No type-ahead? Let's see.. typing "sl".. ooh.. completes to "slashdot.org". Or isn't that what you mean with type-ahead?
I'm worried that somebody will think that tabbed browsing is "not the Apple way".
Oh, you mean people like me? People who switched because of consistency - people who like the "one document - one window" metaphor as specified in the Apple HIG? I'm using (used) OmniWeb and don't miss tabs at ALL! Ctrl-click on the browser icon and get a list of windows; cycle only through those windows with ctrl-~ and ctrl-shift-~. Hide the browser with ctrl-h; show the browser and hide all OTHER applications with cmd-opt-click on the icon. There is absolutely no need for stinking tabs.
There's no spell checker, like OmniWeb and Mail use
That's not an OmniWeb feature - its built into OSX. Ctrl-click on a text field, select spelling and activate "Check Spelling As You Type". It's just not enabled by default. I'll give you the passwords and timeouts (and yes - I'm writing this in OmniWeb right now;)
I'm curious how they're boasting such impressive page load speeds compared to the other browsers
Oh that's easy, considering the amount of code involved. You see, one of the main arguments in favour of KHTML was its small size - like 140.000 lines of code. I'm guessing, but that's probably a fifth of the Gecko codebase. Read it up in this mail to the kfm-devel mailing list.
Half the speed? A tenth of the speed would be more realistic I think. PPCs have 32 general purpose registers, which would have to be emulated on the register-starved x86. This would perhaps be feasible on an Opteron or Itanium but not on that 2 decade old POS called x86.
Or, perhaps someone ought to start a project similar to WINE, but for the Cocoa API?
I really don't know why, but GNUStep doesn't seem to be very popular. GNUStep is an implementation of the OpenStep specification and they even track changes from Apple! It's what you are looking for - with a little effort, applications can be made to compile under both GNUStep and Cocoa (completely legal too, since OpenStep is open(duh)). Foundation seems to be pretty much complete and AppKit lacks just a few Apple-specific things like Drawers and Sheets (which will be added at some point in the future).
Really, GNUStep needs a little more exposure - I switched to a Mac, but I still think GNUStep is great and could be something better than GNOME/KDE.
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It's disingenuous to characterize MesaGL as "some people who have a page on Sourceforge".
and
It's the standard on RedHat, which is pretty damn mainstream for anyone running Linux.
Where is the big difference? As a hardware maker I still wouldn't care.
Not only are they much more expensive than their PC counterparts [...]
Standard Anti-Apple Rant #14. I won't even bother (I don't think $999 is expensive).
Why should I pay a premium to use something with BSD 3.2 hacked in [...]
The Unix-side of OSX was updated to 4.4 with Jaguar.
running on non-native, proprietary hardware?
First, what is "non-native" hardware? Secondly, what's so proprietary about IDE drives, SDRAM, Firewire, OpenFirmware (OK - that's not hardware per se) or PPC?
Besides that, it sickens me to see the average slashdotter drool over 'pretty' [fruity] OS X, and banter about the fact that their "M$ free".
You know, not everybody on Slashdot is a stark raving mad zealot misspelling "Microsoft" intentionally.
Re:Don't bitch about lack of Apple LCDs
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*THINK*, then post. Did you notice the "HD" in the model name? It stands for "High Definition" - this display has a native resolution of 1920x1200 pixels. Perhaps that might be the reason for the pricetag? Did you know that a comparable Sun 24" LCD (365-1414) costs $4,500?
I'm not sure on this one, but I think harddrive manufacturers generally give a lifetime in excess of 2 years, while my car tires should be changed after ~11.000km according to the manufacturer.
In 238 wird eine allgemein geltende Gewährleistungfrist von mindestens zwei Jahren (derzeit 6 Monate) festgelegt.
Ausgenommen davon bleiben Lebensmittel und eine Garantie-Verpflichtung aufgrund natürlichen Verschleißes und normaler Abnutzung muß auch weiterhin nicht gegeben werden.
A rough translation:
A generally valid warranty period is specified in 238 for at least two years (presently 6 months). Excluded is food and items, which experienced normal wear and tear.
Yes that's right. Germany only recently (1.1.2002) passed a law, that mandates a minimum warranty of 2 years for every product sold here. This was done to be more in line with EU-laws, so I guess the manufacturers can't pull this in countries of the European Union.
Not to imply that you're a clueless fuckwit, but their software is free of charges. Quote:
You can also order iDVD 2 online from the Apple store. Faxing in a completed order form (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). Or by calling 1-800-MY-APPLE. There is a
shipping and handling charge of $19.95.
Do you understand what that means? Of course you do, else you would have noticed the fucking DOWNLOAD button below it. Look for yourself. Could this mean they only charge $19.95 if you don't want to download and would prefer a CD shipped to you? Nah, only idiots would think that.
Just because Apple provides iDVD for free doesn't mean it's Free in the speech sense. You are NOT allowed to modify it, which is exactly what has happened here and why the DMCA has been invoked.
Apple developed iDVD at their expenses and provide it FREE of charges! I highly doubt you'll get the car for free. Selling their own drives is their _only_ stream of revenue in this case.
A better analogy would be razors: Apple provides you with a free Gilette and expects you to buy their razors. If somebody now distributes some kind of adapter (patch) to Apples gilette to fit their own razors, then Apple would lose quite a bit of money, wouldn't they?
First of all, Apple is in the business of selling _hardware_, not software.
iDVD is part of the i-suite of provided FREE applications with the sole reason to boost sales of Macintosh systems and Apple hardware in general. They don't make a single penny on iDVD per se, but on the drives it supports - if somebody now makes iDVD work with third-party burners, they take away the only reason why it is provided at all (for free).
Peter Sandon, Senior Processor Architect, Power PC Organization, IBM Microelectronics IBM is disclosing the technical details of a new 64-bit PowerPC microprocessor designed for desktops and entry-level servers. Based on the award winning Power4 design, this processor is an 8-way superscalar design that fully supports Symmetric MultiProcessing. The processor is further enhanced by a vector processing unit implementing over 160 specialized vector instructions and implements a system interface capable of up to 6.4GB/s.
According to rumours, IBM will unveil a PPC-based desktop processor - something like a Power4 Lite - on October 15th. Some people speculate that Apple will ditch Motorola in favour of IBM and get the new breed of processors from them, since Motorola is lagging behind and doesn't seem to like having Apple as customer (apparently they got burnt when Jobs killed the clone market).
So perhaps they will fab the next-generation (G5?) processor for Apple there. I at least hope so:)
Because nowadays we know better. Ancient languages like Common Lisp or Ada are obsolete. After all, everybody uses more modern languages like C(#,++) and Java. A million lemmings can't be wrong, no?
That's not the point. I totally agree with what the parent poster said (just replace every occurance of "Smalltalk" with "Common Lisp" for my case). Why do people have to reinvent the wheel a thousand times, but never succeeding in making it truly round? WHAT advantage has Ruby over Common Lisp or Smalltalk? WHY did it have to be made? What, as a language, can it do that Smalltalk or Common Lisp can't? It's a waste of time, really.
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No tabs, no type-ahead.
No type-ahead? Let's see.. typing "sl".. ooh.. completes to "slashdot.org". Or isn't that what you mean with type-ahead?
I'm worried that somebody will think that tabbed browsing is "not the Apple way".
Oh, you mean people like me? People who switched because of consistency - people who like the "one document - one window" metaphor as specified in the Apple HIG?
I'm using (used) OmniWeb and don't miss tabs at ALL! Ctrl-click on the browser icon and get a list of windows; cycle only through those windows with ctrl-~ and ctrl-shift-~. Hide the browser with ctrl-h; show the browser and hide all OTHER applications with cmd-opt-click on the icon.
There is absolutely no need for stinking tabs.
There's no spell checker, like OmniWeb and Mail use
;)
That's not an OmniWeb feature - its built into OSX. Ctrl-click on a text field, select spelling and activate "Check Spelling As You Type". It's just not enabled by default. I'll give you the passwords and timeouts (and yes - I'm writing this in OmniWeb right now
I'm curious how they're boasting such impressive page load speeds compared to the other browsers
Oh that's easy, considering the amount of code involved. You see, one of the main arguments in favour of KHTML was its small size - like 140.000 lines of code. I'm guessing, but that's probably a fifth of the Gecko codebase. Read it up in this mail to the kfm-devel mailing list.
No it's not - the underlying rendering engine is.
Half the speed? A tenth of the speed would be more realistic I think. PPCs have 32 general purpose registers, which would have to be emulated on the register-starved x86. This would perhaps be feasible on an Opteron or Itanium but not on that 2 decade old POS called x86.
Or, perhaps someone ought to start a project similar to WINE, but for the Cocoa API?
I really don't know why, but GNUStep doesn't seem to be very popular. GNUStep is an implementation of the OpenStep specification and they even track changes from Apple! It's what you are looking for - with a little effort, applications can be made to compile under both GNUStep and Cocoa (completely legal too, since OpenStep is open(duh)). Foundation seems to be pretty much complete and AppKit lacks just a few Apple-specific things like Drawers and Sheets (which will be added at some point in the future).
Really, GNUStep needs a little more exposure - I switched to a Mac, but I still think GNUStep is great and could be something better than GNOME/KDE.
It's disingenuous to characterize MesaGL as "some people who have a page on Sourceforge".
and
It's the standard on RedHat, which is pretty damn mainstream for anyone running Linux.
Where is the big difference? As a hardware maker I still wouldn't care.
Standard Anti-Apple Rant #14. I won't even bother (I don't think $999 is expensive).
The Unix-side of OSX was updated to 4.4 with Jaguar.
First, what is "non-native" hardware? Secondly, what's so proprietary about IDE drives, SDRAM, Firewire, OpenFirmware (OK - that's not hardware per se) or PPC?
You know, not everybody on Slashdot is a stark raving mad zealot misspelling "Microsoft" intentionally.
*THINK*, then post. Did you notice the "HD" in the model name? It stands for "High Definition" - this display has a native resolution of 1920x1200 pixels. Perhaps that might be the reason for the pricetag? Did you know that a comparable Sun 24" LCD (365-1414) costs $4,500?
I'm not sure on this one, but I think harddrive manufacturers generally give a lifetime in excess of 2 years, while my car tires should be changed after ~11.000km according to the manufacturer.
A rough translation:
Take a look here
Yes that's right. Germany only recently (1.1.2002) passed a law, that mandates a minimum warranty of 2 years for every product sold here. This was done to be more in line with EU-laws, so I guess the manufacturers can't pull this in countries of the European Union.
Yes, but it still means roughly "black shield" (to be pedantic: it would have to be "schwarzer schild").
Do you understand what that means? Of course you do, else you would have noticed the fucking DOWNLOAD button below it. Look for yourself. Could this mean they only charge $19.95 if you don't want to download and would prefer a CD shipped to you? Nah, only idiots would think that.
Can I have some of the crack you're smoking?
Just because Apple provides iDVD for free doesn't mean it's Free in the speech sense. You are NOT allowed to modify it, which is exactly what has happened here and why the DMCA has been invoked.
Your analogy is flawed:
Apple developed iDVD at their expenses and provide it FREE of charges! I highly doubt you'll get the car for free. Selling their own drives is their _only_ stream of revenue in this case.
A better analogy would be razors: Apple provides you with a free Gilette and expects you to buy their razors. If somebody now distributes some kind of adapter (patch) to Apples gilette to fit their own razors, then Apple would lose quite a bit of money, wouldn't they?
First of all, Apple is in the business of selling _hardware_, not software.
iDVD is part of the i-suite of provided FREE applications with the sole reason to boost sales of Macintosh systems and Apple hardware in general. They don't make a single penny on iDVD per se, but on the drives it supports - if somebody now makes iDVD work with third-party burners, they take away the only reason why it is provided at all (for free).
Quote:
According to rumours, IBM will unveil a PPC-based desktop processor - something like a Power4 Lite - on October 15th. Some people speculate that Apple will ditch Motorola in favour of IBM and get the new breed of processors from them, since Motorola is lagging behind and doesn't seem to like having Apple as customer (apparently they got burnt when Jobs killed the clone market).
:)
So perhaps they will fab the next-generation (G5?) processor for Apple there. I at least hope so
Because nowadays we know better. Ancient languages like Common Lisp or Ada are obsolete. After all, everybody uses more modern languages like C(#,++) and Java. A million lemmings can't be wrong, no?
Care to take a look at the new iMac, retard? It's a 17" LCD. Widescreen! Sheesh.
If you've already purchased additional disk space you will get the first year for free.
Going off-topic, but MAN that game rocked .. still my favorite RPG ;-D
That's not the point. I totally agree with what the parent poster said (just replace every occurance of "Smalltalk" with "Common Lisp" for my case).
Why do people have to reinvent the wheel a thousand times, but never succeeding in making it truly round? WHAT advantage has Ruby over Common Lisp or Smalltalk? WHY did it have to be made? What, as a language, can it do that Smalltalk or Common Lisp can't? It's a waste of time, really.