Actually the i7 last time I checked only went to 5.9ghz on LN2. And they showed 4ghz on air so yes this is pretty interesting depending on the price point. An over clocked $250 AMD Phenom II could compete very well with a $1000 i7. That would be very interesting.
Ummm. No... We learned that clock speed wasn't the end all and be all of performance. In this case both Intel and AMD are getting good performance per cycle so upping the clock is a good thing. If it can do 4Ghz on air then yes it is getting in the the competitive range.
Yep this level or DRM is pushing people to piracy. Why can't they understand that all DRM does is punish your customers? If you ask me the media industry as a whole are a bunch of analog holes.
You are correct. The person that is stating that embryonic stem cell research is with out a doubt moral is trying to impose their world view on others. I simply accept that there are diffing options on the subject. Now I do question on if it is ethical to put research money into embryonic stem cell research since adult stem cell research seems to be a much more productive line at this time. Since their is X amount of resources it would seem logical to put those resources into the area that has proven the most fruitful.
Well first of all modern virtual machines are not all that slow. They tend to be JIT compilers so I would suggest that you stop living in 90s. Second just how can you get your compiled C/C++ code to run on Linux, Windows, and OS/X? I am all for native code but VMs have a lot of advantages.
Well it is your choice but just as you have the right to feel up tight about it others have the right to think that it is no big deal. I have been targeted before 9/11 for extra attention. I was flying into Hawaii for a job and I was carrying lots of cables, adapters, and other strange electronics in my carry on. That day someone had attacked a US base or some such thing. Add in that I am over six foot, I was in my twenties, and had dark hair and a beard and you can imagine that I set off some red flags. I was simply polite to them and they where polite to me. Not really a big deal. But yes if this is getting more hits than random searches then I don't see the problem. Frankly what the heck are people doing flying with a fake ID in this day and age?
Okay you don't get it. As I am said I am a Linux user and I do like but what you are describing is the problem and not a solution. Buying a Printer. Windows 1. Go to store. 2. Find printer you like. 3. Buy printer. 4. Go home and stick in the install disk and it works. Linux 1. Go to the store. 2. Find the printer you like 3. Go home. 4. Google the printer plus Linux. 5. Find an up to date link. 6. If printer not supported to go 1. 7. Buy printer. 8. Go home. 9. Download the driver and configure cups and hope it works.
Of course you could just buy HP. Also Epsons tend to work. But even then it is best to check.
I don't care that Linux can not run Windows software. I understand that. What is a pain is the lack of Software you can buy for Linux. Yes there is a ton of great free software but there is also 90 tons of crap free software. Gimp, OO.org, and Firefox are all great but it would be nice to have an outlet for none FOSS software for Linux. I would buy every Game that I currently boot into Windows to play for Linux If I could.
I think your a bit over the top. I just built my wife a new PC and we decided that we would put Vista 64 on it as a test. She is very computer literate and often boots into Linux. She likes it okay so far. The problem with Vista is that the pain is not worth the gain. My wife had all new hardware and we are using SP1. Her system has been stable and pretty fast. Is it better then XP? Not really it is really just different.
But you see that is the problem. OLDER stuff works on Linux. But if you buy new then you may run into problems. What people on slashdot don't understand when it comes to the Granny test is this. You have to just open the box, plug it in, and maybe stick in the CD and have it work. And actually Lexmark has pretty spotty support for Linux at best last time I checked. That is why I stay clear of them.
honestly I don't know. I can say that with my AMD X2 running Linux I have noticed any problems during IO. Now on my P4 at work "I really need to up grade but I hate the down time" I do notice it.
SAS is just a version of SCSI. To be honest Sata works well enough for me and I haven't really needed SAS even for the servers I work on. But if you want really good IO performance I would say go with an SAS RAID controller and a few SAS 10k RPM drives.
"1 - I'm going to go on a limb and guess HP is still the number one printer seller. " What about Lexmark, Cannon, Kodak, and Brother? Hey people often buy what is on sale and I don't think you will find any of them that says they will work with Linux. "2 - I personally have yet to come across any major webcam that doesn't work in Linux." What about that one on sale for $10? And not every PC comes with a Webcam and none of them say they will work with Linux on the box. "4 - Tax software? Every major company has a website where you e-file online without the need for any additional software. " They why all the TurboTax and TaxCut boxes I see every year? Somebody is buying them.
But the killer thing is if that Printer you bought doesn't work on Windows you call the support number and they help you fix it or you go to RentaFireGeek and pay them to fix it. Same for the webcam. If your on Linux.... As I said I like Linux and use it but those are the hang ups. If HP put Supports Linux on every printer and offered support for it then that would be great. If some company setup a Linux version of ITunes for software and got Quicken and the Game makers to put software on it that would also be great. Right now it is an issue.
I am a Linux fan and yes I do agree for the most part but I would go with your granny test if you let me set some of the tasks. Go to BestCircutMartDepot and. 1. Buy an all in one printer. 2. Buy a webcam. 3. Buy a Game. 4. Buy Tax Software. The problem is a lack of over the counter software and the lack of a stable binary driver interface. The whole document it and they will write it is a good idea but having the option to stick in on a CD in the box is very handy.
"When did it become the gamestore's right to profit more than the developer?" When they come up with a good business model. If I buy a game why shouldn't I have the right to resell it? If I buy a car and I no longer need it I can sell it. That used car is one less car the car company can sell. When I am done with a book I can sell that as well.
I buy used games because they are cheap and often I can not get them new. I got a PS2 only a few years ago so there are a lot of games for me to buy used.
It is just that simple. I do and should have the right to sell a video game that I am through playing. I get to recover some of my cost and somebody else gets to enjoy the game for less money. I am sorry that games have too high of a resale value but that is just the way that it is.
The new I7 and maybe the new 45 nm AMD cpus are probably a better solution for a workstation then a Power these days. Linux has more hardware and software support than AIX so IBM probably sees the future as an I7 running Linux.
During WWII the US had issue with people of German decent sabotaging aircraft at Brewster aircraft. It didn't do much harm since Brewster made such bad aircraft to start with. It think this like most things has to do with individuals and not race. The real issue is that to many foreign born and raised people are coming to the US and then becoming engineers.
I would never replace OS/X with Linux or Windows. I would run them using VMWare or one of the virtualization options. Why the heck would Apple spend money putting a development system on any other OS than OS/X? The IPhone runs OS/X. Microsoft sure hasn't ported the WinCE development tools to Linux and Windows. Yes OS/X isn't FOSS but Windows also isn't. Your complaints are philosophical. Apple hardware isn't proprietary in nature. It is very open because it can run Linux, Windows, and Mac OS/X. If anything is closed it is OS/X but too bad. If you want to write code for OS/X or the IPhone you just have to live with it.
If you want to write code for the IPhone or the Mac you will need a development system that supports them. Simple answer is that it isn't a feature but if you don't like it don't write for the IPhone or the Mac.
"Give me a break. Iraq was no threat to the world. Saddam was content, after being spanked during Kuwait, to sit back and chill." I was speaking about the the first war not the second.
Hey it was one programmer. And frankly if you are having issues with swap put more ram in.
I have to live this line. "The sting of ka-ching While the price of Macintosh hardware continues to be competitive with the best commodity laptops and desktops, Apple offers nothing in the rapidly expanding lower tiers. It's possible to build a quad-core PC running Eclipse and Gimp for less than $400 with refurbished hardware. At the time of this writing, the Mac Pro with one quad-core CPU begins at $2,300. Adding Photoshop and other tools can push the bill closer to $4,000." Okay guess what folks? You can run GIMP and Eclipse on a Mac! Not only that but it seems a bit unfair to compare a Mac Pro with a refurbished box! Heck I a not an Apple fan but this seems very slanted to me.
Why do developers like the MAC? 1. It is Unix so if are doing Unix server work this is a piece of cake. 2. It will run Windows, Linux, BSD, and Mac OS/x so if you are going multi-platform on the PC it is the way to go. 3. It will run the Google Phone development stack and the Iphone/IPod stack. It is just more flexible. Makes me want to get one now.
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Actually the i7 last time I checked only went to 5.9ghz on LN2. And they showed 4ghz on air so yes this is pretty interesting depending on the price point.
An over clocked $250 AMD Phenom II could compete very well with a $1000 i7.
That would be very interesting.
Ummm. No...
We learned that clock speed wasn't the end all and be all of performance.
In this case both Intel and AMD are getting good performance per cycle so upping the clock is a good thing.
If it can do 4Ghz on air then yes it is getting in the the competitive range.
Yep this level or DRM is pushing people to piracy.
Why can't they understand that all DRM does is punish your customers?
If you ask me the media industry as a whole are a bunch of analog holes.
You are correct. The person that is stating that embryonic stem cell research is with out a doubt moral is trying to impose their world view on others.
I simply accept that there are diffing options on the subject.
Now I do question on if it is ethical to put research money into embryonic stem cell research since adult stem cell research seems to be a much more productive line at this time. Since their is X amount of resources it would seem logical to put those resources into the area that has proven the most fruitful.
Well first of all modern virtual machines are not all that slow. They tend to be JIT compilers so I would suggest that you stop living in 90s.
Second just how can you get your compiled C/C++ code to run on Linux, Windows, and OS/X?
I am all for native code but VMs have a lot of advantages.
Humm. So you decide what is moral and not for the planet?
Interesting.....
No rejection and lots of progress. This is really great news.
Well it is your choice but just as you have the right to feel up tight about it others have the right to think that it is no big deal.
I have been targeted before 9/11 for extra attention. I was flying into Hawaii for a job and I was carrying lots of cables, adapters, and other strange electronics in my carry on. That day someone had attacked a US base or some such thing. Add in that I am over six foot, I was in my twenties, and had dark hair and a beard and you can imagine that I set off some red flags.
I was simply polite to them and they where polite to me. Not really a big deal.
But yes if this is getting more hits than random searches then I don't see the problem.
Frankly what the heck are people doing flying with a fake ID in this day and age?
Okay you don't get it. As I am said I am a Linux user and I do like but what you are describing is the problem and not a solution.
Buying a Printer.
Windows
1. Go to store.
2. Find printer you like.
3. Buy printer.
4. Go home and stick in the install disk and it works.
Linux
1. Go to the store.
2. Find the printer you like
3. Go home.
4. Google the printer plus Linux.
5. Find an up to date link.
6. If printer not supported to go 1.
7. Buy printer.
8. Go home.
9. Download the driver and configure cups and hope it works.
Of course you could just buy HP. Also Epsons tend to work. But even then it is best to check.
I don't care that Linux can not run Windows software. I understand that. What is a pain is the lack of Software you can buy for Linux. Yes there is a ton of great free software but there is also 90 tons of crap free software. Gimp, OO.org, and Firefox are all great but it would be nice to have an outlet for none FOSS software for Linux. I would buy every Game that I currently boot into Windows to play for Linux If I could.
I think your a bit over the top.
I just built my wife a new PC and we decided that we would put Vista 64 on it as a test. She is very computer literate and often boots into Linux. She likes it okay so far. The problem with Vista is that the pain is not worth the gain. My wife had all new hardware and we are using SP1. Her system has been stable and pretty fast. Is it better then XP? Not really it is really just different.
But you see that is the problem.
OLDER stuff works on Linux. But if you buy new then you may run into problems.
What people on slashdot don't understand when it comes to the Granny test is this.
You have to just open the box, plug it in, and maybe stick in the CD and have it work.
And actually Lexmark has pretty spotty support for Linux at best last time I checked. That is why I stay clear of them.
honestly I don't know. I can say that with my AMD X2 running Linux I have noticed any problems during IO. Now on my P4 at work "I really need to up grade but I hate the down time" I do notice it.
SAS is just a version of SCSI. To be honest Sata works well enough for me and I haven't really needed SAS even for the servers I work on.
But if you want really good IO performance I would say go with an SAS RAID controller and a few SAS 10k RPM drives.
"1 - I'm going to go on a limb and guess HP is still the number one printer seller. "
What about Lexmark, Cannon, Kodak, and Brother? Hey people often buy what is on sale and I don't think you will find any of them that says they will work with Linux.
"2 - I personally have yet to come across any major webcam that doesn't work in Linux."
What about that one on sale for $10? And not every PC comes with a Webcam and none of them say they will work with Linux on the box.
"4 - Tax software? Every major company has a website where you e-file online without the need for any additional software. "
They why all the TurboTax and TaxCut boxes I see every year? Somebody is buying them.
But the killer thing is if that Printer you bought doesn't work on Windows you call the support number and they help you fix it or you go to RentaFireGeek and pay them to fix it. Same for the webcam. If your on Linux....
As I said I like Linux and use it but those are the hang ups.
If HP put Supports Linux on every printer and offered support for it then that would be great.
If some company setup a Linux version of ITunes for software and got Quicken and the Game makers to put software on it that would also be great.
Right now it is an issue.
Yea that is pretty much it. Until hardware vendors can create Linux binary install disks Linux is in trouble.
I am a Linux fan and yes I do agree for the most part but I would go with your granny test if you let me set some of the tasks.
Go to BestCircutMartDepot and.
1. Buy an all in one printer.
2. Buy a webcam.
3. Buy a Game.
4. Buy Tax Software.
The problem is a lack of over the counter software and the lack of a stable binary driver interface.
The whole document it and they will write it is a good idea but having the option to stick in on a CD in the box is very handy.
We are talking about a workstation here and not a server.
But just use SAS or SCSI drives and you will probably not see much of a slow down.
"When did it become the gamestore's right to profit more than the developer?"
When they come up with a good business model.
If I buy a game why shouldn't I have the right to resell it?
If I buy a car and I no longer need it I can sell it. That used car is one less car the car company can sell.
When I am done with a book I can sell that as well.
I buy used games because they are cheap and often I can not get them new.
I got a PS2 only a few years ago so there are a lot of games for me to buy used.
It is just that simple. I do and should have the right to sell a video game that I am through playing. I get to recover some of my cost and somebody else gets to enjoy the game for less money.
I am sorry that games have too high of a resale value but that is just the way that it is.
The new I7 and maybe the new 45 nm AMD cpus are probably a better solution for a workstation then a Power these days. Linux has more hardware and software support than AIX so IBM probably sees the future as an I7 running Linux.
During WWII the US had issue with people of German decent sabotaging aircraft at Brewster aircraft. It didn't do much harm since Brewster made such bad aircraft to start with.
It think this like most things has to do with individuals and not race.
The real issue is that to many foreign born and raised people are coming to the US and then becoming engineers.
I would never replace OS/X with Linux or Windows. I would run them using VMWare or one of the virtualization options.
Why the heck would Apple spend money putting a development system on any other OS than OS/X? The IPhone runs OS/X. Microsoft sure hasn't ported the WinCE development tools to Linux and Windows.
Yes OS/X isn't FOSS but Windows also isn't.
Your complaints are philosophical. Apple hardware isn't proprietary in nature. It is very open because it can run Linux, Windows, and Mac OS/X. If anything is closed it is OS/X but too bad. If you want to write code for OS/X or the IPhone you just have to live with it.
If you want to write code for the IPhone or the Mac you will need a development system that supports them.
Simple answer is that it isn't a feature but if you don't like it don't write for the IPhone or the Mac.
"Give me a break. Iraq was no threat to the world. Saddam was content, after being spanked during Kuwait, to sit back and chill."
I was speaking about the the first war not the second.
Hey it was one programmer. And frankly if you are having issues with swap put more ram in.
I have to live this line.
"The sting of ka-ching
While the price of Macintosh hardware continues to be competitive with the best commodity laptops and desktops, Apple offers nothing in the rapidly expanding lower tiers. It's possible to build a quad-core PC running Eclipse and Gimp for less than $400 with refurbished hardware. At the time of this writing, the Mac Pro with one quad-core CPU begins at $2,300. Adding Photoshop and other tools can push the bill closer to $4,000."
Okay guess what folks? You can run GIMP and Eclipse on a Mac!
Not only that but it seems a bit unfair to compare a Mac Pro with a refurbished box!
Heck I a not an Apple fan but this seems very slanted to me.
Why do developers like the MAC?
1. It is Unix so if are doing Unix server work this is a piece of cake.
2. It will run Windows, Linux, BSD, and Mac OS/x so if you are going multi-platform on the PC it is the way to go.
3. It will run the Google Phone development stack and the Iphone/IPod stack.
It is just more flexible. Makes me want to get one now.
Yes the Great Dictator is brilliant. But give me a break just how many well known silent film stars do you expect me to come up with? :)