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From what I remember the funky file system was the last piece of the Cario product/suite of technologies to need to ship since Allchin announced it in 1991. Sadly for Allchin, they were unable to deliver on the last great promise of Cario before he leaves, and the poor guy waited 15 years for it too.
I am pretty sure the EULA doesn't say that XP is explicitly not licensed from running on a Mac. In this respect the code has been reverse engineered to increase compatibility which would exclude it from the DCMA. So I wouldn't be worried about Bill Gates and his legal hounds seeing me run an original retail activeated copy of XP on a MacBook Pro as they've sold another license for XP.
The OS X license is explicit in that OS X is only licensed for running on official Apple Macintosh hardware. In this respect the code has been reverse engineered to evade a copy protection machanism which definitely brings it under the DCMA. So I would be worried about Steve Jobs and his legal hounds seeing me run an a hacked up copy of OS X on a Dell Inspiron as Apple have not benefitted in any way.
Apple could very easily make a version of OS X for generic PCs without any external help given that they have the source code. The only reason I can imagine that Apple would benefit from Maxxuss' work, is by finding holes in their protection mechanisms - but in that case they wouldn't let him release it would they?
I really don't think Apple want to release OS X for generic PCs at this point, simply because they are once again profitable selling some very desirable machines (iPod included) but also because it means going up against Microsoft and focusing on the fight instead of the product.
Yes that has happened once. The main problem though seems to be updates, with Maxxuss (the guy who patches OS X to run on generic PCs) being kept busy having to patch with each new release. I think Apple will have to accept that they will never make the uncrackable safe, but just focus on making it a pain for the generic x86 user to keep up with all the cracks.
Or perhaps they'll just take out a contract on Maxxuss - that kind of thing must be dirt cheap in Russia!
Wish I had the bandwidth to help you Colin. Have you considered using BitTorrent instead and just downloading the.torrent from your "How much have you spent on a Mac because of winxponmac?" as that'll deal perfectly with the mad rush.
Might be worth mentioning if people can put ads on the download page - then someone will be able to make a few bucks from their spare bandwidth.
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 has run on x86, Alpha, PowerPC, MIPS, Itanium so it's got a pretty flexible hardware abstraction layer. Luckily for MS they were on x86 from the start and it's success has mean't they didn't need to transition wholesale in the way Apple has - if they did it would be a far hardware job for MS as they don't dictate the hardware.
I don't understand why some people are so negative about something which gives the user greater flexibility and choice. I love using OS X for my personal needs, but my job requires Windows and CounterStrike:Source requires DirectX, so it's made my MacBook Pro even more flexible and that can only be a good thing.
Whilst I can imagine that some software producers will look at the situation and say "The Mac now runs Windows so we don't need to produce a Mac native version", I think the ability to boot Windows tears down one barrier to buying a Mac...if you have to run Windows then you don't need to compromise and buy a Windows only machine.
Finally, I know you can buy a regular PC and dual-boot with a hacked copy of OS X, but it's illegal, whereas dual booting a genuine retail copy of XP on a Mac is legal and that makes it a real option for the workplace. I look forward to taking my MacBook everywhere and leaving that chunky Dell on the table...someone needs to start producing 200GB+ 2.5" 7200rpm drives fast!
It's the newspaper industry...the "paper" part should have already alerted the industry to the fact that they were in trouble, couple that with steadily declining sales and booming internet usage and the message has been loud and clear for a good few years now. Still, it makes a good headline for one of News Corps papers "Murdoch says newspapers f****d!".
I liked the bit at the end of the article which credits the News Corp move to Wapping as "paving the way for developments such as colour printing, supplements and websites."...now that's news to me!
Depends on how good the music, film or game is. If I am listening to the music or playing the game after a few days then I buy it - for movies it's more a case of if I think I want to watch it again then i'll buy it.
1. How long has it been since you bought a physical music CD? 2. How long has it been since you were in an actual music store? 3. How long has it been since you bought a physical movie DVD?
1. Two weeks ago I ordered the Arctic Monkeys CD online after it staying on the iPod for a few days. 2. Long time because I don't see the point, I know what I want to buy and it's cheaper online. 3. Couple of months ago I bought Sin City after knowing I would watch it again.
I would much rather it, if I could donate directly to the artists as opposed to paying for a copy of the physical media. It seems torrents, P2P, Usenet, IRC and every other digital distribution medium do a hell of a good job of making artists works available to consumers, so if the artists would just the final step and expect their payment directly from the "consumer", then we would be rid of the legacy of the physical domain.
It's this legacy which is currently refusing to accept that it's business model is dead, which is causing all the problems (from DRM to making file sharing teens into criminals) instead of trying to claim that their business has some special protection and should be able to continue to sell digital content as if it's the 1980's.
They could if they implemented it as a GBA cart where they've got 32MB of ROM and 64K of RAM mapped into the address spaces of both the ARM7 and the ARM9 - although it's no doubt much slower to use. Lets face it, there may even be a way of using the DS cart address space that is only known to Nintendo as the address space is only unofficially documented for the lowest 256MB and top 64KB (although it could all be documented in the official Nintendo Nitro SDK - anyone?).
Still, i'll be very pleased if Opera are able to run a nice browser with Javascript and a usable DOM on the DS - a comfy browser in the pocket would be well recieved by many DS owners.
With the lower touch sensitive screen showing the scaled page and the top showing the page at 100% it would be quite comfortable to scroll around using the pen. Use the shoulder buttons to swap screens when you want to use forms or click links it could be pretty usable. I guess it's not going to be that powerful however considering the memory limitations (4MB RAM although I guess code and resources can be run inplace from the cart). I just hope I can put the browser on the M3 (with Passkey2) for convenience.
I've got to admit that I am a convert to the DS after intially being sceptical (but simply being unable to resist the allure of Mario Kart DS). Since then the DS has done nothing but impress, from the limited but flexible hardware to some of the most innovative games I have played in a long time (Trauma Center, Pac Pix, Nintendogs etc all make excellent use of the touch screen).
I understand your confusions as the word universal does suggest something more than the reality, whic is that Universal Binaries are universal to the Power PC and x86 versions (possibly 68K) of OS X. So it had no impact whatsoever on Windows apps.
This is the internet age and I definitely want a browser with my OS in the same way as I wanted a text editor with my OS years ago, but that's not to suggest I want that browser to be surgically inserted into the guts of my OS.
Well Windows Vista setup boots, but there is no graphics driver for the UGA BIOS so you don't see anything - but remember the keypresses to exit Vista setup and Robert is your mothers brother the computer reboots.
So it seems the like "Running Windows natively" problem has become one of getting Windows drivers for the Mac hardware which given most of it is now Intel standard stuff means we are really waiting for Apple or Microsoft (or perhaps ATI) to release that driver or for someone to hack the Windows driver to work with the Mac BIOSed X1600s.
* In the three days I spent trying out Kylix, it did not crash, not once.
Three days isn't really enough time to tell if a more than trivial program is going to crash, especially given that your code coverage of the IDE's codebase was very unlikely to have been anywhere near 100% in that short period of time.
VIC 20 -> 64 -> Amiga -> PC -> Still waiting for my MacBook Pro
In terms of impact, the VIC 20 will always have the advantage of being the first time I could sit down alone and let my imagination run riot, but the Amiga still remains my firm favourite.
It's probably for the best for users that MS do not include their own AV for few reasons:
o A diverse population of AV is better for stopping virus epidemics o MS need to concentrate on securing the OS itself and not rely on AV to cure the cold o Some AV vendors manage to write exploitable AV and MS could too
It's probably for the best for MS if they do not include their own AV for a few reasons:
o Bundling & Anti-Trust o Selling AV subscriptions
The article does not say anything about anything being unsigned - just that the media protection check is not present on the disc so it doesn't matter if the contents are on a pressed DVD, DVD-R or the HD. The code on the disc is still signed so any change to the executable would invalidate the signature and stop the code from running. That's why corngood puts boxxa's incorrect post down to a lack of comprehension and not a failure to RTFA.
I am appalled by the underhanded, dangerous and wasteful DRM scheme you have put on product x, so I shall not purchase it.
Yours truly,
A. Consumer
You can be sure that hundreds or thousands of letters like that, with a decline in sales is going to have more effect on their DRM policy than the threat of a court case. After all, with our courts, law makers and politicians allowing companies ever greater digital freedoms to protect their products at the expense of individuals rights, they may even win the right to root peoples machines.
If consumers don't complain loud enough, then other companies will feel that the "rootkit" style DRM is now acceptable and everyone will start doing it. I wonder what then happens when multiple DRM schemes are patching the kernel function table and adding filters to the IDE chain...my guess is that without some serious quality development and testing, lots of consumers are going to have dead Windows installs because they legally paid for "content-protected" music...meanwhile everyone else is happy with their MP3s.
Synthetic benchmarks aside, the Pentium M is already a very competitive processor and at 2.6Ghz it's topping many a benchmark. I do agree that the current Pentium M is not built for outright performance, afterall that is not it's current target market.
I have no doubt however, that if Intel are switching from Netburst to Pentium M as their basis for future Desktop and Xeon processors, then they will be improving them significantly in any way they can - they simply cannot afford to put up weak competition against the constantly improving AMD products.
Better IPC and IPW is exactly what the next generation based on Pentium M is for.
Even in it's current form the Pentium M can exceed the performance of even an Althon FX-55 at the same clock-speed with far lower power draw. When Intel transition this to the desktop as dual core with AMD64 (oops I meant EM64T) and a serious FSB it's going to give AMD a serious run for it's money.
Hopefully AMD is up to the task and we can all look forward to lots of new multithreaded apps and lower electricity bills...unless you have SLI and AGEIA to soak up the juice that is! Good riddance Netburst.
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From what I remember the funky file system was the last piece of the Cario product/suite of technologies to need to ship since Allchin announced it in 1991. Sadly for Allchin, they were unable to deliver on the last great promise of Cario before he leaves, and the poor guy waited 15 years for it too.
I am pretty sure the EULA doesn't say that XP is explicitly not licensed from running on a Mac. In this respect the code has been reverse engineered to increase compatibility which would exclude it from the DCMA. So I wouldn't be worried about Bill Gates and his legal hounds seeing me run an original retail activeated copy of XP on a MacBook Pro as they've sold another license for XP.
The OS X license is explicit in that OS X is only licensed for running on official Apple Macintosh hardware. In this respect the code has been reverse engineered to evade a copy protection machanism which definitely brings it under the DCMA. So I would be worried about Steve Jobs and his legal hounds seeing me run an a hacked up copy of OS X on a Dell Inspiron as Apple have not benefitted in any way.
Apple could very easily make a version of OS X for generic PCs without any external help given that they have the source code. The only reason I can imagine that Apple would benefit from Maxxuss' work, is by finding holes in their protection mechanisms - but in that case they wouldn't let him release it would they?
I really don't think Apple want to release OS X for generic PCs at this point, simply because they are once again profitable selling some very desirable machines (iPod included) but also because it means going up against Microsoft and focusing on the fight instead of the product.
Yes that has happened once. The main problem though seems to be updates, with Maxxuss (the guy who patches OS X to run on generic PCs) being kept busy having to patch with each new release. I think Apple will have to accept that they will never make the uncrackable safe, but just focus on making it a pain for the generic x86 user to keep up with all the cracks.
Or perhaps they'll just take out a contract on Maxxuss - that kind of thing must be dirt cheap in Russia!
Wish I had the bandwidth to help you Colin. Have you considered using BitTorrent instead and just downloading the .torrent from your "How much have you spent on a Mac because of winxponmac?" as that'll deal perfectly with the mad rush.
Might be worth mentioning if people can put ads on the download page - then someone will be able to make a few bucks from their spare bandwidth.
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 has run on x86, Alpha, PowerPC, MIPS, Itanium so it's got a pretty flexible hardware abstraction layer. Luckily for MS they were on x86 from the start and it's success has mean't they didn't need to transition wholesale in the way Apple has - if they did it would be a far hardware job for MS as they don't dictate the hardware.
Excellent work by Narf2006 and Blanka.
I don't understand why some people are so negative about something which gives the user greater flexibility and choice. I love using OS X for my personal needs, but my job requires Windows and CounterStrike:Source requires DirectX, so it's made my MacBook Pro even more flexible and that can only be a good thing.
Whilst I can imagine that some software producers will look at the situation and say "The Mac now runs Windows so we don't need to produce a Mac native version", I think the ability to boot Windows tears down one barrier to buying a Mac...if you have to run Windows then you don't need to compromise and buy a Windows only machine.
Finally, I know you can buy a regular PC and dual-boot with a hacked copy of OS X, but it's illegal, whereas dual booting a genuine retail copy of XP on a Mac is legal and that makes it a real option for the workplace. I look forward to taking my MacBook everywhere and leaving that chunky Dell on the table...someone needs to start producing 200GB+ 2.5" 7200rpm drives fast!
It's the newspaper industry...the "paper" part should have already alerted the industry to the fact that they were in trouble, couple that with steadily declining sales and booming internet usage and the message has been loud and clear for a good few years now. Still, it makes a good headline for one of News Corps papers "Murdoch says newspapers f****d!".
I liked the bit at the end of the article which credits the News Corp move to Wapping as "paving the way for developments such as colour printing, supplements and websites."...now that's news to me!
1. Two weeks ago I ordered the Arctic Monkeys CD online after it staying on the iPod for a few days.
2. Long time because I don't see the point, I know what I want to buy and it's cheaper online.
3. Couple of months ago I bought Sin City after knowing I would watch it again.
I would much rather it, if I could donate directly to the artists as opposed to paying for a copy of the physical media. It seems torrents, P2P, Usenet, IRC and every other digital distribution medium do a hell of a good job of making artists works available to consumers, so if the artists would just the final step and expect their payment directly from the "consumer", then we would be rid of the legacy of the physical domain.
It's this legacy which is currently refusing to accept that it's business model is dead, which is causing all the problems (from DRM to making file sharing teens into criminals) instead of trying to claim that their business has some special protection and should be able to continue to sell digital content as if it's the 1980's.
They could if they implemented it as a GBA cart where they've got 32MB of ROM and 64K of RAM mapped into the address spaces of both the ARM7 and the ARM9 - although it's no doubt much slower to use. Lets face it, there may even be a way of using the DS cart address space that is only known to Nintendo as the address space is only unofficially documented for the lowest 256MB and top 64KB (although it could all be documented in the official Nintendo Nitro SDK - anyone?).
Still, i'll be very pleased if Opera are able to run a nice browser with Javascript and a usable DOM on the DS - a comfy browser in the pocket would be well recieved by many DS owners.
With the lower touch sensitive screen showing the scaled page and the top showing the page at 100% it would be quite comfortable to scroll around using the pen. Use the shoulder buttons to swap screens when you want to use forms or click links it could be pretty usable. I guess it's not going to be that powerful however considering the memory limitations (4MB RAM although I guess code and resources can be run inplace from the cart). I just hope I can put the browser on the M3 (with Passkey2) for convenience.
I've got to admit that I am a convert to the DS after intially being sceptical (but simply being unable to resist the allure of Mario Kart DS). Since then the DS has done nothing but impress, from the limited but flexible hardware to some of the most innovative games I have played in a long time (Trauma Center, Pac Pix, Nintendogs etc all make excellent use of the touch screen).
I understand your confusions as the word universal does suggest something more than the reality, whic is that Universal Binaries are universal to the Power PC and x86 versions (possibly 68K) of OS X. So it had no impact whatsoever on Windows apps.
This is the internet age and I definitely want a browser with my OS in the same way as I wanted a text editor with my OS years ago, but that's not to suggest I want that browser to be surgically inserted into the guts of my OS.
Well Windows Vista setup boots, but there is no graphics driver for the UGA BIOS so you don't see anything - but remember the keypresses to exit Vista setup and Robert is your mothers brother the computer reboots.
So it seems the like "Running Windows natively" problem has become one of getting Windows drivers for the Mac hardware which given most of it is now Intel standard stuff means we are really waiting for Apple or Microsoft (or perhaps ATI) to release that driver or for someone to hack the Windows driver to work with the Mac BIOSed X1600s.
Three days isn't really enough time to tell if a more than trivial program is going to crash, especially given that your code coverage of the IDE's codebase was very unlikely to have been anywhere near 100% in that short period of time.
Simple when you say it like that...and ignore the issue of proving you are you. Maybe that's what the huge DNA database is for.
VIC 20 -> 64 -> Amiga -> PC -> Still waiting for my MacBook Pro
In terms of impact, the VIC 20 will always have the advantage of being the first time I could sit down alone and let my imagination run riot, but the Amiga still remains my firm favourite.
It's probably for the best for users that MS do not include their own AV for few reasons:
o A diverse population of AV is better for stopping virus epidemics
o MS need to concentrate on securing the OS itself and not rely on AV to cure the cold
o Some AV vendors manage to write exploitable AV and MS could too
It's probably for the best for MS if they do not include their own AV for a few reasons:
o Bundling & Anti-Trust
o Selling AV subscriptions
So this news is only really negative for Viruses.
Hear hear!
The article does not say anything about anything being unsigned - just that the media protection check is not present on the disc so it doesn't matter if the contents are on a pressed DVD, DVD-R or the HD. The code on the disc is still signed so any change to the executable would invalidate the signature and stop the code from running. That's why corngood puts boxxa's incorrect post down to a lack of comprehension and not a failure to RTFA.
Rename the .zip file to .piz is my workaround.
You can be sure that hundreds or thousands of letters like that, with a decline in sales is going to have more effect on their DRM policy than the threat of a court case. After all, with our courts, law makers and politicians allowing companies ever greater digital freedoms to protect their products at the expense of individuals rights, they may even win the right to root peoples machines.
If consumers don't complain loud enough, then other companies will feel that the "rootkit" style DRM is now acceptable and everyone will start doing it. I wonder what then happens when multiple DRM schemes are patching the kernel function table and adding filters to the IDE chain...my guess is that without some serious quality development and testing, lots of consumers are going to have dead Windows installs because they legally paid for "content-protected" music...meanwhile everyone else is happy with their MP3s.
Synthetic benchmarks aside, the Pentium M is already a very competitive processor and at 2.6Ghz it's topping many a benchmark. I do agree that the current Pentium M is not built for outright performance, afterall that is not it's current target market.
I have no doubt however, that if Intel are switching from Netburst to Pentium M as their basis for future Desktop and Xeon processors, then they will be improving them significantly in any way they can - they simply cannot afford to put up weak competition against the constantly improving AMD products.
Better IPC and IPW is exactly what the next generation based on Pentium M is for.
Even in it's current form the Pentium M can exceed the performance of even an Althon FX-55 at the same clock-speed with far lower power draw. When Intel transition this to the desktop as dual core with AMD64 (oops I meant EM64T) and a serious FSB it's going to give AMD a serious run for it's money.
Hopefully AMD is up to the task and we can all look forward to lots of new multithreaded apps and lower electricity bills...unless you have SLI and AGEIA to soak up the juice that is! Good riddance Netburst.