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Mac OS X x86 Put To The Test
stivi writes "ZDNet has tested Mac OS X x86 on a Toshiba laptop. The article discusses installation process, performance and power consumption comparison and has a thorough photo gallery as well." From the article: "Mac OS X will not be available on any old x86 PC, though, as Apple wants to retain control over its hardware platform. From the company's point of view, this is an understandable position, as the margins on Apple-branded computers are much higher than is usual for standard x86 PCs. Were Apple to put the x86 version of its operating system on general release, Dell would begin to manufacture Apple clones. This would put enormous pressure on the price of Apple's own computers -- something the company is naturally keen to avoid."
One of the less-touted aspects of the 10.4.3 update for both platforms was "enhanced compatibility with FAT16." Who the hell cares, you ask.
Better question: What still uses FAT16 specifically?
The Dell Restore partition you get when CTRL-F11-ing at startup.
Food for thought?
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Try these:
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All Apple motherboards are manufactured by a company named Foxconn, probably in the same Shanghai factory as the boards you mention (If you look inside the case at the I/O ports on the back of the motherboards you own, chances are they say "Foxconn" in really little letters).
Give a man fire, and you warm him for the night. Set a man on fire, and you warm him for the rest of his life.
The reason Lexus engines fit in Toyotas, is because they are Toyota engines. Lexus is Toyota. When Toyota wanted to sell cars to Americans, they created the Lexus brand (Luxury Export to the U.S. = LEXUS). That way they can rebadge their cars as Lexus and charge an extra few thousand.
Solaris runs on x86.
So you're saying Apple has a monopoly on PCs? Obviously, you don't believe that. So you must think they have a monopoly on Operating Systems? No? Well, what exactly does Apple have a monopoly on then? OSX? A monopoly is defined based on controlling a market for a type of good or service, not based on being the sole producer of a particular product within that market. OSX is not a market. It's a product in a market, and has a pretty small market share at that.
I personally work in a factory that produces steering wheels/shift levers/dash panels for both Toyota (and of course) Lexus. If we misform a Toyota steering wheel we repair it (usually with a little super glue) and it looks good as new. ANY problems with any of our lexus parts and they go to the scrap dock instantly no matter how small the defect. Yes, the parts are interchangable between a Lexus and Toyota for the most part. The difference is in the quality standards we adhere to at the factory.
71.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Linux does little to take advantage of hardware acceleration in the GUI or core libraries. OS X does.
Linux's support for many kinds of hardware is a complete hack (wifi anyone?). I used Linux as my primary desktop OS from 1998 until 2003 when I bought a Mac, and I have Debian on said Mac, and I still shudder when friends ask for help getting XXX piece of new hardware to work.
Even today, Linux often makes you worry about crap that most OS X users don't even know exists - like the particular chipset and power management system your motherboard uses.
Linux is _NOT_ a glowing example of good hardware/software integration.
The windows driver model (WDM), is, quite frankly, one of the most impressive parts of the entire operating system. It is quite a bit more flexible and a lot easier to use than the unix model, and is so simply because there are so many cheap-ass broken devices out there.
I'm sorry, but you are just wrong. The parent is correct, and obviously you've never tried to develop a device driver and in fact are an end-user at best. I have done drivers, and let me tell you - unix is a pain in the ass to develop for. There are no standard classes, interfaces, or architectures for developing a device - simply "is this a block or character device". How quaint. You get to jump through hoops and develop the entire thing yourself, with no real framework to work in. At least Microsoft provides you that much.
Microsoft blames device drivers for a simple reason: 99% of them suck ass and are written by hardware hacks who just don't understand software and can't write it to save their lives. The only reason a BSD/Unix/Linux driver will be any better is because someone more familiar with _software_ will be writing it.
The copper bosses killed you, Joe. 'I never died', said he.
Wrong.
When Toyota wanted to sell cars to Americans, they sold Toyotas. I think that's pretty obvious now since they are the #2 or #3 selling brand in the states? Toyota wanted to sell luxury vehicles and had attempted to buy Porsche (or BMW) in the early to mid 80s but the Germans didn't want the Japanese to own a German brand so they put the money together to prevent that. Toyota then opted to build a luxury brand where quality would trickle down into their regular Toyota line instead of trying to hybridize two entirely different manufacturing lines.
And "Lexus" doesn't stand for Luxury Export to the US. Just as Ford doesn't stand for Found on Road Dead and Pontiac doesn't stand for Poor 'Ol Nigga Thinks Its A Cadillac.
The last car rebadged into being a "Lexus" was the Altezza aka IS300. But that car came with a 2.5L and diesel engines instead of the 3.0 that was found here. All the new Lexus models are sold as Lexus, even in Japan.
None of the sedan/coupe V8s are found in the Toyota line. The 300 found in the GS300 is only found in the GS. The 250 found in the new IS is only found in the new IS. The 350 found in the new IS shares the same block with the Avalon. The V8 found in the GX470 and LX470 are also found in the Tundra, Landcruiser, 4runner and Sequoia. and it was only until recently that they were the same V8 (vvti, i believe).
As far as price, yes, their is a premium charged for the Lexus counterpart of a toyota (which stands as only the ES, LX, and GX). For example, the Camry fully loaded is about 27.5k. An ES330 with a 3.3L engine and extra 35 hp & 43 ft-lbs torque (has more options) starts at 32.5k. The ES330 has a longer warranty, better crash testing numbers, and slightly better gas mileage.
But that's with any luxury car company. Just because you don't see MB or BMW here in the states with a small engined turbo diesels doesn't mean that they aren't sold like that.
They already do this.
http://developer.apple.com/devicedrivers/
Someone from the Open Source crowd wants to write a driver for a piece of hardware? knock yourselves out. Everything you need from Apple is available freely. Of course, you also need data from the hardware manufacturer, who may not be so open.