Hey, don't forget that Apple also released a MacOS X 10.1.1 update today, too! The explanation from Apple reads:
"Delivers improvements for many USB and FireWire devices, including support for additional digital cameras, and overall improvements to CD and DVD burning. Enhancements have been made to AFP, SMB, and WebDAV networking, as well as improved support for printing. This update also delivers better application compatibility, including updates to the Finder and Mail application. In addition, hardware accelerated video mirroring has been enabled for the new PowerBook G4."
You can automatically get and install it through the "Software Update" control panel.
"It's not clear when the Open Source Edition (or whatever) will come out..."
Is it just me, or does this "or whatever" kind of attitude strike you as strange? Granted, Apache has been seriously draggin' ass on 2.0 and I can see folks getting a little anxious to have it out already...
I downloaded iTunes v2.0 when it came out, and promptly installed it. Luckily, my drives were named without spaces, etc. and I escaped the wrath of the unquoted "rm -rf" bug.
I managed to get v2.0.1 later this weekend and re-installed, just to be on the safe-side, and in case there were any other changes.
The improvements like the EQ, crossfade and faster burning are nice. It doesn't crossfade when burning, though, which stinks - but otherwise you couldn't track-change. You can burn MP3 CDs now, too.
A costly upgrade for some...;) But pretty darned nice if it works out, which should be for the majority of the people.
Hey, give Apple a chance - they're a little new to this Unix thing. Heh. MacOS X fully rocks.
If money is a limiting factor and you can only have one system, or OS - than this is a good solution. Or if you absolutely have to have side-by-side operability.
Otherwise, I'd say until Linux is there (and I hate to say it, but it's not, yet) than either dual boot, or think about another machine for your "day to day" stuff, and other for whatever reason...
I've always said, use the best tool to get the job done. If you're compromising here or there, than you're not really doing that.
True, true. It is a vicious cycle indeed, and like the other poster said, if it induces a price war, who are we to argue?:)
I guess I'd just be a bit scared to invest in a PC right now since you could be outclassed rather quickly. Not that this wasn't always the case, but at least you knew you had six months or so. Now it seems like there's a new chip out every or every other month!
But like with any hardware purchase, sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and go for.
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I agree - I think 90 days is just long enough for the gremlins to creep up or for your friend to sit on it in the car or close your car door on it when it's in your pocket... It's so small, and something you would handle a LOT and it does after all, cost $400!
Let's just hope there is no "burning powerbook adapter" issue with this thing...;)
It's not compiling sawfish or enlightenment I'm having problems with - they build just fine, except for...
Xinerama support within either... If you watch during the "configure" script's output, you'll see that "-lxinerma" bombs out - at least under Solaris 7, it sure does. Haven't tried it on Solaris 8 yet.
I've tried for ages to get Xinerama support using XFree86 under Solaris - no dice, until recently I got it all compiled. Of course, documentation is extremely scarce, and I'm pretty sure I don't need an XFConfig file for the Sun framebuffers, but there isn't one included, either. Haven't gotten it to work yet...
The problem with Sun's out-of-the-box implementation is that there are no header files or some such (can't remember exactly right now) and it works with CDE, but nothing else! That is, you can't compile sawfish or enlightenment, etc. against their libraries due to missing files. CDE which is pre-compiled by Sun, of course, works.
So unless Solaris 9 w/GNOME supports Xinerama, guess what I'm choosing to go with my two 21" monitors?
Very strange though. This isn't the story I was looking for - there was another with actual details, and the reply(s) from the company producing the DVD. I've searched "Macsurfer" and although "star wars" brings up a bunch of hits, not the ones I had read a week or two ago. Were they erased? Were they moved? Got me.:-/
Forgot to add the part about the DVD incompatibilities for Mac users of the Episode I DVD. Go figure, the site "Go2Mac" where a lot of the info is (or was linked from) is having some issues right now. Last I heard, the company that produced the DVD responded about it, but that's also on that site...:(
The digital video boards could output to HDTV format among many, many others for at least a decade. Perhaps they weren't specifically intended for that format, but they certainly could output at that resolution, frame rate, etc.
I refer you to the "Video for Impact" and such boards, that support full component video, D1, etc.
How soon we forget about the Indy. Then there's also the O2. Both are "low-end" workstations marketed to people that don't quite need the higher-end stuff and reasonably affordable - even when they were introduced.
"p.s. The grand alliance document with the completed specifications is dated: Version 2.0, December 7, 1994 which "was adopted by U.S. FCC as the U.S. standard for terrestrial high definition television". You might want to save that nickel and learn how to use Goggle yourself."
Yeah, so? SGI had the formats before the standard was defined. Like I said, as early as at least 1993. Are you saying that people don't support up-and-coming standards? What about browsers then?
I said "nearly" jackass. In 1993, at least - SGI workstations supported HDTV format. I'm not sure about before that.
As for "sinking into obscurity" you obviously have no clue about SGI. They are THE provider for high-end hardware to the NSA. As such, they cannot report their earnings of these sales, appearing to the general public that SGI is a goner. This is simply not the case.
Rest assured that SGI is alive and well.
As for a $500 board to receive and watch HDTV on an SGI, why the hell would you want to? That's what a TV is for. SGIs are about CREATING content, not viewing it.
FWIW, SGI workstations supported the HDTV format for nearly ten years now... In most video and 3D applications, "HDTV" was also an option - for generating content for this "new format."
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The trick of opening the drive door when you got killed was a classic...
Really playable, truly enjoyable game. Simple, yes - but it had all the necessary elements and it played fast without superflous graphics and glitz.
Ahead of it's time, IMO.
"Delivers improvements for many USB and FireWire devices, including support for additional digital cameras, and overall improvements to CD and DVD burning. Enhancements have been made to AFP, SMB, and WebDAV networking, as well as improved support for printing. This update also delivers better application compatibility, including updates to the Finder and Mail application. In addition, hardware accelerated video mirroring has been enabled for the new PowerBook G4."
You can automatically get and install it through the "Software Update" control panel.
Is it just me, or does this "or whatever" kind of attitude strike you as strange? Granted, Apache has been seriously draggin' ass on 2.0 and I can see folks getting a little anxious to have it out already...
Must we whisper to each other in shadowed alleyways?
I managed to get v2.0.1 later this weekend and re-installed, just to be on the safe-side, and in case there were any other changes.
The improvements like the EQ, crossfade and faster burning are nice. It doesn't crossfade when burning, though, which stinks - but otherwise you couldn't track-change. You can burn MP3 CDs now, too.
A costly upgrade for some... ;) But pretty darned nice if it works out, which should be for the majority of the people.
Hey, give Apple a chance - they're a little new to this Unix thing. Heh. MacOS X fully rocks.
Otherwise, I'd say until Linux is there (and I hate to say it, but it's not, yet) than either dual boot, or think about another machine for your "day to day" stuff, and other for whatever reason...
I've always said, use the best tool to get the job done. If you're compromising here or there, than you're not really doing that.
If the 867MHz G4 already whoops a 1.7MHz Pentium, than this processor should be pretty exciting indeed.
I guess I'd just be a bit scared to invest in a PC right now since you could be outclassed rather quickly. Not that this wasn't always the case, but at least you knew you had six months or so. Now it seems like there's a new chip out every or every other month!
But like with any hardware purchase, sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and go for.
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I'd rather they waited a a little in between releases, rather than every couple of megahertz.
I'm not saying that speed is bad, but do we have to have a release for every chip?
-- Don't believe the megahertz myth!
- Tux
Let's just hope there is no "burning powerbook adapter" issue with this thing...
No warranty for you! :-O
Xinerama support within either... If you watch during the "configure" script's output, you'll see that "-lxinerma" bombs out - at least under Solaris 7, it sure does. Haven't tried it on Solaris 8 yet.
I've tried for ages to get Xinerama support using XFree86 under Solaris - no dice, until recently I got it all compiled. Of course, documentation is extremely scarce, and I'm pretty sure I don't need an XFConfig file for the Sun framebuffers, but there isn't one included, either. Haven't gotten it to work yet...
The problem with Sun's out-of-the-box implementation is that there are no header files or some such (can't remember exactly right now) and it works with CDE, but nothing else! That is, you can't compile sawfish or enlightenment, etc. against their libraries due to missing files. CDE which is pre-compiled by Sun, of course, works.
So unless Solaris 9 w/GNOME supports Xinerama, guess what I'm choosing to go with my two 21" monitors?
Who buys a $400 walkman? They're too small and fragile and easily stolen, not to mention outdated fairly quickly by the next "big thing."
Besides, I'd rather have a burner where I can use it most efficiently - at home, attached to my RAID, where my 4,000+ MP3s are!
Very strange though. This isn't the story I was looking for - there was another with actual details, and the reply(s) from the company producing the DVD. I've searched "Macsurfer" and although "star wars" brings up a bunch of hits, not the ones I had read a week or two ago. Were they erased? Were they moved? Got me.
Forgot to add the part about the DVD incompatibilities for Mac users of the Episode I DVD. Go figure, the site "Go2Mac" where a lot of the info is (or was linked from) is having some issues right now. Last I heard, the company that produced the DVD responded about it, but that's also on that site... :(
Lots of neat Star Wars ASCII art is available at this site for the curious... :)
The digital video boards could output to HDTV format among many, many others for at least a decade. Perhaps they weren't specifically intended for that format, but they certainly could output at that resolution, frame rate, etc.
I refer you to the "Video for Impact" and such boards, that support full component video, D1, etc.
How soon we forget about the Indy. Then there's also the O2. Both are "low-end" workstations marketed to people that don't quite need the higher-end stuff and reasonably affordable - even when they were introduced.
Yeah, so? SGI had the formats before the standard was defined. Like I said, as early as at least 1993. Are you saying that people don't support up-and-coming standards? What about browsers then?
Here's another nickel. Go get a spell checker.
The NSA still uses and buys SGIs.
As for "sinking into obscurity" you obviously have no clue about SGI. They are THE provider for high-end hardware to the NSA. As such, they cannot report their earnings of these sales, appearing to the general public that SGI is a goner. This is simply not the case.
Rest assured that SGI is alive and well.
As for a $500 board to receive and watch HDTV on an SGI, why the hell would you want to? That's what a TV is for. SGIs are about CREATING content, not viewing it.
Here's a nickel. Go buy yourself a clue.
FWIW, SGI workstations supported the HDTV format for nearly ten years now... In most video and 3D applications, "HDTV" was also an option - for generating content for this "new format."
Dumbass. How about YOU get a clue?