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Google to Launch Mac Version of Google Desktop UPDATED

Posted by michael on from the still-waiting-for-debian-package dept.

phaedo00 writes "Arstechnica is reporting that Google today announced that they are pursuing a Google Desktop for Apple's Mac OS X. Google chief executive Eric Schmidt saying it had to be rebuilt from the ground up because of the fundamental differences between the Mac OS and Windows. 'We intend to do it,' Schmidt said." Update: 10/30 23:51 GMT by M : Seems like Reuters and others may have heard wrong about a potential Mac version.

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  1. Excellent... by nblender · · Score: 1, Funny

    Soon we'll have all the windows virii ported too... It'll be just like old times...

  2. mehh, i'm waiting for by Tracer_Bullet82 · · Score: 4, Funny

    BSD version :)

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  3. Re:Spotlight? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    But this is the cult of the Mac you're up against here. Anything apple releases is immediatly paid for and declared the best thing ever.

  4. The linux/BSD version ... by phoxix · · Score: 4, Funny
    grep -r . -H -I -i -n -e "foobar"
    Works like a charm! *grin*

    Sunny Dubey
  5. Re:Linux Version by Trurl's+Machine · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess Google must not know that Linux has now outpaced desktop installs vs Mac's..

    Maybe they know it didn't?

  6. You mac guys are funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    " will make to the overall user experience"

    Most people "use" a computer.

    Mac fanatics have a "user experience".

  7. Is it just me... by Prototerm · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or am I the only person in the world who knows just where I put everything on my computer? You come up with an organized system, and follow it. It's not Rocket Science -- it's more like Computer Science.

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    1. Re:Is it just me... by michaeldot · · Score: 2, Funny

      am I the only person in the world who knows just where I put everything on my computer?

      No, not just you, there's also the people who sort their book library by Dewey decimals, have cataloged everything they've ever recorded onto videotape, and enter all the fields on iTunes tracks.

      On second thoughts, yes, it is just you, you anal-retentive freak! :)

  8. Linux version won't please by SlashdotMeNow · · Score: 2, Funny

    They can't create a Linux version because all the OSS hippies will just blast it for being evil propriety software and run around posting links to some BS app on SourceForge thats supposedly 6.2 million trillion times better than GDS.

    Besides, it's also way too easy to install. Linux users are masochists that way.

  9. Re:How about earlier Windows? by kkrista · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm using Windows ME

    Don't look now, but I think your /, account has been hacked. This can't be a serious post. No self respecting registered slashdotter would use Windows ME -- it was terrible. Hell, I wouldn't even expect that of an Anonymous Coward.

  10. Re:Linux by martin_b1sh0p · · Score: 2, Funny

    I personally like "slocate" :-) The interface isn't as nice but it's fast!