Word: aqua
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...desert--where he founded the doomed NeXT computer system and bought the successful Pixar Animation Studios--filled him with so many great ideas that the Apple he's resurrecting could end up being stronger than the Apple he quit. The effects of his sabbatical are especially apparent in Aqua, the front end to the forthcoming operating-system upgrade known...
...works the way it's supposed to when it's delivered in early summer, I might go back to using a Mac at home. I say "if" because reporters were only permitted to see Aqua demoed under the steely-eyed supervision of Apple's p.r. department. No taking it home to crash test it under real working conditions. So it hardly seems fair to compare it with Millennium, Microsoft's upcoming revision of Windows 98, which I've been running on three machines for the past six weeks...
PRETTY ON THE INSIDE Sure, the translucent look--dubbed "Aqua"--of the new Mac OS X (that's roman numeral 10) will go perfectly with your iMac or G4, but it's more than just pretty. OS X's brand-new code should eliminate system crashes and make special graphic effects easier to display. Due out this summer...
...have been filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery protesting the purchase of Time Warner (TIME Digital's parent company) by AOL. One company that's famously litigious in the protection of its assets is Apple, and with the impending debut of its all-new operating system, code-named Aqua, Apple is cracking down on anyone who might infringe on its "look and feel." Its latest target is skinz.org, a site that offers software designed to make Microsoft's Windows operating system look and feel just like Aqua. A note posted at skinz.org reads, "Apple has contacted us and wants...