IBM and Motorola are simply expanding, they aren't moving away from the desktop market. Motorola has a roadmap out which includes the G5. AFAIK, there are no plans for Apple moving to any other architecture, although the BSD base of MacOSX (Darwin) would probably make it very easy.
From my relatively limited perspective it seems like computer-related crime is treated relatively lightly in DC. Nothing much happened to the guy who was violating security regarding information and alledgedly giving it to the Chinese, did it? Even if they've found the Russians, groups with better technology and techniques could have the potential to do bad stuff and are waiting for an opportune time, or worse, they're doing stuff now, but we aren't seeing them.
What are the tech-related issues currently under debate? Who's supporting what? Anybody know?
>Has anyone had success with a PBG3 and LinuxPPC? I'm running the pre-R5 release on it now.
XF68_FBDev (the default X server) died on me with a "no valid modes error" which was fixed by running Xautoconf, Xconfigurator doesn't seem to work for me, go figure. Doing this gives you X accellerated IIRC, but a messed up mouse/keyboard. (Emulate3Buttons doesn't seem to work with the mouse, and the backspace key is mapped to forward delete on the keyboard in some apps)
If you don't know how to fix these, you can do what I did, which was to make the Xpmac they also you the X server, which is also called "giving up":)
"With its QuickTime 4.0 technology, its upcoming Mac OS X, as well as with its G3/G4 Altivec multimedia extensions that will turn the next generation of Macs into true multimedia blockbusters (can you say digital video and MP3 audio?)"
I don't know about your mac Don, but mine can play MP3s just fine. The only improvement which would be possible is PMT, so my player wouldn't skip during times of heavy CPU load. In other words, in terms of being a "MP3 blockbuster" Linux and Windows are as good as anybody will ever get, and the mac will catch up very quickly. Steve Jobs's focus on gaming and multimedia has had incredible results, and the mac is starting to catch up with windows, but superior multimedia technology (in terms of 3D and sound) is definetely not a reason for Disney to purchase Apple.
As for the up-and-coming technologies, future macs will obviously blow away anything we have today, but the offerings from Intel and others will also continue to improve, and future wintels will be just as much of a multimedia powerhouse as the latest and greatest mac.
"But to work, those images and sounds have to be compelling and well-known. Enter Disney and Mickey Mouse or Time-Warner and Bugs Bunny. As Bill Gates knows from his acquisitions, you have to have the content as well as the means to distribute it if you want to win in the next century."
Wouldn't Disney prefer to put Mickey Mouse on every PC, x86, and mac alike, rather than making specialized content for a "Disney iMac" that cost them $10 billion?
"Of course, there are many crash and burn opportunities for an Apple buyout by an entertainment giant. But it sures beats being a 7 percent solution the rest of Apple's life. I can't imagine Steve Jobs settling for that."
I personally can't imagine Steve Jobs having to run every decision through Disney execs. I can just imagine him with his iMac prototype hearing them say "It'll never work, it doesn't even have a floppy drive!"
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IBM and Motorola are simply expanding, they aren't moving away from the desktop market. Motorola has a roadmap out which includes the G5. AFAIK, there are no plans for Apple moving to any other architecture, although the BSD base of MacOSX (Darwin) would probably make it very easy.
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From my relatively limited perspective it seems like computer-related crime is treated relatively lightly in DC. Nothing much happened to the guy who was violating security regarding information and alledgedly giving it to the Chinese, did it? Even if they've found the Russians, groups with better technology and techniques could have the potential to do bad stuff and are waiting for an opportune time, or worse, they're doing stuff now, but we aren't seeing them.
What are the tech-related issues currently under debate? Who's supporting what? Anybody know?
>Has anyone had success with a PBG3 and LinuxPPC?
:)
I'm running the pre-R5 release on it now.
XF68_FBDev (the default X server) died on me with a "no valid modes error" which was fixed by running Xautoconf, Xconfigurator doesn't seem to work for me, go figure. Doing this gives you X accellerated IIRC, but a messed up mouse/keyboard. (Emulate3Buttons doesn't seem to work with the mouse, and the backspace key is mapped to forward delete on the keyboard in some apps)
If you don't know how to fix these, you can do what I did, which was to make the Xpmac they also you the X server, which is also called "giving up"
Harvey
"With its QuickTime 4.0 technology, its upcoming Mac OS X, as well as with its G3/G4 Altivec multimedia extensions that will turn the next generation of Macs into true multimedia blockbusters (can you say digital video and MP3 audio?)"
I don't know about your mac Don, but mine can play MP3s just fine. The only improvement which would be possible is PMT, so my player wouldn't skip during times of heavy CPU load. In other words, in terms of being a "MP3 blockbuster" Linux and Windows are as good as anybody will ever get, and the mac will catch up very quickly. Steve Jobs's focus on gaming and multimedia has had incredible results, and the mac is starting to catch up with windows, but superior multimedia technology (in terms of 3D and sound) is definetely not a reason for Disney to purchase Apple.
As for the up-and-coming technologies, future macs will obviously blow away anything we have today, but the offerings from Intel and others will also continue to improve, and future wintels will be just as much of a multimedia powerhouse as the latest and greatest mac.
"But to work, those images and sounds have to be compelling and well-known. Enter Disney and Mickey Mouse or Time-Warner and Bugs Bunny. As Bill Gates knows from his acquisitions, you have to have the content as well as the means to distribute it if you want to win in the next century."
Wouldn't Disney prefer to put Mickey Mouse on every PC, x86, and mac alike, rather than making specialized content for a "Disney iMac" that cost them $10 billion?
"Of course, there are many crash and burn opportunities for an Apple buyout by an entertainment giant. But it sures beats being a 7 percent solution the rest of Apple's life. I can't imagine Steve Jobs settling for that."
I personally can't imagine Steve Jobs having to run every decision through Disney execs. I can just imagine him with his iMac prototype hearing them say "It'll never work, it doesn't even have a floppy drive!"
Harvey