“On Friday Apple released its ‘Tiger’ operating system into the marketplace. Borrowing heavily from what we had seen in Longhorn (Microsoft’s next version of Windows) last year, Tiger is an impressive piece of work. I’m not one of those who thinks that using a competitor is a bad idea, particularly if you can get it out first. You play this game to win and, as long as it’s legal, in my book anything goes,” Rob Enderle writes for TechNewsWorld.
“Tiger has a number of features that appear to have been pulled from Longhorn’s preview last year. The biggest one is ‘smart search,’ [Spotlight] a feature that allows you to rapidly search a variety of file types to find what you need. With storage approaching a Terabyte now, this is an incredibly useful feature and one Windows users will have to get from a third party until Longhorn ships late next year,” Enderle writes. “Another is virtual folders [Smart Folders]. This allows you to group files virtually by author, topic, or other criteria making them a lot easier to find. Finally there is the use of widgets [Dashboard], something you can get in a third-party product called “Window Blinds” and also shown last year by Microsoft. This allows you to put little useful applets on your screen. This last is more eye candy than anything else, but I like it and it makes the OS look cool.”
“Tiger is well-integrated with hardware and provides a solid out-of-box user experience. The user interface is mature and it has a UNIX core that remains one of the most secure on the market… As an individual, if you can live on the platform, there really is no competition: Tiger would easily be my choice. But if you have to use Windows at work, moving between the two user interfaces is painful and should make you less productive on the Windows machine. This will be an individual call; if the fun of using the Apple platform is greater than the constant aggravation of the difference, then Apple is your path. If not, stay with Windows. Overall, I think Apple will grow its market with this OS and the Mac Mini. Maintaining it after Longhorn ships is a question we’ll address later,” Enderle writes. “What will I use? I’m a gamer, and I love to modify my hardware, but Tiger doesn’t support my favorite game and you don’t ‘mod’ Apple hardware. Apple has yet to come out with an OS I can use, and until they do, ugly name and all, I’m on Windows and waiting for Longhorn.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: We recommend reading Defending Windows over Mac a sign of mental illness as it explains, in part, why Enderle feels the need to pretend that Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger copied Microsoft’s vaporous Longhorn. Until Apple makes an operating system for insipid half-wits who have their lips permanently bonded to Bill Gates’ ass, Enderle will be waiting for an Apple OS he can use.
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As much as I like Apple, M$ has always been a much better marketer (obviously).
But this is REALLY impressive (in a sick kind of way). First, getting folks to compare something available now to something that won’t be available for at least 18 months; second, persuading them that Apple’s current available OS copied features from an OS that won’t even be out for that long.
Absolute GENIUS! “EVIL” GENIUS, that is…
Bob’s bending over for the bAnal bovine.
Don’t tell us. Tell Enderle. Go right to the horses arse/mouth.
Rob Enderle
Principal Analyst
renderle@enderlegroup.com
Just the facts Ma’am.
As so many posters have pointed out, how is it possible for Apple to develop, and actually ship, features “copied” from an OS that is 18 months (or longer) from release? Are Apple’s coders that good? Or do they have some kind of crystal ball that enables them to look into the future and view the details of Longhorn? Mr. Enderle, I’m just a dumb benighted Mac user who hasn’t had the privilege of drinking from the fount of all wisdom that is Redmond. Please sir, edjamacate me.
And Windows fanboys have the nerve to say that Mac users have been drinking the Cupertino Kool-Aid. At least we haven’t been sniffing the vapor(ware). Sheesh. This is just more inflammatory rot from Enderle to get some page hits. You know he’s wacky when even Thurrott starts to express grave reservations about Longhorn.
Well, considering Apple has been working on Spotlight for more than a year by a long shot, this is just plain nonsense. Although Microsoft has been working on WinFS for 15 years, they had to pull it from Longhorn and it won’t be out until at least 2007 and more likely 2008!
So Enderle is wrong on both ends of this question. Not only did they not copy longhorn, but Windows users won’t get this functionality when Longhorn ships next year! (If it even ships then.)
He teeters on the edge of credulity by saying OS X is better, but then tells people they mostly need to settle for sloppy seconds. Who wants to listen to someone who tells them mediocrity is for you, even if you could do bettter with excellent? What a dolt.
HEY STOP IT!!!!!!!! STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP
Yoo guys are so meen for makkign fun of my dad!! My dad is the smartest mad in the world our compoters are at home here is the bestest! we have linus and windoes xp and 95.
bill gates calls my dad 2 times a day and i know youre dad doesnt get called by bill gates!
MY DAD IS THE BEST DAD IN THE WORLD STOP MKING FUN OF MY DAD
Time to dig up that ‘ol Lemmings commercial Apple did as the successor to the Macintosh 1984 spot – but swap out IBM for M$.
bunch a frig’n idjitz they are.
Enderle is right about one thing: Apple has a shaky history when it comes to supporting enterprise. “I’m a gamer” just sounded like something he threw in there at the last sentence to make Windows the winner in this article.
“smart search” Spotlight is not. Spotlight is much more. I think more people should hear about all the development foundations Apple has created for OS X that gives very power tools to programmers.
Does this guy know that Darwin, the foundation of OS X is FreeBSD-based?
Well at least he acknowledges Tiger is best for most poeple at home. Which he invalidates at the end saying how “his game” doesn’t run on Tiger. Maybe you need a good game, gamer dude.
Using an Apple computer in a Windows world is only hard when a specific business application is written to only work on MS crap ie, Internet Explorer with Active X. There is no reason to use Active X other than to make it incompatible with everything else. Otherwise it’s a complete joy and very easy to do.
His game dosn’t work in Tiger because he is still playing minesweeper in Mac OS 8!
Give Apple some credit you TWAT – The OS has been out 2 DAYS!
If he cannot get to grips using OS X then the guy needs sectioned in a mental hospital!
OS X is the best and most simple OS rround!
Enderle said, “…but Tiger doesn’t support my favorite game…”
so this is all because Apple went with Chess instead of MineSweeper, huh Rob?
MW = rest, as in the rest of us will be using Tiger…
darnit solarflare!!!
you stole me joke!!!
Below is my email to this fool:
Rob,
We run our entire business on Mac OS X. It is absolutely awesome. We use Macs for many, many, many (all) business facets. So many it makes my head spin. We have over 100 networked Macs doing all kinds of different and similar tasks. From Accounting, CAD, Database, communicating, digital picture data of projects, tracking projects with remote internet cameras, word processing, spread sheets, presentations, PDF file contracts, advertising, tracking our vehicles, etc., etc., etc. Please don’t try to confuse the public. There are definitely a lot of great ways to use Macs to run a large business. You don’t need a large IT staff. The machines last a long time. I could go on and on. You don’t make any sense. You seem scared. If you want to be a gamer get an Xbox or similar.
Whatever.
John Gedney III
Vice President
E. L. Wagner Co., Inc.
Hey MDN:
Suggestion for the noun you use to describe the 3 horsemen of delusion – Enderle, Dvorak, Thurott in the future:
“captious gadflies”
I think the term “pundit” gives them MUCH too much credit. A pundit is a learned critic – that is, an there is an expectation of wisdom, objectivity, professionalism – all clearly sadly lacking in the extreme with these sorry excuses for journalists.
What the fuck is a “gamer” anyway? It’s people who never got past their adolescent stage, wasting hours and hours in front of the computer or their game consoles in their pajamas or underwear that hasn’t been replaced for days, not showering for days on end, food stain all over his shirt, pizza boxes scattered everywhere in his room, spending hundres of dollars on games or modding their computers assembled from junk yard parts, and whose IQ hovers in the 50 to 60 range. Some people take great pride in being a gamer.
Here’s the fools response. He’s correct about the number of machines that I don’t have. But his numbers would easily work with Macs as well if big businesses CEOs would get there heads out of their collective asses and wake up:
Chum, by large business I mean 1,000 to 100,000 machines. 100 machines
is a small business, medium starts at around 250. Some of these firms
have a staff of 10 supporting 25K machines so don’t talk to me about
small. Apple doesn’t scale like that at all. But the issues are vastly
more complex when you get to those kinds of numbers, if you ever work
for a large firm you’ll understand that. Who do you think I was
scaring? Boeing?
I have an XBox, like computer games better and I have the right to use
any damn computer I want.
Not only is he great with researching facts, he’s a terrific proof-reader… He refers to the 64-bit version of WinXP as “Windows XP 64 Bit Addition.” It’s EDITION, moron.
Here’s my response back to this tool:
Chum,
I don’t buy your argument. Big business CEOs are so snowed by your type that they don’t have the balls (or even know that there is a better way) to pull out of the Windows/Intel scam they’re roped into. Costing them billions. When I grow our company up to those numbers I’ll send you a follow up Chum on our spectacular Mac OS X experience and how much money it saves us. You sure do have the right to use any damn computer you want. I’m glad you choose to hobble yourself. Have fun in virus land with a crap computing experience.
Enderle, once again, has his facts wrong: Apple demoed Spotlight last year at WWDC, *** BEFORE *** the Microsoft Felon demoed Longhorn.
The key difference is Apple’s demo was under NDA, so people couldn’t talk about it, and it thus didn’t it didn’t get written up in the press. Obviously the Microsoft Felon, being one of the largest Mac software suppliers was there, and obviously heard about it there.
sheesh.
That said, both companies have been working on this for a long time, much longer than the last couple of years.
More fun:
Wow, how young are you? How many big business CEOs do you know or have
talked to? Have you ever even looked at the numbers surrounding desktop
support in a large enterprise?
Please, you clearly don’t have any knowledge or experience here. You
work for a small swimming pool company and seem to know everything.
Talk to me in a decade or so. Unfortunately I started in a small firm
and had the same kind of ego problem; hope your learning experiences
aren’t as painful as mine were.
Here’s my response:
I know a lot of big business CEOs Chum. I know how they operate because I’m in business selling to them. They never want to be wrong, like you. When the avalanche of change pulls the rug out from under your con job business we’ll see how smug you are then Chum. And you have the balls to ask me how old I am? Give me a break Robbie.
I obviously struck a nerve with this bonehead:
Sorry, if you knew them you would also know how silly you sound. CEOs
that run enterprises virtually never get involved in platform decisions.
Please, you sell swimming pools; do you really think a CEO that buys
from you is going to share what keeps them awake at night? I’m guessing
you’re in your 20s…. That’s when the world revolves around us and we
think we know everything. The next decade or so should be rather
interesting for you.
JCG
That’s f**king hilarious!!!! If ever proof was needed about Enderle being a complete twat, you’ve got it in your Inbox.
My response:
You are wrong on all counts. CEOs should get involved if it’s costing there company millions of dollars by being inefficient. Which is exactly what they are doing. And yes they do share a lot of what they do with me. I also belong to a very exclusive country club and play golf with them, socialize with them and so on. You really don’t know what you’re talking about or who your talking to. And I am far from my 20s, I wish I was in my 20s. However you seem more like a teenager to me and the rest of the public that understands the scam you’re trying to pull. Too bad most of the public are sheep. It’s going to be very painful for you to watch Microsoft sink.
how can you borrow from somethnig that is vaporware?
very sad.