14 DAY TRIAL // In what sounds like yet another bold move on behalf of the Cupertino-based corporation in relation to Windows users, Steve Jobs reportedly told his development team to fix Vista's bugs "so Bill Gates doesn't dominate the news for another 5 years!," sources inform. This of course is obviously fake, but is it so unlikely...?
The same source (via Ucs Technology News) says that weeks of fits and starts and the enormous amount of publicity Microsoft has received, while trying to fix the sea of bugs within its own operating system, have rendered Jobs "disgusted." As such, Apple is reportedly prepping to release their version of the complete Vista Service Pack SP1A, which will be available for download "within days," Apple employees close to Jobs are quoted.
The company, however, is offering updates lately which Windows platform users may or may not want to install. Safari 3.1 is the standard Mac OS X web browser. Windows users are also able to download and use Apple's web browser, but according to many PC users, the Apple Software Update dialog box, encouraging users to download the newly updated web browser, appeared even on the screens of non-Safari users.
"Earlier today, Apple released the Safari 3.1 Web browser for Mac OS and Windows XP/Vista. A couple hours later, Apple Software Update popped up on my daughter's Sony VAIO, offering Safari 3.1 for download," said Joe Wilcox of Microsoft Watch. "I didn't recall seeing an earlier version installed on the laptop. And I made no mistake: The Apple updater offered installation of new software, not something that had been there before. Whoa."
While Steve Jobs is one in 6.5 billion people (or more), we can't say we don't see him showing off, even prepping to roll out a huge fix to Microsoft's bugs, such as the SP1A for Vista. The company, however, does have experience with Vista issues, having already completed SP1A for Vista for dev teams inside the Cupertino labs that were testing the Apple Boot Camp and Parallels compatibility functions. So, naturally, they seem like the people for the job.