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...forehead affairs? Try installing two brand-new operating systems on two different computers at the same time. Nothing causes cranial pain more quickly, as I discovered when I got my hands on the two pieces of software that will soon rule our lives: Windows XP and Mac OS X (pronounced oh-ess ten). These are the next-generation operating systems for PCs and Macs, respectively. Windows XP, to be released later this year, is currently out in beta, a trial, bug-testing format. The debugged OS X is on store shelves now, which means it ties your brain into slightly...
...digital-music party, they've made up for it with delightfully intuitive song-name searching and lightning-fast CD ripping (iTunes records at around eight times normal CD speed). Mac loyalists, once again, will have to hang on for all the good stuff (including Apple's new operating system, OS X, which Jobs had promised for January but is now set for a March 24 release); at least iTunes will help us whistle while we wait...
...i700 has room for other enhancements. "Things need to be simplified," says InfoTrends analyst Michelle Lampmann. "There needs to be an invisible solution where it's just snap and share, like setting a VCR." For example, a standard operating system, like the Palm OS, could make the i700 a real alternative to Net-enabled smart phones or handhelds...
...fans know that video-editing software and Firewire ports are already standard issue on most new Apples. And it's no coincidence that Apple will release a beta (trial) version of its new operating system, OS X, the day before Me hits stores. If it were a beauty contest, OS X's watery blue interface would win hands down over boring little Me. Then again, the much-delayed OS X is still vaporware, so beta users would be wise to tread lightly. Meantime, I'll still be hammering on Windows...
...Wednesday when he waited until 4:30 to do his part for the antitrust history books. But this one shouldn't have surprised anybody. Just like the government wanted him to, Jackson ordered up a two-way, 10-year split of Microsoft (one company for apps, one for the OS, and Bill Gates can only work at one of them) and a laundry list of "conduct remedies" for the meantime. Basically, the plan is that the Redmond boys check with their lawyers before going to the bathroom. It's the biggest antitrust decision since the 1984 AT&T splintering (which...