As an actual powerbook user I had to laugh at this. Only computer that is freezing cold at first (actually painful to put on your lap), then so hot I could fry an egg 30 minutes later.
Back in the 90's too - those 120 models had one thing in common - they were all horrendously expensive no matter which one you picked.
I used to work at an apple service shop just out of high school - fixing this plethora of machines was a nightmare (some parts - like those all in one volume switches took over a year to acquire), but the key thing is - they were pretty much the same kind of machine - there was no low end mac then just mid range and high end. Most didn't have standard expansion slots (only Quadra's and Mac II's had NuBus slots), most had the same cpu's, same memory upgradablility, and same video options. The key is - even the performa's and centris machines cost well over 2500 or more.
I think the Mac clones were brilliant. The reason I'm sure apple put an end to it was a) they were WAY cheaper and b) they were way faster - at least the ones we had were. At the very least the mac clones woke apple up and made them reform.
Having actually gone to that site to buy a replacement battery for my ipod I can tell you replacing the battery yourself is NOT for the faint of heart - doubly so if you want the housing to look like it did from the factory.
Its actually used in Desktops that have more than one physical cpu (not counting multi-core single cpu's) as well. My desktop has an Intel 5400 chipset and requires ECC memory - it has a lot of interested requirements including active cooling.
The hardware was OK by 1991 when it finally got the ability to display 8 bit color with AGA without cheating (yes, before that ECS/OCS Amiga's could only do 32 colours in low res, 16 in high res). Even when Commodore shut down the Amiga could only do 8 bit audio (it was high quality actually, but still only 8 bits). The way the Amiga video chips worked it was neat for platform games, side scrolling games and 2d/3d (animated) video effects and thats about it. Couldn't even do chunky video modes (without chunky 2 planar software routines) which were all the rage when Doom came out. Oh and the independent displays which allowed you to page through them like a notebook (best way I can describe it). Even the built in CIA (complex interface adapter) could only support 19.2k serial speed - 56.6k if you had an AGA machine with an 040. The hardware was OK, but getting dated - even on my A4000 when I got it new in 92.
The OS was state of the art though - I ran a bbs on a program called CNet connected to serial.device. Added another modem to some 4 port serial board called uart.device. Then the internet came along - ran the BBS over the net for a while on a driver called telser.device (it was a telnet modem emulator) - all without ANY modification to the Cnet software what-so-ever and it was cake to setup.
The OS lacked memory protection and was flakey if processes got out of hand (even then - I do remember using it for hours on end without issues) - still even if it crashed it took 2 seconds to boot - even if I had well over 50+ user started processes in user-startup.
Don't be fooled though - the real star of the show was the OS, and when I saw it (OS 4) demo'd on a modern machine using commodity hardware it was just as wonderful.
It wasn't a glorified ms-dos shell - it had real driver support, the OS supported windows, multi-tasking, libraries, it had an SDK and window resizing and scaling (automatically - unlike the Mac at the time) as a few of the hundreds of features all without Workbench (which is the GUI shell pictured in the article).
>> someone who used an Amiga for well over 8 years.
This is debatable - what ilounge is claiming is that if you don't have headphones with controls all it does is play a loop of the playlist - because the player doesn't have any physical controls on the device.
Apple is *forcing* you to buy their headphones if you want to control it and from what I understand is that 3rd parties cannot make these special headphones without a special chip only apple has.
So yes - its drm.
And while some 3rd party could reverse engineer the lockout chip apple could in turn shut them down with the dmca.
That happened to me - I asked the guy what could possibly posses me to buy a protection plan to replace a 15$ ms mouse that had a 3 year warranty from the manufacturer. Luckily he just shut up.
Even more sad - the poor kid in India who was probably following company procedure (at least as far as charging for support) is probably going to get smacked by the management at outsourcer after symantec smacks the outsourcer.
My Nokia N95 has Opera - and its a full web browser, a usable calendar (works with Outlook/Exhange), GPS (real GPS, not fake), lasts a week or so on its battery and I can install anything I like on it - the only thing it doesn't have is a touch screen.
Oh and it can playback and record video (really decent quality too)
Yes, I should have qualified this - it comes with version 6, and our tools only worked on version 8 or later.
If you install XP fresh - go into the c:\windows\system32\macromed directory you will find a flash.ocx file...
Granted there aren't many sites that will work out of the box with the flash player windows comes with, but there you go.
Windows actually ships with a bunch of Adobe/Macromedia core tech out of the box - everything from font drivers, to printer drivers and their description files.
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As an actual powerbook user I had to laugh at this. Only computer that is freezing cold at first (actually painful to put on your lap), then so hot I could fry an egg 30 minutes later.
Do all in one printers work with the Mac? I've never seen a Mac user dare to use one personally.
Back in the 90's too - those 120 models had one thing in common - they were all horrendously expensive no matter which one you picked.
I used to work at an apple service shop just out of high school - fixing this plethora of machines was a nightmare (some parts - like those all in one volume switches took over a year to acquire), but the key thing is - they were pretty much the same kind of machine - there was no low end mac then just mid range and high end. Most didn't have standard expansion slots (only Quadra's and Mac II's had NuBus slots), most had the same cpu's, same memory upgradablility, and same video options. The key is - even the performa's and centris machines cost well over 2500 or more.
I think the Mac clones were brilliant. The reason I'm sure apple put an end to it was a) they were WAY cheaper and b) they were way faster - at least the ones we had were. At the very least the mac clones woke apple up and made them reform.
Actually you picked the wrong vendor to compare. Mercedes has low end cars (A series) and high end cars - they actually cover the spectrum quite well.
Granted they don't make dirt bikes, but BMW does.
Mercedes also makes quite a few trucks too.
Having actually gone to that site to buy a replacement battery for my ipod I can tell you replacing the battery yourself is NOT for the faint of heart - doubly so if you want the housing to look like it did from the factory.
Studying various thoughts on creation is more suited for a philosophy class or theology. I mean at what point do you stop? Have you seen the list?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_myth
Science classes should stick to teaching and discussing theories based on scientific process and nothing else.
That said, it is still used on servers...
Its actually used in Desktops that have more than one physical cpu (not counting multi-core single cpu's) as well. My desktop has an Intel 5400 chipset and requires ECC memory - it has a lot of interested requirements including active cooling.
It was hold and modify mode - its cheating and not real 12 bit color.
Ahh, but at least I can run Windows on an actual computer - unlike OS/2.
The hardware was OK by 1991 when it finally got the ability to display 8 bit color with AGA without cheating (yes, before that ECS/OCS Amiga's could only do 32 colours in low res, 16 in high res). Even when Commodore shut down the Amiga could only do 8 bit audio (it was high quality actually, but still only 8 bits). The way the Amiga video chips worked it was neat for platform games, side scrolling games and 2d/3d (animated) video effects and thats about it. Couldn't even do chunky video modes (without chunky 2 planar software routines) which were all the rage when Doom came out. Oh and the independent displays which allowed you to page through them like a notebook (best way I can describe it). Even the built in CIA (complex interface adapter) could only support 19.2k serial speed - 56.6k if you had an AGA machine with an 040. The hardware was OK, but getting dated - even on my A4000 when I got it new in 92.
The OS was state of the art though - I ran a bbs on a program called CNet connected to serial.device. Added another modem to some 4 port serial board called uart.device. Then the internet came along - ran the BBS over the net for a while on a driver called telser.device (it was a telnet modem emulator) - all without ANY modification to the Cnet software what-so-ever and it was cake to setup.
The OS lacked memory protection and was flakey if processes got out of hand (even then - I do remember using it for hours on end without issues) - still even if it crashed it took 2 seconds to boot - even if I had well over 50+ user started processes in user-startup.
Don't be fooled though - the real star of the show was the OS, and when I saw it (OS 4) demo'd on a modern machine using commodity hardware it was just as wonderful.
It wasn't a glorified ms-dos shell - it had real driver support, the OS supported windows, multi-tasking, libraries, it had an SDK and window resizing and scaling (automatically - unlike the Mac at the time) as a few of the hundreds of features all without Workbench (which is the GUI shell pictured in the article).
>> someone who used an Amiga for well over 8 years.
I'm all for blaming Obama for everything, but this AIG bailout was approved while Bush was president:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NSzxBtGpkU
How would you deal with it?
Washington is - they have a massive backlog of highway projects.
The really insulting thing is - they pull crap like this after laying of over a thousand people, and then make us pay for their projects.
This is debatable - what ilounge is claiming is that if you don't have headphones with controls all it does is play a loop of the playlist - because the player doesn't have any physical controls on the device.
Apple is *forcing* you to buy their headphones if you want to control it and from what I understand is that 3rd parties cannot make these special headphones without a special chip only apple has.
So yes - its drm.
And while some 3rd party could reverse engineer the lockout chip apple could in turn shut them down with the dmca.
That happened to me - I asked the guy what could possibly posses me to buy a protection plan to replace a 15$ ms mouse that had a 3 year warranty from the manufacturer. Luckily he just shut up.
Last time I went to the theater I got to sit wherever I wanted...
Even more sad - the poor kid in India who was probably following company procedure (at least as far as charging for support) is probably going to get smacked by the management at outsourcer after symantec smacks the outsourcer.
Strangely enough - I can't think of a document viewer outside of notepad (and programs like it) that doesn't support embedded code...
But then even VI and Notepad have had arbitrary code execution vulnerabilties...
Interestingly enough Foxit supports javascript in pdf files too and its enabled by default (disclaimer: last I checked).
You should ask them for you nickel back.
The risk is - if most developers aim towards the bigger market - the 360, then the ports will be made for the PS3 as an afterthought.
My Nokia N95 has Opera - and its a full web browser, a usable calendar (works with Outlook/Exhange), GPS (real GPS, not fake), lasts a week or so on its battery and I can install anything I like on it - the only thing it doesn't have is a touch screen.
Oh and it can playback and record video (really decent quality too)
Because executives are the ones who chose who gets fired maybe?
Yes, I should have qualified this - it comes with version 6, and our tools only worked on version 8 or later.
If you install XP fresh - go into the c:\windows\system32\macromed directory you will find a flash.ocx file...
Granted there aren't many sites that will work out of the box with the flash player windows comes with, but there you go.
Windows actually ships with a bunch of Adobe/Macromedia core tech out of the box - everything from font drivers, to printer drivers and their description files.
Foxit supports javascript too now... I suspect the reason it hasn't been attacked is there isn't any blood in the water over some small company.
If you don't trust bill then no - isn't that what the article says?