HOW long does it takes:Microsoft eating APPLE

i was just talking to a friend of mine from school. he has a pc. he has a sony cd recorder and no other program apart from WINon CD will recognize his writer. and with winoncd he couldnt make an audio cd from mp3s.

and this is why microsoft will never eat apple :) most of its users are not satisfied with it. but microsofts monopoly doesnt really give them many choices :)
its like Sega Saturn and Playstaion 1 (or PS X) ... if it wasnt for the name SONY on that concole, noone would have chosen the PSX over the POWERFUL SATURN :)
 
and heres an article with a few opinions and experiences from a real professional. but then again, the real pros around here are the windows users :) theyve experienced ALL sorts of problems, theyve seen the WEIRDEST things again.. and again ... and again.. :)
 
Originally posted by tsizKEIK
u might not like the current 7 series look. thats a matter of taste. im a BMW fan and i like it.

newayz. companies like BMW tend to be far more advanced techonologically (and design-wise) ... thats why the 7 sereis is full of fibre optics... and thats why they dont use windows for their iDrive system :)
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Agreed that beauty is in the eye, though many eyes have issue with the current BMW styling trends (7 series, upcoming M5).

And hate to break it to you, but iDrive is "powered" by Windows CE. But judging by all the complaints and problems with it, perhaps they should have went with something else (though in all fairness, I've not heard anything about the root cause either being in the OS or the iDrive app that sits on top. It sounds a lot like the app itself is badly damaged, but who knows how much of a part that CE is playing?)

Oh and as far as BMW being technologically advanced, it's a double edged sword. Have a talk with 88-93 750il (e32) owners (it was pretty advanced for it's time, lots of computer controlled stuff), they'll tell you what they think of all that wizardy (great when it works, WHEN it works).
 
I hope the new 5 series will be better. It looks great, maybe the new revision of W-CE will also be better.
 
Originally posted by binaryDigit
Agreed that beauty is in the eye, though many eyes have issue with the current BMW styling trends (7 series, upcoming M5).

And hate to break it to you, but iDrive is "powered" by Windows CE. But judging by all the complaints and problems with it, perhaps they should have went with something else (though in all fairness, I've not heard anything about the root cause either being in the OS or the iDrive app that sits on top. It sounds a lot like the app itself is badly damaged, but who knows how much of a part that CE is playing?)

Oh and as far as BMW being technologically advanced, it's a double edged sword. Have a talk with 88-93 750il (e32) owners (it was pretty advanced for it's time, lots of computer controlled stuff), they'll tell you what they think of all that wizardy (great when it works, WHEN it works).
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yeap i agree with u on the E32. same thing with the new 7 series. its too advanced, and the iDrive includes too many of the cars features making it hard for most of its drivers . that is why on the new 5 series they simplified a great deal, making it easier to use and more functional.
anywayz. its not just the iDrive that makes them advanced. the new 5 series is even better, unfortunately the article i read was not on the internet and i cant post it :)
 
Originally posted by MaC hAcKeR
Ok, why are you talking about cars? macosx.com. not ford.com... stick to the topic...
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Well we sort of are, since this thread is about design and the "borrowing" thereof (plus how does your post add anything to this thread ;) ?)

OK I do get your point though, back to the HP thingy. What I don't get is that I don't consider the cube form factor a very good one. You can't stick it on the floor, it takes up a lot of space on your desk. You could always stick it behind the flat screen, but then it makes it hard to get to the drives. It's not very practical, though it can look cooler than all getout (except for the HP which looks like crap).

I think that IBM actually had a very workable solution. They had a computer that had the drives integrated into the monitor, but the cpu in a separate box. So the stuff you needed to get to on a regular basis was right in front of you. But you could still have an easily expandable box sitting under your desk. With scsi this would be a no brainer since we're no longer worried about supporting floppy drives. I think if you made the box long and skinny and flat, sacrificing a bit of expandability and accessability, but getting more placement options (i.e. simply under the monitor, behind the monitor, on the floor, behind the desk) would be ideal (at least for me).
 
Originally posted by binaryDigit
What I don't get is that I don't consider the cube form factor a very good one. . . it takes up a lot of space on your desk.
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I think a cube would take up a whole lot less space on my desk that my current G4 tower. Don't get me wrong, I love my Mac, but that tower is HUGE sitting on my desk.

I think the main problem with the cube form factor is that fact that it's so stinkin' hard to crack it open and tinker around with the innards. My G4, I just pop open the side and mess around, snap it shut and I'm done.

I guess that's part of the trade off between form and function?
 
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