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Re:Five Things Apple Can Learn From Windows 8 by VanceRefrig on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @08:32PM (#2994293)
I really think the big thing is the idea of running apps side by side. Otherwise, I don't think apple is necessarily as far behind as this article makes it seem.
Re:Five Things Apple Can Learn From Windows 8 by r00fus on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @02:14AM (#2995101)
This is what I hoped the iPad would do (run multiple iPhone apps concurrently at 1x and allow inter-app drags).

However, the complexities of this are boggling and will make a nightmarish (or nonexistent) security model. It would trully be OLE, take 2 if it worked at all.

This is a year out. When Android 3.0 was previewed 6 months before release, I was amazed. Then I realized how buggy and rushed it was.

Apple sets a very high bar for quality. It will be interesting to see if either Google or Microsoft can compete.

Re:Five Things Apple Can Learn From Windows 8 by VladRussian on Tuesday September 13, 2011 @08:44PM (#2994351)
history repeats itself, 20+ years ago it was windows and Mac OS getting into multitasking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS#.22Classic.22_Mac_OS_.28...
Re:Five Things Apple Can Learn From Windows 8 by lurch_mojoff on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @02:08AM (#2995091)
It is way too early to proclaim that history is repeating itself. 20 years ago Apple were a rudderless ship. Today they are on of the most efficiently operating computer companies out there. They have a vision, they have a solid foundation on which to build, and they have the resources to execute rapidly on that vision.
Re:Five Things Apple Can Learn From Windows 8 by VladRussian on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @04:03PM (#2997657)
>20 years ago Apple were a rudderless ship.

because they detached the rudder 26 years ago.

>Today they are on of the most efficiently operating computer companies out there. They have a vision, they have a solid foundation on which to build, and they have the resources to execute rapidly on that vision.

Sounds like you're talking about Apple of 1982-84. Apple that had had a several years long run under Jobs. Btw, the vision they execute today is the vision outlined in the Jobs' 30 years old Macintosh business plans.