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I enjoy Tufte's I.D. lectures quite a bit, I went to one last year and it was very informative.
I liked the video as well, with a couple of exceptions:
1) In the video, Tufte has to bust out his Sparklines (the infographics that look like lightning bolts that he mentions in the section on stocks.) He claims these have thousands of pieces of information in them but the reality is that they're merely zig-zags. As the inventor of the sparkline, Tufte thinks they're the be-all and end-all of I.D.
2) I found it hilarious when Tufte showed how he would redesign the Weather program to show more information. He said something on the order of, the only bad information design is that which leaves out important information. Sorry, holmes, I don't need to see a time lapse of cloud patterns. The Apple weather design is elegant and succinct, yours is crowded, ugly and excessive.
I believe that statement was for the benefit of AT&T and future partners. The fact of the matter is that since June 30th, Apple has released only two updates to the iPhone software. Is this the action of a company desperate to keep people out? Jobs is not concerned with hackers playing around with iPhones. Presumably they bought them, Apple got paid.
I have a first-gen MacBook Pro so I can attest to Apple's first-gen foibles. I got a MacBook Pro 2 months ago. Before I downloaded 10.4.6 it was slow, clunky and crashy as hell, and my iSight and FrontRow didn't work.
I think it's due to the rapid innovation cycle Apple operates on. If Gateway takes an extra 6 months to ship some beige box, who cares? But Apple, as a niche operator, is much more conscious of staying up on trends and must constantly put out improved and upgraded product. Hell, my 1.83 Ghz MBP isn't even made any more.
The good news is that Apple continually sends out fixes and OS updates, both software and firmware, and its user base is an active and (generally) technically savvy bunch who love sharing what they learn. Being an early adopter isn't always easy, but it's very rewarding.
The parent stated that Windows would be "a hell of a lot faster" on the same hardware. The Berkeley article you reference states only that for statistical computing XP runs 10% faster. So opening Safari takes 1.8 seconds instead of 2.0? I think Grandma can live with that.
(On a side note, they didn't mention what version of Tiger they were using... the difference in speed between 10.4.5 and 10.4.6 was remarkable with my MBP.)
Good comparison, but there's one important thing to consider: Win 2000/XP is going to perform a hell of a lot better on the same hardware than OSX does. This machine is a monster of a PC unless you have some kind of special needs. This is the lowest-end OSX machine.
That's not true, I run the latest version of OS X for PPC on my G4/400 w/1 GB RAM and for normal operations it runs just as fast as my MacBook Pro runs the Intel version of 10.4.6 using 512 MB RAM.
My stepdaughter runs 10.3.9 on a G3/400 with 800 MB RAM with equal alacrity.
You must remember that unlike Windows, OS X isn't bloatware. Those iBooks (er... MacBooks) will run OS X like a dream.
How this crap got modded Insightful I'll never know.
I'm not so sure after seeing the new Apple commercials saying how PCs have all of these Viruses; however, Macs are not susceptible to them. This could get more people to purchase Macs and while it might not be as large a target, if the majority of the community isn't being cautious it could be seen as an easy target. You will see outbreaks of Mac viruses. It's only a matter of time.
I think we've already discussed to death that Mac virus security is not due to obscurity but rather due to sensible security practices built in. We've been hearing "it's only a matter of time before a virus brings the whole Mac community to their knees" drivel for years. Still waiting on that service pack?
As for Mac purchasers being more computer savy. I don't really consider the majority of the artsy, yuppies that are the majority of the Mac audiance to be over savy.
I'd have to say that with a Unix command prompt and OS X/WinBlows/Linux dual- and tri-boot capability you're gonna see a lot more fascinating possibilities for tinkering that appeal to true geeks. Perhaps not so much to the poltroons whose idea of originality in computing is to casemod a neon light and window onto their beige hunk-o-junk, or who use their (e)machines simply as pricy game consoles. If that makes me a artsy yuppie for wanting to delve into my computer's innards, then I'll switch my 2600 shirt for a cardigan and my ratty sneakers for penny loafers.
The only people who pine for OS 9 are people who haven't used it recently. I used an OS 9 machine at work (DON'T ask) until a couple of months ago and it was hell. Don't these OS 9 fans remember the crashes? My OS 9 machine crashed more times in one week than my OS X machine at home has EVER crashed. And this was on a G4 duallie with 2 gigs of ram.
And how about trying to force quit out of a frozen app? In OS 9, if you can even get to the force quit window after the app freezes, you basically have to reboot anyway.
I've always felt the photoshop tests were an absurd measure of a computer's speed. I run Photoshop CS1 on my G4/400 1GB at home. The only time I ran into a problem was attempting to work on a backlit movie poster for a theatre - 3x5 foot by 300 dpi, with layers, effects & filters. But that is an absurdly huge file. As a designer for 10 years, I never encountered a file that big.
The point is that today's computers are overpowered. The now-deprecated Quad 2.7 G5 is vastly more powerful than any Photoshop jockey needs. Unless you're rastering 3D shiz or crunching a full length DVD-quality movie (neither of which requires Photoshop) it's just gonna be an issue for most users.
My daughter (almost 2) loves computers, remote controls, cell phones and anything with buttons. It's hard not to read into her explorations an affinity for technology. I really want her to be a programmer, but obviously the ability to manipulate a mouse and make accidental phone calls on a mobile don't mean anything. More importantly, I can steer her toward areas that I think she enjoys and excels at (watching Teletubbies seems to be an early strong suit) but I shouldn't push the issue. I told wife I don't care if she becomes a programmer, but I want her to be a Handy Girl. She has to be able to swap RAM on a computer or fix a broken light fixture. If she wants to be a Marketing major in college and join a sorority, that's OK if it makes her happy and she can still TCB in the technological world.
My step-daughter (10) has her own computer (a G3 tower) and does NeoPets, iChat and email on it. She's learning how to type, how to find information on the web. She's totally a girly girl, but right now the battle is to keep her from being a princess.
I don't own an iPod because of the DRM issues. Some people might say that someone who won't buy an iPod because of the DRM issues is a bigger geek than someone who owns them.
Actually, someone who owns a iPod and has neutralized the DRM is far more geeky than someone who refuses to buy one altogether.
I'm running 10.4.3 on a G4/400 w/1gb RAM and 10.3.9 on a G3/400 w/800mb RAM without problems. I would have loaded Tiger on the Yosemite but I figured Dashboard and Spotlight would slow things down... and it's just a surfing & homework machine for my 9-year-old.
Personally, I've found OS X to be wonderfully compatible with older machines. My G4 is 5 years old, and the G3 is 6 years old, yet they run like a top.
Yeah, but you have to crack it for it to behave that way.
There are 2 good things about upgrades costing the same: 1) it's less intrusive. MS is gonna want to check your registration. Registration is completely optional on Macs. 2) You get a 2nd license, so you can sell your old DVD. There is absolutely no reason why you couldn't sell Panther once you've moved to Tiger.
As far as I'm aware, what you're doing is still illegal.
Illegal but not immoral, in my opinion.
There are already a number of Mac apps (like iTunes) that do this
Not in my experience. Obviously you need to have CC info on file to use the iTunes music store, but simply to organize your music, registration is completely optional. It's FREE software, why should it require registration?
They really don't care if OSX is pirated at this point sine you need to buy their expensive hardware to run it.
Surely there is a reason for using XP beyond being a cheapskate.
If this changes in Intel versions of OSX, you can be certain their will be some sort of activation.
I believe they will stay kid glove until they've built up market share. With a couple of notable exceptions, Jobs seems to resist being a jerk just to squeeze more money out of his customers.
I actually got Tiger to run on my Lombard by shoe-horning in a 30GB hard drive from an iBook. Ran like crap.
By the way, Panther worked great on my G4/400 but I do have a gig of ram. Tiger works fine too. You might want to invest in another half gig for your Sawtooth...
I am typing this on a G4/400 "Sawtooth" w/ 1 gig of RAM running Tiger, Adobe CS, and Macromedia MX. The only thing it doesn't do very well is crunching mad Photoshop pixels and occasionally rendering big Flash movies.
Of course, there is a big difference between a G4 and a G3.
Currently Apple requires NO serial number, registration, or any other verification to load OS X. People trade Jaguar, Panther & Tiger disk images on filesharing networks and they burn great. The same disks or legit copies can be used to load onto multiple machines on the same network. "Upgrades" bought from Apple require no previous version's SN to install, and cost the same as a brand new copy.
The big question is, does this new policy signal a change?I hope not, I appreciate Apple's laid back policy. Right now I'm trying to determine which flavor works best on my near-obsolete G3/333 "Lombard" Powerbook. It's convenient to be able to try out different options before I license a copy.
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These guys are going about it all wrong. Just come up with a child safety angle and your shit's gold, winston!
I enjoy Tufte's I.D. lectures quite a bit, I went to one last year and it was very informative.
I liked the video as well, with a couple of exceptions:
1) In the video, Tufte has to bust out his Sparklines (the infographics that look like lightning bolts that he mentions in the section on stocks.) He claims these have thousands of pieces of information in them but the reality is that they're merely zig-zags. As the inventor of the sparkline, Tufte thinks they're the be-all and end-all of I.D.
2) I found it hilarious when Tufte showed how he would redesign the Weather program to show more information. He said something on the order of, the only bad information design is that which leaves out important information. Sorry, holmes, I don't need to see a time lapse of cloud patterns. The Apple weather design is elegant and succinct, yours is crowded, ugly and excessive.
Apparently my brain is exhaustively preparing me for the possibility that I'll drive to work naked.
I believe that statement was for the benefit of AT&T and future partners. The fact of the matter is that since June 30th, Apple has released only two updates to the iPhone software. Is this the action of a company desperate to keep people out? Jobs is not concerned with hackers playing around with iPhones. Presumably they bought them, Apple got paid.
Hmmm, I have a MBP and (soon to be) 4 kids. Might save myself a vasectomy!
Where do you live? (Reaches for car keys)
I have a first-gen MacBook Pro so I can attest to Apple's first-gen foibles. I got a MacBook Pro 2 months ago. Before I downloaded 10.4.6 it was slow, clunky and crashy as hell, and my iSight and FrontRow didn't work.
I think it's due to the rapid innovation cycle Apple operates on. If Gateway takes an extra 6 months to ship some beige box, who cares? But Apple, as a niche operator, is much more conscious of staying up on trends and must constantly put out improved and upgraded product. Hell, my 1.83 Ghz MBP isn't even made any more.
The good news is that Apple continually sends out fixes and OS updates, both software and firmware, and its user base is an active and (generally) technically savvy bunch who love sharing what they learn. Being an early adopter isn't always easy, but it's very rewarding.
The parent stated that Windows would be "a hell of a lot faster" on the same hardware. The Berkeley article you reference states only that for statistical computing XP runs 10% faster. So opening Safari takes 1.8 seconds instead of 2.0? I think Grandma can live with that.
(On a side note, they didn't mention what version of Tiger they were using... the difference in speed between 10.4.5 and 10.4.6 was remarkable with my MBP.)
I wonder why the MacBook Pros -- arguably more performance-dependant, ship with single modules?
Good comparison, but there's one important thing to consider: Win 2000/XP is going to perform a hell of a lot better on the same hardware than OSX does. This machine is a monster of a PC unless you have some kind of special needs. This is the lowest-end OSX machine.
That's not true, I run the latest version of OS X for PPC on my G4/400 w/1 GB RAM and for normal operations it runs just as fast as my MacBook Pro runs the Intel version of 10.4.6 using 512 MB RAM.
My stepdaughter runs 10.3.9 on a G3/400 with 800 MB RAM with equal alacrity.
You must remember that unlike Windows, OS X isn't bloatware. Those iBooks (er... MacBooks) will run OS X like a dream.
How this crap got modded Insightful I'll never know.
I'm not so sure after seeing the new Apple commercials saying how PCs have all of these Viruses; however, Macs are not susceptible to them. This could get more people to purchase Macs and while it might not be as large a target, if the majority of the community isn't being cautious it could be seen as an easy target. You will see outbreaks of Mac viruses. It's only a matter of time.
I think we've already discussed to death that Mac virus security is not due to obscurity but rather due to sensible security practices built in. We've been hearing "it's only a matter of time before a virus brings the whole Mac community to their knees" drivel for years. Still waiting on that service pack?
As for Mac purchasers being more computer savy. I don't really consider the majority of the artsy, yuppies that are the majority of the Mac audiance to be over savy.
I'd have to say that with a Unix command prompt and OS X/WinBlows/Linux dual- and tri-boot capability you're gonna see a lot more fascinating possibilities for tinkering that appeal to true geeks. Perhaps not so much to the poltroons whose idea of originality in computing is to casemod a neon light and window onto their beige hunk-o-junk, or who use their (e)machines simply as pricy game consoles. If that makes me a artsy yuppie for wanting to delve into my computer's innards, then I'll switch my 2600 shirt for a cardigan and my ratty sneakers for penny loafers.
OK, have at me. I can take it!
Ah, USA Today, that bastion of journalistic excellence.
The only people who pine for OS 9 are people who haven't used it recently. I used an OS 9 machine at work (DON'T ask) until a couple of months ago and it was hell. Don't these OS 9 fans remember the crashes? My OS 9 machine crashed more times in one week than my OS X machine at home has EVER crashed. And this was on a G4 duallie with 2 gigs of ram.
And how about trying to force quit out of a frozen app? In OS 9, if you can even get to the force quit window after the app freezes, you basically have to reboot anyway.
I've always felt the photoshop tests were an absurd measure of a computer's speed. I run Photoshop CS1 on my G4/400 1GB at home. The only time I ran into a problem was attempting to work on a backlit movie poster for a theatre - 3x5 foot by 300 dpi, with layers, effects & filters. But that is an absurdly huge file. As a designer for 10 years, I never encountered a file that big.
The point is that today's computers are overpowered. The now-deprecated Quad 2.7 G5 is vastly more powerful than any Photoshop jockey needs. Unless you're rastering 3D shiz or crunching a full length DVD-quality movie (neither of which requires Photoshop) it's just gonna be an issue for most users.
The FA said that Mercer left the company before Jobs' return. His company was hired freelance to help with the very first iPod's interface.
My daughter (almost 2) loves computers, remote controls, cell phones and anything with buttons. It's hard not to read into her explorations an affinity for technology. I really want her to be a programmer, but obviously the ability to manipulate a mouse and make accidental phone calls on a mobile don't mean anything. More importantly, I can steer her toward areas that I think she enjoys and excels at (watching Teletubbies seems to be an early strong suit) but I shouldn't push the issue. I told wife I don't care if she becomes a programmer, but I want her to be a Handy Girl. She has to be able to swap RAM on a computer or fix a broken light fixture. If she wants to be a Marketing major in college and join a sorority, that's OK if it makes her happy and she can still TCB in the technological world.
My step-daughter (10) has her own computer (a G3 tower) and does NeoPets, iChat and email on it. She's learning how to type, how to find information on the web. She's totally a girly girl, but right now the battle is to keep her from being a princess.
I don't own an iPod because of the DRM issues. Some people might say that someone who won't buy an iPod because of the DRM issues is a bigger geek than someone who owns them.
Actually, someone who owns a iPod and has neutralized the DRM is far more geeky than someone who refuses to buy one altogether.
I'm running 10.4.3 on a G4/400 w/1gb RAM and 10.3.9 on a G3/400 w/800mb RAM without problems. I would have loaded Tiger on the Yosemite but I figured Dashboard and Spotlight would slow things down... and it's just a surfing & homework machine for my 9-year-old.
Personally, I've found OS X to be wonderfully compatible with older machines. My G4 is 5 years old, and the G3 is 6 years old, yet they run like a top.
Yeah, but you have to crack it for it to behave that way.
There are 2 good things about upgrades costing the same: 1) it's less intrusive. MS is gonna want to check your registration. Registration is completely optional on Macs. 2) You get a 2nd license, so you can sell your old DVD. There is absolutely no reason why you couldn't sell Panther once you've moved to Tiger.
As far as I'm aware, what you're doing is still illegal.
Illegal but not immoral, in my opinion.
There are already a number of Mac apps (like iTunes) that do this
Not in my experience. Obviously you need to have CC info on file to use the iTunes music store, but simply to organize your music, registration is completely optional. It's FREE software, why should it require registration?
They really don't care if OSX is pirated at this point sine you need to buy their expensive hardware to run it.
Surely there is a reason for using XP beyond being a cheapskate.
If this changes in Intel versions of OSX, you can be certain their will be some sort of activation.
I believe they will stay kid glove until they've built up market share. With a couple of notable exceptions, Jobs seems to resist being a jerk just to squeeze more money out of his customers.
AOL -- repacking free stuff and selling it! How could it not be successful?
I actually got Tiger to run on my Lombard by shoe-horning in a 30GB hard drive from an iBook. Ran like crap.
By the way, Panther worked great on my G4/400 but I do have a gig of ram. Tiger works fine too. You might want to invest in another half gig for your Sawtooth...
Dood, I have 2 kids and a pregnant wife and a daytime job that has nothing to do with tinkering with old powerbooks. I'm a little busy...
I am typing this on a G4/400 "Sawtooth" w/ 1 gig of RAM running Tiger, Adobe CS, and Macromedia MX. The only thing it doesn't do very well is crunching mad Photoshop pixels and occasionally rendering big Flash movies.
Of course, there is a big difference between a G4 and a G3.
Currently Apple requires NO serial number, registration, or any other verification to load OS X. People trade Jaguar, Panther & Tiger disk images on filesharing networks and they burn great. The same disks or legit copies can be used to load onto multiple machines on the same network. "Upgrades" bought from Apple require no previous version's SN to install, and cost the same as a brand new copy.
The big question is, does this new policy signal a change?I hope not, I appreciate Apple's laid back policy. Right now I'm trying to determine which flavor works best on my near-obsolete G3/333 "Lombard" Powerbook. It's convenient to be able to try out different options before I license a copy.