Is Windows XP a copy of OSX?

[mmx380]

I read lot of news on the net says that Windows XP is a copy of OSX, is that true? What is the good and bad thing about it compare with OSX?

[AdmiralAK]

Man!
You do not want to go down THAT road!
There have been adamant discussions about X vs XP.
I think that windows is taking a "hint" from the possitive publicity of X so that is why it looks the way it does.

I have read all pertinant articles and some say it's a copy, and others say it mimincs the MSN color schemes. I think it's a (bad) copy but cant say more than that since I have not used XP as of this writting.


Admiral

[rharder]

They're entirely different in how they look and feel.

They are similar in that they both represent a new "engine" for each company's consumer-line operating system, albeit the Windows 2000 core is not so great a leap as going from ancient OS 9 to BSD OS X.

-Rob

[Nix-Nu-B]

No, Windows-XP is the first true generation of no more Win9x kernel for the desktop market. It's kernel is based on WinNT (now 2000). It's like windows 2000 (NT-5) but more features and a facelift. I don't like the generic face it has but I'm sure its very changeable (always has been......as long as you know how :0) ).

I think its a good move for them, hell I like using NT for my workstation (well 2000) and it's nice having protected memory spaces, NTFS-5, ect.....Photoshop, Dreamweaver and everything else runs fine for me.
Until the ports of all my favorite apps come to FreeBsd or Linux ....I have to stick with WinBlows.



Home: pIII-650 , 256MB, 30 GB, Sb-Live, Voodoo4,
w/ Win98se,Win-2000,Mandrake 7.2

Work:
Server :G4-500,256Mb,Dual 18Gb SCSI, ect.... running Mac-OS 9 w/appleshare ip (for admining those 100's of iMac's and Web)

Desktop: iMac 350, 128Mb
Laptop : Ti-Book 400 , 256Mb (os9.1 + os-X)

[MacSub]

Don't we all want more of the desktop market?

Most of the replies sound positive for XP, I don't get it?

I took a look at some photo's of XP from Microsoft's web site, and to be honest it does look like a cheap rip off of OSX, with most of the same features that suck about windows.



So what does this mean for OSX, will apple continue to remain in 2nd position? I must be the most anit-windows person I know...Oh well.



The Media praises windows so much, I'm sick of it, my life would be easier if everybody was on a Mac.

By the way: my Shares of Apple are doing well (i bought low), however when comparing with microsoft...

AAPL @ 24.69 (on 04/26)

vs

MSFT @ 69.13

its like pulling teeth!



Does anyone have any ideas on how apple can pick up a larger

share of pc users?



There is a lot of speculation of an intel verson of OSX, personally I think it is a somewhat of a good thing?

I'll keep my PowerPc chip of course...

How about new Apple hardware/software like aqua PDA's that take on the palm OS, or Mp3 players to go with iTunes?

It could happen, it should! Expand Apple, expand!!!

[VGZ]

M$ did rip off some elements of the Mac OS in xp; however, to compare that Fisher Price pile of crap to the Mac OS is an insult. If you can find an uglier, more bloated OS than winblows xp (xp is the emoticon for bleck btw) I will be amazed.

[MacSub]

Well, I can't argue with that!

[Kazrog]

XP is total crap. It's like including WindowBlinds with the same old Windows core. It's horrible in beta and most of what sucks about it will suck in the final the same way.

Windows will never be a good OS unless it is re-written from the ground up, along with a complete re-do of the PC architecture.

Or you could just get a Mac...