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Microsoft’s Bill Gates is still on his media tour following the launch of Vista.  Next up is his interview with CNN where he *claims* that Windows Vista is innovative, and that nothing was taken from Apple’s OS X.

Video [YouTube] Via [Cult of Mac]

Pete and Leander at Wired’s Cult of Mac blog decided to test out Microsoft’s new Windows Vista on their Mac Pro using Bootcamp.  The results were shocking… Vista may have actually run faster on Apple’s own hardware than their own OS X.  Kind of embaressing.  Here’s an excerpt from their experience:

Vista really flies on this beast, and feels like it’s faster than OS X - it boots faster, folders burst open and apps launch instantly...I’m especially delighted with Vista’s “glass” Aero interface, which works in all its glory on this machine...The OS is dark and handsome. It’s really quite exciting...Vista’s icons are big and colorful, and frankly, a lot more logical and easy to read than some of OS X’s, like the intelligible iWeb icon.

They go on to talk about how although everything is more logical than XP, it’s all still a mess…

Of course, in many ways it’s the same old Windows. There are pop-up dialogs galore thanks to the new security features, and the Start menu, though slimmed down, is still a confusing mess. Maybe it’s just me.

Read [Cult of Mac] Via [Gizmodo]

No clear decision on if this is a fake or not, but this seems to be a video of Apple next operating system, OS X Leopard. One of the key new features displayed are tabs within finder. We will find out all the details during Apple’s WWDC (worldwide developer conference) in San Francisco, Aug 7-11 where Steve Jobs will showcase new Leopard features as well as maybe drop a new iPod mini, and one more thing…

In an interview with Jim Louderback of PC World Michael Dell admitted that he would love to sell computer models that run Apple’s OS X. In the past we have heard rumors of Sony considering selling VAIO laptops that run OS X, but this is the first time we have heard anything about Dell wanting to licence the operating system. I do not think it will ever happen (Steve Jobs would never go for it) but who know we have seen crazier things.

Read [PC World]