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Looking Ahead to Tiger, Powerbook G5s
sebFlyte writes "ZDNet is running a preview of Apple's newest version of OSX, Tiger, after Jobs said it was still on track for a q2 2005 release (long before Longhorn...)." And an anonymous reader writes "The Register is reporting that Powerbook G5s will ship in Q2 2005."
The Register is reporting that Powerbook G5s will ship in Q2 2005.
Bullshit.
What's a shame is that Microsoft announced this as a feature of longhorn a couple years ago, but 10 bucks, no 100 bucks says when Longhorn comes out the slashdot crowd will scream copycat.
...could shit in a white plastic box and you mac zealots would still pay $499 for it.
Oh wait, he already does....
"Your point being what, that Apple knows how to plan ahead and design their architecture for longevity, extensibility and reuse, while Microsoft's stuff is so crappy that they have to throw it all out every few years and start over?"
Apple is the same company that took ten years and several totally abortive attempts to develop a replacement for their original MacOS [1]. Once they failed at that one too many times, they said to hell with it, bought their next generation OS and released it in the form of a product that couldn't run any existing MacOS software, except through emulation. While their technical staff was busy screwing this up, their business staff managed to handle the clone issue in the worst way possible: they waited umpteen years too long, licenced a couple vendors (including their primary parts supplier), and pulled the rug out from under them when they realized they were getting undercut. Thus leaving their licencees and anybody that invested in them holding the bag.
These guys are occasionally brilliant and Mac OS X is nice product (I know, because I own a Mac), but it's a miracle they're still in business at all. 1] It's worth pointing out that Microsoft's next generation OS (Windows NT) was released in 1993, 7 or 8 years before OSX 10.0. They developod this, despite the fact that they fell out with their partner (IBM and OS/2 NT) and had to maintain two kernels (NT and 9x). Both kernels ended up running both 16 and 32-bit software. Windows isn't without its share of problems, but Microsoft has classically done a far better job of delivering product than Apple has.
With respect to throwing stuff out, even Longhorn retains the existing USER/GDI graphics layer. Avalon is a replacement, but it's the first replacement of the USER.DLL/GDI.DLL API in 20 years (and it's based on DirectX stuff, so it's not totally a replacement even now).
GNAA Announces Victory over Apple Community
San Francisco, California - Just three days after being the first in the world to leak photos of Apple's upcoming revision to MacOS X, version 10.4, Steve Jobs announced to the world facts about the new Operating System consistent with information leaked by elite GNAA operator Gary Niger and prospective member Ron Delsner.
"We've pulled it off!", noted Niger during Jobs' announcement at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. "The GNAA plan was clever from the start with this one I think. When we received our leaked copy of the OS, we knew that by releasing only partial information and some screenshots, the association people would make with the GNAA would lead them to believe the screenshots were fake. Now that Steve 'Rim' Jobs has verified everything we leaked, we have managed to fool the entire Mac community. In essense, a few hundred thousand people have been trolled, a few hundred thousand people have lost. Though I do wish they have a nice day"
"I don't think it could have worked out any better; Every single one of the features shown in our screenshots, particularly Dashboard, which everybody called as fake, was demoed by Jobs. This is my revenge for being beat up on the rent", quoted Ron Delsner on being approached by reporters. "I've been wanting to join the Gay Nigger Association of America for quite some time, and knew that I help pull off something big if they were to let me in."
Delsner was right, as upon hearing this, Gary Niger immediately produced a vial of what he called the "Holy Gay Nigger Seed" from his front pocket, and asked Ron to kneel, at which time the Seed was poured upon Ron's head, making him an official member of the GNAA. Noticing the television cameras present in the press room, Gary cited that this was in fact the first televised induction of a member into the GNAA.
"But back to the troll", Niger said quickly after. "I had a sneaking suspicion that the homosexual caucasians of the Mac community would feel threatened by the GNAA's massive nigger cocks and immediately cast doubts upon any screenshots we produced for them. I saw this as an opportunity to troll hundreds of thousands of people. It just goes to show that GNAA is greater than j00, and that fristage postage is mine."
And Niger certainly did not fail it, as can be seen from the following excerpts taken from various Internet website's covering the leak:
ThinkSecret.com - "In fact, it was the source that led many users to call the shots fake; the information in that story, as well as this one, was provided by Gary Niger and Ron Delsner of the GNAA, an organization that deals in crapfloods and Slashdot trolling."
AppleInsider.com - "Enjoy the photoshop work. I seriously don't think Apple would be so crazy to use those jargons."
MacRumors.com - "Hmm... Information by "Gary Niger" of GNAA. Sounds too stupid to be true. And that dashboard thing? Hogwash me thinks ..."
MacRumors.com - "I immediately thought of them when I saw "GNAA". Anyone who reads Slashdot would be familiar with them - they put big spam posts everywhere. Yes, and it doesn't surprise me. I don't think the screenshots are real (at least not the Dashboard ones), but I have no trouble believing the PDF."
Kim Kap Sol on AppleInsider.com said "I can guarantee those are fake." He then continued by saying "Hello I R Korea KEKEKEKE OMG ZERG RUSH GOGOGOGO ^_^"
Gary's reply to this was "Way to make a complete idiot of yourself you dog-eating douchebag."
Steve Jobs was unavailable for comment immediately following the keynote address, though WWDC attendee and GNAA member Porfa noticed "A cute wiggle in Jobs' ass as he walked away."
About Apple
Apple Computer is the creator of the Macintosh, popularly known as the "gay computer". 87% of GNAA members are Mac users. Founded in 1974 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Apple was nearly o
A few weeks, possibly, but they have NEVER extended this back to a few months. NEVER. It might be as much as a month, but if you're making a purchase decision based on this, you're an idiot. They may not offer anything this time around, you never know.
We bought some PowerBooks about a month before Panther was released, knowing full well that we might not get the cheap upgrade. We needed them immediately at the time and couldn't afford to wait. We just happened to squeeze in under the deadline for the $20 upgrade, but I was not counting on it.
10.3 -> 10.4 is a minor revision. 10 -> 11 would be a major revision.
I know Microsoft thinks Windows NT 5.0 (2000) -> Windows NT 5.1 (XP) is a major revision, but the version numbers say otherwise.