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"code-named Windows 7"

code named? Isn't a code supposed to EXCLUDE the actual name of the product?

Typical MS

How original!?

Here's betting that we'll see 10.6 next fall...

MW: Mere "months"

Whoop de freakin' do! Apple is going to patch their 30 year old Unix distribution every year and a half. So what. Maybe they'll sneak a 'games' patch in there—perhaps in 2011—if they're still in business.

I'll remind you MAC lemmings that another version of Windows may not appear until 2010 because the geniuses in Redmond don't have to. The technology in Vista is so groundbreaking it will still be ahead of 'MAC OS X 10.8 Pussy' if and when that debacle shows up. Keep trying, Apple. Maybe your OS will have the functionality of Windows 3.1 in a couple of years.

Your potential. Our passion.™

I am an MCSA,MCSE,MCP(windows 2000 /2003) BUT i jumped the ship when windows was sinking and i am not shy to say i am a mac person thru and thru now ..

Vista is rubbish .. i am DYING for leopard ..

Fsck Windows and Get a Mac™

By the year 2010 .. Windows would have copied everything from Leopard and so on ...

It wouldnt surprise me if the next version of windows would include something similar to Time machine !! ; Quicklook ..etc etc ..

why would they bother? i mean, apart from comedic value?

@ Ryan

"I am an MCSA,MCSE,MCP..."

It's ok Ryan, we understand you had no choice then. You dont have to put yourself down with all that name-calling.

(Yes, i'm joking)

The future of Windows:

Code-named Windows 7 = Cow 7 and now demised.

Zune...you never fail to make me laugh, thanks

doc, you must be easily amused!

Zuney, I believe that was one of your finer rants. Keep up the good work!

""people don’t understand that we’ve invented a new class of interface,"

Anyone who owns an iPhone does understand this.

Okay, Zune Tang, take your meds. It's time. You're obviously delirious!

Microsoft is the one whose existence is in question. Woot.com is now selling Zunes for $79. At this pace, brown Zunes will come free with an eight-pack of Charmin in six months!

apple don't have to do much now to stay ahead of the game. but that won't stop them, they're on a roll!

"a new class of interface"

Meanwhile, Ballmer insists on sticking with an aging ass that's in your face.

In case you were wondering, Zune Tang has been outed as nothing more than satire.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/satire

Fsck Windows and Get a Mac™

Be prepared for fsck to generate many, many error messages.

"Apple CEO Steve Jobs sees new Mac OS X version every 12 to 18 months"

Yeah, but will we see it?

Yes I agree with the MDN take. OS X longhorn was so worth the wait. I will be there at the Apple store for my copy on Friday.

They can meet this schedule if they hire more ppl.

Just my $0.02

@MacSheikh

Seriously, I was just trying to point out that if an ex-windows-geek like me can become a Mac user thru and thru .. EVERYONE could !!

They just have to get rid of that stupid myths they have in their heads about mac ..

Thankfully i dont make my living with being an MCSE anymore .. So no more windows certification for me.

But if there is a certification for OSX i wouldnt mind giving it a try !!

i'm waiting for the OSX cerebral implant...

I found this on line from Gates.

"Mr. Gates said Microsoft's music strategy focuses on selling songs without copy-restriction software -- roughly a third of its overall library will not have the software, known as digital rights management, that limits music copying or sharing."
------- Is it just me, or didn't he say earlier that M$ was for DRM. That DRM is good for us. It protects us. ???????

"But he also suggested that music labels should push harder to sell all-you-can-eat subscriptions that let users download much more music that they keep as long as they continue paying. While Apple has frowned on subscriptions, Microsoft has backed a $15-a-month plan that Mr. Gates said would get a big push as part of Zune's new line. "
------- See Gates still has no taste. "And I mean that in a big way." Subscription is the way to milk the customer and that is what Microsoft is really about.

JMHO

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STEVE JOBS ROCKS,APPLE SHOW US NEW PRODUCTS WE WANT THEN TO OUR LIVES,THINGS LIKE PRINTERS,SCANNERS,PDA,CAR ACESSORIES,...SHOW THEN TO ROCK THE SHOW OVER THE WORLD!!!

Apple training opportunities can be found here:
http://www.apple.com/training/

"But if there is a certification for OSX i wouldnt mind giving it a try !!"

Ryan: Heads up.

http://training.apple.com/certification/macosx

"Apple’s share of home PC revenue in the United States has jumped in the last four quarters. In the second quarter, for example, the Macintosh captured a 15.8 percent share, almost double its share of the number of units sold."

This is the number I have been looking for, what is our market share of those you have a choice what they use!

" expected shipments of 1.3 million computers"

I thought they were expecting around 2.0 million last qtr?

MS tried to copy OS X with Vista , and failed!

So they are going to try to copy a Mac OS perfectly and grow from there.

"code-named Windows 7" = MS copy of Mac OS 7

Wish to see OS 11

I'm hoping by the end of the decade Apple would have released OS XI. I wouldn't mind them skipping 10.6-10.9. They almost did that with Panther.

This increase in the number of major (and minor) OS releases makes good sense since all of Apple's product lines rely on MAC OS X and since only Apple hardware is authorized ti run OS X, Apple can more easily continue to add new hardware and software features in sync with each other, enticing both current Apple consumers to upgrade and new consumers to switch.

Finally, I think the real Zune Tang is back. I laughed until I stopped.

magic word : "change"

They started out with Windows 1 then 2 and they even had a Windows 286. That must have been something.

Then they brought out Windows 95. Windows 286 must have been a lot better than 95, it just stands to reason.

At least we know Windows 98 must have been better than Windows 95.

Then they hit us with Windows 2000 we knew we had the best system ever. 2000 is way bigger that 98, any fool knows that. Just like the Megahertz wars.

Now they are dropping to Windows 7. It is even smaller than 95 and we all know what a dog Windows 95 was.

In fact, 7 is even smaller than Apple's Mac OS 10.

At least they are not raising expectations like they did with the Vista train wreck. You have to give Microsoft Kudos for that.

$129 a year or just Ten X dot updates? If $129, how about free .Mac for the faithful or free X-Ray glasses or a joy buzzer (he said joy buzzer) or a new bike.

My cat is all excited about Vista. Especially after I tore up the box and put it in the litter box.

"Butt, butt, butt" sputter the Thurrotts and Enderles of the world, as they sodomize each other.

12 to 18 months per new "major" upgrade? I think not. Why would Apple want to split the base among multiple OSs? Steve is brilliant, but that was a foolish remark by his standards. But having said that I am anxious for Leopard.

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