What forthcoming software apps are you most looking forward to?

[Ian Osborne]

What applications, games and other such software packages are you most looking forward to? Which of your favourite apps is about to get a welcome update?

Being a Mac user, the programs I'm keenest on are:

• Mac OSX: Leopard
We'll have to wait until June for its super secret features to be revealed, and then until October for the release, but hey, it'll be good...

• iLife 07
It missed MacWorld, and will probably be released to coincide with Leopard.

So what are you PC guys and gals most looking forward to? The forthcoming Vista service pack? IE8? Anything else?

 

[JonnyFive]

Games, baby:

-Bioshock
-Bioshock
-Bioshock!

 

[Wowbagger]

the next edition of Microsoft Visual Studio, mostly. (It is a software development suite, not creative arts software. I always hated that name.)

Maybe some of the upcoming Microsoft Expression products won't be so bad. I'll have to check them out, though, before I decide.

Of course, the next version of whatever Adobe is doing is bound to be cool, perhaps. Especially now that the competition could heat up.

As far as games are concerned: Spore!!!!

 

[jnelso99]

Spore

 

[Blackwell]

VisiCalc 2.0

 

[JonnyFive]

VisiCalc 2.0

Dude, all the cool kids are using Lotus 1-2-3.

 

[Dragonrock]

Spore

Seconded. If it's one tenth as cool as it looks then I'll never leave my computer again.

Wikipedia says final development costs are expected to be in excess of 20 million bucks. I wonder if that's gonna be some kind of record.

 

[Ian Osborne]

C'mon guys - we all know Duke Nukem Forever will pwn all gamez that have gone before it!

 

[JonnyFive]

C'mon guys - we all know Duke Nukem Forever will pwn all gamez that have gone before it!

It's based on the award winning Quake 2 Quake 3 Unreal Unreal 2 Unreal 3 something engine!

 

[Dragonrock]

It's based on the award winning Quake 2 Quake 3 Unreal Unreal 2 Unreal 3 something engine!

The word you're looking for is "Castle Wolfenstein 3D".

 

[JonnyFive]

The word you're looking for is "Castle Wolfenstein 3D".

Don't be silly. It's at least the Blake Stone engine.

 

[Dragonrock]

Don't be silly. It's at least the Blake Stone engine.

It's an FPS, how many ways can there be to look down the barrel of a gun?

 

[Blackwell]

Dude, all the cool kids are using Lotus 1-2-3.

I'm holding out for the upgrade: Lotus 4-5-6

(Spore does look pretty cool...)

 

[Ian Osborne]

Does anyone know if there are any new (or updated) Linux distros on the way?

 

[Wowbagger]

iTunes for Windows Vista. (complete support, I mean.)

 

[geni]

Does anyone know if there are any new (or updated) Linux distros on the way?

Debian lenny 2008-2009
Fedora Rawhide May 24, 2007 maybe
Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon October 18th 2007 maybe
Gentoo 7.0 should turn up sometime this year.

 

[stormer]

ReactOS

They are trying to change the world from the inside out

 

[Brian Jackson]

Rhino 4.0 - 3D Nurbs modeling program (it's out now but I don't have it yet.)

MOTU Symphonic Instrument (orchestral multitrack sampler). Again, it's out now but awaiting $$$.

 

[Ian Osborne]

Does anyone know if QuarkXpress 8 is announced, or at least rumoured? I've seen a few websites mention it, but always in passing.

 

[Wowbagger]

Microsoft Bob 2008