Posted on 06/28/2004 1:05:29 PM PDT by HAL9000
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. on Monday previewed the latest version of its Mac OS X operating system code-named called Tiger, which Chief Executive Steve Jobs said was far ahead of rival Microsoft Corp.'s next major update to Windows.Cupertino, California-based Apple also introduced a 30-inch flat panel display in a sleeker and trimmer housing, its largest display yet, which adds to the 20-inch and 23-inch displays it already offers. That puts it up against other PC companies that sell large flat panels, such as Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co.
Apple, best known for its sleek Macintosh computers and the popular iPod digital music players, last updated the Mac OS X in October 2003 with version 10.3, code-named "Panther."
With Tiger, Apple has pushed out five major releases of OS X since its debut in March 2001. The new version, which it discussed during its annual conference for software developers, aims to encourage them to write more applications that work with the operating system.
"We think we are years ahead of Longhorn," Jobs told about 3,500 software developers in San Francisco, referring to the forthcoming major Windows update. "The other guys have been talking about it and we're doing it."
Microsoft, the world's largest software company, unveiled Windows XP, the latest major overhaul of its Windows operating system in October 2001. Longhorn is due in the first half of 2006, Microsoft has said.
Apple has been on a roll lately with the iPod and its iTunes Online Music store. It has sold more than 3 million iPods and customers have purchased more than 80 million tracks from the music store.
As successful as those two ventures are, however, sales of its Mac computers, not surprisingly, are still its largest source of revenue.
The company's global share of the PC market has remained at 5 percent or below in recent years, but Chief Executive Steve Jobs has indicated the company is happy to be a profitable niche player.
Jobs, when asked to comment about Apple's small market share, often responds by comparing Apple to sports and luxury car maker BMW, which commands a similarly sized share of the automobile market.
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I'd buy a Mac...
So9
I'm so excited about this I can hardly see straight.
...and it will still have Safari, which never gives me pop-ups, or viruses... G5 bump...
Safari has been hanging too much for me lately. I've been partial to Firefox.
"We think we are years ahead of Longhorn,"
Fairly dumb statement at this point.
The 30 incher requires a new NVidea 6800 video card, because normal DVI can't drive a 2560 x 1600 display.
I personally wouldn't buy one until they get some HDTV capability into that beast. It'd be a shame if a $3900 display system ($3300 for the display, $600 for the card) couldn't pull double duty on a good NFL weekend....
I dream of 2560 x 1600 resolution. Guess I have to be "content" with 1600 x 1200 for now.
I gave the app to a couple of friends at work, then they gave it to a couple of friends, and so on. Eventually, our entire company was banished from the marketwatch.com website. Luckily, my boss was the one who got traced by the netops guys.
I you wanted you could get a TV tuner card. Then you stick you video cable into it.
If Ford had 90% of the rest of the automobile market, this comparison might hold more water.
Yes, there is the Miglia PCI tuner card, or the El Gato Firewire solution. BUT...they don't do HDTV, just old-fashioned NTSC. And HDTV is God's Gift to football.
I hope someone can convince ATI to make a Mac version of their upcoming x800 based All-In-Wonder. Besides, the x800 is more powerful, but burns less power than the nVidia card. This is important if you don't want a noisy computer. Right now my dual G5 is pretty darn quiet, thanks to 9 (!) slow rotating fans.
Done.
Want to enjoy HDTV, but haven't forked over the $21,999 for that 82'' LCOS Rear Projection HDTV yet? (Or even know what the heck that is!). Fear not, because with just about any Panther-capable Macintosh, you can enter the world of high definition recording and playback without breaking the bank... or buying a single new piece of hardware!This 21st Century Holy Grail comes in the form of a recent FCC regulation requiring all cable companies to provide a Firewire-enabled Cable box to any customer who asks. (Yes, some government agencies are still on our side after all!) This law went into effect April 1st, and by now most Cable companies have complied.
Unlike regular TV, you cannot record HD with an analog VCR -- or even a standard issue Tivo. You must have a Firewire connection ... the very same Firewire that ships on every modern Mac. (bet you see where this is headed). You have the Mac, now all you need is the cable box and a pair of free programs: VirtualDVHS for recording, and VLC for playback!
Mac ping
They're "years ahead of Longhorn." Okay, considering Longhorn hasn't been shown off in any way, how would they know this? Industrial espionage, or bloviating PR?
Or Microsoft's Longhorn Development Center?
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