What kind of message does it send that there is actually a NEED for a "font how-to" in the first place?
I cannot comprehend what is so hard about making fonts work. TrueType is a known format. The OS loads it up and the programs use the OS to interact with the fonts, right? Windows and Mac handle it fine, what exactly is the cause of the difficulty under Linux?
We should be so lucky! Verizon customer in Los Angeles pay over $26 a month for basic telephone service. And that comes with no, I mean no, features like Caller ID or voicemail!
I've been looking for a way around it for years. As soon as I can get a wireless data solution (GPRS phone, Ricochet, etc.) Verizon is gone.
Which DVR, if any, will let me simply program a time and channel to record from my DirecTV system without paying a recurring monthly fee? I don't care about having access to listings, I just want to use it as a glorified VCR.
I currently use a Handspring Treo, which I love. Can I sign up for the Danger plan (which is currently the cheapest way to get flat rate GPRS) and then swap the SIM card into my Treo?
I could care less about the device, I only want the service. Or maybe Voicestream will make this plan available to non-danger users?
You could get a mac. I have had absolutly no problems with itunes....
You're deluded if you think Apple is somehow going to be the only company whose platform does not incorporate DRM. They will crumble just like everyone else.
All I can say is Make 'em pay, it's the only way to hurt 'em where it counts."
Well, that's not the only way, is it? Now that the names of the spammers are public, what if some physical harm were to come to them, or their property? That might make other/future spammers think twice.
Well, I can tell you that a $1200 Mac laptop runs OS X slowly, while a $1200 Dell runs Windows 2000 quickly. That doesn't mean the Mac laptop isn't worth considering, but you do have to spend more in order to get a machine that is "fast".
Just forget about the clockspeed of both machines for a moment... In my opinion, only the top of the line Powerbook G4 begins to be fast enough to run OS X responsively. Dell's $1000 model will run W2k responsively. Is that clear?
Sonnet provides many inexpensive processor upgrade for many mac models. Seems to me like I cna upgrade my mac just like you can upgrade your PC.
Apparently, in the Mac world, "inexpensive = $300". Sorry, but Macs just can't compete in the CPU upgrade game. Bleeding edge x86 CPU upgrades will set you back $150, in the Mac world, a fast G4 upgrade is around $750 right now!
It's really sad that these guys took Psion's market, and then managed to give it away to M$.
Please. Palm OS handhelds (from Palm themselves, Handspring, Sony, etc.) still completely outsell PocketPC devices, and continue to be the choice of corporate America.
I own a Handspring Treo phone/PDA combo, and believe me, I shopped around before the purchase, including looking at PocketPC devices - and they didn't even come close to being as good a device as the Treo.
There is a little snap-on MP3 player for the Ericsson T28 World phone. Not much capacity, but it's detachable for when you don't need it and runs off the phone's battery. I think it uses MMC cards. HTH.
Oh, come off it already. The speed problems of OS X have been well publicized, so stop acting like I'm the first person to mention it to you.
For comparison purposes, I'm typing this on an HP Omnibook 500. I paid $800 for it on eBay. It was new (old stock). I'd guess it's about 2 years old.
Windows 2000, even on this 'old' machine is far faster than OS X on anything Apple sells at any price, including the desktops. And I'm not talking about SETI@home units, I'm talking about things that directly affect the user - scroll speed, text input, manipulating files and windows, working the menus.
Somewhere around 1999, computers finally got fast enough that my computers starting waiting on me for input, rather than me on them to finish computing something. Using a Mac is like stepping into the twilight zone, where I have to wait for every menu and mouseclick to respond.
P.S. I'm no Mac hater. OS X is really nice. I had an iBook until about 2 months ago. Unbearably slow, even with 640 MB of RAM. I just couldn't take it, so I sold it.
The web browsers on that system felt like Mozilla on a 486.
If you're referring to the GUI (likely!), well, that's because the Quartz GUI is actually a whole new approach [arstechnica.com] that's simply more demanding than Win2k's old-generation GUI!
As the end user, I don't particularly care WHY it's slow. I only care that it IS slow.
I understand the technical reasons why the GUI is slower. That doesn't make it okay.
If Macs are "faster than PCs" then why does OS X go so much slower than Windows 2000? Seriously, I want to know how you can make that claim with a straight face.
Even with Jaguar, the "speedhole" G4 towers at dual 900+ mhz still "feel" slow, especially when running web browsers.
500mhz iBook, 640 MB RAM. It sucked ass. Going back and forth with a Windows machine was like night and day. Fast, slow. Fast, slow.
The year is 2002. I simply will not "wait" for my computer. The computer is supposed to wait for me, yet I find myself waiting on OS X, especially when running web browsers.
I can agree, up to a point, but aren't we then penalizing them for moving forward?
I agree that progress is important. But progress is no good if the hardware isn't fast enough to support it. I think OS X is great. I also think too slow to be usable on current Apple hardware:(
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I cannot comprehend what is so hard about making fonts work. TrueType is a known format. The OS loads it up and the programs use the OS to interact with the fonts, right? Windows and Mac handle it fine, what exactly is the cause of the difficulty under Linux?
We should be so lucky! Verizon customer in Los Angeles pay over $26 a month for basic telephone service. And that comes with no, I mean no, features like Caller ID or voicemail!
I've been looking for a way around it for years. As soon as I can get a wireless data solution (GPRS phone, Ricochet, etc.) Verizon is gone.
I hate to break it to you, but OS X is so slow on the G3 that you might as well not bother.
Which DVR, if any, will let me simply program a time and channel to record from my DirecTV system without paying a recurring monthly fee? I don't care about having access to listings, I just want to use it as a glorified VCR.
Thanks.
Clearly they CAN limit the plan to sidekick devices. The question is why would they want to? Don't they want to sell as much service as possible?
I could care less about the device, I only want the service. Or maybe Voicestream will make this plan available to non-danger users?
You're deluded if you think Apple is somehow going to be the only company whose platform does not incorporate DRM. They will crumble just like everyone else.
Well, that's not the only way, is it? Now that the names of the spammers are public, what if some physical harm were to come to them, or their property? That might make other/future spammers think twice.
Um, yeah. How exactly can you configure an MP3 player incorrectly? It is what it is... slow.
Don't forget iTunes, it took 40% of the CPU on my iBook just to play an MP3!
Even with Jaguar, OS X is still slow...
Just forget about the clockspeed of both machines for a moment... In my opinion, only the top of the line Powerbook G4 begins to be fast enough to run OS X responsively. Dell's $1000 model will run W2k responsively. Is that clear?
Apparently, in the Mac world, "inexpensive = $300". Sorry, but Macs just can't compete in the CPU upgrade game. Bleeding edge x86 CPU upgrades will set you back $150, in the Mac world, a fast G4 upgrade is around $750 right now!
There's a reason they were discontinued, though - for a combo device, the keyboard is much, much more effective. I don't miss graffiti at all.
Please. Palm OS handhelds (from Palm themselves, Handspring, Sony, etc.) still completely outsell PocketPC devices, and continue to be the choice of corporate America.
I own a Handspring Treo phone/PDA combo, and believe me, I shopped around before the purchase, including looking at PocketPC devices - and they didn't even come close to being as good a device as the Treo.
There is a little snap-on MP3 player for the Ericsson T28 World phone. Not much capacity, but it's detachable for when you don't need it and runs off the phone's battery. I think it uses MMC cards. HTH.
Oh, come off it already. The speed problems of OS X have been well publicized, so stop acting like I'm the first person to mention it to you.
For comparison purposes, I'm typing this on an HP Omnibook 500. I paid $800 for it on eBay. It was new (old stock). I'd guess it's about 2 years old.
Windows 2000, even on this 'old' machine is far faster than OS X on anything Apple sells at any price, including the desktops. And I'm not talking about SETI@home units, I'm talking about things that directly affect the user - scroll speed, text input, manipulating files and windows, working the menus.
Somewhere around 1999, computers finally got fast enough that my computers starting waiting on me for input, rather than me on them to finish computing something. Using a Mac is like stepping into the twilight zone, where I have to wait for every menu and mouseclick to respond.
P.S. I'm no Mac hater. OS X is really nice. I had an iBook until about 2 months ago. Unbearably slow, even with 640 MB of RAM. I just couldn't take it, so I sold it.
The web browsers on that system felt like Mozilla on a 486.
I don't care about XP. It may be slow, also. Fine. If so, I'm glad I haven't used it.
And sorry, just because XP is slow, doesn't make it ok for OS X to be slow.
There are currently modern GUIs available to me (KDE, Gnome, Windows 2000) that don't lag. OS X is too annoyingly slow to be on that list.
As the end user, I don't particularly care WHY it's slow. I only care that it IS slow.
I understand the technical reasons why the GUI is slower. That doesn't make it okay.
Now, if they had used some generic PowerPC motherboard and got it to boot OS X, that would be news. This isn't.
If Macs are "faster than PCs" then why does OS X go so much slower than Windows 2000? Seriously, I want to know how you can make that claim with a straight face.
Even with Jaguar, the "speedhole" G4 towers at dual 900+ mhz still "feel" slow, especially when running web browsers.
There is something flaky with eBay in particular in Mozilla 1.1. I can't narrow it down, though.
I did not experience this with the 1.0 versions... anyone else having these problems?
The year is 2002. I simply will not "wait" for my computer. The computer is supposed to wait for me, yet I find myself waiting on OS X, especially when running web browsers.
I agree that progress is important. But progress is no good if the hardware isn't fast enough to support it. I think OS X is great. I also think too slow to be usable on current Apple hardware :(