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Microsoft: We're not "cool enough" for Mac OS X

by Cory Bohon Aug 23rd 2008 at 12:15PM


If you thought the new Get a Mac ads were spot-on or funny, then you will definitely get a kick out of this. On Microsoft's Photosynth website, they admit something that we've known for years: They're not cool enough to run on Macs.

"Unfortunately, we're not cool enough to run on your OS yet. We really wish we had a version of Photosynth that worked cross platform, but for now it only runs on Windows. Trust us, as soon as we have a Mac version ready, it will be up and available on our site," reads the website.

Photosynth is a technology Microsoft has designed to create 3-D "worlds" with your photos. This technology is definitely cool, and we actually would like to see it come to the Mac, but the way they worded the install page just makes us laugh. Meanwhile, VMware Fusion's Pete Kazanjy told us that the warning about Photosynth not working in a virtual machine isn't quite right; he got it running just fine in Fusion 2 Beta 2, and has the video to prove it.

Thanks for the tip, Nate!



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Murphy Mac

someone told me they got this error on windows 2000. That's sloppy.

August 28 2008 at 8:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Marc

Get this - I am running VistaX64 and IE7-64 bit and I get the same message!

August 25 2008 at 3:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ankurrani

This is an unfair post - people are misinterpreting the message as a snide remark. Photosynth is a company that Microsoft recently acquired. The company is keen on being Mac-compatible, and their technology is awesome. Obviously, if you were to release a product, it's a good idea to support the 90% of users first.

Go Photosynth!

August 25 2008 at 12:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
basscadet

apparently MS isn't allowed to be sarcastic. where would the next 500 years' "get a mac" ads get their stereotyped square PC to bash?

August 25 2008 at 12:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
AlMeister

meh...looks a lot like quicktime VR to me.

August 25 2008 at 11:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Ian

I had the same impression. It's QuickTime VR Panoramics and Object movies without the accuracy but put into 3D space.

When I checked out the Photosynth How To movie , when she moves around the table, I though "OMG! She making a QTVR Object."

I'm wondering if Apple's patents would extend to this?

August 25 2008 at 6:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
B*A*M*F

I found it hilarious. Apple has advertised itself as cool. The fanbase have bought into that. Nothing wrong with that, but it cracked me up to see Microsoft paying a little joke with that.

August 24 2008 at 11:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
thomasc


It's obviously a reference to the Mac ads featuring a geek (Windows) and a "cool geek" (Mac). It's tongue in cheek.

It's fun to make something out of nothing when you feel inferior...

August 24 2008 at 5:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rei_vilo

Let's hope Apple brings its own 3D-picture creation tool with next release of Quicktime...

August 24 2008 at 2:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
doteyes9

Yeah, the same thing shows up under my Linux box. MS Fail. Linux≠Mac

August 24 2008 at 1:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
aaka

For once I do agree with Microsoft. They are not cool to run OS X, true. They do need to realize that they are not cool period.

August 23 2008 at 11:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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