M$ Longhorn : 4015 ScreenShots..

[Jason]

on the recyle bin note, if you open the trash in osx, then empty it, the window stays open...

on toasts notes.... apple didnt have an elegant GUI until OSX IMHO

again IMHO winxp/longhorn are decent looking systems... with pretty damned good reliability and performance IMHO

also xp is more customizable in the way things look than osx is out of the box, which allows users to get comfortable with their system without having to install any theming etc programs

on the pics and videos... hey what if.. by some chance... you had a.. mp3 in this folder! wow!!! (sarcasm) sometimes different files get in different places, i applaud them for their filtering

so as you can see, this is all opinion based really, please dont state it as fact

[toast]

Originally posted by Jason
on toasts notes.... apple didnt have an elegant GUI until OSX IMHO

Back in the old days, I was using Mac OS 7.5.3 when friends had Windows 95, and then Mac OS 8.1 when they ran Windows 98, the first versions...

... and even though, retrospectively, those Mac OS versions look ugly, at the time, they were far more elegant than PC or Linux builds. Especially if themed.

[Jason]

in your opinion

oh and on the blue thing... some of us like blue

in all honesty, i miss having a pc and winxp *shrugs*

[~~NeYo~~]

Originally posted by Jason
in your opinion

oh and on the blue thing... some of us like blue

in all honesty, i miss having a pc and winxp *shrugs*

Are u sure Jason ... about the bin thing ... i should have my Cube up and running 2morro, so i can't test it ... but i am pretty sure it closes the window ... thats why i began to notice it, when using this PC once more ... it never used 2 bother me, so i am pretty sure it does close the finder window!

[JetwingX]

it does close the window....

but IMHO i like that the window stays open in case i have something more to through away

[ebolag4]

I totally agree with toast's sentiments on this deal. It's still just the same old Winblows. It just has a new, fancy (though sickenly done) paintjob.

I might as well take some old busted, rusty car that runs like cr*p and spend big money getting it painted up real nice. But before it's done, I'll make sure that I tell the painter I don't want it sanded down or prepped, or the rust removed, or anything.

Just to make sure I impress everyone around me, I'll have the best sound system with the biggest friggin' speakers I can find. That way, when I'm driving down the street, no one will be able to hear the banging, rattling and screeching over the insanely loud rap music I'm playing.

I'll wow everyone around me with my fancy new paint job and the hot tunes, but be very careful that no one looks under the hood or inside the cab.

[Jason]

Originally posted by Jet
it does close the window....

but IMHO i like that the window stays open in case i have something more to through away

guess i was wrong, but at the same time i wouldnt want it to close, i can blindly toss the trash in both systems, so why should it close the window for me?

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same old winblows? XP is based on the same kernal as win2k... so its an OS that is basically 4 years old or so, thats just its underpinnings... you are acting as if its still same old dos

with that thinking, the mac os stayed the same through its whole existance for the most part, up until OSX, so you could say that windows advanced faster... of course you will disagree with it... insult windows some more by changing its name etc etc

likening xp/longhorn to a banged up car with new skin IMHO is ignorant, again, this isnt dos, so this isnt the "old, rattling car" you seem to liken it to. I dont know where you are getting this idea that windows hasnt changed.

[fryke]

Hm. Win2K was based on NT, which debuted in 199x (before 95). But it doesn't really matter, because what was meant was that it FEELS the same. They haven't really changed that much UI wise, it's mostly eye-candy. If you turn it off, it feels like Win2K again. Totally. If you, however, install a Platinum theme on Mac OS X, it won't feel like Mac OS 9, because there has been quite a BIG UI change BEHIND the graphics. Of course this has also been flamed as a BAD thing for long enough time. ;-)