That oughta settle it, but please don't mutilate yourself just for being wrong.
Apple has used the term "dedicated" for their graphics slot in the past, like with the G3 tower that I own. In that case, it only meant that it is not a standard PCI slot, and will only accept AGP cards. The ATI card can be replaced.
A Harvard prof gets fired for doing Pamela Anderson downloads on a school-owned computer, and a Canadian company is selling a BS "privacy" product... This somehow warrents a Part Two to the summer book report that was submitted yesterday!?
Here's a clue: the lack of privacy on the Internet is not News For Nerds, it's News For Newbies.
Can pseudonymous downloading, "snoop-proof" e-mail, digital pseuds called "nyms," PDA-like machines, allegedly untraceable digi-cash and other changes in software and the architecture of cyberspace preserve privacy and restore some privacy and the idea of the "Inviolate Personality?"
Judging by how many stupid replies I had to scroll through to get to your intelligent comment, it is safe to say that a large chunk of/. has been successfully trolled by a couple of Mac rumor sites.
Like any good urban legend, it plays on conventional wisdom (we all know that Jobs is a mad dictator, right?), and should be completely impossible to verify (we know that both companies would deny it if it were true, so even if they deny it the myth remains).
To be fair windows does make it possible for end users to set up and work a pc without the amount of technical knowledge required to install linux.
There is not, nor has there ever been, a non-techie who could install Win95 or its children. They have to buy a PC with it pre-installed, or they have no chance. I have seen the results of lusers trying to roll their own... if you think rpm is too ugly for them, you should see the hideous results of the Windows Install Wizard.
Edison's approach, pedantic though it was, made him a very rich and successful inventor, who made massive improvements on a lot of technologies that were going nowhere without him.
Tesla, on the other hand, became a bitter and insane old man who though he could talk to aliens. History can decide who was the success... oh wait! It already has.
One that does my analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversions using 24-bit or better audio and runs outside the electronically noisy world of a computer case.
The Layla and the Digi000 are two examples. They have a PCI card to connect to your system, and put all the audio electronics in a rack-mounted unit. Until a good Firewire solution comes along, such a card is absolutely essential for HD recording of live audio, which is gradually replacing reel-to-reel tapes as the prefered semi-pro method of recording music.
A lot is made of the lack of slots on the current Mac towers, but consider the following:
1. Video - took up a PCI slot on older systems; the towers use a separate AGP. 2. Ethernet - built into the motherboard 3. USB & Firewire - ditto. 4. Sound - yup. Not pro-quality, perhaps, but better than your average SoundBlaster. 5 Bridging - A double-speed PCI slot with plenty of tower space means you can use a bridge to add a few more cards if you really need them.
If you are trying to use a lot of legacy equipment (paralell scanners, SCSI arrays, etc.) the lack of slots could be a problem, but since most of the things that people use cards for are already built in as standard equipment, 3 slots is plenty enough.
If you must have more, there are plenty of third-party add-ons that will let you do it. A single motherboard for their entire pro line (sans the new cube) helps keep costs relatively under control.
How many people are realizing that OS X is, essentially, a remake of NeXTStep?
1. Absolutely every last person who has seen any NeXT product ever. 2. Absolutely everybody who has read even one column describing MacOS X and the history of its development. 3. Pretty much everybody on/. who has read an Apple-related story in the past year.
Other than that, you are the only one to make the connection. Nice work.:)
At 8*8*10, you could carry it to a LAN party in a gym bag, and would even have room for mouse, keyboard, and cables. I used to do that with an old LCIII all the time back in "the day".
Yea, and what's with all this damned computer stuff on slashdot all the time? It takes precious bandwidth away from talking about what really matters: waffles.
Cal Tech is a very different universe than, say, Ball State or the University of Arizona. Most young EE's are major technophiles, so I could see why a mere iMac could not satisfy your hardware jones.
Unless, of course, you loaded up LinuxPPC to build a cluster of them and then ran a tetris game on the side of a 12-story tower, one monitor per pixel. That would just about justify it.:)
Are you an idiot or a troll? IBM's Power chips are the same chips.
The G3 & G4 are part of the PowerPC line of chips that were mutually designed by IBM, Motorolla and Apple. IBM uses them for servers and embedded systems, while Apple uses them for the Mac.
They require far, far less voltage than the Pentium and other popular x86 chips, which means they can run cooler at high speeds.
Fortunately the lack of a fan and small size means you can set it up on your desk instead of under it, so the paperclip hazard is a fairly low risk unless you are one of those people who thows them like darts at the ceiling tiles.
There is an AGP 2 slot, but it is taken by the video card. You can replace it, but it looks like you gotta buy the tower if you want multiple monitors.
You are so right. Why even stop at two buttons, or four?
Hey, I know. How about a separate button for each letter of the alphabet, along with buttons for numbers, functions, and meta keys.
Make it stationary on the desk with a standard QWERTY typewriter layout, and have a separate pointing device (which would only need one button, if the OS is designed right).
That would be me. I was one of many who thought that this would prove to be as much vapor as the 17" iMac and the 4-pound Subnotebook G3 that the rumor sites said would replace the Duo.
The rumor sites are still batting way under.300, though, so I still feel my skepticism was warrented.:)
Very keen. I like the flip-it-over-and-slide-the-whole-damn-thing-out access to expand it, in particular.
One small area of concern is that I don't see anywhere on these photos where an external SCSI card would fit. Does that perhaps mean I would need to use Firewire if I wanted to connect a big RAID to it?
For that matter, I saw nothing on the specs page about PCI slots. As an audio geek, this thing is useless to me if I can't drop a Layla DSP card into it.
I like the fact that there is no fan. Computers are too noisy these days. However, lack of PCI expansion basically makes this an iMac on steroids. I think I will stick to the tower unless it turns out that Apple's web page info is incomplete.
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Apple has used the term "dedicated" for their graphics slot in the past, like with the G3 tower that I own. In that case, it only meant that it is not a standard PCI slot, and will only accept AGP cards. The ATI card can be replaced.
Or, to save you following the link, under the Graphics support column of the specs page it says:
"ATI RAGE 128 Pro graphics card with 16MB of SDRAM graphics memory installed in a dedicated AGP 2X graphics slot"
Here's a clue: the lack of privacy on the Internet is not News For Nerds, it's News For Newbies.
Good grief, was that all one question?
Take a breath, Jon.
Look on the bright side, at least you only bet one.
Like any good urban legend, it plays on conventional wisdom (we all know that Jobs is a mad dictator, right?), and should be completely impossible to verify (we know that both companies would deny it if it were true, so even if they deny it the myth remains).
Best laugh I've had all morning.
There is not, nor has there ever been, a non-techie who could install Win95 or its children. They have to buy a PC with it pre-installed, or they have no chance. I have seen the results of lusers trying to roll their own... if you think rpm is too ugly for them, you should see the hideous results of the Windows Install Wizard.
Of course we know that this rumor is true, because Apple was bought by Disney last week, on the same day that Sun merged with Oracle.
Edison's approach, pedantic though it was, made him a very rich and successful inventor, who made massive improvements on a lot of technologies that were going nowhere without him.
Tesla, on the other hand, became a bitter and insane old man who though he could talk to aliens. History can decide who was the success... oh wait! It already has.
'nuff said, indeed.
NEWS FLASH! CPU Maker Announces Incremental Speed Increase; Chip Expected To Be Slightly Faster Than Previous Model
SETI@home. Duh.
The Layla and the Digi000 are two examples. They have a PCI card to connect to your system, and put all the audio electronics in a rack-mounted unit. Until a good Firewire solution comes along, such a card is absolutely essential for HD recording of live audio, which is gradually replacing reel-to-reel tapes as the prefered semi-pro method of recording music.
1. Video - took up a PCI slot on older systems; the towers use a separate AGP.
2. Ethernet - built into the motherboard
3. USB & Firewire - ditto.
4. Sound - yup. Not pro-quality, perhaps, but better than your average SoundBlaster.
5 Bridging - A double-speed PCI slot with plenty of tower space means you can use a bridge to add a few more cards if you really need them.
If you are trying to use a lot of legacy equipment (paralell scanners, SCSI arrays, etc.) the lack of slots could be a problem, but since most of the things that people use cards for are already built in as standard equipment, 3 slots is plenty enough.
If you must have more, there are plenty of third-party add-ons that will let you do it. A single motherboard for their entire pro line (sans the new cube) helps keep costs relatively under control.
1. Absolutely every last person who has seen any NeXT product ever. /. who has read an Apple-related story in the past year.
2. Absolutely everybody who has read even one column describing MacOS X and the history of its development.
3. Pretty much everybody on
Other than that, you are the only one to make the connection. Nice work. :)
At 8*8*10, you could carry it to a LAN party in a gym bag, and would even have room for mouse, keyboard, and cables. I used to do that with an old LCIII all the time back in "the day".
Yea, and what's with all this damned computer stuff on slashdot all the time? It takes precious bandwidth away from talking about what really matters: waffles.
Unless, of course, you loaded up LinuxPPC to build a cluster of them and then ran a tetris game on the side of a 12-story tower, one monitor per pixel. That would just about justify it. :)
The G3 & G4 are part of the PowerPC line of chips that were mutually designed by IBM, Motorolla and Apple. IBM uses them for servers and embedded systems, while Apple uses them for the Mac.
They require far, far less voltage than the Pentium and other popular x86 chips, which means they can run cooler at high speeds.
Fortunately the lack of a fan and small size means you can set it up on your desk instead of under it, so the paperclip hazard is a fairly low risk unless you are one of those people who thows them like darts at the ceiling tiles.
There is an AGP 2 slot, but it is taken by the video card. You can replace it, but it looks like you gotta buy the tower if you want multiple monitors.
Hey, I know. How about a separate button for each letter of the alphabet, along with buttons for numbers, functions, and meta keys.
Make it stationary on the desk with a standard QWERTY typewriter layout, and have a separate pointing device (which would only need one button, if the OS is designed right).
Speed != more heat
(I have the MS version of this mouse and it works great as advertised.)
The rumor sites are still batting way under .300, though, so I still feel my skepticism was warrented. :)
One small area of concern is that I don't see anywhere on these photos where an external SCSI card would fit. Does that perhaps mean I would need to use Firewire if I wanted to connect a big RAID to it?
For that matter, I saw nothing on the specs page about PCI slots. As an audio geek, this thing is useless to me if I can't drop a Layla DSP card into it.
I like the fact that there is no fan. Computers are too noisy these days. However, lack of PCI expansion basically makes this an iMac on steroids. I think I will stick to the tower unless it turns out that Apple's web page info is incomplete.