My thoughts on the WWDC06
Now, I wasn't fortunate enough to attend Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference 06, but I did watch the video of the keynote. Before I go any further, I'd like to mention that I am both a Mac OS X fan as well as a Windows fan. But, I have to say that I was a litle disappointed in the preview of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. I mean, I know Mac OS X has some really great features to it that Windows needs to catch up on. I also know that they only gave a small preview of a small subset of the new features in Leopard. But, the entire new feature set included in Windows Vista is ridiculous! I'm very very excited about Windows Vista, and even after seeing the preview of Leopard, I'm kinda "ho hum" about it.
One of the things that really got me was Apple's constant references to Vista. They talked about how much Microsoft "wasted" on Vista R&D, how much copying went on, how they've had feature X for years, etc. One of the presenters even had the audacity to ask what Redmond's been doing all this time? Take a serious look at that list of new features above, then ask that question again. I encourage you all to read the latest post over at the Longhorn Blogs site, "Apple Shows Off Windows Vista Envy At WWDC." Robert McLaws does a pretty good job of summing up my frustrations as well…just a little more stern about it.
August 23rd, 2006 at 12:35 am
In one way I have to agree with Apple, most of what Windows is doing is not new, excuse me Vista. Rather than new to the industry it is just what others have been doing for a while. Now, not to ct them short, there are some realy cool new features. However, all the security hoopla, I am very very skeptical of.
August 23rd, 2006 at 9:20 am
Right - but Apple’s been copying a lot of stuff from Windows for a while too, and you don’t see Microsoft making fun of them for that, do you?
August 23rd, 2006 at 9:50 am
For example, Jon Hicks over at the Windows Vista Magazine says:
“The Time Machine backup is functionally very similar to Vista’s Volume Shadow Copy. 64-bit support is available both in Windows Vista and Windows XP, and the improvements to Mail are already available elsewhere. Virtual desktops have been available as a Windows XP PowerToy for years, too. Jobs also promised unspecified improvements to their media management software, Front Row - I hope that makes it more of a contender to the much older and better-featured Windows Media Center.”