Oh boy, WWDC is tomorrow. Yes, normally by now I would be bouncing out of my seat with glee about what Steve Jobs would be saying about his pride and joy…THE MACINTOSH COMPUTER LINE! But since this cash cow iPhone’s birth *the beginning of the end of Apple Computer honestly*, Steve Jobs seems to have forgotten what made him rich and famous besides iTunes, which is a totally different rant. Now, all I see is my favorite computer line is slowly dying into the wind, because people just don’t give a damn about it anymore. Macs don’t have a touch screen after all *god forbid it doesn’t have a greasy touch screen that shows every fingerprint!* But this isn’t even the best part. The focus of the WWDC, THE WORLD WIDE DEVELOPER’S CONFERENCE, is no longer the Operating System of Macs. No, it’s now the operating system of the iPhone, which used to be OS X, but now Apple has decided to separate the two and call it OS X iPhone. Wonderful, so what exactly is Apple now? I promise you it’s no longer a computer company.

Now for my worst beef with Apple. Why is this corporation so willing and ready to drop their PPC users completely off the face of the map? Especially their broke developers still dedicated to their cause but cannot afford a new laptop. After all, I was excited to start learning to program for my iTouch, but gasp, I can’t install the fucking SDK. Why? INTEL ONLY! So am I obliged to jump on the bandwagon and spend thousands of dollars so I can help benefit the Mac community with my software? Do I have to do this to make Apple happy? I won’t do it, sorry. I’ll switch back to Kubuntu Linux and Windows before I will be bullied by a corporation I’ve given so much money to already. That is exactly what it is, bullying. Apple is taking away all my privileges as a developer because I will not spend money to upgrade. It’s as easy as flipping a switch on the GCC compiler to compile for both PPC and X86, Apple just won’t do it. This however, has really only affected OS X developers still on PPC. Not to mention if you drop PPC, you drop all 32 bit architecture processors, including many of the early Intel Macs. But the day is coming when the consumers will suffer, and that is the day that the Macintosh line will ultimately be forced to switch or leave the platform entirely.

This is the official OH MY GAWD LEOPARD IS BEING RELEASED IN A LITTLE OVER A WEEK POST!!!! As you can see, or have seen, Caffeinated Macs has been officially pimped off for the birth of the new cat. I plan to keep the site looking this sharp until a few weeks after the 26th. Enjoy!

And since we’re on the topic of Leopard’s esthetics, how about there logo? It’s changed over the course of it’s announcement those many moons ago. Take a look:

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These images are in cronological order of when they appeared on the Mac scene. Image 1 was the Leopard label in the Developer Preview. Image 2 was a later appearence of the logo during WWDC and was thought to be the official logo Apple were going to use. This light yellow galaxy behind the X is now used in the Server release of Leopard. Finally, 3 is the official Mac OS X Leopard design and logo. Pretty snazzy in my opinion.

Neo Office is great, the best alternative to Microsoft Office for Mac OS X out on the market as of now in my opinion, or at least for now. With the release of some sneak peeks from Microsoft, we can see what the Mac Mojo team has really been working on for the past three years or so, and from what I see, it looks stunning. So sit back, enjoy the eye candy, and put your stunner frames on as you take a look into Microsoft Office 2008……for Mac! *end of dramatic effects* Note: I am not an M$ fan boy in anyway, just an impressed user who sees what good can come from hard development.

**Click to enlarge the images

Element’s Gallery

In Office 2004, a handicapped program was released with the Office package to manage projects, templates, and looks to the the rest of the Office suite, called Project Gallery. It was a small mix of just about everything, and didn’t seem to fit in at all. In 2008, Microsoft abolished this, and placed the “Element’s Gallery” under the color specific toolbar *blue for Word, Orange for PowerPoint, etc* under the standard Mac OS X toolbar. It supports CoreAnimation like actions, and really does look good under the potentially crowded interface.

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Apple, in my lifetime that was by far one of the worst Keynote presentations ever. Once again, you have chosen to ad tons of glitz and glamour to your Operating System, but now down-right new core features! Yes, you’ve made your interface prettier *heh, to some, personally I think the iTunes 7 look is hideous*, but where’s the security updates? Where are the UNIX, Java and other core updates? More importantly, where is PPC support in your future plans? So far, I haven’t seen good evidence of Apple continuing to support the aging architecture. Below is some evidence.

1. Many PowerPC users have found that they cannot install the latest Safari 3 beta, encountering an bleak error saying “cannot be installed”

2. Apple continues to make very spirited remarks about the PPC architecture, and hardly noted Universal Applications in the ‘07 Keynote.
3. The Keynote bragged about the speed of Leopard on Intel, yet failed to mention anything about Leopard supporting PPC.
4. Jobs himself said the transitions over to processors is over, which only means this: depreciated and removing the old product

These and many more reasons conclude why many PPC users feel let down, and down right deserted by the company they bought their computers from. A little over half of Mac users still use the PPC architecture, so many worry about the computer companies, *oh, wait, Apple Inc, my bad* true motives for this new release.

Now for the worst of them all, iPhone. Apple, what the hell are you thinking? You advertise this new product, that does what? A Mac pretending to be a cell phone? Are you trying to pass off another PDA, like the failed idea behind Newton? And worst is that you dedicated time in Keynote for it! I know by now some of you may be fuming, as many seem like the iPhone. But I however, will not be fooled. Our beloved company is following the money, and straying farther and farther from their old goal, “Make the best combination of hardware and software available on the market.” I hope Apple finds it’s light again, or I wonder the company’s future as a computer and Operating System maker *stocks fell 3% from the Keynote*