New Windows Vista shots

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:13 pm

Nice. Very nice. But trying a little to hard to Be Tiger I think:

http://www.x64bit.net/site/board/index. ... #entry5274

Post by **saturn** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:15 pm

It's not really Tigrish. More like XP with more eyecandy...in grey tones.

Post by **Transient** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:16 pm

Is Tiger the new Apple OS?

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:17 pm

saturn wrote:It's not really Tigrish. More like XP with more eyecandy...in grey tones.

What I mean is that its got this whole "Lets make shiney glass orbs" thing going on.

Post by **Transient** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:18 pm

*looks at screenies*

Is it just me, or does that look totally unimpressive?

Post by **saturn** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:18 pm

o'dium wrote:
saturn wrote:It's not really Tigrish. More like XP with more eyecandy...in grey tones.
What I mean is that its got this whole "Lets make shiney glass orbs" thing going on.

that's so 5 years ago.

Post by **saturn** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:19 pm

Transient wrote:Is Tiger the new Apple OS?

it's a new update on OS X (10.4).....since April this year :icon32:

Post by **r3t** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:20 pm

Is it just me or does it look like a badly made Window Blinds skin?

Post by **glossy** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:23 pm

r3t wrote:Is it just me or does it look like a badly made Window Blinds skin?

It's not just you. Vista looks crap.

It's kinda depressing how hard they are trying to be like OSX, but will never be able to get there without overhauling the whole OS. The constant failing to deliver on the more exciting features doesn't help, either.

As soon as Mac OS is realised on x86, i'm dualbooting it with XP, and hopefully using the Mac OS as much as possible. Fingers crossed, i suppose

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:23 pm

I was thinking:
-Take Windows XP
-Add a load of DRM and other shit that no consumer actually wants
-Sprinkle liberally with an upgraded IE that retains the shoddy legacy code underneath and hacks in tabbed browsing
-Cripple support for non-MS game technology
-Use a combination of cheap graphical tricks and drop support for older OSs
-Bet it all on user ignorance and the inherent monopoly of the OEM model.
-????????
-Profit!

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:26 pm

glossy wrote:As soon as Mac OS is realised on x86, i'm dualbooting it with XP, and hopefully using the Mac OS as much as possible.

The future is looking interesting. I really hope Vista is fucked up badly for a number of reasons:
1. There's nothing inherently wrong with Windows XP right now. It looks OK, runs OK, has great support all round, and no pressing flaws that justify a whole new OS
2. Linux is becoming a contender. This has died down over the last 6-12 months a lot, but is still a factor.
3. Google/Sun are looking into the OS market. Good times

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:27 pm

looks ok

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:31 pm

Google OS? What you mean it will be Free to un, and fast as fuck? Nice.

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:33 pm

o'dium wrote:Google OS? What you mean it will be Free to un, and fast as fuck? Nice.

Little more than a rumour right now, I think.

I would imagine we're looking at a custom Linux build, more or less. Which is just what the OS market could do with.

Post by **glossy** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:34 pm

Foo wrote:
glossy wrote:As soon as Mac OS is realised on x86, i'm dualbooting it with XP, and hopefully using the Mac OS as much as possible.
The future is looking interesting. I really hope Vista is fucked up badly for a number of reasons:
1. There's nothing inherently wrong with Windows XP right now. It looks OK, runs OK, has great support all round, and no pressing flaws that justify a whole new OS
2. Linux is becoming a contender. This has died down over the last 6-12 months a lot, but is still a factor.
3. Google/Sun are looking into the OS market. Good times

I'm afraid of what google would bring to the OS market, in the sense that I think it will be bad. Too many OSes are going to try to take over, which is a very bad thing -- the x86 market needs a monopoly controlling the OS section, but unfortunately the OS in power is shit. Microsoft are all about money, profit, and how to con everyone into thinking they are winning by getting the OS, and they hold this value above things like what the consumer wants, what's good for the market, etc.

I hope someone like Apple could corner a large part of the x86 OS market, because their software is tight, and i like what they do.

Post by **saturn** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:34 pm

glossy wrote: As soon as Mac OS is realised on x86, i'm dualbooting it with XP, and hopefully using the Mac OS as much as possible. Fingers crossed, i suppose

OS X for x86 (Intel) will only run on Mac PCs. I think they'll include a chip which will be required to run the OS.

But yeah, I'll be running a dualboot too.

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:34 pm

~With the money Google could throw behind it, i'm sure it would work. Because if something didn't they would change it.

Feedback its called M$.

Post by **Denz** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:09 pm

Windows is trying so hard to look like apple. THey will never compair. Apple will always win hands down.

Post by **glossy** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:10 pm

You would hope that with the money Microsoft could throw behind an OS, they'd be evolving, instead of devolving

Post by **Denz** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:21 pm

glossy wrote:You would hope that with the money Microsoft could throw behind an OS, they'd be evolving, instead of devolving

They are trying, but I don't think they have the talent.

Post by **Foo** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:28 pm

Denz wrote:
glossy wrote:You would hope that with the money Microsoft could throw behind an OS, they'd be evolving, instead of devolving
They are trying, but I don't think they have the talent.

That's harsh. I'd say bureacracy hinders the talent within MS

Post by **dmmh** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:33 pm

far more impressed with how Office 12 looks then the looks of Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/feat ... iceUI.mspx

Post by **plained** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:19 pm

i doen know why they want to copy such a dated old look

creative people doen get into design anymore too bad for the masses really

Post by **glossy** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:56 pm

dmmh wrote:far more impressed with how Office 12 looks then the looks of Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/feat ... iceUI.mspx

that. is. hot.

Post by **XG Gent** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:16 pm

It's actually pretty cool guys, but basically XP with alot more candy.

I've been messing with it for about 2 months now at work, the current beta does not work on nvidia based nic cards, by the way.

Pretty decent though, I'm gonna enjoy it. the way the windows pull up is a nice piece of work as well.