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Jan 6, 2006, 10:45 PM
 
http://homepage.mac.com/vito/real_vista_episode_1.mov

What's he gonna do when Leopard comes out?
     
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Jan 6, 2006, 11:00 PM
 
Nice, but it would be funnier if it were a 2-up with Gates' presentation video side by side the Mac examples.
     
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Jan 6, 2006, 11:00 PM
 


Hahahaha, that is awesome! Thank you for that.

     
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Jan 6, 2006, 11:05 PM
 
So Apple rips off "widgets" and a few other features and sells it to 1% of the computer market. Microsoft is just doing the same thing on a much, much larger scale.
     
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Jan 6, 2006, 11:06 PM
 
That is absolutely beautiful. I watched the CES video with Gates' presentation. It was sickening.
     
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Jan 6, 2006, 11:08 PM
 
I like how it shows #6 Illinois beating #7 Michigan State.
     
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Jan 6, 2006, 11:08 PM
 
Don't worry yourself too much Kerri— the coming year will bring lager audiences to the Apple platform.
     
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Jan 6, 2006, 11:12 PM
 
Originally Posted by rozwado1
Nice, but it would be funnier if it were a 2-up with Gates' presentation video side by side the Mac examples.
Yeah that would have been funny as hell!
     
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Jan 6, 2006, 11:16 PM
 
this video is saying exactly what we were all thinking when watching bg show of vista
     
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Jan 6, 2006, 11:59 PM
 
When leopard comes out he will release windows vista NT, XP, or something like that.
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Jan 7, 2006, 12:03 AM
 
Originally Posted by MARINEOSX
When leopard comes out he will release windows vista NT, XP, or something like that.
more like a year after leopard comes out
ms cant even copy fast
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Jan 7, 2006, 12:04 AM
 
Bill Gates love's attention.

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Jan 7, 2006, 12:14 AM
 
Originally Posted by Kerrigan
So Apple rips off "widgets" and a few other features and sells it to 1% of the computer market. Microsoft is just doing the same thing on a much, much larger scale.
Actually, I think it's 2% now. That's a 100% increase!
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 12:36 AM
 
wait!! MS has "keynotes" too? I would like to see one if you can link post the link.
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 12:53 AM
 
Originally Posted by wdlove
Bill Gates love's imitation.
Fixed by r939.®
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 12:58 AM
 
Originally Posted by Railroader
Actually, I think it's 2% now. That's a 100% increase!


Great presentation.
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 01:17 AM
 
Hehe very very good!
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 01:36 AM
 
Where is the actual Vista presentation movie?
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 01:43 AM
 
\can be found on the MS homepage by clicking "keynote"

edit: it is about 25 minutes into the streaming keynote
( Last edited by Kerrigan; Jan 7, 2006 at 01:58 AM. )
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 01:58 AM
 
Originally Posted by Mr Kino
wait!! MS has "keynotes" too? I would like to see one if you can link post the link.
go here if you want to see the keynote..... http://www.microsoft.com/events/exec...billgates.mspx

warning it's about 1.5 hrs long in total...........
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 02:10 AM
 
MS keynotes suck compared to Apple ones. Really, really, bad.
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 02:15 AM
 
I just skimmed through the keynote. Here is a summary:

Bill Gates speaking in his typical nerdy voice. Shows some interesting concepts for the "future" of computing.

Another geek comes out, he sounds like he is the lovechild of Bill Gates and our very own James. He gives an in-depth presentation of Vista.

Some hipster doofus from MTV comes on stage, rambles on about cultural revolutions and the new Urge service.

Justin Timberlake walks on stage.

The scene with Bill Gates standing on the stage, hands clasped, listening to a Justin Timberlake song playing was too much for me to take. I quickly closed WMP.

The juxtaposition of sexless, banal Gates and homo-erotic Justin Timberlake was too much for my brain to handle.
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 06:04 AM
 
that is effing hilarious...

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Jan 7, 2006, 06:34 AM
 
Originally Posted by far200
go here if you want to see the keynote..... http://www.microsoft.com/events/exec...billgates.mspx

warning it's about 1.5 hrs long in total...........
Is there a way to download the entire video?
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 09:26 AM
 
Originally Posted by demograph68
I laughed out loud when he spotlight searched for "rip off".
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 09:50 AM
 
simply hilarious!

It's funny because every once in a while bill will say something that isn't in 10.4, (example: time restrictions for kids) and I say... Hmmm, why don't we have that... but I need to remind myself... 10.4 was released 9 months ago... and many of the new Vista things were in 10.3 or before.

It must be hard to hype something that's old news
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 11:52 AM
 
In the first video, he should have dragged with the widget to the Desktop...
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Jan 7, 2006, 01:24 PM
 
Originally Posted by demograph68
Man this is great. Can't wait for Episode 3!
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 01:28 PM
 
More! More! More!
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 02:14 PM
 
C'mon!!! Vista and Mac OSX are completely different!!!

They have gadgets; we have widgets!!!!

They have a bashboard; we have a dashboard

They have eyePhoto; we have iPhoto

They have ApplicationOrganizerAtBottomOfScreen; we have Dock

They have Solitaire; we have Chess
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 02:34 PM
 
Originally Posted by Kerrigan
So Apple rips off "widgets" and a few other features and sells it to 1% of the computer market. Microsoft is just doing the same thing on a much, much larger scale.
No they didn't. It was a rehashed concept from NeXT, which Apple owns. Apple was definitely inspired by Konfabulator, it's a great example of how cool that Widget concept could be, but the idea was nothing new.

Ironically, Vista is more like the original NeXT version than it is the OS X implementation.
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Jan 7, 2006, 04:26 PM
 
sideshow? they can't even name thing right

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Jan 7, 2006, 04:28 PM
 
Wow, ep 2 is super funny. My windows buddy and I laughed our asses off. Its sad but true. Every word of it.
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 04:44 PM
 
Originally Posted by JoshuaZ
My windows buddy and I laughed our asses off..
I did that once. How did you manage to get yours back on...glue?
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 08:05 PM
 
Guys it's good... not THAT funny...
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 08:14 PM
 
Where's episode 3??
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 08:16 PM
 
Originally Posted by Salty
Guys it's good... not THAT funny...
I must have missed the vote that elected you the President of Funny.
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 08:19 PM
 
I was waiting for Justin to reach across and expose Bill's breast...
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Jan 7, 2006, 08:48 PM
 
Originally Posted by Ratm
I did that once. How did you manage to get yours back on...glue?
Staples. They work a lot better. Especially if you use the industrial ones.
     
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I must have missed the vote that elected you the President of Funny.
Humour is a matter of taste not a democracy.

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Originally Posted by demograph68
Is there a way to download the entire video?
no. its microsoft
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Jan 7, 2006, 09:07 PM
 
Originally Posted by storer
I was waiting for Justin to reach across and expose Bill's breast...
     
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if thats where Microsoft will be in 2010, Apple must be digatizing people
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
if thats where Microsoft will be in 2010, Apple must be digatizing people
No that's where Microsoft is going to be in 2007.
     
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Jan 7, 2006, 09:23 PM
 
Originally Posted by demograph68
Is there a way to download the entire video?
I'm watching it now with Flip4Mac it gives you the option to save.
     
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funny videos!
     
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
I'm not joking, they're planning on shipping it on the last day of 2006 last I heard...
     
 
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