Longhorn: the "Good Parts" Version--Mac OS X 10.4
Here's some flamebait...
Tim Bajarin writes http://www.technologypundits.com/index.php?article_id=86:
I spent some time over at Apple yesterday taking a closer look of their new OS, known as Tiger or Mac OS 10.4. I had seen it at MacWorld in January and was pretty impressed with the demo then, but seeing it up close and personal yesterday made it clear to me that Apple is light-years ahead of Microsoft... a much more powerful Safari Browser, a much better email client, and something called the Automator, which is a simplified scripting system that quickly and easily can automate repetitive tasks.
But its real value is in three key components that really set it apart from any OS on the market today.
- The first new feature is their new desktop search engine called Spotlight. This search engine is integrated into the new OS... finding any file, image or even video file... groups them accordingly.... The initial indexing of the desktop is fast as well... a complex 90 gig HD on a G 5 system... took under 15 minutes to index the entire drive....
- The second new feature... Dashboard.... Widgets are little programs that are mostly utilitarian in purpose... can be created in HTML, anyone who knows how to create a Web page could create additional Widgets....
- The third feature... iChat... supports... up to four people in video conference mode... allows you to view the others in a 3D-like environment... framed as if they were sitting right in front of you at three different angles... even see their shadows on the virtual conference table in front of them....
