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Thu, Aug 21, 2008 - 11:08 PM EDT — AAPL: 174.29 (-1.55, -0.88%) | NASDAQ: 2380.38 (-8.70, -0.36%)

Silicon Valley: Apple CEO Steve Jobs previews ‘Longhorn’

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 09:53 PM EDT

"The fifth major revision of Mac OS X won't arrive at market until the first half of next year (talk about a vague shipping date), but when it does, it will� set a new standard in consumer desktops. At least according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who had his Reality Distortion Field� cranked up to 11 at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco Monday," John Paczkowski reports for Silicon Valley.

"Among the 150 new features included in Mac OS X 10.4 , aka 'Tiger:' greater support for 64-bit computing; Spotlight, a system-wide search technology; Automator, a new graphical interface for scripting applications; RSS support; and Dashboard, Apple's, ahem, 'take' on Mac developer Arlo Rose's Konfabulator widget API.� 'We think Tiger is going to catapult us even further ahead (of Microsoft) and drive the copycats crazy,' Jobs said. 'We're years ahead of Longhorn. The other guys have been talking about it, and we're doing it.' In addition to Tiger, Jobs uncrated 3 new Apple Cinema Display LCD monitors, the largest among them a 30-inch model priced at a checking-account-emptying $3,299," Paczkowski reports.

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Jun 29, 04 - 11:07 pm Comment from: F.P.

first post first post first post.

hey what happened th MDN today anyway?

Jun 29, 04 - 11:08 pm Comment from: yeah

no news all day. and all of a sudden all this update. did you guys overdose from Stevie J. yesterday?

Jun 30, 04 - 12:17 am Comment from: macfreak

Sputnik!!! lightne up this thread! I need a laugh!
MF

Jun 30, 04 - 12:52 am Comment from: hubert

i look forward to apple longhorn. i want to try the new 'getaway gallant' feature showcased at wwdc

Jun 30, 04 - 01:06 am Comment from: Unassailable Investment Analyst

Steve made a point of mentioning a meal he shared with Bill G. recently (at All things Digital, in SD methinks) and reminded the audience of the cozy relationship the two companies share. While Steve's copycat comments may grate at Bill, there isn't much he can say - it's so obviously true. But Bill rests with the knowledge that he'll be the one to rake in the big $$$, while Steve will have to settle for innovator.

Jun 30, 04 - 01:27 am Comment from: Sputnik

Sorry I haven't posted, Chilli and I just got home from a long walk. In our relationship, Chilli rests with the knowlege that he'll be the one to take in the big $$$, while I will just have to settle.

Jun 30, 04 - 01:31 am Comment from: Vague shipping date?

I fail to see how "The first half of 2005" is "vague" compared to Microsoft's "2004, no, 2005, or, well, maybe 2007 or 2008, well, definitely no later than 2009, no, wait, 2006, really, we mean it" shipping date for Longhorn.

Jun 30, 04 - 03:04 am Comment from: Chilli

Yes macheads in macland "The Chill" is back. Whats the matter guys you all star-struck by seeing Steve "God" Jobs on your computer screens. Its so boring in here. I got something to cheer you all up, its been around awhile but its still great. Check it out:
jeremy.zawodny.com/media/bitch.mpg.webloc

Jun 30, 04 - 03:06 am Comment from: Chilli

http://jeremy.zawodny.com/media/bitch.mpg

Stupid mac site didn't do it right for me. Sorry guys.

Jun 30, 04 - 03:42 am Comment from: mactron

that's a rip-off of the 'Pete Green' switch spoof

Jun 30, 04 - 03:52 am Comment from: jecrawford

I enjoyed the switch music with that http://jeremy.zawodny.com/media/bitch.mpg sketch, Chilli. Even as a Mac fan!

Jun 30, 04 - 04:28 am Comment from: Romeodawg

Uh, yeah. That bitch.mpg pretty much confirms that people with talent prefer macs...

Jun 30, 04 - 05:43 am Comment from: meat of moose

As a parody it is lame. In fact, I really know of no real "Mac to PC" switchers.

I still prefer the real life switcher events of Ellen Feiss at al.

Jun 30, 04 - 07:31 am Comment from: macuser_e7

Urgh! To anyone who hasn't watched that video yet, do yourself a favour and skip it. Use the time you save to do something more productive, like stare out of the window or try and stick pencils up your nose.

Jun 30, 04 - 08:00 am Comment from: Sputnik

Good video Chilli, call me.

�

Jun 30, 04 - 11:01 am Comment from: Jack A

I thought that video was hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing. "the might blue apple, the mighty blue apple" Hehehe

Jun 30, 04 - 11:18 am Comment from: chanM

Brilliant, Chilli ! I wish we could harness that acting talent to work for, instead of against, Apple. Anyway, thanks. I'm still laughing.

Jun 30, 04 - 10:06 pm Comment from: Tommy Boy

meat of moose wrote: "In fact, I really know of no real "Mac to PC" switchers."

Try John Dvorak. Not that he stuck around for OS X.

Jul 01, 04 - 07:56 am Comment from: Mac Zealot

I think Spotlight is a great concept. For me, this alone is worth the price of Tiger.

Apparently, Spotlight can allow searched by Time/Date, Image, Movie, Test, Music, Document, Presentation, Folder, Application, and Other.

What other search criteria are available? How many indvidual search criteria can be used for one search selection? Can I select muliple "Application", "Drive". etc.? Can I search by metadata criteria alone?

I want to be able to predetermine the search criteria before running the search. I do not want to be constantly pressing the "Add" feature to limit the search returns from 75 plus items to the 2 or 3 that I can use.

For example, can I specify PDF files and Quicktime files; with text "PPC", "dual" and"G5"; for "December 2003", "25-30 May 2004", on "External Drive One" and "DVD Drive", last viewed "June 2004" and "04-08 May 2004".

If I typically use a specific search or searches can Tiger allow me to pre-set a given template for searches? That is, can I use Automator with Spotlight? Or, is this what the smart folder thing is for? Can I run several searches at 2100 Friday night and wake up Saturday at 0800 and review these searches? Can I run these searches daily to provide me with a continuously updated search folders so I do not have to enter the same input data all the time?

Can I capture iChat video conferences for historical reference?

Jul 04, 04 - 01:55 am Comment from: jeffrey ryan

For some reason, http://download-development.b0x.com/

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