yes, apple is expensive?! and, i do understand that the memory specs are likely different, but i am simply comparing similar pricepoints in laptops. repeat after me: "apple is expensive, apple is expensive, apple is expensive." cute little lemmings...
verizon has a similar service which i access through my mot v60 connected to my tibook. 14k is very slow, but its free (except for minutes). since i have a large call plan i use it a lot, but would love something closer to your average land line.
my grandfathers 1981 cadillac had this feature, or it was available as a feature... i think they called it something like 8-6-4 or something appropriately gm-like. of course, i got his mint 1970 coupe deville with the 501 cubic inch monster. 1 guy, five girls, a full size cooler, and an empty trunk... too bad i wasn't getting anywhere!
i believe that the goal is to provide a cheap (very cheap obviously--$200) computer for the world market of the third type. think computing pre web, but with web access. what did we do before we lost our attention spans to the web? email, programming, word processing, basic graphic creation... now imagine a billion people with computers. i hope you are not a software engineer!
hey i am a designer and am using a tibook right now, and apple did not come up with minimalism, in product design or computer design specifically. richard sappers' designs for ibm, the grid compass design (is that what it was called?) by moggridge, and other products certainly provided plenty of inspiration. apple simply designed a really nice, light weight pro laptop before many others could or did. but i need a windows laptop also, and this just very well might be it. very nice from the photos. and very porche (the product designers not the car), design wise!
I am sure this was just an oversite by the well meaning corporate press we enjoy in the good ol' us of a. of course, the health care and education levels of real first world countries are also not covered. 'onder where all that money goes?
uunet issues have certainly affected me more than anything. dns issues have been problematic at certain points, mainly due to customer negligence, though not always. of course, one has to wonder when the government will test the infrastructure, particularly for localization of attack. not that the u.s. would ever be involved in such activities. no. definitely not.
hurry! they are going to be putting a state funded medical system on the ballot in the near future. though expensive, the experiment may be very interesting. it would be nice to be in a place where the priorities are correct. education, health care... massive military.
two advantages to this processor are the bus--900mhz with 6.2 gb/sec--and the power usage.
"At 1.8GHz, the PowerPC 970 will consume 1.3-volts and dissipate 42-Watts. At 1.2 GHz, the PowerPC 970 will consume 1.1-volts and dissipate only 19-Watts. For comparison, a 1GHz G4 consumes 1.6-volts and dissipates 21.3-Watts."
it seems that the powerbook potential is there. and in apple's market data throughput counts heavily, maybe more than absolute processor speed. look at sgi. the ibm proprietary memory is a bit confusing however.
Dominic Giampaolo does work for apple, and is working on such a file system... so, this has been expected. but, as a mac person with limited experience, what are the advantages of a journaling file system? my understanding is that it prevents data loss upon crashing, and is very useful in database applications. but, will backup software need to be completely rewritten to take advantage of this feature? in terms of speed, it looks like the only way the os will become truly speedy is with major processor improvements--gpul. i booted into os9 yesterday, and found that the os was really snappy on my tibook 400. i generally run 10.2.1. there is a thread running at powerpage.org discussing the lack of speed.
i really do love stereo equipment and have certainly spent huge amounts of money on both equipment and cds. but, with the increased costs of dvd audio and super cds, who is going to pay for this aside from the few peopel who buy $20,000 and up stereos. even my meager set up is nearly $5000, and i am not about to go launching into a new format. i am even considering the absolute sin of converting many of my favorite cds to mp3 for availability. sometimes convenience is more important than very high quality. this is why i switched to cd in 1983/4.
apple uses great batteries! i have never had a powerbook battery die or have an incredibly reduced life, yet my dell's batteries are lucky to hold any charge after a year. i got rid of some powerbook 2400s, and after 3-4 years they still held a good charge.
next time you're at a bang and olufsen store check out the cordless phone with the nifty jog dial. then, ask the sales person when that phone was designed. steal from the best!
but, i still do prefer the ipod, it is smaller and lighter than this product. all this stuff gets heavy! laptop, digital camera, small mouse, mp3 player... i think i permanently tilt to one side.
i imagine that blutooth will make its way into future versions of the ipod--bluetooth headphones?
yo, slashdot! not that i mind continually getting rejected, but i keep seeing articles posted as news six months after the fact!: 2002-05-10 15:44:31 fujitsu is on a roll (articles,news) (rejected). here is on link to information: http://www.harddiskinfo.com/Sections/News/Details. asp?newsID=498
i have to say that there are some pretty nice ui elements in those screenshots. i particularly like the click-n-run interface--i really did like windows 2000 but what the hell were they on with xp? perhaps apple is on to the same territory with the iapps, but $99 a year for.mac is a bit much. a business support service similar to this with online calendars and contact apps would be really useful...
they did just purchase more intellectual property rights to DRM patents. see this article: (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/27352.htm l). so perhaps votes don't count so much as actions. and perhaps, these assets combined with m$'s ip in combining DRM into the os, is a sign that things could change should it become advantageous. apple might just have more of an understanding of what the users want, whereas m$ likely gives a sh1t so long as bill can become even richer. i believe that document says, "by the people," not "by bill or his representatives/senators."
isn't this exactly the type of situation where costs could be reduced by supporting some sort of standard as opposed to os specific stack requirements (http://developer.apple.com/macosx/rendezvous/). sure ms grabbed the bsd stack, but there are likely so many interdependencies now that it is irrelevant. but, at some point common protocols have to be adhered to. fyi, i use a mac, so it is in my interest. but, my enemy's enemy is my friend, and i just want stuff to work. also, is it possible to develop a windows translation mechanism for something like rendevouz should ms decide that standards are not in their best interest?
absolutely! but this is a feature! it's called flight control. how would using this feature void the warranty if it were unknown? it is hard on the transmission, which is why i am generally not fond of automatics. v8 m3, yummm!
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crucial's prices are as follows:
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A M&mfr=Dell&productline=Inspiron&model=Inspiron+820 0+Series)
powerbook 512mg, $161.00 (http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2
dell inspiron 512mg, $212.00 (http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?cat=R
yes, apple is expensive?! and, i do understand that the memory specs are likely different, but i am simply comparing similar pricepoints in laptops. repeat after me: "apple is expensive, apple is expensive, apple is expensive." cute little lemmings...
verizon has a similar service which i access through my mot v60 connected to my tibook. 14k is very slow, but its free (except for minutes). since i have a large call plan i use it a lot, but would love something closer to your average land line.
my grandfathers 1981 cadillac had this feature, or it was available as a feature... i think they called it something like 8-6-4 or something appropriately gm-like. of course, i got his mint 1970 coupe deville with the 501 cubic inch monster. 1 guy, five girls, a full size cooler, and an empty trunk... too bad i wasn't getting anywhere!
i believe that the goal is to provide a cheap (very cheap obviously--$200) computer for the world market of the third type. think computing pre web, but with web access. what did we do before we lost our attention spans to the web? email, programming, word processing, basic graphic creation... now imagine a billion people with computers. i hope you are not a software engineer!
hey i am a designer and am using a tibook right now, and apple did not come up with minimalism, in product design or computer design specifically. richard sappers' designs for ibm, the grid compass design (is that what it was called?) by moggridge, and other products certainly provided plenty of inspiration. apple simply designed a really nice, light weight pro laptop before many others could or did. but i need a windows laptop also, and this just very well might be it. very nice from the photos. and very porche (the product designers not the car), design wise!
I am sure this was just an oversite by the well meaning corporate press we enjoy in the good ol' us of a. of course, the health care and education levels of real first world countries are also not covered. 'onder where all that money goes?
it was hard enough to get my rear end up on the photocopier. how many asses can fit on the tip of a pen?
uunet issues have certainly affected me more than anything. dns issues have been problematic at certain points, mainly due to customer negligence, though not always. of course, one has to wonder when the government will test the infrastructure, particularly for localization of attack. not that the u.s. would ever be involved in such activities. no. definitely not.
hurry! they are going to be putting a state funded medical system on the ballot in the near future. though expensive, the experiment may be very interesting. it would be nice to be in a place where the priorities are correct. education, health care... massive military.
hey, goohoo is not parasitic! how dare you!
two advantages to this processor are the bus--900mhz with 6.2 gb/sec--and the power usage.
"At 1.8GHz, the PowerPC 970 will consume 1.3-volts and dissipate 42-Watts. At 1.2 GHz, the PowerPC 970 will consume 1.1-volts and dissipate only 19-Watts. For comparison, a 1GHz G4 consumes 1.6-volts and dissipates 21.3-Watts."
it seems that the powerbook potential is there. and in apple's market data throughput counts heavily, maybe more than absolute processor speed. look at sgi. the ibm proprietary memory is a bit confusing however.
Dominic Giampaolo does work for apple, and is working on such a file system... so, this has been expected. but, as a mac person with limited experience, what are the advantages of a journaling file system? my understanding is that it prevents data loss upon crashing, and is very useful in database applications. but, will backup software need to be completely rewritten to take advantage of this feature? in terms of speed, it looks like the only way the os will become truly speedy is with major processor improvements--gpul. i booted into os9 yesterday, and found that the os was really snappy on my tibook 400. i generally run 10.2.1. there is a thread running at powerpage.org discussing the lack of speed.
i really do love stereo equipment and have certainly spent huge amounts of money on both equipment and cds. but, with the increased costs of dvd audio and super cds, who is going to pay for this aside from the few peopel who buy $20,000 and up stereos. even my meager set up is nearly $5000, and i am not about to go launching into a new format. i am even considering the absolute sin of converting many of my favorite cds to mp3 for availability. sometimes convenience is more important than very high quality. this is why i switched to cd in 1983/4.
apple uses great batteries! i have never had a powerbook battery die or have an incredibly reduced life, yet my dell's batteries are lucky to hold any charge after a year. i got rid of some powerbook 2400s, and after 3-4 years they still held a good charge.
next time you're at a bang and olufsen store check out the cordless phone with the nifty jog dial. then, ask the sales person when that phone was designed. steal from the best!
but, i still do prefer the ipod, it is smaller and lighter than this product. all this stuff gets heavy! laptop, digital camera, small mouse, mp3 player... i think i permanently tilt to one side.
like angry, white rural folk!
i imagine that blutooth will make its way into future versions of the ipod--bluetooth headphones?
. asp?newsID=498
yo, slashdot! not that i mind continually getting rejected, but i keep seeing articles posted as news six months after the fact!: 2002-05-10 15:44:31 fujitsu is on a roll (articles,news) (rejected). here is on link to information: http://www.harddiskinfo.com/Sections/News/Details
i have to say that there are some pretty nice ui elements in those screenshots. i particularly like the click-n-run interface--i really did like windows 2000 but what the hell were they on with xp? perhaps apple is on to the same territory with the iapps, but $99 a year for .mac is a bit much. a business support service similar to this with online calendars and contact apps would be really useful...
worldcom wouldn't let me post! oooh, ooooh! i'm just north of chicago btw.
they did just purchase more intellectual property rights to DRM patents. see this article: (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/27352.htm l). so perhaps votes don't count so much as actions. and perhaps, these assets combined with m$'s ip in combining DRM into the os, is a sign that things could change should it become advantageous. apple might just have more of an understanding of what the users want, whereas m$ likely gives a sh1t so long as bill can become even richer. i believe that document says, "by the people," not "by bill or his representatives/senators."
isn't this exactly the type of situation where costs could be reduced by supporting some sort of standard as opposed to os specific stack requirements (http://developer.apple.com/macosx/rendezvous/). sure ms grabbed the bsd stack, but there are likely so many interdependencies now that it is irrelevant. but, at some point common protocols have to be adhered to. fyi, i use a mac, so it is in my interest. but, my enemy's enemy is my friend, and i just want stuff to work. also, is it possible to develop a windows translation mechanism for something like rendevouz should ms decide that standards are not in their best interest?
look a little further down the list, and see the comments about a lack of linux drivers. tsk tsk! i guess it is a winow$ world!
will the upstream bandwidth affect the downstream bandwidth, and what is the overhead compared to firewire/1394?
i am not sure what usb is up to, but it sounds like it is adding an ethernet like layer. any networking experts care to comment on this?
absolutely! but this is a feature! it's called flight control. how would using this feature void the warranty if it were unknown? it is hard on the transmission, which is why i am generally not fond of automatics. v8 m3, yummm!