would love to get source code of that app :D

calisse c'est d'la marde!

Computer 'photo albums' have been around since Moses got his first PC !

The only advantage to MS "Max" seems to be for newbies too stupid to place all their pics in the ~same~ folder on their hard drive.

The Computer Rodent

I think some people are missing the point of this "technology demonstration". While it is mostly useless and just eyecandy, it gives you a hint of what WinFX will be bringing to Windows Vista and Windows XP. It has snappy performance, smooth graphics, and a simple clean interface.

In terms of "trying to be like Google"...so what? Everyone likes what Google is doing so why can't Microsoft (or any other company) allow people to play around with things they're working on? It gives consumers a better chance to give them feedback on the types of products we'd like to see. Can you imagine if Microsoft had kept XP Powertoys a secret?

Not very impressed, seems like a real memory hawg, after it took 2 attempts to get it installed, I was not impressed at all, I got other photo managers that do more without taking up so many resources.

I had the same issue on my end. It seemed like a double install process. I was looking to be wowed only to be disappointed.

"Tomorrow...who knows?" ??? is Microsoft trying to sound cool like Google? I know Google adds some phrases to its products and I guess Microsoft wants to try that too. So copying software and phrases damn this people are desperate!!

I'd say whoooooppiee de dooo too only the GD thing won't work for me because I'm running Win 2000. Windows 2000 was and still is one of the most stable O/S's there is and M$ doesn't want to support it... and they sux for that! I almost never have a client with a Problem on a Windows 2000 box, most are Windows XP Home edition... I'd say 95% and the others are Win 98.

I still say that M$ should be supporting this for at least another 2 to 3 years.

The program that came with my DVD burner is probably better than this software anyway.

I agree Win2000 is a great OS. I'm running it right now at work. But if you were a company would you want to support something that is 5 years old? Probably not...

" almost never have a client with a Problem on a Windows 2000 box, most are Windows XP Home edition... I'd say 95% and the others are Win 98."

If your clients have any Win XP Home or 98 boxes then someone is doing something wrong. I have a network of around 200 PC that I administer and I do not have any problems with XP Pro. Of course it may just be how they are configured, "right".

When I say clients... let me make it more clear - Home Owners computers. I am an independent computer repair tech... I also run web servers, build and design web sites, and host many sites on my own servers.

XP Pro blows XP Home out of the water... XP Pro is more Windows 2000 than XP Home could ever be. When ever I have a client asking me what is their best buy and I will always mention XP Pro as being a better O/S as well has much better security. No arguement there.

When I was 16 to 25 years old 5 years seemed like a long time... but as you get older, say 40'sh... you'll soon see that 5 years goes by in a blink. And yes if I had a client that I built a program for 7 years ago - I would still help them out today, because that's good business.

There are enough new buyers everyday to keep a good working O/S being sold and on the market. They still make cars with 4 wheels 105 - 115 years later... granted there have been many new upgrades. The cars that were built in the 50's and 60's still use gasoline, mind you in some cases they need to add an aditive such as a lead supliment. I can still buy the same motor for my 1992 jeep and drop it into my truck with out any problem.

The whole point is we are being forced into upgrading to a new O/S as opposed to doing it of free choice. If it can run on XP it should be able to run on Win 2000, XP was built on the 2000 foundation in the first place.

When Windows 98 was taken off the market it made good sense because it had no security on it in the first place, Windows 2000/2003 are very stable O/S's and are pretty much self contained, only now if the letters XP are not somewhere in your source code of your O/S than software that comes out from M$ will not install on your box... call me crazy but where XP was designed on the 2000 foundation should it not also run on Win 2000?

I do realize that a few of the folks that who will read this do not agree and they've pointed this out before... no need to post a reply to this because I've read it all before and as you can very well see it did not make a difference the last 3 times you complained to me about it and it won't make me change my mind today.

:o) Ain't Life Grand... Yeeehawwww!

Whoopie doo!

Tommorrow who knows? Maybe even Microsoft will have something compatible with WIn XP64 :-)

I tried out this program, but ended up uninstalling it. I was hoping that I could create slideshows and then burn them to DVD. But right now all that you can do is share your slideshows with other people who have downloaded Max. It's "pretty" but somewhat limited right now.

Ahh, but tomorrow...who knows? :P

Agreed. If I could set music and burn to DVD, or even export to a WMV or AVI, that would be great. However, in its current form, it's really just a pyramid scheme to get people to download their app and install WinFX runtime.

Honestly, if I need similar functionality, Picasa works just fine.

Photodex ProShow Gold is much more powerful..and you can burn straight to a Video DVD

Bland, bland, bland... long live iPhoto