I'm not in a CS major, but this is one question that can be applied to any college search for any major.
Is there a Graduate program with-in the same department?
Now you're wondering how this applies to an undergraduate education. I have been told by many people and found evidence that a lot of programs with graduate programs will give the best tools, staff, and most importantly curriculum to the grad students while the undergrad students are left with less experience and education. How does the school focus on the educational development of undergrad students if they have a grad program as well? Also, if a program doesn't have a grad program, that's not a bad thing at all!
So how long will it take for the/. readers to find a work-around to the system?
Nice to see X in full, but visit 9 sometime
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Apple Drops Mac OS 9
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I am glad to see OS 9 as 'dead' because this forces developers to start creating
more native support for OS X and not settling for 9 compatibility. As of right
now, I have an Epson scanner with no native X drivers.
On the other hand, I am very concerned of the loss of support for 9 users.
One example that comes to my mind is the Western
Michigan University Theatre department which run 9 on all of their Apple
computers, most of which can't even run 10.1, let alone the new demands of 'Jaguar.'
Also, all of the major programs (besides Office) are either not available in
X or require a major upgrade to become X compatible. That's a lot of money to
spend, epically when most of your computers can't run in X. The question can
be raised that the department needs to update their hardware, but when the current
setup is fully functional, why spend the money to change it all?
I believe this move is to create a focus for developers to develop support
of X that take charge of very innovative technologies that X has to benefit
the users. I only hope that we 9 will still be supported and at least welcomed.
Hopefully someone will visit the retirement home once-in-a-while and say hello
to 9.
I was in a very similar situation myself! I have a MAC tower, a Dell portable, and a HUGE Dell screen. I was appalled by the over-priced boxes out there, but here is my cheep-but-effective solution:
My keyboard and mouse I use is PS/2. (I do have MAC issue keyboard and mouse, but you'll see why I use PS/2.) from there, it travels to my $50 (w/o cables) Linksys PS2KVM2 switch with my screen connected. To my Dell PC, I connect the switch up using some double male patch cords. For the MAC, I got a USB to PS/2 adapter for $15 at a computer show.
It works like a charm! For the Linksys switch, I just have to hit Ctrl twice and I switch computers. It really confuses some of my friends when one minute they are looking at OS X and the next Windows XP. I do have a few notes:
If a switch does not plug into the wall for power, it will draw power from keyboard and mouse inputs. In other words, you can expect things to work unless one powered keyboard and mouse are connected to the switch. If you removed video from the switch, it will still operate as long as the keyboard and mouse are plugged in.
The other note I have is that even though I can still use all the keyboard functions on the MAC. The Windows key functions like the Apple key. The only thing I can't seem to do is do boot-level functions. (Example: If I hold down C at booting, it will not boot to the CD drive.) That's why you should keep your old mac keyboard and mouse around.
I know this isn't a pure USB solution, but it may be cheeper than finding a box that uses USB natively. Hope this helped someone!
Well, your partly correct. Palm did have to create the software for HotSync to work natively on OS X before any OS X compatability would be possiable. But now Palm put out the software for OS X so they are all cleared.
Now it is MS's responsibility to make the conduit that connects Entoruge with the new version of HotSync. Now, weither or not MS creates the programing in-house, or contracts it out like the PC version, I don't know.
Course, I could be wrong. Any one care to correct if I am?
No, 25 or 26 is. You can't sign for a rental car, nor drive a rental car until that age (varies from state to state).
In other words, there is solid age discrimination, but it's a wavering issue. On one hand, actions such as the under 18 clause protect a minor from a contact that may place a minor into a situation that s/he did not fully understand. However, there are a lot of kids who are smart and are able to understand a contract, or murder for that matter.
As far as Apple is concerned, I understand their position. I don't like it, and I don't think Apple really likes it either. However, that is the status of the legal system, and no matter what good intentions all parties have, you can't let that out in the open. But I don't know what other avenues can be taken (parents co-signing, etc) so I can't suggest a venue of outcome.
It's a matter of dumb kids and smart kids. Course; there are also dumb adults and smart adults. A very tough issue, but then again, some matters are just plain as day.
In the point of view of MS, anyone who's not using a MS product is concidered a failure. In other words, since Amazon (and et all) are not using MS, it is still a hit to MS.
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If you take a look at the release notes, under the Quartz text smoothing heading, you'll notice that you need 10.1.5 in order to to have Quartz work.
Seems like the new version update is finally around the corner.
I'm not in a CS major, but this is one question that can be applied to any college search for any major.
Is there a Graduate program with-in the same department?
Now you're wondering how this applies to an undergraduate education. I have been told by many people and found evidence that a lot of programs with graduate programs will give the best tools, staff, and most importantly curriculum to the grad students while the undergrad students are left with less experience and education. How does the school focus on the educational development of undergrad students if they have a grad program as well? Also, if a program doesn't have a grad program, that's not a bad thing at all!
So how long will it take for the /. readers to find a work-around to the system?
I am glad to see OS 9 as 'dead' because this forces developers to start creating more native support for OS X and not settling for 9 compatibility. As of right now, I have an Epson scanner with no native X drivers.
On the other hand, I am very concerned of the loss of support for 9 users. One example that comes to my mind is the Western Michigan University Theatre department which run 9 on all of their Apple computers, most of which can't even run 10.1, let alone the new demands of 'Jaguar.' Also, all of the major programs (besides Office) are either not available in X or require a major upgrade to become X compatible. That's a lot of money to spend, epically when most of your computers can't run in X. The question can be raised that the department needs to update their hardware, but when the current setup is fully functional, why spend the money to change it all?
I believe this move is to create a focus for developers to develop support of X that take charge of very innovative technologies that X has to benefit the users. I only hope that we 9 will still be supported and at least welcomed. Hopefully someone will visit the retirement home once-in-a-while and say hello to 9.
I was in a very similar situation myself! I have a MAC tower, a Dell portable, and a HUGE Dell screen. I was appalled by the over-priced boxes out there, but here is my cheep-but-effective solution:
My keyboard and mouse I use is PS/2. (I do have MAC issue keyboard and mouse, but you'll see why I use PS/2.) from there, it travels to my $50 (w/o cables) Linksys PS2KVM2 switch with my screen connected. To my Dell PC, I connect the switch up using some double male patch cords. For the MAC, I got a USB to PS/2 adapter for $15 at a computer show.
It works like a charm! For the Linksys switch, I just have to hit Ctrl twice and I switch computers. It really confuses some of my friends when one minute they are looking at OS X and the next Windows XP. I do have a few notes:
If a switch does not plug into the wall for power, it will draw power from keyboard and mouse inputs. In other words, you can expect things to work unless one powered keyboard and mouse are connected to the switch. If you removed video from the switch, it will still operate as long as the keyboard and mouse are plugged in.
The other note I have is that even though I can still use all the keyboard functions on the MAC. The Windows key functions like the Apple key. The only thing I can't seem to do is do boot-level functions. (Example: If I hold down C at booting, it will not boot to the CD drive.) That's why you should keep your old mac keyboard and mouse around.
I know this isn't a pure USB solution, but it may be cheeper than finding a box that uses USB natively. Hope this helped someone!
I'm glad to hear this good news! Now lets hope that Apple can keep it going strong.
Well, your partly correct. Palm did have to create the software for HotSync to work natively on OS X before any OS X compatability would be possiable. But now Palm put out the software for OS X so they are all cleared.
Now it is MS's responsibility to make the conduit that connects Entoruge with the new version of HotSync. Now, weither or not MS creates the programing in-house, or contracts it out like the PC version, I don't know.
Course, I could be wrong. Any one care to correct if I am?
No, 25 or 26 is. You can't sign for a rental car, nor drive a rental car until that age (varies from state to state).
In other words, there is solid age discrimination, but it's a wavering issue. On one hand, actions such as the under 18 clause protect a minor from a contact that may place a minor into a situation that s/he did not fully understand. However, there are a lot of kids who are smart and are able to understand a contract, or murder for that matter.
As far as Apple is concerned, I understand their position. I don't like it, and I don't think Apple really likes it either. However, that is the status of the legal system, and no matter what good intentions all parties have, you can't let that out in the open. But I don't know what other avenues can be taken (parents co-signing, etc) so I can't suggest a venue of outcome.
It's a matter of dumb kids and smart kids. Course; there are also dumb adults and smart adults. A very tough issue, but then again, some matters are just plain as day.
I serfed around the Apple Games Site and linked to the Blender movie, which was then linked to the Blender website that had the bankruptcy notice.
/. and behold, the artice is there.
Then I look at
No real relevance, just thought as a bit weird.
If it's fake or if it's true, it's still a laugh!
In the point of view of MS, anyone who's not using a MS product is concidered a failure. In other words, since Amazon (and et all) are not using MS, it is still a hit to MS.