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Happy Friday: 48 Snow Leopard screen shots

By | May 29, 2009, 12:01pm PDT

Summary: An AppleInsider reader located an annotated Flickr album of four dozen Snow Leopard screenshots he published a bit earlier in the week. Some of his observations: Initial setup now warns you if you don’t choose a password hint. Time Machine menu bar icon is now grayed-out if Time Machine is not configured. Clean Up icons [...]

QuickTime Player - controls and inspector by inewton1974.

An AppleInsider reader located an annotated Flickr album of four dozen Snow Leopard screenshots he published a bit earlier in the week. Some of his observations:

  • Initial setup now warns you if you don’t choose a password hint.
  • Time Machine menu bar icon is now grayed-out if Time Machine is not configured.
  • Clean Up icons command in the Finder now “slides” icons into place instead of them just moving instantly. It’s a neat visual effect.
  • There is no QuickTime preference pane, and no preferences within the application itself. I theorize that Apple is going to do away with QuickTime Pro entirely.
  • Quick Look now works from Open and Save dialogs.

The Flickr user inewton1974 expects to see Snow Leopard released by October with a brand-new interface (which many are calling “Marble”) that is similar to the new QuickTime X interface with “glossy blacks, probably a lot of transparency as well.”

You might want to check out the screenies before Apple legal gets ahold of them.

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Haha, this is a blatant copy of Vista!!
NonZealot Updated - 29th May 2009
Using Apple zealot logic where the HTC Touch Diamond (and every other full screen touch screen cell phone ever released in the last 5 years) is a clone of the iPhone instead of the HTC Touch (that predated the iPhone), I now declare that Snow Leopard looks a lot like Vista and therefore is a clone of Vista. It is obvious that Apple took the concept of a "mouse" from Vista and applied it to Snow Leopard. Apple also copied the concept of transparency from Vista. And where do you think Apple copied restricted rights user accounts from? Yup, Vista! Hey, I'm just using Apple zealot logic here! happy

I theorize that Apple is going to do away with QuickTime Pro entirely.

Well, considering how terrible QuickTime is (once again it is being used to spread malware), this would be fantastic news. Unless you mean they are just getting rid of the "Pro" version and keeping the fatally flawed by design version? I hope not. The Internet would be so much safer if Apple ditched QuickTime.
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And don't forget.....
OhTheHumanity 29th May 2009
The Sync symbol which is a copy of the Activesync symbol. Too bad Apple's sync won't work as flawless as Activesync does.
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Lol, good one.
Soulstorm Updated - 29th May 2009
But it doesn`t look like Vista because Vista doesn`t have a boring 1985 style GREY theme on it.
At least make it a transparent silver theme, so it goes along with the rest of the gay-mac look grin

Or better, make macs black (or more black with some silver) and put an black&silver theme on the OS, and then maybe they will look good.
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Actually, Win 7 is a copy of Leopard
jorjitop 29th May 2009
One of the reasons that many Mac users like Win 7 is that it is so Mac like.
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question
kitko 29th May 2009
Is there a point in replying to Non-zealot's posts?
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He makes me feel really smart. [nt]
olePigeon 29th May 2009
[nt]
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Hey, I'm only using Apple zealot logic here!
NonZealot 29th May 2009
No, you don't understand Apple zealot logic. It depends on when Win7 and Snow Leopard are released. If Snow Leopard is released after Win7 then Snow Leopard is a direct clone of Win7. MS's next OS (say Windows 8) will then be a direct clone of Snow Leopard and Apple's next OS will then be a direct clone of Windows 8).

This seems to be the only logic that allows the Apple zealot's belief that Windows Mobile full screen touch screen cell phones are clones of the iPhone even though Windows Mobile full screen touch screen cell phones existed long before the iPhone. You can only look back 1 generation and you have to ignore the existence of all generations before it.

Of course, I might have missed an asterisk. Apple zealots are big fans of asterisks that allow them to apply Apple zealot logic only in cases where it makes Apple look good. I don't know, their asterisks get very complicated sometimes. They have to be to justify their "Apple is goooooood, MS is baaaaaad" Animal Farm mentality.
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Squealer
martin23 29th May 2009
In "Animal farm mentality" Nonzealot is Squealer.

Sometimes I look through the replies just to see how ridiculous NonZealots comments will be.

Is it going to be the story about the 7 year old ipaq that does the same as an iphone some bonkers logic about there being lots of apple zealots out there picking on great MS products.

I'm a PC user and an HTC mobile phone user. However you would have to be dumb as a hill billy not to realise some things Apple does very well. MS has never been that good at innovating and MS Windows is so weak I am stunned anyone can defend it.

However Squealer will not see the logic in that argument.


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Define "weak"...
Soulstorm 29th May 2009
Show me something Windows can`t do but OSX can.
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Run the many thousands of...
msalzberg 29th May 2009
UNIX programs.
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You mean thousands and milions of programs like...
Soulstorm Updated - 29th May 2009
Adobe Phothoshop CS4 64bit (ups, still stuck with 32bit? That sucks, for an memory demanding app like Phoshop)
Adobe 3Ds Max/Maya/Autocad apps
Adobe Premier Pro(you know, the program that Apple ripped off when making FC2)/Illustrator/Indesign/Dreamwever etc.
Ulead/Avid video editing software, Sony Vegas etc.

Basically...everything in the Video/Audio editing + 3D Modelling/Animation sectors , everything zealots like you brag about, and think "PC`s can`t do it, they are only good for Calculator and Office" + Developing tools like Visual Studio 2008 (developing tools on a mac are..close to none-existent), the best Office suite, btw, and lot`s more
And UNIX is available for us too, Open Solar/Hp-UX/Solaris/etc., so if i want a UNIX soecific app, no problem, i can run it.
+ Linux (Apache) etc.

Who has the most software available for it, on the entire face of the planet...ups, it`s Windows, and on the server side, Linux dominates.
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|_ Why is that Apple's fault?
olePigeon 29th May 2009
"Adobe Phothoshop CS4 64bit (ups, still stuck with 32bit? That
sucks, for an memory demanding app like Phoshop)"

Why is that Apple's fault? OS X supports 64-bit memory addressing.
Adobe is the company that isn't releasing it.

"Adobe Premier Pro(you know, the program that Apple ripped off
when making FC2)"

Randy Ubillos and his team that wrote Adobe Premiere were the
programmers who developed Final Cut Pro. Apple bought Final Cut
Pro after the fact, they didn't rip off anything.

"developing tools on a mac are..close to none-existent"

Your ignorance is so thick it's palpable.
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@Soulstorm...
msalzberg 29th May 2009
I guess you didn't understand your question. You asked what Windows
couldn't do that OS X could.

I mentioned running UNIX apps, and your response was "And UNIX is
available for us too, Open Solar/Hp-UX/Solaris/etc., so if i want a UNIX
soecific app, no problem, i can run it."

I'm sorry, but if you have to run a different OS to run UNIX programs,
then it must be because Windows can't.
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Well...
zkiwi 29th May 2009
Weak would be you who don't realize that OS X can run Vista, but Vista can't run OS X.

And keep on digging yourself a deeper hole of ignorance and stupidity regarding the military's use of the iPhone/iTouch. They are already extensively using them, and are working on even more applications for them.
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Are u sure? Because my Hackintosh partition says otherwise..
Soulstorm 29th May 2009
Or are you talking about virtual machines?
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Soulstorm, If you think OS X is so pointless. Then...
A Grain of Salt 30th May 2009
why have you devoted a partition for running it? And why would you
spend $100 or so buying it? You actually make Non Zealot sound
vaguely logical.
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I didn`t say OSX is pointless but macs and mac fanboys are....
Soulstorm Updated - 30th May 2009
...it`s just as good as windows, for me. Works ok, fails sometimes. I hate some things on it, just like i hate other things on windows.

But overpriced propertary hardware and locked-in dummy-proof features (to protect mac users from their own actions) is pointless to me and Mac fanboys are useless and irritating.
And i payed 139$ for it, not 100$ ( i know it`s 129 on the Apple Store, but i didn`t get it from the Apple store, and 10$ isn`t a deal breaker for me)

Give me a barebone Mac Pro (just the case + Logic Board, or better yet, without the LB, because the LB fits normal EATX standards) and let ME do the rest, install what hardware i want, CPU coolers i want, Video card coolers i want (i like my Accelero S1, fanless equals zero noise, and i`m a freak when it comes to computer noise, my custom built is dead-silent at idle (all fans al 400-500rpm, suspended hardrives for zero vibrations and noise etc.)

And no, i dond`t need a guarantee from Apple that it will work on "X hardware component" or "Y hardware component", i`ll take FULL responsabilty for my actions with that install of OSX, i`ll even sign an agreement with Apple for this situation.
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Meanwhile, top end PC`s dominate benchmarks, even mac specific benchmarks
Soulstorm Updated - 30th May 2009
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/top_hosts.php
"Pc`s are stuuuupidddd and suxx and they can only do Word and Calculator"

Yup, we all know Folding@Home is a calculator program and SETI@Home is a word processor, not scientific apps.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Harvard-Becomes-a-CUDA-Center-of-Excellence-108524.shtml
That wouldn`t be possible without High_end GPU`s on the PC, which always come out first for this platform, and after a year when Apple finally decides to make an upgrade, they don`t even offer a high-end model. Gj

http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1194983641995.html
Top100 innovations, gj.

Let`s see what gaming grade components can actually do :
http://www.dvhardware.net/article27538.html
Ohh, a 4000$ "gaming PC" equals a supercomputer using GGPU ? Nice, thank you very much macs..uhmm..pc`s for this.

Let`s take a look at geekbench, a very popular bench for mac enthusiasts :
http://browse.geekbench.ca/
Topping number 1 and number 2...not macs, and MacPro`s with the same hardware specs of high-end PC`s usually tend to give aproximatly the same results.

Just and exemple, and we all know, benchmarks don`t lie, and they value more than "OMG, winblow sux because OSX rulesss and i say sooo, yeay yeah"
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what is weak
martin23 30th May 2009
What I said was that MS mobile is so weak not Windows. I don't think there is anyone out there who at the moment is suggesting MS mobile is in a strong position. Windows 6.5 it to little too late. Unless windows mobile 7 is a huge leap this is a product set for an end of life cycle unless the volumes can be increased.

As for your request to "give me something OSX can do that Windows can not". Clearly there are many things OSX does that are better than windows and some windows does better than OSX. You demand to know which features OSX might have which windows does not is as logical as arguing is a GM car better than a Ford.

One thing few would argue with though is that Apple has a much better understanding of the user interface and a much more innovative approach to product development. MS strength has never been its innovation but its business brain, something which Apple was for many years very weak at. Apples dilemma going into the future is when and if it makes OSX available on non apple hardware.





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They don't look anything alike...
olePigeon 29th May 2009
"Using Apple zealot logic where the HTC Touch Diamond (and every
other full screen touch screen cell phone ever released in the last 5
years) is a clone of the iPhone instead of the HTC Touch (that predated
the iPhone)"

The HTC Touch and iPhone looked nothing alike. The HTC Touch also
didn't bring the ease of use that the iPhone did, nor did it bring the
distinctive design elements that makes Apple products popular.

Companies borrow/steal ideas all the time, Apple makes them
functional and aesthetically pleasing. When Apple does that, they
become the benchmark for everyone else.

In your typical zealotry and fervor, you consistently forget (or, more
rather, purposefully ignore) that it is not necessarily the company that
is first to the market that makes them successful; it's often the
company that best implements those features and solutions.

As I've stated countless times and as you've blundered on ignoring
countless times, Apple's innovation and success is owed to its
implementation of technologies and making them attractive and useful
to everyone. Apple didn't invent the GUI, mouse, 3.5" floppy, USB,
CD-ROM, etc., but they're the company that defined those products
and made them useable or popular.

Again, for who knows how many times I've stated it before, Apple
didn't invent the music player or touch screen cell phones, they just
made them better.

Incidentally, you must really have it in for BASF. The entire basis
for the chemical corporation is, "We don?t make a lot of the products
you buy. We make a lot of the products you buy better."

"Hey, I'm just using Apple zealot logic here!"

Considering how completely backwards your arguments consistently
are, I'm pretty sure it's just your usual logic at work.
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Then you admit Apple zealots are idiots
NonZealot 29th May 2009
The HTC Touch and iPhone looked nothing alike.

Then all the Apple zealots who say the Diamond is a clone of the iPhone are idiots? Yeah, I agree.

As far as the rest of your verbal diarrhea, well, repeating it simply doesn't make it true. happy
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No, I admit you're an idiot.
kozmcrae 29th May 2009
Everyone who doesn't think or do as you do is an idiot in your mind. Must be a lot of fun being you. Everything is black and white and so simple.
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What Apple Zealots?
olePigeon 29th May 2009
"Then all the Apple zealots who say the Diamond is a clone of the
iPhone are idiots? Yeah, I agree."

What Apple Zealots?

"As far as the rest of your verbal diarrhea, well, repeating it simply
doesn't make it true."

Care to point out what isn't true bout it?
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Fail. Innovation = Invention...you my dear mac fanboy are talking about...
Soulstorm Updated - 29th May 2009
..evolution, which is a different thing.
You just said that Apple doesn`t actually innovate, it just uses what others have done and makes them better (evolution). Good job, you owned yourself and half of the Apple Zealot Attack Squad on the face of the planet.
The HTC Touch wasn`t functional? You mean back in 2006 i was dreaming when i actually used one for 2 months? Geez...thanks for pointing that out, i didn`t know that.
Ease of use...well, i used it, and i dind`t have any problems (except for 2 freezes, in 2 months) nor did i throw it out the window.
Oh, but wait, i have an IQ that is well above 50, the norm for your average mac user, which looks and speaks like this :

Apple Fanboy: "M$ is teh sux0r! Apple pwns!"

Windows User: "Windows has a wide selection of software and games, and a huge developer community."

Apple Fanboy: "BUT IT CRASHES AND HAS VIRUSES LOL"

Windows User: "My OS hasn't crashed since I had Windows ME. And AVG is a free program that keeps my computer secure."

Apple Fanboy: "BUT WINDOZE SUXX!"

Windows User: "Would you care to tell me about your Mac? I hear it doesn't have many tools for software developers, which are important for my work."

Apple Fanboy: "lolololol but windows sucks!!!11"

Windows User: "Did you know that a great amount of Apple software is made with Microsoft Visual C++?"

Apple Fanboy: "omg wtf is C++?"
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@Soulstorm
Axsimulate 29th May 2009
Written like a true 12 year old. Go ahead and pat yourself on the back Soulstorm, because 12 year old mentality is an improvement for you.
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Sorry about the IQ thing, but don`t worry, i know a few rocks..
Soulstorm Updated - 29th May 2009
..in my garden that are at the same level, so do not feel so bad.

Oh, btw, you don`t have to write "@Soulstorm" in the header (title), there is a thin line that points you to the message you just replied (you know, the fact that you pressed "Reply to message" and not "Reply to Story")...but hey, i`m not blaming you, these websites are pretty tough to get by for somebody that uses a mac.
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For someone claiming that others are idiots etc
zkiwi 29th May 2009
It does kind of shout that you're less than stellar yourself by claiming the US military would never have anything to do with iTouch/iPod when in fact they use them extensively.

Ah well, that and it appears you had to edit your reply makes one wonder how many versions you had to struggle with before you thought you had it right.
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Edit what? that post was left there as it was...
Soulstorm Updated - 29th May 2009
...search for it and see that it is still there, as i first posted it.
I didn`t edit it, i admit i failed that time, so i felt it, i don`t run away and cover my tracks like apple zealots/fanboys.
So let`s see, one fail per 100 of posts, while mac fanboys fail in 98-99 of their posts. Uhhuuu, i fell soooo bad.

Btw -> They are starting to use them, as i read the links someone gave me then, so they have not used them "extensively". Let`s see what happens to them after an year or so, when they will start to fail, because as i said (and this, i stand by) CVILIAN hardware (it is not about Apple, it could be Dell hardware, HP hardware, Sony hardware, any civilian hardware) doesn`t belong in the army, it was not made to widstand severe conditions.
Oh, and btw, good luck with begging the marines/soldiers to "take care of it ", because last time i checked, those guys are more busy protecting their heads/arms/legs/torso from incoming bullets/rockets etc., they don`t actually have time watch out and not drop their Ipods, you know, it`s REAL Warfare, not paintball. Even in the article, they said the Army never ever before used civilian tech...geez i wonder why?
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Odd that you can't see next to your message
zkiwi 29th May 2009
The "friendly little note" that it was edited.

So... Is zdnet's system lying or are you?
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What the hell are you taling about? What message?
Soulstorm 29th May 2009
The messages i previously wrote in this article, or the post in the the Ipod & the army discussion, a week (or two) ago?
Because if you are talking about these posts, it`s called "typo hunting" or "correcting errors/typos/grammar mistakes..dooh.
And the posts in that topic/article (Ipod`s and the Army), were left as they were, go search and see.
Specify what the hell are you talking about, i`m not a mind reader to guess....
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is your brain fried?
zkiwi 29th May 2009
The message (if you can even follow a thread) has as its subject "Sorry about the IQ thing, but don`t worry, i know a few rocks.."

The one where you were busy bagging on the use of @. The one where you claimed that these websites are hard for mac users to use. The one where you apparently had to edit your message (at least once) to get that simple insult across.
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Are you stupid?
Soulstorm Updated - 29th May 2009
You were talking about my fail at the "Ipod & Army" topic and then you said that i use the "Edit button" for my posts.
How the hell should i know what specific post/s you were talking about, these posts or the "Army & Ipod" posts, in that other article.
Again, do i look like a mind reader? Because i edit almost all my posts after i press the "add your opinion button", searching for mistakes and typos.
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Edit everything, edit nothing...
zkiwi 29th May 2009
Which is it? Apparently you don't know.
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OMG! Edit everything for mistakes, as much as i can....
Soulstorm Updated - 30th May 2009
..considering English is not my primary language, as i said, but i didn`t edit that post about the Ipod&Army for CONTENT (the ideea of the post, what i wanted to say, my ideea, my thoughts)

Get it now, or should i make a technical diagram?
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Is English your native language? [nt]
olePigeon 29th May 2009
[nt]
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No, i don`t like in the US, and not in England, and certainly...
Soulstorm Updated - 30th May 2009
..not in Australia. My "native" language has little in common with "english". Yeah, i know, it`s hard for an American to actually realize that there are other countries besides the US on the face of this planet, but as we all know, geography isn`t your strong point. Nor is intelligence :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE
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@Soulstorm
Axsimulate 1st Jun 2009
"Sorry about the IQ thing, but don`t worry, i know a few rocks in my garden that are at the same level, so do not feel so bad."

At least your admitting your IQ is low.

"i`m not blaming you, these websites are pretty tough to get by for somebody that uses a mac. "

Funny when I right click on My Computer is says "Windows XP Professional SP2" not Mac OS X.

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No...
olePigeon 29th May 2009
"Innovation = Invention...you my dear mac fanboy are talking
about..evolution, which is a different thing"

No, I'm talking about innovation. Innovation can apply to existing
ideas and foundations by making them better. It's the founding
principle of the U.S. patent system.

" Good job, you owned yourself and half of the Apple Zealot Attack
Squad on the face of the planet."

You're not doing Microsoft Zealots any favors by acting like a 12-
year-old with a reading disability.

"The HTC Touch wasn`t functional?"

I didn't say that anywhere in my post.

Oh, but wait, i have an IQ that is well above 50, the norm for your
average mac user, which looks and speaks like this :

If you say so.
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Ahem, let`s see....
Soulstorm Updated - 30th May 2009
"The term innovation means a new way of doing something"
"It may refer to incremental, radical, and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations"

Hmmm... It comes closer to the term "invention" than to the term "evolution". Appl makes things somewhat more easy to use, but that isn`t a revolution, a new way of doing it.

If Apple made a control device that connects to your brain and you can use mind control instead of a keyboard, than i will kiss the ass of Steve Jobs for 2 months. That would be a revolution, a real innovation.
Meanwhile, Samsung already has projectors built into their phones : http://www.gsmarena.com/samsungs_first_projector_phone_sees_daylight_at_ces_2009-news-732.php
Thank you very much, and have a pleaseant flight.
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@NonZealot
Axsimulate 1st Jun 2009
"Haha, this is a blatant copy of Vista!!

Which is a blatant copy of OS X.
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Vista
Pete "athynz" Athens 2nd Jun 2009
as I explained in an earlier post on another article is the "evolution" of the Windows OS...

So we have Apple Evolution:

Xerox GUI to
Apple Macintosh OS to
OS 7/8/9 to
Mac OSX

Now Windows Evolution:

Xerox GUI to
Apple Macintosh OS to (stolen & tweaked)
Windows 1x to
Windows 3.1 to
Windows 98/ Windows NT to
Windows ME/ Windows 2000 to
Windows XP (a blend of ME and 2000) to
Windows Vista to
Windows 7

So in all actuality any form of windows is nothing more than a pirated, tweaked, blatant copy of the Mac OS.

Case closed NZ.

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I tried to install multi-gnome-terminal in Ubuntu x64, but...
Grayson Peddie 29th May 2009
...can't get it to run. It said that libglade-gnome.so.0 is not found. I tried to apt-get install libglade, or libglade-gnome, but it's not available in the Ubuntu repository.

I really like the look of a terminal for Snow Leopard; that's why I'm trying to get the look I want in Ubuntu.

I know the solution is to "buy a Mac" but if I could pay it in 12 monthly payments for an iMac (~$100), then I could just get rid of Ubuntu, but even with that kind of monthly payment, I don't want to waste my money on that -- even Mac Mini, as I don't think it's very attractive. I'm very likely to get bored and wanted to expand and upgrade some components of a Mac. A Mac just doesn't fit well with someone (like me) who likes to build a computer for a living. I will buy a Mac once I get out of college and have a job (right now, I'm a student). I treat a Mac as a "bragging right" instead of a necessity (luxury, if you will).
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That would be the Mac Pro...
Soulstorm Updated - 29th May 2009
...the Mac that you can actually upgrade (well, except the processors am mb and PSU)
the IMac is useless, lol, laptop components in a desktop design, having the dissatavantages of both sides. The weakness of laptop components and the fact that it cannot be carried around, like a laptop. It`s a useless pos, better save money and buy a Mac Pro, or if you don`t need serious processing power, get a MacBook (Normal or Pro). And upgrading desktop components is a lot cheaper than laptop components, so the IMac upgrades costs alot more.

But if you actually know how to build computers, why the hell are you getting "the computer for noobs i.e. mac" ? Just built your own, it`s a lot cheaper and you can get quality components, unlike the likes of Dull...ehmm..Dell, without the "Apple tax"
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As a DIYer, that's true, but I like the functionality of Mac OS X.
Grayson Peddie 30th May 2009
For example, I like how the menu changes depending on which application is active.

The version I have is Ubuntu 8.10

Here's what it looks like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdVJS-TxwuE

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Re: That would be the Mac Pro...
vince7@... 30th May 2009
How can you even shape your mouth to give advice on what Mac to
buy? Macs don't need to be tinkered with. I guess the HP All in One
Touch Smart, Dell Studio One, Sony Vaio LV and so other All in Ones
are POS too? The iMac is much better than any of them.

The Mini can be had in any number of configurations. Not everyone
who buy a computer has a need to tweak it. The need to change is
part of the mentality one gets from using Windows products too long.
A Windows computer never delivers a satisfactory user experience.
Hence the need to constantly "adjust" it.

While all you cheap @$$ windows buyers are busy trying to make your
Windows running POS useable the Mac users are getting stuff done!
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NZ is that you?
Pete "athynz" Athens 2nd Jun 2009
Actually I've had very few issues with my wintel based laptop or wintel based desktop other than adding RAM and a larger hard drive. Don't tell me no mac user has ever had to do that before...

Actually NZ I owe you an apology - there is no way you could be as much of a dick as this guy.
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Apple offers payment plan options on computers. [nt]
olePigeon 29th May 2009
[nt]
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Apple offers financing...
msalzberg 29th May 2009
so you could pay in installments, if you really wanted to.

As for the mini being unattractive: Do you mean you base your computer
purchase on the looks of the machine?
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RE: Happy Friday: 48 Snow Leopard screen shots
shellcodes_coder 29th May 2009
As usual am sure they will make it much easier to exploit security holes to make hackers happier happy
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Appl is all about user being friendly and ease of use...
Soulstorm Updated - 29th May 2009
..ofcourse they will be hacker friendly too, hackers are users, right? Not "normal" users, but users nonetheless, so ofcourse Apple will make a easy hacking enviroment for them.


iLol
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