Pretty sweet
Vista versus OS X.
OS X will have a Liger on the way. This version of OS X will have built-in magic hardware.
Drunk on Vista
Cringely hears from a friend who heard from Microsoft engineers that IntelMacs will run Windows Vista so fast that there will be no need for OS X. Here’s the scoop:
The story came to me, as many do, from a reader. He’s the night auditor at a hotel, and one evening around 2AM, found across from his Front Desk seven somewhat intoxicated Microsoft engineers who wanted to order morning wakeup calls. They started talking and my reader asked if Intel Macs would ever run Windows? That’s all it took to start a 20-minute presentation (obviously prepared and long-practiced) on that exact subject, how Intel Macs will run Windows Vista very well, thank you. Not only that, but the Microsoft engineers were convinced Vista would be so superior that nobody would need OS X again.
Notice that these dudes were drunk. There is no way Apple would abandon OS X. They will make it sleeker, faster, more secure, easier to program and better UI design before Windows Vista arrives in 2007.
Why would I also want to pay for all new apps? Look at the pro apps make makes: Final Cut Pro, Aperture. Have these been ported to Windows yet? Does windows offer the same functionality as OS X? Can windows offer the same types of programming styles that OS X? Tiger was marketed as Longhorn before Longhorn has arrived. Look at the iLife suite. Besides iTunes, are there ports of GarageBand, iMovie, iPhoto even iWeb coming soon? So if, Apple abandons OS X to be these great (and free at time of purchase) apps must be replaced or you the consumer is taking a step back in functionality.
Cringely has lately been believing that Apple is going to be the next greatest Windows OEM vendor. Why sell shit? OS X will not be dead in a long while. Plus, do you know how many developers that would just piss off?
Science only teaches us how, not why.
Looking for Scully related blogs and ran into this fun meme to try.
Facts:
New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
Mao Tse Tung’s funeral takes place in BeijingBirths:
Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball playerDeaths:
Jimi Hendrix, American musician
I am not including the day just to get your minds working and your fingers typing.
Geeked
Completely geeked out today. I stopped by the comics store and they had signs all around with deep discounts on comics: 20% on new issues, 50% off of trade paperbacks, 40% off on back issues.
I spent $40.00. I haven’t done that ever.
Picked up the continuing cycle of New Xment trade paperback. This one’s Grant Morrison’s term in a Xbook. He was the writer of acclaimed Batman, Doom Patrol and other DC/Vertigo comics. His is more than a comic book of super heroes. It’s another interesting read.
Finally, Marvel has decided on getting stories told.
The Netflix business model…
…has apparently expanded to that of the camera lense business.
They should do this for comic books.
That same old feeling
Because I like to catalogue these…I dreamt about S again last night or more like this morning in that half
awake twilight you’re in before you wake up. And like the other dreams
of her, it takes place at Ruby’s. I am back at work there. I can’t tell if I am the age I worked there or
if I am the age that I am now. It feels like now. I recall that I had
just come back. I am walking through the kitchen. S bursts through the doors behind me
in an exaggerated manner. I smile at her. She smiles back. She looks
the same: beautiful face, as tall as I am, brunette hair to her
shoulders, brown eyes, slightly slimmer in the backside. She wears her
hair with the bangs pinned back. We do the cheek-to-cheek air kiss.
“Long time no see.” We both realize we’re back working at Ruby’s. The
dinner crowd arrives.Later, I see her again more exasperated. Her hair is disheveled. I
walk her into the kitchen, arm on the small of her back. She doesn’t
like that. “We are not going into the supply room and hump.” I am
taken aback. What she said has stopped me in my tracks, and the icy
look she gives me as she continues on saddens me. “I have tables?” “What’s my section?” “Damn, I got cocktails.” For
the rest of the night I stay on the other side avoiding her. Then I woke up.Also, making a cameo appearance is SL. Tall blonde. Great boobs. Hot.
Hot. Hot. Like S, we do the cheek-to-cheek air kiss.
Hot Dog Tour LA
Hot Dog Spot blogs about the best hot dogs stand around LA. Are there any in Maryland?
X-men
Comic books not the movie. Do you read them? I did up until 10 years ago. I loved the X-men. But I lost interest once work drinking got in the way.
I picked up an issue last month. I am hooked again. Can someone help me catch up? I especially like Joss Whedon’s version, Astonishing X-men. It reads good.
Say “vwat” if you want to unpimp your Mac
Yesterday, the Apple world was atwitter (not to mention WallStreet) with the release of BootCamp, the dual boot utility that will let you load Windows XP onto an Intel Mac. As you know, I am an Apple enthusiast. This is good news. Maybe I will have an audience for my software.
Why is it good for Apple? They are a hardware vendor. More people buy Macs the more they profit. Apple is hoping for spill over affect. Come for the XP stay for the OS X. Also, games. Want Apple games? Here’s XP. Suckas!
Anyhow, I really can spout off on this but it’s best to let the Apple pundits take care of the brilliance of this move.
- DaringFireball’s take is always insightful.
- Daniel Jalkut has the old post about whom Apple is gunning for.
- Michael Tsai
- The OmniGroup
Update:
Here’s some more good info on whether to buy Apple stock. It seems that Apple is going to go big this summer. Continuing on the XP as the “New Classic” here and here.