What?! Damn it!

Chappelle’s show is ‘done,’ Murphy says

I don’t get it. Hasn’t this been the case for years? Hasn’t there always been “speculation” that M$ ripped off Apple? Then why do articles make it sound like something new? I own a Mac. Have had one for years (not the same one of course) and I just assumed this was common knowledge among Mac users.

> Longhorn Beta Shows Where OS Is Headed

A mini search box also appears in the upper right corner of every window, so it’s no longer necessary to return to the Start menu. As well, searches can be saved as a virtual folder. When opened, such a folder will retrieve any documents that meet the saved criteria. (Files also can have keywords attached—something that will make nontext items easier to find if the time is taken to enter descriptive words.)

Mac fans are probably screaming. Yes, this is very similar to the Spotlight function in the recent update of Mac OS X. At this stage of development, Vista does bear a significant resemblance.

Mac lovers are also likely to fume once they see Vista’s graphics. Green progress bars shimmer. The Minimize-Maximize-Close buttons look something like glowing Chicklets when moused over. Each window has a drop shadow while borders and title bars are slightly transparent. Folder icons now show the documents inside, such as a very small picture thumbnail for an image file. The icons also can be enlarged.

> Finally, when a program is launched, its window doesn’t just appear but pops open in a slick animation. When minimized, the window slides into the taskbar.

It’s great and all that Microsoft is finally (trying) to do something about the serious security issues surrounding Windows… just mind boggling how long they’ve waited to actually start doing something about it.