Apple/MacOSX

I kinda hinted at how lame the Vista bashing was in my first post about the WWDC. Well, Paul Thurott basically says everything I would have to say quite nicely here in his OSX Leopard preview. I can't wait until certain other features are able to be talked about because it'll be really fun to compare those to existing technologies. :P Anyway, like Paul, I think OSX is great and really enjoy using it. In fact I've gotten so used to using the OS all last week, specifically the command key, that transitioning back to Windows was initially a bit of a challenge!...

posted Tuesday, August 15, 2006 3:11 PM | Comments | Filed Under [ Apple/MacOSX ]

So, I can't talk about anything that isn't already on the web because, unlike a PDC, everything you learn at WWDC is considered private. What I can say is that while OSX is undeniably kicking XP's ass and probably going to still come out on top of Vista in terms of user experiece, they sure are lacking in the technology areas.They're making great strides in the languages and tools department. In this area it is quite funny to hear them still try to talk trash against C# and Visual Studio because honestly they are living in the Stone Age in...

posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 3:46 PM | Comments | Filed Under [ Apple/MacOSX ]

Well, I'm back in my hotel after a big Day 1 at Apple's WWDC. Before the keynote was even started, people gettig on line were greated by three huge banners promoting Leopard. Makes sense, this is after all the big unveiling, but what was more interesting is that the taglines for these banners, rather than touting something cool about Leopard itself, all poked fun at Vista. They read:Introducing Vista 2.0.Redmond has a cat too. A copy cat.Hasta la vista, Vista.If you watched the keynote, you also saw them poke fun at Vista UI enhancements and other features that resembled things...

posted Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:16 AM | Comments | Filed Under [ Apple/MacOSX ]

What... you don't know what AWWDC is? Well, make sure you're sitting down because this may come as a shock. It's the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. *insert record scratching/squealing tires sound here* Seeing as how I'm like Mr. Microsoft when it comes to software the most common reaction to this is probably "Woahhhhhhhhhhh, what the...?!?" Well... it's for the good of the company. Basically MacOSX has become attractive to us over the past couple of years for two reasons: First, from the server perspective, the platform has a much richer set of APIs for working with PDF content than are available for the Windows...

posted Wednesday, June 28, 2006 5:29 PM | Comments | Filed Under [ Personal Apple/MacOSX ]