Filed under: Humor, Software, Apple, Leopard
Hidden Windows BSOD in Leopard beta
Oh Apple devs, you are so funny. In a move that's sure to bring on the flames from the Mac vs. PC crowd, it looks like Leopard's developers have left this little jokey joke in Leopard's Finder that's been making the rounds-- when a Windows share becomes unreachable or fails to connect appears in the Finder (apparently this is the default for a PC view, thanks commenters), the image that shows up is none other than the BSOD. Sure, Apple, kick 'em when they're down.
We're not sure if this is something that's just a placeholder in the beta, or if it's a real easter egg that will be in the final copy of Leopard (doubtful, despite the fact that it would make diehard Mac users chuckle every time they saw it while trying to hook up to a Windows share), but either way, take it for what it is right now, a joke, and laugh.
[ Thanks Allen**-- via Wired ]
**And also Big Dave, who kindly sent this to us exclusively. Unfortunately, we were dazzled by the new iPhone videos at the time and missed his tip, but credit where credit is due. Thanks, Dave!
We're not sure if this is something that's just a placeholder in the beta, or if it's a real easter egg that will be in the final copy of Leopard (doubtful, despite the fact that it would make diehard Mac users chuckle every time they saw it while trying to hook up to a Windows share), but either way, take it for what it is right now, a joke, and laugh.
[ Thanks Allen**-- via Wired ]
**And also Big Dave, who kindly sent this to us exclusively. Unfortunately, we were dazzled by the new iPhone videos at the time and missed his tip, but credit where credit is due. Thanks, Dave!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Valmore said 8:42AM on 6-26-2007
Well thath BSOD is here, even when the connection succeeds...
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holo said 8:49AM on 6-26-2007
That's the default "PC" icon in the network view of finder. It shows the BSOD even if your not connected.
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fanguad said 9:04AM on 6-26-2007
The irony is that Windows handles network disconnects much more gracefully than OSX does. I'm not trying to troll here, but if I rudely interrupt my network connection on OSX, Finder tends to crash, requiring me to restart. Explorer will yell at you, but then continue on with life.
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Zachary Hinchliffe said 9:12AM on 6-26-2007
#3: In Tiger, yes. However, they completely redid sharing in Leopard. It's much better now.
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fanguad said 9:24AM on 6-26-2007
That's a relief. Another reason to look forward to Leopard.
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L.L.Cool_K said 9:33AM on 6-26-2007
Being a PC user, I still can get an honest laugh out of this. However, both OS's have had their share of error messages that the end user should never have to see (let alone that should even occur if they programmed/tested properly).
It looks from the small screenshot above that this is a BSOD from several versions back of Windows. It would be equally quite funny if Microsoft slapped in an easter egg within Vista when conducting some connection to a Mac. I don't recall the actual number but think it could vary depending upon what occurred, but how about:
"An error of -62736 has occurred. There is no explanation for this error."
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"An unexpected error occurred,because an error of type -110 occurred."
Touche, Monsieur Pu$$y-Cat! (|-D
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iBode said 10:56AM on 6-26-2007
Someone needs to save that icon, so even if Apple changes it, we can reapply it with Candybar or somethign ourselves.
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Zach said 11:14AM on 6-26-2007
Old news is exciting!
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Ahmad said 12:35PM on 6-26-2007
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1148/631629701_87319b65e5_o.png
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Ronald Poi said 1:14PM on 6-26-2007
Haha, hope they stick with it in the final release! =)
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steve said 3:26PM on 6-26-2007
#9: that is one shiny beige monitor (the gloss extends from the screen onto the bezel) apple really does run everything through the buffer!
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Trevor said 9:16PM on 6-26-2007
It's a final icon. It's well polished and has a 16 px optimised version. It isn't going anywhere.
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artifex said 9:30PM on 6-26-2007
#6, just gimme a sad mac icon.
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jabberwolf said 9:46AM on 7-16-2007
How ironic !
I can understand Apple using the icon in other PC related material but MACs have always had issues on PC networks where no one else had issues, just the MACs.
And yes lockups have occurred and I sure DO hope that leopard has fixed this problem.
I doubt mac with ever be on par for business/network functionality.
Keep the BSOD icon but please put it where it applies, its actually a totally a slap in the face to the perfectly fine network when its OSX screwing up. It is the time out issues? I'm not even sure WHY tiger does this?!
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