Mac OS X 10.1.5 Update Available

krugdm writes "The Mac OS X 10.1.5 update which was hinted at in the MS Office update changelog is now available through Software Update. From the updater: 'Update 10.1.5 delivers enhancements which improve the reliability of Mac OS X applications, delivers improved networking, security, support for PC Card serial communication devices, and expanded peripheral device support.'"

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Rage Pro

[mr100percent]

It now supports 2D hardware acceleration and Quicktime support for the Rage Pro. Finally, the rev/A iMacs and iBooks can use OS X faster. Works quite well, windows on it seem snappier.

Re:Intel?

[foobar104]

Maybe because it already happened before but was killed because Apple did not want to sell Mac OS for x86?

Sure, the Star Trek project. That project failed for the obvious reasons:

1. Apple didn't think it likely that PC vendors would choose to bundle a Mac OS for Intel with their systems, and Apple didn't like the odds of trying to sell an after-market OS to customers that already had one for their computers.

2. Apple didn't want to start a political battle with Motorola by appearing to endorse Intel's CPUs over the PowerPC.

3. Apple was-- and is-- a hardware company, not a software company. Porting the OS to another platform would do nothing but reduce Apple's hardware revenues, which would very quickly be self-defeating.

Same reasons Apple wouldn't want to port OS X to any other architecture. So the question stands: why would anybody assume that Apple would want to port their OS to a non-Apple hardware platform?

Re:Intel?

[doooras]

3. Apple was-- and is-- a hardware company, not a software company.

This statement is posted quite often, but I have to (somewhat) disagree. Apple is not just a hardware company. Apple is a COMPUTER company. They make the whole shebang, the hardware, the OS, and a lot of the best software for the platform. Very few other companies can say that. (Sun, IBM, HP, perhaps... with various Unices in ONLY the server market)

I am glad that Apple doesn't port to x86. As a long time windows/linux user, I can say that I was surprised at how much I love my Mac systems. OS X, how I love thee. /3

Re:Unsanity hack to enable Quartz AA.

[PsychoSpunk]

It probably intercepts system calls and "fixes" things. Unfortunately, this means that you have to have an extra layer to capture the calls and it adds overhead. This is, as they say, an elegant hack for the meantime.