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Is Windows Vista Just an OS X Rip-off?

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praka123
praka123 Original post #1
Aug 4, 2007 at 1:13 PM
David Pogue Considers Whether
Microsoft "Appropriated" Mac OS X Ideas for Vista


Is Windows Vista Just an OS X Remake?
Many people have suggested that Microsoft simply appropriated ideas found in Mac OS X and Ubuntu for use in Windows Vista. After all, all three have desktop search capabilities, photo galleries as part of their file browsers, personal information managers that manage email, contacts, notes, and schedule. But David Pogue calls this "sour grapes" among Mac users (and presumably the same for Ubuntu users). You decide. Is Vista just Ubuntu-OS X redivivus? see teh video:

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*www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIUkwPybtM


*www.easy-ubuntu-linux.com/windows-vista-vs-mac-os-x.html
AH!dont get angry!get over it! ;) :lol: see the video and reply!!!
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ssk_the_gr8
Aug 4, 2007 at 1:27 PM
^^man this will turn out into another war :D
calling gx,imav & arya
ohhhhhh gx is already here :D
gxsaurav
Aug 4, 2007 at 1:27 PM
:Yawn.....I wonder if it the other way arround. Already discussed so many times.

Prakash, use the search feature of this forum first.
shantanu
Aug 4, 2007 at 1:30 PM
i think it is nth time i am seeing a baseless thread like this.. no offense to praka.. but Mac stands no where near Vista and ubuntu is good but Comparing vista is surely not a way around.. well lets see what type of posts do fanatic maccy creatures makes...
Pathik
Pathik #5
Aug 4, 2007 at 1:34 PM
This is such an old video..
Also david pogue seems a bit retarded to me.. :D
ssk_the_gr8
Aug 4, 2007 at 1:40 PM
oh i am disappointed...no flame wars...any way even i agree it is lame to compare vista with mac & ubuntu
iMav
iMav #7
Aug 4, 2007 at 6:17 PM
mac and vista look the same and that too a rip off ... prakash dude bang ur head in the wall once and when ur senses come back have a look at both the OSs and read what an absolute bullsh!t thread u made ;)
tarey_g
tarey_g #8
Aug 4, 2007 at 6:33 PM
pathiks said:
This is such an old video..
Also david pogue seems a bit retarded to me.. :D

'a bit' !!!!!!!!:shock:
vish786
vish786 #9
Aug 4, 2007 at 6:37 PM
did anyone see those videos ( all the 10 videos )...... discussion b/w bill gates (windows) and steve jobs (mac), they r worth watchin.


u should also see this video " bill gates praising mac " ok its pretty old.

*www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtba2GkVOII
BBThumbHealer
Aug 4, 2007 at 7:58 PM
to my suprise..arya isn't here :shock:
aryayush
aryayush #11
Aug 4, 2007 at 8:06 PM
pathiks said:
Also david pogue seems a bit retarded to me.. :D
He's the guy who authored Windows Vista: The Missing Manual - one of the best selling books on Windows Vista. He is the technology columnist for the New York Times and a CBS news correspondent. Watch his videos in his iTunes podcast. He knows how to present technology with a humourous angle to it.

BTW, it is quite clear that people on this forum don't quite get sarcasm.
Zeeshan Quireshi
Aug 4, 2007 at 8:44 PM
ssk_the_gr8 said:
^^man this will turn out into another war :D
calling gx,imav & arya
ohhhhhh gx is already here :D
and this completes the trio :D
aku
aku #13
Aug 4, 2007 at 9:31 PM
happy to c 'em all... after all we r a big happy family.. ;)
R
runeet #14
Aug 4, 2007 at 10:27 PM
have u guys checked out the price for windows vista home premium, its worth freaking 9000k. can u believe it.
a_k_s_h_a_y
Aug 4, 2007 at 10:47 PM
akuCRACKER said:
happy to c 'em all... after all we r a big happy family.. ;)
absolutely right.....i agree !!
those guys really add some masala to the forum !! so i try to particiapte some time too !
chesss
chesss #16
Aug 4, 2007 at 10:54 PM
^Thats the retail version price, OEM should be lot cheaper. Besides who buys original anyway

*forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=788196