MikeOS 2.0 released
Mike - 11:11am on Friday October 17th 2008
SILICON VALLEY, 17/10/08: Decked in his distinctive black turtleneck and faded blue jeans, Steve Jobs announced MikeOS 2.0 to a packed press audience in Cupertino earlier today. Billing it as a "revolution in personal computing", Jobs unveiled the new generation of operating system to a salivating crowd - some journalists were seen to punch the air in excitement when the rumoured product finally became reality.
For months, pundit blogs and self-styled 'industry insiders' have chewed through every patent application produced by Apple, determining that MikeOS 2.0 would make use of industry-changing technologies such as FAT12 write support and a mouse driver. Many believed that Apple would not be able to deliver a product based on these features for a reasonable price point, an argument that was rapidly shot-down at today's press conference.
"This... is a day I've been looking forward to for over a year" said Jobs, just before unveiling the new OS. "Every once in a while, a product comes along that changes everything. It changes the whole industry." As Jobs whipped a black silk sheet off the MikeOS box, the crowd bust into cheers, and only the on-stage performer could hush them. "It's unbelievable. This is at least five years ahead of any other OS - it's incredible. Today, Apple reinvents the operating system."
Link: http://mikeos.berlios.de
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Your comments
I'm Steve Jobs, and these
Steve Jobs (not verified) - October 17, 2008 @ 11:23am
I'm Steve Jobs, and these are all lies.
Stick with Windows, it's the
Bill Gates (not verified) - October 17, 2008 @ 11:24am
Stick with Windows, it's the best.
What a coincidence that Jobs
Mike Saunders (not verified) - October 17, 2008 @ 11:32am
What a coincidence that Jobs and Gates would be browsing the LXF Blog at the same time, eh? By the way everyone: the above comments weren't from Jeremy Ford of PC Format. Oh no way.
M
How can I find out if my
External Floppy (not verified) - October 17, 2008 @ 12:13pm
How can I find out if my humble machine is able to handle MikeOs 2.0? Any ideas on specs?
A 386 with 1MB of RAM will
Mike Saunders (not verified) - October 17, 2008 @ 12:20pm
A 386 with 1MB of RAM will be fine. Oh, and a floppy or CD-ROM drive :-)
M
One more thing....
Donoreo (not verified) - October 17, 2008 @ 1:32pm
One more thing....
386 with 1MB of RAM?
Huw (not verified) - October 17, 2008 @ 4:58pm
386 with 1MB of RAM? Dammit, I'm tired of all these supercharged operating systems that require ninja machines only 1% of computer users will own.
In other news, congratulations Mike! ;)
Still, it's sad that Mike
Rhakios (not verified) - October 17, 2008 @ 5:13pm
Still, it's sad that Mike has handed over the development work to Apple.But perhaps this explains the degree of progress there has been. Now we muct await the new Apple laptop that will be dedicated to running MikeOS, I can confidently predict that it will come in at just short of £1000 (due entirely to the high quality of components they use, of course). ;)
Yay! I thought you had
person-a (not verified) - October 18, 2008 @ 9:57am
Yay! I thought you had stopped working on it... What about starting Brain Party again? Or Fuzz?
"Now we muct await the new
lazlow (not verified) - October 21, 2008 @ 8:07am
"Now we muct await the new Apple laptop that will be dedicated to running MikeOS, I can confidently predict that it will come in at just short of £1000 (due entirely to the high quality of components they use, of course)."
Do you have any idea just how expensive brushed aluminum is?
>>Do you have any idea
Rhakios (not verified) - October 21, 2008 @ 5:16pm
>>Do you have any idea just how expensive brushed aluminum is?
Would it be any cheaper if they just combed it?
Wow Mike - very impressed.
Max (not verified) - November 6, 2008 @ 5:47pm
Wow Mike - very impressed. Is there a port of RISCOS planned for MIKEOS? The only problem is that you would have to convert the OS to take ARM coded 26 bit machine code.
P.S. Well done!
>>>>Do you have
Pr0pheT (not verified) - November 10, 2008 @ 1:07pm
>>>>Do you have any idea just how expensive brushed aluminum is?
>>Would it be any cheaper if they just combed it?
You just made me choke on my coffee!!!!