Vista - Is it just me or is Vista looking a lot like a Mac?

Vista is finally out. Woohoo......Wait, this is what they've been bragging
about? They seem to be trying to look a lot like a Mac these days. They've
spent all this time just trying to catch up to Apple's standards, and now
Apple has just been sitting and watching and is gonna put something out that
is gonna blow vista out of the water. Apple just has the better operating
systems and is more appealing. The only thing microsoft has going for it is
that much of the older population knows only microsoft's operating system,
and they aren't going to want to take the time to learn a new system.

It's just you. The Vista GUI looks nothing like the OSX GUI.

In fact I give it no longer then a month before someone comes out with a OSX
theme for Vista.

"II Beavis II" <II Beavis II@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Apple has just been sitting and watching and is gonna put something out
> that
> is gonna blow vista out of the water.

Nope, the next version looks exactly the same. The GUI will not blow
anything out of the water.

And there's allot more software available for it.
Where will you be trolling tomorrow?

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"II Beavis II" <II Beavis II@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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The only thing microsoft has going for it is
> that much of the older population knows only microsoft's operating system,
> and they aren't going to want to take the time to learn a new system.

No. I have to argue with that: Commodore 64 has the better operating system.


It's all a matter of preference and usage. Some people in the science
industry wouldn't touch Windows or a Mac with a 10 foot ethernet cable.
They won't even run Linux. They will only run Berkley Unix. Does that make
it a better OS? Not for me. Can't play games on it.

Does the Mac have DirectX 10? Nope. Not a better OS.
Does Windows have (not too great at the whole Mac is better thing, so help
me out!) a better desktop publishing than a Mac? Probably not. Mac has it's
place, but it's a limited place. Windows seems to cater to a wider group of
people than Mac or Linux. It's an all purpose OS. Does that make it better?
No.

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"II Beavis II" <II Beavis II@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Vista is finally out. Woohoo......Wait, this is what they've been
> bragging
> about? They seem to be trying to look a lot like a Mac these days.
> They've
> spent all this time just trying to catch up to Apple's standards, and now
> Apple has just been sitting and watching and is gonna put something out
> that
> is gonna blow vista out of the water. Apple just has the better operating
> systems and is more appealing. The only thing microsoft has going for it
> is
> that much of the older population knows only microsoft's operating system,
> and they aren't going to want to take the time to learn a new system.

Don't know. I have never used a Mac and likely never will - so it is of no
concern to me.

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Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


"II Beavis II" <II Beavis II@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:899CC7FB-18B1-458B-9B3E-8309ED26EA00@microsoft.com...
> Vista is finally out. Woohoo......Wait, this is what they've been
> bragging
> about? They seem to be trying to look a lot like a Mac these days.
> They've
> spent all this time just trying to catch up to Apple's standards, and now
> Apple has just been sitting and watching and is gonna put something out
> that
> is gonna blow vista out of the water. Apple just has the better operating
> systems and is more appealing. The only thing microsoft has going for it
> is
> that much of the older population knows only microsoft's operating system,
> and they aren't going to want to take the time to learn a new system.

Windows and OSX are after two distinctly different clients.

Windows is after the right brained "Damn the Torpedos" people., Apple is
after the left brain "Lets be creative about this" people.

There are far more right brained people in this world than left brained
people.

Point is, no one thing is right for everyone. The best one is the one that
works for you.

"II Beavis II" <II Beavis II@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:899CC7FB-18B1-458B-9B3E-8309ED26EA00@microsoft.com...
> Vista is finally out. Woohoo......Wait, this is what they've been
> bragging
> about? They seem to be trying to look a lot like a Mac these days.
> They've
> spent all this time just trying to catch up to Apple's standards, and now
> Apple has just been sitting and watching and is gonna put something out
> that
> is gonna blow vista out of the water. Apple just has the better operating
> systems and is more appealing. The only thing microsoft has going for it
> is
> that much of the older population knows only microsoft's operating system,
> and they aren't going to want to take the time to learn a new system.

"Justin" <None@None.com> wrote in message
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> It's just you. The Vista GUI looks nothing like the OSX GUI.
>

absolutely, and here's the proof...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIUkwPybtM

"john" <john@msn.com> wrote in message
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> absolutely, and here's the proof...
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIUkwPybtM

Ideas? Or looks? The OP said "looking" ;p

I love the calendar one. A calendar looks like a calendar! What the heck
do they want it to look like? A bannana? Hehehe.

john wrote:
> "Justin" <None@None.com> wrote in message
> news:eIb4BXbYHHA.448@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> It's just you. The Vista GUI looks nothing like the OSX GUI.
>>
>
> absolutely, and here's the proof...
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIUkwPybtM
>

LOL! You are right! Not at all alike. :P

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Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
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If your favorite wine was a Cabernet, and someone said, wow, thats a lot
like the "two buck chuck" i got a trader joes, would you snub it?
OSX is a great operating system, a *proven* operating system, that Windows
Vista has emulated a lot of the features of.

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Don't know. I have never used a Mac and likely never will - so it is of no
> concern to me.
>
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>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban MVP
> Microsoft Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "II Beavis II" <II Beavis II@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:899CC7FB-18B1-458B-9B3E-8309ED26EA00@microsoft.com...
>> Vista is finally out. Woohoo......Wait, this is what they've been
>> bragging
>> about? They seem to be trying to look a lot like a Mac these days.
>> They've
>> spent all this time just trying to catch up to Apple's standards, and now
>> Apple has just been sitting and watching and is gonna put something out
>> that
>> is gonna blow vista out of the water. Apple just has the better
>> operating
>> systems and is more appealing. The only thing microsoft has going for it
>> is
>> that much of the older population knows only microsoft's operating
>> system,
>> and they aren't going to want to take the time to learn a new system.
>