Apple went with Intel because Intel's chips are faster and more plentiful. Freescale and IBM are not advancing fast enough in the speed department and they have continual yield problems. Sony has just recently declared that they're having yield problems with the Cell processor, another IBM PPC design.
How you can not understand this is beyond me. This is brain dead simple. People did not buy Macs because of the Power architecture. Are you forgetting who the Mac audience is? They're people who don't know jack about the computer industry, not geeks who know the differences between x86, Power or Sparc architectures.
To review, Apple went Intel so that Apple could actually sell hardware again. No one wants a slow computer, and PowerPC chips are slow in comparison to Intel's chips. I have an Intel Mac, it screams compared to my PowerPC Mac. Apple also doesn't want to have to hold up shipments ever again because the CPU's aren't ready. Or downgrade the speed of its computers because of sudden yield problems.
If you truly believe that Apple will be going back to the PowerPC architecture then you must come from straight out of DumbFuckIstan.
There is no Apple copy protection on retail OS installs. You can buy one copy and install it on as many PPC Macs as you own. I doubt they'll leave it this way for the Intel Macs however.
Why shouldn't they be? Computers are supposed to make things easier. Windows is easy to use and its already available. Learning about Linux takes effort and for what gain? The vast majority of people couldn't give a rats ass about the software being free or not. Its not worth much if its not simple to use.
Microsoft has over $30 billion in the bank. Red Hat does not. The entire world could switch to Linux and not pay Red Hat a dime....because Linux is free. There's no way any sane non-political person would want to be a RH shareholder over a Microsoft shareholder.
Guess what? Richard Stallman having a website does not make what he states on it fact. There is no natural or man-made law that states income must be drived from absolute production.
Bill Gates is recieved with honor because he's a self made billionaire who's company and products have changed the world. Richard M. Stallman looks as if he's never seen a razor or a bath in his life. Is it really so hard to understand why the guy isn't give the due you think he deserves?
Incorrect. Labor does not create all wealth. Sometimes natural resources create wealth. Sometimes intellectual property creates wealth. And without wealth companies cannot be made to employ labor.
Yeah I'm sure you were so confused because everyone refers to Canada as the United Provinces of Canada-America or to Mexico as the United States of Mexico-America. Wait whats that? The only nation in North America that has "America" in its name is the United States of America? Why that would mean you could merely mention "America" and everyone who isn't a cockfaced asshat would know you meant United States of America.
Its amazing how clear communication on Slashdot can become once you overcome the pedantic demands of the "Never Got Out Of My Moms Basement" set.
When were the rich not getting richer? When were the middle class never just scraping by? No one is denying people get screwed over. What they are denying is your rose colored view of the past. Ever hear of the term ROBBER BARONS? The whole reason why we have anti-trust laws is because CEOs were worse in the past then they are right now. Just because that has been fixed does NOT mean your life is supposed to be enriched or made better. You still need to work, and be smart, in order to succeed.
Yes yes you can drag and drop songs onto any generic MP3 Player using USB Mass Storage. But thats a crude way of doing things. The iTunes software provides a more more elegant way with sets of playlists, party shuffles....etc. Of course you don't need all that stuff but the reason the iPod is so popular is because it goes the extra mile in being useful to people. If you don't get it, then you'll never get it. Much like the folks over at www.anythingbutipod.com
The same arguments could be used on why to use Mac OS X/Windows over Linux. You can do the same things on both types of OS's, but some Linux geeks don't understand the need for a GUI when all they need is the command line. The GUI may be easier to use, but you retain your "freedom" with Linux. Eh freedom is an overused word. I want to be free politically. I don't want to be free commercially if that means I have to put up with crude interfaces. Lock me up, lock me in, show me where the ease of use begins!
Your freedom isn't that valuable though. Its just an MP3 Player, not a tool to overthrow governments. Most people don't care that iTunes music is DRM'd because it has no practical affect on their lives. Why so much indignation from Slashdot geeks then?
Seeing how badly Halliburton seems to handle everything, and how much money they've wasted on Boston's Big Dig without even getting the job right, I'd say the American tax payer would be well served by choosing ANYONE other than Halliburton.
To widen my response to your entire diatribe, the reason why we should favor free trade and frown on protectionism is because the goal is to get the best product for the best price, not to line the pockets of a fellow citizen just because they are a fellow citizen. The precise reason WHY Halliburton is so bad is because its in a market where it rarely has to compete against anyone else, foreign or domestic. Competition breeds quality, international competition breeds the best quality.
Aside from all that, it is or it should be pretty demoralizing to a human's spirit to know that the only reason you have a job is so you won't starve to death, not because you are doing something worthwhile that is valued by others. If I am not making something people want or performing a service that people want, then aside from keeping me alive the paycheck wouldn't be very welcome. There's a pretty high suicide rate in Japan right now because the government gives people "make-work" jobs that are jobs with no purpose really. Building roads and bridges that don't need to be built...etc. After a while the worker figures out his job has no purpose and gets depressed.
Trying to stop computer/car analogies on Slashdot is like trying to drive at 60MPH an IBM Blue Gene into a parked 1978 Dodge Charger. In other words it doesn't make much sense to try and is not likely to happen.
At home you are already paying an electric bill. Why would you want to spend MORE money to power your phone? At work you aren't even paying the electric bill. Except for special circumstances this fuel cell thing doesn't make sense.
From the article "What Soucy and MTI CEO Peng Lim envision is a world where instead of recharging your phone's battery, you'll buy disposable fuel cells that last longer than the batteries that come with cell phones today and are more eco-friendly. Exactly how much longer they'll last the company won't say yet. "We've promised to demonstrate a fuel cell that is better than a lithium ion battery by the third quarter of this year, and we're on track to do that," Lim says."
Hahahahah. So people are going to give up being able to recharge their cell phone batteries for free for the ultra-convienence of having to go to the store to buy new fuel cells for their phones everytime they lose power. Right.
Rosetta doesn't run all the time. If you aren't using any PPC apps then its not running. Its also not like Classic. There's much less ram usage then you think.
You are assuming that every individual within a species must reproduce to have a positive effect on their species. If you invent something that contributes greatly to the success of your species then you are not a failure. If you help others so that they may reproduce then you are not a failure. This is the entire reason why grand parents exist so that they can help beyond their direct reproductive powers.
That sounds like France. Everytmie the french government tries to improve the economy the entire nation strikes, and then they wonder why unemployment is so high.
Slashdot Mirror
...but you are an idiot.
Seriously.
Apple went with Intel because Intel's chips are faster and more plentiful. Freescale and IBM are not advancing fast enough in the speed department and they have continual yield problems. Sony has just recently declared that they're having yield problems with the Cell processor, another IBM PPC design.
How you can not understand this is beyond me. This is brain dead simple. People did not buy Macs because of the Power architecture. Are you forgetting who the Mac audience is? They're people who don't know jack about the computer industry, not geeks who know the differences between x86, Power or Sparc architectures.
To review, Apple went Intel so that Apple could actually sell hardware again. No one wants a slow computer, and PowerPC chips are slow in comparison to Intel's chips. I have an Intel Mac, it screams compared to my PowerPC Mac. Apple also doesn't want to have to hold up shipments ever again because the CPU's aren't ready. Or downgrade the speed of its computers because of sudden yield problems.
If you truly believe that Apple will be going back to the PowerPC architecture then you must come from straight out of DumbFuckIstan.
Good Greif.
There is no Apple copy protection on retail OS installs. You can buy one copy and install it on as many PPC Macs as you own. I doubt they'll leave it this way for the Intel Macs however.
Why shouldn't they be? Computers are supposed to make things easier. Windows is easy to use and its already available. Learning about Linux takes effort and for what gain? The vast majority of people couldn't give a rats ass about the software being free or not. Its not worth much if its not simple to use.
Microsoft has over $30 billion in the bank. Red Hat does not. The entire world could switch to Linux and not pay Red Hat a dime....because Linux is free. There's no way any sane non-political person would want to be a RH shareholder over a Microsoft shareholder.
What are you, an idiot? Why should we allow a crazy nation like Iran even one nuke? You want to tell whoever they'll use it on that its no big deal?
The tariffs would destroy the jobs. How would that help the workers?
Guess what? Richard Stallman having a website does not make what he states on it fact. There is no natural or man-made law that states income must be drived from absolute production.
Bill Gates is recieved with honor because he's a self made billionaire who's company and products have changed the world. Richard M. Stallman looks as if he's never seen a razor or a bath in his life. Is it really so hard to understand why the guy isn't give the due you think he deserves?
Incorrect. Labor does not create all wealth. Sometimes natural resources create wealth. Sometimes intellectual property creates wealth. And without wealth companies cannot be made to employ labor.
Anyways, how's socialism working out for you?
Yeah I'm sure you were so confused because everyone refers to Canada as the United Provinces of Canada-America or to Mexico as the United States of Mexico-America. Wait whats that? The only nation in North America that has "America" in its name is the United States of America? Why that would mean you could merely mention "America" and everyone who isn't a cockfaced asshat would know you meant United States of America.
Its amazing how clear communication on Slashdot can become once you overcome the pedantic demands of the "Never Got Out Of My Moms Basement" set.
You know, some folks have to pay $1200 a MONTH in rent......
$1200 per YEAR for college is peanuts.
When were the rich not getting richer? When were the middle class never just scraping by? No one is denying people get screwed over. What they are denying is your rose colored view of the past. Ever hear of the term ROBBER BARONS? The whole reason why we have anti-trust laws is because CEOs were worse in the past then they are right now. Just because that has been fixed does NOT mean your life is supposed to be enriched or made better. You still need to work, and be smart, in order to succeed.
I think the point is the election shouldn't have been that close to begin with. Kerry should have won by MILLIONS.
If the parent was wrong, you'd have a point. Unfortunately for you, the market has spoken and declared the iPod superior to all others.
Nice try, play again soon!
Yes yes you can drag and drop songs onto any generic MP3 Player using USB Mass Storage. But thats a crude way of doing things. The iTunes software provides a more more elegant way with sets of playlists, party shuffles....etc. Of course you don't need all that stuff but the reason the iPod is so popular is because it goes the extra mile in being useful to people. If you don't get it, then you'll never get it. Much like the folks over at www.anythingbutipod.com
The same arguments could be used on why to use Mac OS X/Windows over Linux. You can do the same things on both types of OS's, but some Linux geeks don't understand the need for a GUI when all they need is the command line. The GUI may be easier to use, but you retain your "freedom" with Linux. Eh freedom is an overused word. I want to be free politically. I don't want to be free commercially if that means I have to put up with crude interfaces. Lock me up, lock me in, show me where the ease of use begins!
Your freedom isn't that valuable though. Its just an MP3 Player, not a tool to overthrow governments. Most people don't care that iTunes music is DRM'd because it has no practical affect on their lives. Why so much indignation from Slashdot geeks then?
Seeing how badly Halliburton seems to handle everything, and how much money they've wasted on Boston's Big Dig without even getting the job right, I'd say the American tax payer would be well served by choosing ANYONE other than Halliburton.
To widen my response to your entire diatribe, the reason why we should favor free trade and frown on protectionism is because the goal is to get the best product for the best price, not to line the pockets of a fellow citizen just because they are a fellow citizen. The precise reason WHY Halliburton is so bad is because its in a market where it rarely has to compete against anyone else, foreign or domestic. Competition breeds quality, international competition breeds the best quality.
Aside from all that, it is or it should be pretty demoralizing to a human's spirit to know that the only reason you have a job is so you won't starve to death, not because you are doing something worthwhile that is valued by others. If I am not making something people want or performing a service that people want, then aside from keeping me alive the paycheck wouldn't be very welcome. There's a pretty high suicide rate in Japan right now because the government gives people "make-work" jobs that are jobs with no purpose really. Building roads and bridges that don't need to be built...etc. After a while the worker figures out his job has no purpose and gets depressed.
Trying to stop computer/car analogies on Slashdot is like trying to drive at 60MPH an IBM Blue Gene into a parked 1978 Dodge Charger. In other words it doesn't make much sense to try and is not likely to happen.
Just my two cents.
At home you are already paying an electric bill. Why would you want to spend MORE money to power your phone? At work you aren't even paying the electric bill. Except for special circumstances this fuel cell thing doesn't make sense.
From the article
"What Soucy and MTI CEO Peng Lim envision is a world where instead of recharging your phone's battery, you'll buy disposable fuel cells that last longer than the batteries that come with cell phones today and are more eco-friendly. Exactly how much longer they'll last the company won't say yet. "We've promised to demonstrate a fuel cell that is better than a lithium ion battery by the third quarter of this year, and we're on track to do that," Lim says."
Hahahahah. So people are going to give up being able to recharge their cell phone batteries for free for the ultra-convienence of having to go to the store to buy new fuel cells for their phones everytime they lose power. Right.
Rosetta doesn't run all the time. If you aren't using any PPC apps then its not running. Its also not like Classic. There's much less ram usage then you think.
Thats not a good thing. The best person for the job should be hired. Period.
You are assuming that every individual within a species must reproduce to have a positive effect on their species. If you invent something that contributes greatly to the success of your species then you are not a failure. If you help others so that they may reproduce then you are not a failure. This is the entire reason why grand parents exist so that they can help beyond their direct reproductive powers.
That sounds like France. Everytmie the french government tries to improve the economy the entire nation strikes, and then they wonder why unemployment is so high.
1. So someone who doesn't have a wife and kids is a failure to you?
2. Who wrote the social contract and what government agency is in charge of enforcing it? When did I sign it?