I think it is important to note that Apple pinched them off and shipped it more than two years ahead of Microsoft.NathanE said:Microsoft copied 'gadgets' off of Konfabulator (a popular Mac utility).
Once Apple heard what Microsoft had planned for Vista, they too copied 'widgets' off of Konfabulator. Although that wasn't the only idea they pinched off of Vista, as we all know![]()
NathanE said:Although that wasn't the only idea they pinched off of Vista, as we all know![]()
BillytheImpaler said:I think it is important to note that Apple pinched them off and shipped it more than two years ahead of Microsoft.
I think it'd probably a bit more accurate to say that Apple got it from Konfabulator and MS got it from Konfabulator and Apple.
MagSafe said:As much as i'd like to pipe up and say "oh...apple were/are the ones that designed & invented all of the news in Vista" i won't ...
If anyone watched Apple's WWDC keynote last month they made a huge point of saying how superior there new operating system will be to Vista (which they'll be right, they have everything Vista has and more) and that they were the brains behind it all...
I'm not to sure who invented what, but Apple certainly apply the technology a whole lot better than Microsoft do ... it's as if they are constantly trying to keep up with everything else in the industry, and adding bits in here and there to do so.
Maybe one of the reasons Microsoft seems to be so out of date is because they release there OS every 4/5 years ... so when they actually started Vista way back in 2002 (i think it was) the technology was completey different back then.
Baz said:when MS make an OS it actually works, doesn't crash with no reason, and isn't a nightmare to use (fonts on a mac anyone??)
MagSafe said:huh?![]()
Baz said:At work i have 100 Windows xp desktops, none of which give me any problems, and if they do, its usually easy to fix, simple stuff.
I also have one iMac G5 which, when it goes wrong, which is quite often, takes ages to figure out, like when originally installing all the software on it when we got it, you then have to install Suitcase to use any new fonts, or to use fonts in general, then you try to print to a Canon colour photocopier, or even a HP laserjet, and your there all day trying to get it to work.
Macs look nice, and thats it. No use to anyone except deisgn people who wear beret's and polo necks 'cos they think its cool.
Yep. MS had loads of things white papered & slated for Vista long before Apple put them in OS X.modo77 said:No it was off konfab, just its taken ms an ice age to get vista ready. And apple got it rolled out sooner![]()