Do you have the media panel open? I have been using pages for months at glorious speeds, absolutely amazed by it in all aspects (for home use, at least).
Then one day I needed to insert a photo that I had in iPhoto. Almost stopped responding. The thumbnails started to load into the panel, about 1 every 10 seconds. I have thousands of photos, but iPhoto itself has 'teh snappy'. So I closed the panel and waited a bit. No change. 100% processor use, dog slow, a second or more for every keystroke to appear.
I still haven't found the problem, but the workaround was to simply not use the iPhoto integration. Photos dragged from the finder have no problems, and only if the media panel is or has been open is there any slowness.
My kid brother can aforde a mac mini on lunch money...
He should really consider the iPod shuffle instead, it's much tastier, and considerably less expensive. And there is no longer any warnings not to 'eat iPod shuffle' on Apple's site, so that's another plus!
True, these other packages do this, but they can do so because the rendering engine is licensed to be used on as many machines as you please.
The reason you won't find this with maya, at least not in its current incarnation, is Mental Ray. Mental Ray is pricey, and they sure don't give it away. On SGI workstations, you pay for mental ray by the processor, not just by the machine.
Same thing applies to the other packages if you use them with other renderers. discreet does give you unlimited use of their rendering engine, but if you use Mental Ray in max, every render node must have mental ray installed and licensed to use. This dramatically changes the cost.
So while we may want this, and even if Apple would be willing to 'make it work', there would still be other hurdles to surmount.
Alternately: put hanging handles a la the subway system.
Obviously the standard issue railing can't accelerate properly, but this 'handles' idea carries a lot of merit. This idea is basically already used in high speed chair lifts on ski hills, and seems perfectly adaptable to this use.
Basically, a cable runs the length of the high speed section, during which the handle (or chair) is clamped on. At the ends, a mechanism unclamps the handle (or chair) and runs it through an acceleration/deceleration phase before going round the end at a laughably slow speed.
Of course, people will get hurt, fall, injured, etc. But have you ever seen a ski hill? Even on high speed lifts where the boarding/alighting is significantly slower, there are still myriads of people that fall on their faces in shame.
Having said all this, though, I think that this device, even in its current form, is really, really cool. I think I might have to get me one!
Well, I just finished applying a bunch of system patches to my 2K box at work (no choice), and have witnessed, much to my dismay, the return of what I call the 'Instant Death' bug. I click, or open one of two applications (my two 'big' apps), then watch the memory count up on a black screen, with an energy star logo for entertainment. This happens 5-10 times a day, for the last 2 days since I updated.
I just installed OS X 10.2.4 at home, and surely will do so tomorrow on the (good) machines at work! As per the usual with these things, I don't really notice what it did. And that is good.
I mean really, since when should a system update f&#k so badly with the (presumably) graphics subsystems that it breaks, and breaks really, really badly, apps that have gotten along just fine for about a year?
Now I am likely going to have to install 2K again from the CD, losing huge chunks of my preferences, hacks and such that had been running (stably ??) for the year, like the ones that disabled that horrid windows key that always to masquerade as an apple key (I do have a nice keyboard ; ) and made a control key like it should be (email me for this one, it is incredibly nice). Well, if I don't lose 'em, at least I am going to have to find every, single, bloody one of them that made that horrid os tolerable (though still not by choice).
Just to bring things full circle, I did once have to re-install jaguar after having screwed pretty badly some of the boot files (completely my bad). I remember the horror when I realised that the only hope was a reinstall. I also remember the sheer joy as I discovered that every bloody single preference, login item, font, and what-not was exactly as I left it, and functioning perfectly.
I always get excited at mac update time : )
--
"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety." -- Isaac Asimov
Oh well, I'll be at that again, but it sure is nice how apple keeps us users up to date. I have been using Safari since the day of the keynote, and I can't see one single reason to go back.
Even without tabs, the sheer speed of it negates (my/the) need to have a page load in the background. The Weather Network used to be one of the worst pages to load on IE, it would take days just to see what's happening outside the window. It's so fast on Safari, I've even considered it as my homepage...
On a compatibility note, I have had more problems with banks, etc. with IE and mozilla than Safari. Even when I thought I would be relegated to obscurity because of a non-ms-browser, non-ms-os, Safari comes through. Not always, to be sure, but enough to have seriously surprised me for a marginal beta browser.
Safari... the next iTunes...
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If you don't have a powerbook on hand, or they are out of season, substitute with 1.25 iBooks. You may also use an inspiron or an armada, but the filling will not retain the same texture, and may even be downright revolting.
Also consider a sprinkling of fresh iPod for that orchard-fresh taste!
As far as my logic can see, the 160x160 display kinda limits the colour combinations to a mere 25,600. And not a penny more.
They could squeeze even more out of it if they counted different permutations of possible displays using any of 4,096 colours on any of 25,600 pixels, why they would have over 100 million possible colour combinations then!
This looks like just another example of an all too common (effect/tactic/occurrence).
1) Change the (wording/law/rules) but state clearly that you haven't, don't, won't.
2) Wait, then later, because everything is already in place, just *pop* in the thing that people were opposed to with nary a whisper of notice until it is too late.
Examples of this are not just restricted to technological developments, either. In Canada, WalMart isn't allowed to have grocery stores (even though they want to). So when WalMart builds new stores en masse, with just about enough empty space for a grocery store, they simply state that no, they have no plans to, don't worry, go home. But what exactly are they going to do with this space, anyway?
The tactic seems worse this time (IMO) because this is the first big Mac software to play this game. And in a world of outlook and word viruses, (windows) sputnik spyware, and looming DRM, us Mac users have always had a safe little haven from it all.
Rest no more.
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Do you have the media panel open? I have been using pages for months at glorious speeds, absolutely amazed by it in all aspects (for home use, at least).
Then one day I needed to insert a photo that I had in iPhoto. Almost stopped responding. The thumbnails started to load into the panel, about 1 every 10 seconds. I have thousands of photos, but iPhoto itself has 'teh snappy'. So I closed the panel and waited a bit. No change. 100% processor use, dog slow, a second or more for every keystroke to appear.
I still haven't found the problem, but the workaround was to simply not use the iPhoto integration. Photos dragged from the finder have no problems, and only if the media panel is or has been open is there any slowness.
My kid brother can aforde a mac mini on lunch money...
He should really consider the iPod shuffle instead, it's much tastier, and considerably less expensive. And there is no longer any warnings not to 'eat iPod shuffle' on Apple's site, so that's another plus!
True, these other packages do this, but they can do so because the rendering engine is licensed to be used on as many machines as you please.
The reason you won't find this with maya, at least not in its current incarnation, is Mental Ray. Mental Ray is pricey, and they sure don't give it away. On SGI workstations, you pay for mental ray by the processor, not just by the machine.
Same thing applies to the other packages if you use them with other renderers. discreet does give you unlimited use of their rendering engine, but if you use Mental Ray in max, every render node must have mental ray installed and licensed to use. This dramatically changes the cost.
So while we may want this, and even if Apple would be willing to 'make it work', there would still be other hurdles to surmount.
If you listen to your Brittany Spears songs for EXACTLY 30 minutes, then charge your iPod, repeated for a few weeks, you'll get a memory effect.
However, in addition to the memory effect, you will suffer from an even stronger lack of taste effect.
Oops, I posted again...
Alternately: put hanging handles a la the subway system.
Obviously the standard issue railing can't accelerate properly, but this 'handles' idea carries a lot of merit. This idea is basically already used in high speed chair lifts on ski hills, and seems perfectly adaptable to this use.
Basically, a cable runs the length of the high speed section, during which the handle (or chair) is clamped on. At the ends, a mechanism unclamps the handle (or chair) and runs it through an acceleration/deceleration phase before going round the end at a laughably slow speed.
Of course, people will get hurt, fall, injured, etc. But have you ever seen a ski hill? Even on high speed lifts where the boarding/alighting is significantly slower, there are still myriads of people that fall on their faces in shame.
Having said all this, though, I think that this device, even in its current form, is really, really cool. I think I might have to get me one!
> If Gore is an "avid Mac User," what the hell is he doing using Final Cut Pro?
Because he is sick of watching the 'symphony' through 'windows!'
(Moderators, this isn't offtopic, just obscure: mod accordingly)
Bambo
I like this one. Kinda like a cute deer with a machine gun.
I can see the sequels already: Bambo goes on Safari
Comes with a special button that censors the gory scenes for the kids!
Well, I just finished applying a bunch of system patches to my 2K box at work (no choice), and have witnessed, much to my dismay, the return of what I call the 'Instant Death' bug. I click, or open one of two applications (my two 'big' apps), then watch the memory count up on a black screen, with an energy star logo for entertainment. This happens 5-10 times a day, for the last 2 days since I updated.
I just installed OS X 10.2.4 at home, and surely will do so tomorrow on the (good) machines at work! As per the usual with these things, I don't really notice what it did. And that is good.
I mean really, since when should a system update f&#k so badly with the (presumably) graphics subsystems that it breaks, and breaks really, really badly, apps that have gotten along just fine for about a year?
Now I am likely going to have to install 2K again from the CD, losing huge chunks of my preferences, hacks and such that had been running (stably ??) for the year, like the ones that disabled that horrid windows key that always to masquerade as an apple key (I do have a nice keyboard ; ) and made a control key like it should be (email me for this one, it is incredibly nice). Well, if I don't lose 'em, at least I am going to have to find every, single, bloody one of them that made that horrid os tolerable (though still not by choice).
Just to bring things full circle, I did once have to re-install jaguar after having screwed pretty badly some of the boot files (completely my bad). I remember the horror when I realised that the only hope was a reinstall. I also remember the sheer joy as I discovered that every bloody single preference, login item, font, and what-not was exactly as I left it, and functioning perfectly.
I always get excited at mac update time : )
--
"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety." -- Isaac Asimov
And I just downloaded it this morning! DOH!
Oh well, I'll be at that again, but it sure is nice how apple keeps us users up to date. I have been using Safari since the day of the keynote, and I can't see one single reason to go back.
Even without tabs, the sheer speed of it negates (my/the) need to have a page load in the background. The Weather Network used to be one of the worst pages to load on IE, it would take days just to see what's happening outside the window. It's so fast on Safari, I've even considered it as my homepage...
On a compatibility note, I have had more problems with banks, etc. with IE and mozilla than Safari. Even when I thought I would be relegated to obscurity because of a non-ms-browser, non-ms-os, Safari comes through. Not always, to be sure, but enough to have seriously surprised me for a marginal beta browser.
Safari... the next iTunes...
Adendum
If you don't have a powerbook on hand, or they are out of season, substitute with 1.25 iBooks. You may also use an inspiron or an armada, but the filling will not retain the same texture, and may even be downright revolting.
Also consider a sprinkling of fresh iPod for that orchard-fresh taste!
As far as my logic can see, the 160x160 display kinda limits the colour combinations to a mere 25,600. And not a penny more.
They could squeeze even more out of it if they counted different permutations of possible displays using any of 4,096 colours on any of 25,600 pixels, why they would have over 100 million possible colour combinations then!
And I feel like i'm floating away...
This looks like just another example of an all too common (effect/tactic/occurrence). 1) Change the (wording/law/rules) but state clearly that you haven't, don't, won't. 2) Wait, then later, because everything is already in place, just *pop* in the thing that people were opposed to with nary a whisper of notice until it is too late. Examples of this are not just restricted to technological developments, either. In Canada, WalMart isn't allowed to have grocery stores (even though they want to). So when WalMart builds new stores en masse, with just about enough empty space for a grocery store, they simply state that no, they have no plans to, don't worry, go home. But what exactly are they going to do with this space, anyway? The tactic seems worse this time (IMO) because this is the first big Mac software to play this game. And in a world of outlook and word viruses, (windows) sputnik spyware, and looming DRM, us Mac users have always had a safe little haven from it all. Rest no more.