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Linux Journal Likes Mac OS X
sobchak writes "In an article from the latest issue of Linux Journal, Doc Searls and Brent Simmons review Mac OS X. It's a fair and balanced analysis, but is a definite thumbs up for Mac OS X from (yet another) respected Linux source. They stop just short of calling the new OS 'developer nirvana,' but did say, 'Last week we put Mac OS X on a Titanium laptop. It blew our minds.'"
Many common software and docs are available from the online (free) subscription to ADC. Just register online, and you should be able to get SDK and tool packages by download until your eyes bleed.
For beta participation and other NDA software, you'll need to fork over cash for a stronger ADC membership, but there is a student version if you qualify. Go for it.
Vos teneo officium eram periculosus ut vos recipero is.
What Spencerian Said. I've been an ADC student member for some time and I think it's worth every penny -- I got a big (one-time) discount on a new Mac, and I get the latest releases of the OS almost as soon as they come out, which easily pays the cost of membership and then some. OTOH, the regular (non-student) membership is pretty expensive, and probably only worth it if you're doing professional Mac development.
The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.
Yeah, I know two people who've gotten the student discount. Of course the thing to remember is it is a one time discount, both people that used the student discount got the most ultra top of the line Mac they could build and then applied their discount to it. The stipulation of the student membership is that you have to be enrolled at the school you say you are and when applying for a hardware discount they most likely will run a check.
I'm a loner Dottie, a Rebel.
I too joined the ADC as a student member. For your $99 you get a 10% to 20% once in a life time hardware discount (I got a 20% discount on my iBook in the UK), and all the developer goodness that they ship out. It's worth every penny if you're a developer and plan on getting a Mac soon.
ADB was short for Apple Desktop Bus. what you people might refer to as PS/2 maybe (i really dont know)? ADB died when the macs added USB and lost their serial ports and floppy drives. anyway my point being if you say a new (usb stock) Mac has an ADB keyboard, you would get some confused looks from Mac users.
anyway to the point of your problem about events..... sorry, can't help.