Friday, November 9, 2007
Trouble in Leopard Land
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 12:00 PM
"Apple advocates are doing the unthinkable: They’re complaining publicly about a new Apple product release. It’s payback time: If the Vista team could write ad copy …Even typically staunch Mac backers are admitting that Apple’s new Leopard operating system is not perfect. It might even be as problem-prone (if not more so) as Windows Vista. Could Leopard go so far as to drive some switchers into Vista’s arms? Sounds crazy, but who knows…. If you’re Microsoft — especially a member of the Vista team — there’s no way you can help but gloat. Very few Softies or their loyal followers are gloating publicly. But there’s no way they aren’t enjoying this turning of the tables."
Steve Jobs must be so upset about this negative press he's probably ramped up his daily flogging of Apple employees with a Cat O' Nine Tails. :lol: Destroying user data is the #1 unforgivable sin of an operating system - I'll take a system crash any day over losing my data. I can't believe Apple let Leopard out the door with such an obvious flaw (I commonly move, rather than copy, my data).
And remember all the barbs Microsoft endured for introducing Aero and not having it be able to run on all hardware? It looks like Apple is no different - users with certain Macs, not being all that old, can't use the new fancy GUI elements in Leopard (such as transparency and shadowing, which are pretty much copies of Vista). The irony here is that some Mac users strongly dislike the new GUI elements in Leopard and are looking for ways to change it back.
Aren't new operating system release just lovely? :roll: It doesn't seem to matter who's releasing it, Microsoft or Apple, the first few months can be painful.
Steve Jobs must be so upset about this negative press he's probably ramped up his daily flogging of Apple employees with a Cat O' Nine Tails. :lol: Destroying user data is the #1 unforgivable sin of an operating system - I'll take a system crash any day over losing my data. I can't believe Apple let Leopard out the door with such an obvious flaw (I commonly move, rather than copy, my data).
And remember all the barbs Microsoft endured for introducing Aero and not having it be able to run on all hardware? It looks like Apple is no different - users with certain Macs, not being all that old, can't use the new fancy GUI elements in Leopard (such as transparency and shadowing, which are pretty much copies of Vista). The irony here is that some Mac users strongly dislike the new GUI elements in Leopard and are looking for ways to change it back.
Aren't new operating system release just lovely? :roll: It doesn't seem to matter who's releasing it, Microsoft or Apple, the first few months can be painful.
