Windows DVD Maker

geekdreamsgeekdreams
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Uh-oh! Microsoft is including a new application in Windows Vista called Windows DVD Maker, and it looks fantastic!









I'm afraid this spells the end for Apple's iLife suite. Now even Mac users can boot into Windows when they want to burn their home movies to DVD. \

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    k_munick_munic Posts: 357member
    that's a fake:

    not enough options

    not enough colors

    not enough icons

    not enough moving "somethings"

    not enough drop-downs, pop-ups, drag-things

    again, not enough options

    and: not enough options...
  • Reply 2 of 5
    [alloc init][alloc init] Posts: 39member
    I literally *laughed* when I saw this. Seriously, you can ask my roommate, he was here. Is that really all there is to it?







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  • Reply 3 of 5
    dave k.dave k. Posts: 1,306member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by geekdreams

    Uh-oh! Microsoft is including a new application in Windows Vista called Windows DVD Maker, and it looks fantastic!



    I'm afraid this spells the end for Apple's iLife suite. Now even Mac users can boot into Windows when they want to burn their home movies to DVD. \



    You think that looks fantastic?
  • Reply 4 of 5
    lupalupa Posts: 202member
    Seriously, where did the craptastic interface go?



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    Apparently it's real:



    http://blogs.msdn.com/ericgu/archive...03/509014.aspx



    http://www.cookcomputing.com/blog/archives/000501.html



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    Below is a more recent screenshot with the vista interface:

    http://hive.net/Member/photos/screen.../original.aspx



    Found here:

    http://blogs.msdn.com/ericgu/archive...19/515221.aspx



    This still just doesn't look that enticing though. The templates look cheap, and there isn't anything in the package to outdo iDVD. I'm feeling pretty good about MSLife.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    geekdreamsgeekdreams Posts: 280member
    Yeah, it's real. I got those screenshots from Paul Thurrott's review of the CTP preview released in February. In fact, the guys at Microsoft have quite a few applications in the works that are meant to mimic the iLife suite in terms of usefulness...



    iTunes:







    iMovie:







    iPhoto:





    Thurrott even scolds MS quite a bit in his review, as evidenced by his reaction to the new version of Windows Calendar:



    Quote:

    If you've seen Apple's iCal, then you've seen Windows Calendar (Figure). I'm not sure what else to say. As Shawn Morrissey of Microsoft's Platform Incubation Team told me back in January when I pressed him about the similarities, "there are only so many ways to do a calendar application." Sure. But my guess is there at least two ways. Microsoft might have avoided some uncomfortable questions had they not completely copied Apple's application.



    You can read the "best" part of his review here:

    http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/...ta_5308_05.asp



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