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Title: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: iMacMiga on October 27, 2007, 01:00:45 AM
I just got my hands (paws?) on Mac OS X Leopard. I'd had a few brief previews of earlier versions but I have to say the final version is REALLY nice. It's not just all fluff and eye-candy over the same old crap like Vista, it really is a newer, better OS X version. I already feel at home.

Now if Bill McEwan is gonna produce an Amiga OS that beats this he's really, REALLY going to have to try harder don't you think? How does he hope to even compete?


Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: Akiko on October 27, 2007, 01:12:44 AM

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How does he hope to even compete?


Delusion  :-?
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: A1260 on October 27, 2007, 01:15:30 AM
don't worry bill mcewen will deliver!
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: Amigamia on October 27, 2007, 01:53:08 AM
Unless he delivers a baby I don't think I am going to be impressed by anything else he delivers.
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: Amiduffer on October 27, 2007, 03:02:29 AM
I don't think Bill could beat an egg.  :roll:
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: nBit7 on October 27, 2007, 03:38:37 AM
OS5 is bills baby!

Every parent thinks their baby is beautiful.  Even if its missing appendages and is grossly disfigured.
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: guru-666 on October 27, 2007, 04:31:02 AM
somebody made that joke last year and got banned.  It's going to be hard for OS5 to beat OS10!
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: TheMagicM on October 27, 2007, 04:37:16 AM
Bill always delivers!  

EDIT: My bad, I thought it was about Bill Buck.  So no, McEwen will fail.
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: little on October 27, 2007, 05:19:37 AM
Even if Leopard was lame, even if Vista was even lamer, even if Linux got really bloated I do not see how Bill McEwen could pull a brand new operative system that bets long stablished ones. He is no Steve Jobs, He is no Bill Gates, hell is not even a Nolan Bushnell; if he were a horse you could bet he would be dead last on all races.
:horse:
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: Fransexy_ on October 27, 2007, 08:48:57 AM
Small teams are proved to work better than larger teams.but anyway, i do not think that bill could deliver
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: motorollin on October 27, 2007, 09:58:18 AM
I haven't had the time to explore Leopard yet. All I know is I hate what they've done with the interface.

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moto
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: koaftder on October 27, 2007, 11:49:18 AM
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iMacMiga wrote:
I just got my hands (paws?) on Mac OS X Leopard. I'd had a few brief previews of earlier versions but I have to say the final version is REALLY nice. It's not just all fluff and eye-candy over the same old crap like Vista, it really is a newer, better OS X version. I already feel at home.


What mac do you have? I have a 1.5GHz g4 powerbook(1.5GB ram), and the switch from 10.3 to 10.4 left my system kind of pokey. I'm afraid to try out Leopard on it.

I bet if AOS5 ever rolls out, it's going to be some quasi linux system with a bunch of DE crap on it and an emulation layer for the older stuff.
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: Flashlab on October 27, 2007, 11:56:20 AM
@guru-666

That guy (pierre) didn't get banned for making that "joke"; taking the 5 is less than X=10 comparison literally for over 10 posts in one topic started by him isn't exactly funny IMHO. When people replied he started trolling and insulting people and got a well deserved ban for it.
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: Crom00 on October 27, 2007, 01:07:40 PM
Re: the better than OS10 comment. That is totally one persons opinion, and of course controversial statements  get the buzz going. Much more interesting than saying "It's better than O3.9 and the Boing Bag"

I mean here we are talkin about it.

Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: iMacMiga on October 27, 2007, 02:02:51 PM
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I haven't had the time to explore Leopard yet. All I know is I hate what they've done with the interface.


Yep, 's about the only gripe I do have. I've already hacked it to disable the glass shelf dock (Apple put a plain black transparent dock in it for the left and right side, and you can switch the bottom one to this via a command at the terminal :) ). The semi-transparent menu bar is irritating as hell too, I hope someone finds a hack for that too.

Overall however I'm truly impressed by it. I was a bit down after upgrading from Panther (10.3) to Tiger (10.4) because I didn't think Tiger offered enough extra stuff that I found useful. Going from Tiger to Leopard (10.5) feels much more like the kind of leap you should make when you move to a major new version. I already can't live without Spaces, and Time Machine makes me feel like my data is at least somewhat safer ;)

Like I said - AInc would need a genuine Miracle to beat this kind of OS.
Title: Re: AInc need a miracle to beat this...
Post by: da9000 on October 28, 2007, 07:13:45 AM
Hahahaha! Ditto!

I actually recently learned that Billeee was an evangelist at Gateway. That should pretty much tell you exactly what we're getting from him (or his mouth) and what we'll be getting in the future: hot air anyone? Or vaporware for the more trendy...