12-13-2008, 02:10 AM | #1 |
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idrive based on unix/apple , ms windows or other?
Does anyone know what computer program idrive is based on??
Heard from a friend that some car companies didn't want ms near their cars because windows is too buggy. |
12-13-2008, 12:17 PM | #2 |
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Usually a proprietary OS, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was something like VxWorks or similar OS. It for SURE isn't MS based!
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12-13-2008, 12:25 PM | #3 |
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First gen iDrive in the 2001 7 series was based on Windows.
Second Gen is based on vxWorks which is kind of like a UNIX based real time operating system. I am not sure what the third gen is using. This article states the new iDrive is the 4th gen which I don't agree with. http://stage.bmwcca.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3284 It states the difference between the second an third gen is the favorites buttons which I find dumb. That is not enough to call it a generation newer. So I consider there to be three major revisions. Also, I would barely call the new iDrive a generation change. The changed the menu and put the software on a hard disc. But you still cannot say "find the nearest starbucks" for example which is available in a $18k Ford. So I see the 4th gen, if you can call it that to be more of a marketing release where very little R&D has occured and the Nav is the same as before from a functional input standpoint. Don't get me wrong, I like idrive but the changes and improvements come ever so slowly.
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I agree my daughters Accura takes voice commands, I'm not really interested in a new menu I want to be able to tell it to do stuff.
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