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Avari wrote:

If they where to start advertising the mac and such i would think they would wait until the intel migration is over.

Now would be a good time for the iPalm or whatever. The iBook would also be a good start!

Yeh..that thought crossed my mind also...Imsure Apple would have to pay through the bunghole to advertise in a disney movie just as anyone else would be expected too...

tomfoolery wrote:

Well, lets keep our fingies crossed that the Apple Corps / Apple Comp lawsuit jobby goes well then...

tF

Apple should buy Apple.

Yeah the ads are all-over the web. However where we look isn't necessarily where everyone else does. iTunes is where everyone looks. The Mac needs to be plugged on there. Better yet, a link to the Applestore on there!

Apple has to drum up some serious media coverage to survive. Like they need the hottest hardware, the coolest dongles and hopefully a Mac only game that makes every geek drool!

Mac OS X won't go the way of OS/2 because of 2 things:
First of all, people switch to Mac because of the OS. They are tired of using Windows, and want to use something better. They may use Windows for a few things they need, but other than that they will continue to run OS X.

Secondly, OS/2 was able to run Windows apps, but not vice versa. Since no reboot was required, all (or most) of the developers would only create Windows apps since both OSs could run them natively. With that, there were no actual OS/2 apps. For Mac OS X, you will still need to either reboot or run under virtualization, which will never be a complete solution. Even with WINE, it will never be as good as running it under Windows.

akb825 wrote:

OS/2 was able to run Windows apps, but not vice versa. Since no reboot was required, all (or most) of the developers would only create Windows apps since both OSs could run them natively. With that, there were no actual OS/2 apps.

There was (is) a lot of professional software for OS/2, because it offered a solid, stable environment when Windows didn't. It just never cought on in the consumer space.

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reece_james wrote:

iPod and iTunes!

Think about it, everyone goes to the iTunes music store on a regular basis.

I don't. I won't. Thus OS X is doomed. Have a nice day.

Hehe. Still, it has to be recognised that Apple has a giant billboard which a lot of people visit on their own free will.

We have iLife which is a killer suit of apps, but what we really need now is a clincher. We need an app that only runs on OS X that everyone wants, loves and needs to use. It also needs to be here before Vista and 10.5. (10.5 might be it however)

Well considering 10.4 was supposed to be the answer to Vista and Vista has been shedding features like deciduous trees loosing leaves... 10.5 should be a massive update to OS X in general. I sincerely hope Apple waits till the Week after Vista launches before releasing 10.5. Steve would have so much fun up on stage. 'So this is the future last week' [Shows PowerMac running Vista] 'This is the future from today.' [Reboots into 10.5] They have to at least let Vista be shown to the world then just smash everything it stands for.

Last edited by reece_james (2006-04-11 3:57 am)

Windows XP was a joke. It was just an ultra-bloated version of Windows 2000 (which was a great OS) with an ugly skin.

Vista looks worse. Sure, the stuff they copied from Apple looks nice, but I'm betting it's going to run like OS 10.0.

...and I would personally fly to the States and egg his house...

Last edited by reece_james (2006-04-11 9:27 am)

The filter doesn't work on the email subscription.

True, as long as people hate Windows there will always be an alternative.

Macskeeball wrote:

The filter is optional. Look in your profile.

I'm looking at 'Smurfing' in the thread and not in the email, strange.

Have there been many murmuring among developers? The only reports I've seen so far are from the game developers.