Make OS X a little less smug
It's pretty clear that Apple left no stone unturned in Leopard, making changes and fixes throughout the new operating system. Unfortunately, that also included an upgrade to its crucial smugness subsystem: the image you see above of an old school CRT monitor with a blue screen of death is actually the not-so-subtle gag icon Leopard uses to represent Windows machines on your local network. (Is it any wonder why PC and Mac fanboys tend to get in so many fights?) Granted, many Leopard beta users have seen this icon since the early releases, but we didn't actually think the shipping version would include something so pompous and galling to the other 90%.
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It's pretty clear that Apple left no stone unturned in Leopard, making changes and fixes throughout the new operating system. Unfortunately, that also included an upgrade to its crucial smugness subsystem: the image you see above of an old school CRT monitor with a blue screen of death is actually the not-so-subtle gag icon Leopard uses to represent Windows machines on your local network. (Is it any wonder why PC and Mac fanboys tend to get in so many fights?) Granted, many Leopard beta users have seen this icon since the early releases, but we didn't actually think the shipping version would include something so pompous and galling to the other 90%.
View: Full Article @ Engadget
I can't help but wonder if this was some sort of oversight by Apple devs and they just forgot to take this out before it went into GM?
Its pretty sad either way.
...i dont think so...
...i dont think so...
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Kudos to the author of the original article!
And in this case it only fans the "Apple users are eliteist" flames. Which really doesn't help anyone.
As far as i'm concerned the quality of the product speaks for itself, and doesn't need to employ cheap shots like this. In fact I wish Apple would just drop the Microsoft goading all together.. they should be past that now.
Well my Creo RIP shows as a 30" Cinema HD display icon and its running XP Pro. Maybe ExtremeZ-IP has something to do with that and appletalk
couldnt have said it better myself. if this insults you, even the LITTLEST bit, you seriously need to consider suicide as a viable option
couldnt have said it better myself. if this insults you, even the LITTLEST bit, you seriously need to consider suicide as a viable option
Isn't it funny tho' - the way the Windows fanboys are complaining about this, they look exactly like the dull, humourless dolts that Apple has shown in their "Switch!" videos.
Perhaps the videos aren't all that far from reality.
I thought it was funny because instantaneously you recognize which machines are from the "all too familiar bsod" family.
double postGranted, many Leopard beta users have seen this icon since the early releases, but we didn't actually think the shipping version would include something so pompous and galling to the other 90%.
Wow. Just . . . wow.
LTD to Crybaby . . . . LTD to Crybaby, do you copy?
It's all about track-records.
Windows is famous for BSOD's for a reason. Windows flaws, bugs, viruses, etc. are responsible for so much lost/corrupted data over the span of so many years that naturally, it would spawn a whole counterculture that exists to point these things out in the form of jokes and teasing.
Windows XP shipped with 5 open ports in 2001. You can figure out the rest. I'm sorry that "the other 90%" feel insulted that their OS is famous (especially comparatively speaking) for its flaws and weaknesses, and not its strengths. Perhaps facts tell a different story (i'll certainly concede that) . . . but the image and stigma is still there. I hope Windows can live it down.
Reputation (positive or negative) is very difficult to overcome.
Granted, many Leopard beta users have seen this icon since the early releases, but we didn't actually think the shipping version would include something so pompous and galling to the other 90%.
Wow. Just . . . wow.
LTD to Crybaby . . . . LTD to Crybaby, do you copy?
It's all about track-records.
Windows is famous for BSOD's for a reason. Windows flaws, bugs, viruses, etc. are responsible for so much lost/corrupted data over the span of so many years that naturally, it would spawn a whole counterculture that exists to point these things out in the form of jokes and teasing.
Windows XP shipped with 5 open ports in 2001. You can figure out the rest. I'm sorry that "the other 90%" feel insulted that their OS is famous (especially comparatively speaking) for its flaws and weaknesses, and not its strengths. Perhaps facts tell a different story (i'll certainly concede that) . . . but the image and stigma is still there. I hope Windows can live it down.
Reputation (positive or negative) is very difficult to overcome.
Windows hasn't been famous for blue screens since XP came out... and that was 6 years ago! I only see blue screens now when hardware fails or drivers are writen badly...
Which is exactly why Apple is quoted as being smug and apple fans the like.
/sarcasm
Leopard is basically just Apple's Vista - a decent upgrade, but nothing earth-shattering, with a couple of pointless transparency tweaks thrown in.
Leopard is basically just Apple's Vista - a decent upgrade, but nothing earth-shattering, with a couple of pointless transparency tweaks thrown in.
Yes it is, because the NT blue screens have a massive amount of information on them compared to the 9x kernel's Blue screens
I'm not getting rid of it.
OH that is right, jump on the wagon when apple does it too.
Threatened? they aren't...Microsoft owns the market of OS, simple as that (this is not from a fanboy, its just a real fact).
The only thing i praise apple for is the great marketing campaign that is attracting more and more people to buy their products. But if the OS will be driven just like the iPhone is, well, they will need to push an entire new OS soon...
Vista is better than XP since it was out almost a year. Those XP fanboys are like the OS fanboys, the former throws crap at vista because they dont own it yet or dont have the hardware to take advantage of it. the latter, well, they are just looking at the wow factor and not platform future. When apple can afford people to write programs for their OS as windows always has, this will be a differnet story.
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