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Prepping For The 360
An anonymous reader writes "The Xbox 360 launches on Tuesday, and ZDNet talks to some of the folks who are already prepping for it. John Dvorak also has commentary on the new console, and he seems to like it." From the Dvorak article: "Luckily Microsoft's Xbox 360 crew, and other game developers, are working on cool stuff that will cross over to PCs. When game developers retake their rightful place on top of the hill of progress, we'll all be better off. Needless to say, I am impressed by the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 explores new menu structures with a unique and pleasant GUI. One often-overlooked element that the Microsoft games group brings to the party is its unique GUIs that are unlike the folder/desktop metaphor that Xerox and Apple developed."
Just FYI, Apple didn't steal anything from Xerox. When Apple toured Xerox's research facilities, it was with the understanding that Apple would take any ideas they found which they thought would be marketable, and Apple paid for the visit with a hefty amount of Apple's pre-IPO stock. Also, the Macintosh made a great deal of innovations beyond what Xerox had produced, such as non-crappy overlapping windows. Certainly Xerox deserves a lot of credit, but so does Apple, and the idea that Apple stole the ideas for the Macintosh is simply wrong.