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:24 am
by Digi V
its good marketing by apple that is all there is to it.

microsoft will spend millions advertising Vista, so why not come out and poke fun at them? and then ride the free wave of publicity when everyone compares the new Vista to the already released new OSX?


brilliant in my opinion. especially since we all know vista will just be a copy of the then outdated OSX :lol:

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:21 am
by husker

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:29 am
by john gordon
husker wrote:Toyota were way ahead of them all :lol:

http://www.japan-partner.com/Auto/459/T ... -sale.html
lol

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:36 am
by forge
Am I mistaken or do I have some memory that a few years ago Microsoft bought quite a sizable chunk of apple?

if that's true then why would it be strange at all for this to happen

the feeling I get is the more people who have microsoft the better for Gatesy so I doubt he would object to apple hardware running it

but of course that picture above only shows Vi.....a so god knows what it says, it could be viagra

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:53 am
by hoffman2k
forge wrote:Am I mistaken or do I have some memory that a few years ago Microsoft bought quite a sizable chunk of apple?

if that's true then why would it be strange at all for this to happen

the feeling I get is the more people who have microsoft the better for Gatesy so I doubt he would object to apple hardware running it

but of course that picture above only shows Vi.....a so god knows what it says, it could be viagra
It's the actual slogan of the whole event that takes place today....

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:58 am
by forge
hoffman2k wrote:
It's the actual slogan of the whole event that takes place today....
what is?

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:00 am
by hoffman2k
forge wrote:
hoffman2k wrote:
It's the actual slogan of the whole event that takes place today....
what is?
WWDC keynote.....
An Apple event that is always marked on any developers calender :wink:

http://www.macrumors.com/

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:06 am
by forge
yeah but what is the slogan?

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:13 am
by hoffman2k
forge wrote:yeah but what is the slogan?
"Hasta la vista, vista....." and "Mac OS X Leopard, introducing vista 2.0"

Somehow i doubt that this keynote will be about ipods ;)

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:28 pm
by hambone1
Something tells me that a quad-core Xenon Mac Pro workstation running Leopard is gonna rock...

I'm still gonna wait for the 2nd generation workstations to replace my aging G5 tower. I don't do hardware beta testing!

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:34 pm
by hoffman2k
hambone1 wrote:Something tells me that a quad-core Xenon Mac Pro workstation running Leopard is gonna rock...

I'm still gonna wait for the 2nd generation workstations to replace my aging G5 tower. I don't do hardware beta testing!
You don't have to test anything. Just wait and see what Adam does :wink:
He's the groundhog of macs. If he doesn't see his shadow when he emerges from his hole (or studio), then it's time to get a new mac.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:37 pm
by sqook
Machinesworking wrote:Little bird told me that.....

jeez? this is so weird I don't believe it myself??.... anyway someone I know at Apple actually believes that there was a secret conversation between Bill Gates and Jobs, on the fact that Whine for OSX is dammed near perfect..... Wine is a Windows emulator for Linux, Wine allows Windows apps to run in OSX like native apps. So allegedly Jobs showed this to Gates stating that it could be integrated into OSX, or Gates could allow Apple to introduce Vista to the world.....

Anyway, I guess it's possible that Vista is announced as running on intel macs alongside OSX.... honestly though, I don't believe it myself.....
Either that or talks broke down, and OSX is integrating Wine into Leopard, kind of makes sense as far as the not so subtle stab at Microsoft/Vista goes. :)
If you'd ever used Wine under either linux or mac osx, you'd see the very gaping hole in this story that leads me to question this anecdote. ;)