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The ultimate beta tester?

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I like testing new pioneering apps, as a student back in 1999, I was crashing my old G4 with the OS X beta few weeks after it’s release, compiling Apache and php with Unix tutorials ages before binary installations were available, I guess it comes along with using a Mac.Taday it’s the same – I had to try Parallels Desktop beta, and signed up for VMware fusion beta the day they opened the registration form… only to find out that I dont use it at all.Apparently I was the first israeli to receive an invitation to participate in the Venice Project Beta, yes IPTV is close to my heart, but how cold they know?More on my impressions on The Venice Project soon.

Hey, what about Leopard?

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The Macworld Keynote is behind us, yea the iPhone looks pretty amazing, and AppleTV would be cool in my living room, but I was more interested in Leopard, where was it?!Beside the expected final knock-out to Vista, and the GUI evolution that was not yet revealed, I was betting on some virtualization capabilities in the OS level – being able to run exe natively, something that will push the competition with PC’s to a different era.There is no doubt that the Apple hardware products are a phenomenal success, but without the OS edge it will not take too long for the competitive market to match and fill the gap. Beside, as a Mac user I am expecting more than what is showcased in the ‘Leopard Sneak Peek’, everything should be better, every detail, for example, before blowing our icons to enormous 512 pixel make them dynamic – why is iCal stuck on July 17th?!