“Apple Computer showcased its Leopard operating system, due out next year, to the cheers of software developers gathered for a major conference,” AFP reports.
“Rival Microsoft, whose software powers 90 percent of the world’s computers, plans to release its own new operating system, Vista, in January,” AFP reports. “Apple executives taking part in the demonstration lampooned software colossus Microsoft and the delayed release of Vista.”
“Jobs told the receptive audience that some Leopard features were going to be kept secret because ‘we don’t want our friends in Redmond to start their copiers any sooner than necessary,'” AFP reports. “‘If you can’t innovate, I guess you imitate,’ Apple vice president of software engineering Bertrand Serlet said as a picture of an obese Elvis Presley impersonator was displayed on a wall screen behind him. ‘But it is never quite as good.'”
AFP reports, “Macintosh computers were gaining market share on Microsoft-based PCs, Jobs said, noting that Apple shipped 1.33 million in the last fiscal quarter. ‘I am very impressed at the rate with which Apple introduces new technology into its operating system,’ said Mark Taylor, an engineer at Software Imaging Ltd. of Oxford, England.”
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Analyst: Apple’s new Mac OS X Leopard sets new bar, leaves Microsoft’s Vista in the dust – August 08, 2006
In the WWDC address yesterday, when Steve Jobs said “86 million lines of code”, did he mean the both the Power PC and Intel version or is a single version of Mac OS itself 86 million lines of code?
Actually, the 86 million lines of code refers to the AppleScript custom-written for Steve that gets all Apple employees to simultaneously kiss his ass.
Compared to that, the OS X code is lightweight. 😀
Freddy bought a MacBook, Freddy is using the MacBook right now, it’s not hot, not yellow, doesn’t quit unexpectedly – gosh darn, it’s just a damn good computer. MacInTouch did a survey and more than 90% of the people buying a REVISION A MacBook are wildly happy with their purchase. Sooooooooo All you Windoze flamers fuck off! The MacPro will be at least as good.
Freddy sent Thurridiot an email this morning telling him he is pig shit for wanting new ipods at a developers conference. Hope I hurt his feelings.
i really do, you know…
Daddy, will you please tell us the story about the Magnificent Magical Cell Processor again? Pleeeeze?