When I start thinking about the data sent to things like my monitor and speakers, I'd think you'd quickly run into bandwidth issues.
The summary makes the point that Apple have managed to solve this problem by building the monitor and speakers into the computer. They even have the airport express solution if you want wireless hi-fi sound.
The monster laptops that are being produced are testament to this: some people don't care about ultimate portability, they just like the monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse and (temporary) power supply to be build into the computer, which avoids lots of wires.
If the open source desktops want to really steal a march on the Mac and Windows platforms we should design and build an entirely resolution independent environment.
If all UI elements were made from vector graphics you would just be able to set a level of 'zoom' on your display and choose to balance the amount of information on the screen with the sharpness of it's rendering.
Being able to dynamically change the level of zoom and manipulate relative window sizes would have the potential to make Mac OS X look like Windows 3.1.
Why have zoom tools in the applications when it could be in the OS and for every application?
Lister: Any problems? Kryten: Well, just one or two. In fact I've compiled a little list if you'll indulge me. Now then, uh, my optical system doesn't appear to have a zoom function. Lister: No, human eyes don't have a zoom. Kryten: Well then, how do you bring a small object into sharp focus? Lister: Well, you just move your head closer to the object. Kryten: I see. Move your head... closer, hmm, to the object. All right, okay. Well, what about other optical effects, like split screen, slow motion, Quantel(tm)? Lister: No. We don't have them. Kryten: You don't have them -- just the zoom? Hmm. Well, no, that's fine, that's great, no, no, that's really great, that's great. Now then, my nipples don't work.
I look at the current price advantages of VOIP as merely an insentive that will speed up uptake.
The real advantage, from my perspective, of VOIP is the flexable nature of the network and the new sorts of phone systems that can be set up. Systems that are functionally equivalent to todays office switchboards can be deployed over distributed locations and you can control all of the routing directly using your own server. There's no need to ask the phone company to add another extention. This is, of course, just one example.
Yes, prices will go up, but we will be able to get a more sophisticated service for the same cost.
Some things I can't say were related to these displays... There were at least 3 (nda) sessions I attended where I kept thinking mentally. "It's about time. I wonder if the 30" displays made the engineering teams decide to finally add this to Mac OS X". The Mac has always said that they have a well engineered foundation for graphics, but I think making these displays a reality will be a nice impetus for getting some of those ideas out of the realm of theory and into reality as well:-)
These displays are a great thing that will benefit Mac users even if you don't have a 30" display.
I'm guessing that you're talking about resolution independant graphics for GUI elements - Menu bars, buttons, scroll bars... perhaps even icons.
I'm only guessing this because I was bitching to a coworker yesterday that this is a feature that Windows and Mac OS X should have had from the beginning. If I'm right, it's the start of a new age in GUI technology... And it will allow Apple to use super hi-res displays on their laptops without making the OS look stupid (something Sony and Dell don't seem to mind)
If you can't get it back together, don't have everything, whatever, then you're probably best off calling a Customer Representative and pleading your case.
Thanks for your advice. It's not going to fit back together I'm afraid!
I might give them a call soon. I pride myself on being very calm and reasonable (even charming!) when talking to customer services people.
your only recourse will be to join the Class Action if it goes forward - though that will likely be thrown out since there is already a replacement program in place.
I think you're right about this and I'm in the UK anyway.
I've been thinking about this. How do you think they'd react if I explained that after my iBook died I sold on everything but the logic board as spare parts? Then I could send them the logic board for a fix or replacement...
Perhaps I should just ring them and see what happens - but I'd like to get my story straight first!
I've got a 700MHz iBook which started demonstrating the problems when it was 2 months over it's 1 year standard cover. I cursed myself for not extending the applecare and had to buy an eMac in order to get working again.
At this stage I had no idea that it was a common problem - I simply counted it as bad luck.
I was aware the problem could be temporarily aleviated by squeezing on certain parts of the case so I diagnosed it as a loose connection or something shorting out. With nothing to loose I took the whole thing apart and started experimenting with putting presure on the logic board at different places.
I discovered that placing a bit of cork to keep the graphics chip in place I could get the machine to be as solid as a rock. I'm writing from it now - it's just the logic board screwed to a bit of wood with the screen standing in an easel. It's been on and working since Christmas with no crashes. I only need to restart for security patches.
What I've done would have voided my warranty - but I didn't have one any more when I started taking it apart. The wording on Apple's page seems to imply this has nothing to do with the warranty anyway.
I feel that I am due some sort of compensation from Apple but I don't really know how to approach them. Should I ask for a new logic board? A new iBook? Cash? It is their fault that I had to butcher my iBook - so I feel justified that I am due something.
GPRS in the UK is really too expensive for me at the moment.
What really pisses me off that with an Orange UK contract you can have roaming GPRS with 50MB a month in France for free while at home you have to pay £60 a month for the same.
http://www.orange.co.uk/talkplans/gprs/faq.html
Orange France pay E6 a month for 10MB of GPRS:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25460.htm l
I've been using my iBook, a pci (the company name) USB bluetooth adapter and a T68.
I've been connecting over plain old GSM as opposed to GPRS so I have a very slow connection speed (9.6kbps) but it's fine if I want to just check my email headers now and then.
I live in the UK and have a contract with Orange. I haven't had to use any software additional to plain Jaguar.
Using iSync with iCal and Address Book works with no problems at all.
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If I would hiring I would hope to be aiming for a slightly smaller proportion of the available workforce :-)
I think you meant the top 5% or 10%.
When I start thinking about the data sent to things like my monitor and speakers, I'd think you'd quickly run into bandwidth issues.
The summary makes the point that Apple have managed to solve this problem by building the monitor and speakers into the computer. They even have the airport express solution if you want wireless hi-fi sound.
The monster laptops that are being produced are testament to this: some people don't care about ultimate portability, they just like the monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse and (temporary) power supply to be build into the computer, which avoids lots of wires.
If the open source desktops want to really steal a march on the Mac and Windows platforms we should design and build an entirely resolution independent environment.
If all UI elements were made from vector graphics you would just be able to set a level of 'zoom' on your display and choose to balance the amount of information on the screen with the sharpness of it's rendering.
Being able to dynamically change the level of zoom and manipulate relative window sizes would have the potential to make Mac OS X look like Windows 3.1.
Why have zoom tools in the applications when it could be in the OS and for every application?
Lister: Any problems? ... closer, hmm, to the object. All right, okay. Well, what about other optical effects, like split screen, slow motion, Quantel(tm)?
Kryten: Well, just one or two. In fact I've compiled a little list if you'll indulge me. Now then, uh, my optical system doesn't appear to have a zoom function.
Lister: No, human eyes don't have a zoom.
Kryten: Well then, how do you bring a small object into sharp focus?
Lister: Well, you just move your head closer to the object.
Kryten: I see. Move your head
Lister: No. We don't have them.
Kryten: You don't have them -- just the zoom? Hmm. Well, no, that's fine, that's great, no, no, that's really great, that's great. Now then, my nipples don't work.
Don't forget to mount the drive as read only!
(Score:5, Depressing)
There is the possibility they might just call the G4 dual-core the G5 mobile. The G* names are just arbitary after all.
I look at the current price advantages of VOIP as merely an insentive that will speed up uptake.
The real advantage, from my perspective, of VOIP is the flexable nature of the network and the new sorts of phone systems that can be set up. Systems that are functionally equivalent to todays office switchboards can be deployed over distributed locations and you can control all of the routing directly using your own server. There's no need to ask the phone company to add another extention. This is, of course, just one example.
Yes, prices will go up, but we will be able to get a more sophisticated service for the same cost.
Some things I can't say were related to these displays... There were at least 3 (nda) sessions I attended where I kept thinking mentally. "It's about time. I wonder if the 30" displays made the engineering teams decide to finally add this to Mac OS X". The Mac has always said that they have a well engineered foundation for graphics, but I think making these displays a reality will be a nice impetus for getting some of those ideas out of the realm of theory and into reality as well :-)
These displays are a great thing that will benefit Mac users even if you don't have a 30" display.
I'm guessing that you're talking about resolution independant graphics for GUI elements - Menu bars, buttons, scroll bars... perhaps even icons.
I'm only guessing this because I was bitching to a coworker yesterday that this is a feature that Windows and Mac OS X should have had from the beginning. If I'm right, it's the start of a new age in GUI technology... And it will allow Apple to use super hi-res displays on their laptops without making the OS look stupid (something Sony and Dell don't seem to mind)
Apple UK and Apple US keyboards are closer than the a transatlantic comparison of PC keyboards. Notably the " are on the same place on the Apple ones.
If you can't get it back together, don't have everything, whatever, then you're probably best off calling a Customer Representative and pleading your case.
Thanks for your advice. It's not going to fit back together I'm afraid!
I might give them a call soon. I pride myself on being very calm and reasonable (even charming!) when talking to customer services people.
your only recourse will be to join the Class Action if it goes forward - though that will likely be thrown out since there is already a replacement program in place.
I think you're right about this and I'm in the UK anyway.
I've been thinking about this. How do you think they'd react if I explained that after my iBook died I sold on everything but the logic board as spare parts? Then I could send them the logic board for a fix or replacement...
Perhaps I should just ring them and see what happens - but I'd like to get my story straight first!
I've got a 700MHz iBook which started demonstrating the problems when it was 2 months over it's 1 year standard cover. I cursed myself for not extending the applecare and had to buy an eMac in order to get working again.
At this stage I had no idea that it was a common problem - I simply counted it as bad luck.
I was aware the problem could be temporarily aleviated by squeezing on certain parts of the case so I diagnosed it as a loose connection or something shorting out. With nothing to loose I took the whole thing apart and started experimenting with putting presure on the logic board at different places.
I discovered that placing a bit of cork to keep the graphics chip in place I could get the machine to be as solid as a rock. I'm writing from it now - it's just the logic board screwed to a bit of wood with the screen standing in an easel. It's been on and working since Christmas with no crashes. I only need to restart for security patches.
What I've done would have voided my warranty - but I didn't have one any more when I started taking it apart. The wording on Apple's page seems to imply this has nothing to do with the warranty anyway.
I feel that I am due some sort of compensation from Apple but I don't really know how to approach them. Should I ask for a new logic board? A new iBook? Cash? It is their fault that I had to butcher my iBook - so I feel justified that I am due something.
What do you guys think I should do?
That's ironic because xxxxx.exe is what I've called my porn website generating program. :-)
It turns out that a large portion of it is screen shots of his slides - so 11 pages isn't really that much. It is mostly bonkers though.
It's funny because it could be true: The rumor of piles
OS X users can use Disk Copy
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http://www.apple.com/macosx/technologies/securi
GPRS in the UK is really too expensive for me at the moment.
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What really pisses me off that with an Orange UK contract you can have roaming GPRS with 50MB a month in France for free while at home you have to pay £60 a month for the same.
http://www.orange.co.uk/talkplans/gprs/faq.html
Orange France pay E6 a month for 10MB of GPRS:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25460.ht
I've been using my iBook, a pci (the company name) USB bluetooth adapter and a T68.
I've been connecting over plain old GSM as opposed to GPRS so I have a very slow connection speed (9.6kbps) but it's fine if I want to just check my email headers now and then.
I live in the UK and have a contract with Orange. I haven't had to use any software additional to plain Jaguar.
Using iSync with iCal and Address Book works with no problems at all.
With so many people around here being attracted by the smooth curves of Mac OS it's nice to see utilitarian ideals being put into practice.
I know someone called Milan. He doesn't have cyber-rebels though.
ack - sorry I overlooked the obvious statment on the front page....
Does anyone know if this release has support for the GeForce3?
Okay - sorry,v I;m really drunk becasuse I;ve finished my finals at Oxfats and I can;t type. I love you any wat, Jos