Microsoft sees the light... admits Apple strategy is better!
Microsoft is trying to go very Apple, now if only they actually produced an operating system that was worth a cr@p. The first article is from MacDaily News. The second is from The Seattle Times. This machine in this article is so Apple it is ridiculous. The designer even has the audacity to say:
"It may not be a coincidence that the Athens PC resembles an Apple machine, with rounded corners, a translucent case and a flat, wide display. HP executive Louis Kim acknowledged the similarities, noting, 'Apple is on a similar track in that they're designing with the end-user in mind and they're integrating hardware and software.' But he said the Athens was designed for functionality, not fashion. 'There was no intent to try and mimic Apple here,' said Kim, HP's worldwide director of marketing for business desktop computers."
http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P1012_0_1_0
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm..._winhec06.html
"It may not be a coincidence that the Athens PC resembles an Apple machine, with rounded corners, a translucent case and a flat, wide display. HP executive Louis Kim acknowledged the similarities, noting, 'Apple is on a similar track in that they're designing with the end-user in mind and they're integrating hardware and software.' But he said the Athens was designed for functionality, not fashion. 'There was no intent to try and mimic Apple here,' said Kim, HP's worldwide director of marketing for business desktop computers."
http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P1012_0_1_0
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm..._winhec06.html
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Sorry it's the 970 rumours making me dizzy.
Originally posted by chilleymac
'Apple is on a similar track in that they're designing with the end-user in mind ...' But he said the Athens was designed for functionality, not fashion.
Yeah, it's always the other guy who designs for form over function.
If the industry embraces this new approach, Microsoft could have an even bigger role in shaping the evolution of PCs.
Hm, this wouldn't have anything to do with the growing popularity of non-Microsoft operating systems now, would it? It would be mighty convenient to be involved in an architecture that is less open. Much less open.
Sure, they'll crib from some eighteen month old Apple designs, but they'll never really innovate unless they kidnap Jonathan Ives.
No, the real target, as it has been for the past year, is Linux. Why? Because it has potential. A potential that Microsoft can not buy or control (directly).
Screed
Originally posted by chilleymac
This is also being discussed in another thread.
Which was started 27 minutes after this one.
Originally posted by chilleymac
I know this was first I started it, just thought I would share the wealth, and the other thread has a different picture.
Err.... ohhh... just forget it
its a sad day because they have the power and resources to possibly pull it off and keep the computer industry for the next 40yrs
If the industry embraces this new approach, Microsoft could have an even bigger role in shaping the evolution of PCs. It may also help the company fend off competition from Apple and freely shared software.
What a joke...