The chrome logo is not an indication of the future direction of Apple's hardware design.
It is an indication of the GUI changes we will be seeing in the final release of Panther. The watery "Aqua" interface is giving way to the new liquid metal or "Mercury" interface.
One of Apple's best kept secrets is that there is a version of AppleWorks for Windows. It is only available to education customers however. You get both the Mac and Windows versions on one CD for $39!
From Apple's site: System Requirements
AppleWorks 6.2 for Mac OS X An iMac, iBook, Power Mac G3, Power Mac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube, PowerBook G3, or PowerBook G4 128MB of physical RAM Mac OS X, v10.0 or later A CD-ROM drive (for installation) An Internet connection* QuickTime 5 or higher (included on CD)
To use Mac OS X, you will need a computer with at least 128MB of physical RAM.
AppleWorks 6.2 for Mac OS 8/9 An Apple computer with a PowerPC processor 24MB of physical RAM with virtual memory set to at least 25MB Mac OS 8.1 or later A CD-ROM drive (for installation) An Internet connection* QuickTime 4.1.2 or higher (QuickTime 5 included on CD)
AppleWorks 6.2 for Windows A PC with a Pentium processor 32MB of physical RAM Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000 and XP A CD-ROM (for installation) An Internet connection* QuickTime 4.1.2 or higher (QuickTime 5 included on CD) Internet Explorer 5 (included on CD)
I was really hoping that the quality of Apple's UIs would get better especially since Bud Tribble came back to Apple. The whole upside down tab thing in Safari is unbelievable.
Since we aren't going to have an "official" public beta on which to provide feedback, we might as well say something now...
Hit the "bug" button or select "Report Bugs to Apple..." in the "Safari" menu.
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The chrome logo is not an indication of the future direction of Apple's hardware design.
It is an indication of the GUI changes we will be seeing in the final release of Panther. The watery "Aqua" interface is giving way to the new liquid metal or "Mercury" interface.
One of Apple's best kept secrets is that there is a version of AppleWorks for Windows. It is only available to education customers however. You get both the Mac and Windows versions on one CD for $39!
From Apple's site:
System Requirements
AppleWorks 6.2 for Mac OS X
An iMac, iBook, Power Mac G3, Power Mac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube, PowerBook G3, or PowerBook G4
128MB of physical RAM
Mac OS X, v10.0 or later
A CD-ROM drive (for installation)
An Internet connection*
QuickTime 5 or higher (included on CD)
To use Mac OS X, you will need a computer with at least 128MB of physical RAM.
AppleWorks 6.2 for Mac OS 8/9
An Apple computer with a PowerPC processor
24MB of physical RAM with virtual memory set to at least 25MB
Mac OS 8.1 or later
A CD-ROM drive (for installation)
An Internet connection*
QuickTime 4.1.2 or higher (QuickTime 5 included on CD)
AppleWorks 6.2 for Windows
A PC with a Pentium processor
32MB of physical RAM
Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000 and XP
A CD-ROM (for installation)
An Internet connection*
QuickTime 4.1.2 or higher (QuickTime 5 included on CD)
Internet Explorer 5 (included on CD)
On Monday we will have more details on the guts and then we can comment on that.
Until then its just screen shots. What do you expect?
I was really hoping that the quality of Apple's UIs would get better especially since Bud Tribble came back to Apple. The whole upside down tab thing in Safari is unbelievable.
Since we aren't going to have an "official" public beta on which to provide feedback, we might as well say something now...
Hit the "bug" button or select "Report Bugs to Apple..." in the "Safari" menu.