Since all you are doing is x86 -> x86 just use VMWare. In my experience it runs better than VPC on a Windows box.
Sorry, should have mentioned. My laptop is a Powerbook, so I can transfer the VPC images between desktop PC and laptop Mac without a hitch. At present.
[I'm] pretty sure most people run VPC because they they need to run a windows-specific piece of software, i dont really see the problem here
I do. I use the PC version to run Solaris x86 and various Linux installs. I actually don't have a Windows install under Virtual PC at the moment, though I have used them in the past.
For example, I'm currently experimenting with a migration from Cobalt's Linux (killed by Sun) to Debian. I'm doing this by getting a base install of Debian ready under VPC, then making a copy to try out all the settings. If I go wrong, scrap the copy and start with a fresh one.
I'll bet it will still work, but 'unsupported' worries me. Are they moving the software towards a virtualisation package ala VMWare, or are they maintaining a true emulator which is what Virtual PC always was? There is a difference, and if they don't come out and tell me (hiding behind all the 'unsupported' nonsense) then I'll never know.
Within 5 minutes I had imported my music library, set up all the options I wanted, and I was listening to music.
Having a Powerbook with iTunes already, I skipped the 5 minutes stage. Straight after install, I switched on the 'Share Entire Library' option of iTunes on the Mac, and all my music and playlists immediately appeared in Windows. Within less than a minute, I had achieved what I'd never been able to achieve between two Windows boxes with WMP - a central music library that could be accessed and played by remote machines. Microsoft never gave me that option, Apple did.
From the article: "Yet another area of efficiency concern is in the connection between the language and the web server. "
Only for web applications. If the argument is that PHP can serve up HTML as fast as Java can, then I imagine he's right. But there's a lot more to the world of programming than shoving out HTML.
The poster mentions Fire, which is the OS X client that I've been using. I'm annoyed that Fire has stopped working, however Proteus 3.0.3 is working fine.
Of course, Proteus is shareware, not free or open source. Does anyone know of an OS X client that's free and still working? Other than Messenger itself of course - that's ad-supported and I hate adverts.
If you're going to be doing what you're describing, you've already got a laptop or PDA or something out- right?
I should perhaps explain where I use this feature the most. I commute into London daily, and on the train if I have the laptop out there's not a great deal of room for anything else. I certainly don't want to end up trying to balance my phone somewhere whilst my laptop already takes up whatever space is available on my knees.
I used to use a T..err...T38(?) with Irda as a modem for an HP620LX CE device on the train. This was such a pain that I switched to using data cables - hardly the wireless ideal. Necessary though - it was simply impossible to keep the phone and PDA lined up while bumping around on a train. With Bluetooth, the phone stays safely in my jacket but the laptop can use it anyway.
I like this reply - I like the way you've explained your reasoning. However, I still stick by what I originally said. Here's myreasoning - feel free to disagree.
What advantages does it have over already-existing FastIR?...You don't have to aim it. That's it.
But that's a major advantage. It means, for example, that I can use my mobile as a modem or send text messages whilst never actually taking it out of my pocket.
Those Bluetooth headsets are big and bulky, requiring the use of batteries....Does anyone really require this for some reason VS a lightwieght, small headset that's tied to the phone with a cord and powered by the phone's internal rechargeable battery?
Yes, anyone who would like to use it in a car.
As for computers, I've only seen 1 implementation of Bluetooth that made even the slightest bit of sense to me: the new hideously expensive MS Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse set...Yes, it's expensive but it does make sense to standardize on the whole wireless keyboard/mouse systems.
Agreed. I'll add in the Apple equivalent, and also say that I hope these keyboards will work with mobiles. Would be excellent to have a bluetooth keyboard for a handset - text messaging would be easier, but also IP-based applications (SSH etc.) implemented on the mobile would be easier. There are times when even a laptop is more than you want to carry.
And it seems you've been bitten by the marketing bug as well.
No, I've been bitten by real-world experience. I use Bluetooth daily for text messaging, and very regularly for synchronisation and file transfer too. It's purely a transport mechanism for these apps, you're right. However, it's a good transport mechanism which works reliably, doesn't require fiddling about with lining up devices etc. and performs its task well.
Cheers,
Ian
Idiocy - bluetooth just taking off
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No idea about the States (I imagine most of the below applies), but certainly in Europe Bluetooth is really just taking off. It's not computers per se that are driving the uptake however, it's mobile phones.
Most of the medium to high-end phones sold now have Bluetooth capabilities. Even if this isn't used for more than connecting to a hands-free device, it's still a use of Bluetooth. The UK, for example, is about to introduce a law giving penalties to drivers caught using mobiles phone handsets themselves. The fines do not apply to certain hands-free devices, so an increase in Bluetooth car kits is foreseen.
Back to the computing front, and we're on to synchronisation. I understand a number of people are having hassle on the PC, however I imagine that will be fixced at some point. On the Mac bluetooth synchronisation is completely seamless - it is so totally transparent that I don't even think about it. Then there's file transfer - I use bluetooth to transfer photos and video clips off the phone (3650) to my laptop, and use bluetooth to transfer files back onto the phone (normally C64 games for use in an emulator).
The guy who wrote the article needs to get out more.
I hope you aren't under the ridiculous illusion that the British are any better.
Missed the point of the post. Nationalism is certainly not what I was talking about. That was the point - that a narrow, nationalist view gets you nowhere.
Actually, thinking about this I might replace it with Italy, or more accurately the Italian city states that existed at the time. I believe they were the first of the large banking houses.
We are the nation that showed the world how to industrialize
That would be Britain, in the Industrial Revolution.
discovered electricity
That would be Germany. Georg Von Kleist, to be precise.
invented the internet
A winner! Yes, America devised the internet. Not the web though, the commercially successful part. That would be Switzerland, CERN to be precise.
computers
Britain
big corporations
Britain. Who's tea do you think you were rioting against?
affordable cars
Yes, America did the affordable cars thing and did it well.
Not a good ratio for you, is it? And by 'you' I mean 'you, the poster', not America. America has done many things and I'm by no means anti it, in fact I'm usually inclined to be pro it (just dump Bush. Please.). The parent's point that certain individual Americans need to get out more is definitely valid. You would be one of those.
I'm also very interested in this, but there is an alternative in the meantime.
Install the SLiMP3 server software on your Mac. It reads the iTunes database, and streams out on port 9000. The other player (Windows, Linux...whatever) opens up the stream on http://:9000/stream.mp3, and then you open a browser window to http://:9000 to control what gets played.
It's not perfect - one hassle I found was that the client machine had often buffered so much that it took a while to respond to my commands on the web interface. But it's free, and it works.
I came out of University ten years ago, got a job and wondered why I was still broke at the end of every month. I finally bought a spanking new 486 as development/Doom machine, and decided that for that amount of money I'd better try to do something useful with it too.
Quicken.
Now, I have no real experience with alternatives so this is a rant about using financial software in general, not Quicken in particular. However, the use I've got out of that piece of software is astounding. The information it gives you for planning is just priceless. You always know where you are, roughly what to expect, can play with what-if's to check how your situation might change...it's excellent.
Get a home finance package, and get into the habit of using it about once a week. I guarantee you won't regret it.
My problem is that Apple broke Bluetooth in a MAJOR way with 10.2.8,
err....really? Works fine here on a 12" Powerbook/Nokia 3650 combination. In fact, with the iCal/iSync updates out today my machine just become a lot more useful as it now sync calendars with any Series 60 device (which includes the 3650).
That's practically illegal- "we broke it, so just buy the update."
Or go back to pre-10.2.8 for free. Assuming it's broken of course, as stated above I haven't seen any evidence for that. Happy to be proved wrong if you can point me anywhere.
...as a result, I think I'll be downloading Panther, not buying it.
Now, if you're looking for something that really is illegal...
This argument ignores OS X, however. This platform has its fair share of non-technicals...and yet still they are unable to mess up the system as badly as under Windows.
I'm using OS X at the moment, having returned to Apple after quite an absence (System 7.5 being my previous machine) because of a combination of good functionality and general prettiness all combined with solid Unix underpinnings. That same combination is what keeps the non-technical people safe. Apple's apps do not auto-execute attachments, its Mail app has the useful feature of blocking external HTML requests, and the Unix base keeps things nicely separated into different users and groups, each with their own privileges.
I'm not saying the above is unique - I know for a fact that it isn't. However, I am saying that a commercial OS with a passable number of "stupid users" (to use your terminology) has already survived this test.
It's certainly a shame that Douglas Adams won't be around to see it (and steer it), but there's also one other key person missing.
Peter Jones, the voice of the book. In fact, so key was he to the success that he was billed as the star (each radio episode always begins with "Starring Peter Jones, as the book"). He was utterly superb, and again gave one of those performances that fixes a thing in my mind.
It's going to be hard for anyone to match him. Best of luck to the person that eventually gets the job, but they have some work to do.
Apple owned the school market for years but couldn't make great inroads into the business market.
Apple Macs in academia typically had Microsoft Office on them. I know - I used to use them. I actually still feel that little has changed in how I use word processors since Word 4.2 for the Mac, running on an SE/30. Well perhaps one thing - I can now see the document at its proper width. That's about it though.
Office dominance couldn't have been broken by the Macs, because Office was available on both. Meanwhile, IBM was taking the corporate world because of the badge and Office became available on those too. Most people consider Word and Excel their platform, not Windows per se.
Simply - "time of stasis", all activities get stopped until the power is back on...It doesn't mean any real harm.
Speaking as someone who used to need a life-support machine, I'd say that opinion is a tad blase;, personally...
OK, medical facilities will (or at least, should) have their own backups but those only last for so long. A blackout is bit more serious than somebody's work PC switching off.
Aah, young 'un. Time was, back in my day, that phones were all circular dials like the 3650, and it was these bizarre three-in-a-row pads that were the weird ones.
Well...that's only just true - I'm not that old really. However, I was certainly around to see the dying days of the circular dials in the mid-to-late 1970s. Back then, men were men, women were women, small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri and phones were real phones. They were made of bakelite, had clicking dialing mechanisms and sported proper bells inside. An important side effect was that they were also heavy enough to be used as a decent murder weapon.
Not sure about this new thingy, but the recent 3650 just resurrected the good old days.
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Sorry, should have mentioned. My laptop is a Powerbook, so I can transfer the VPC images between desktop PC and laptop Mac without a hitch. At present.
Cheers,
Ian
I do. I use the PC version to run Solaris x86 and various Linux installs. I actually don't have a Windows install under Virtual PC at the moment, though I have used them in the past.
For example, I'm currently experimenting with a migration from Cobalt's Linux (killed by Sun) to Debian. I'm doing this by getting a base install of Debian ready under VPC, then making a copy to try out all the settings. If I go wrong, scrap the copy and start with a fresh one.
I'll bet it will still work, but 'unsupported' worries me. Are they moving the software towards a virtualisation package ala VMWare, or are they maintaining a true emulator which is what Virtual PC always was? There is a difference, and if they don't come out and tell me (hiding behind all the 'unsupported' nonsense) then I'll never know.
Cheers,
Ian
Having a Powerbook with iTunes already, I skipped the 5 minutes stage. Straight after install, I switched on the 'Share Entire Library' option of iTunes on the Mac, and all my music and playlists immediately appeared in Windows. Within less than a minute, I had achieved what I'd never been able to achieve between two Windows boxes with WMP - a central music library that could be accessed and played by remote machines. Microsoft never gave me that option, Apple did.
Cheers,
Ian
Only for web applications. If the argument is that PHP can serve up HTML as fast as Java can, then I imagine he's right. But there's a lot more to the world of programming than shoving out HTML.
Cheers,
Ian
Cheers,
Ian
Of course, Proteus is shareware, not free or open source. Does anyone know of an OS X client that's free and still working? Other than Messenger itself of course - that's ad-supported and I hate adverts.
Cheers,
Ian
I should perhaps explain where I use this feature the most. I commute into London daily, and on the train if I have the laptop out there's not a great deal of room for anything else. I certainly don't want to end up trying to balance my phone somewhere whilst my laptop already takes up whatever space is available on my knees.
I used to use a T..err...T38(?) with Irda as a modem for an HP620LX CE device on the train. This was such a pain that I switched to using data cables - hardly the wireless ideal. Necessary though - it was simply impossible to keep the phone and PDA lined up while bumping around on a train. With Bluetooth, the phone stays safely in my jacket but the laptop can use it anyway.
Cheers,
Ian
What advantages does it have over already-existing FastIR?...You don't have to aim it. That's it.
But that's a major advantage. It means, for example, that I can use my mobile as a modem or send text messages whilst never actually taking it out of my pocket.
Those Bluetooth headsets are big and bulky, requiring the use of batteries....Does anyone really require this for some reason VS a lightwieght, small headset that's tied to the phone with a cord and powered by the phone's internal rechargeable battery?
Yes, anyone who would like to use it in a car.
As for computers, I've only seen 1 implementation of Bluetooth that made even the slightest bit of sense to me: the new hideously expensive MS Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse set...Yes, it's expensive but it does make sense to standardize on the whole wireless keyboard/mouse systems.
Agreed. I'll add in the Apple equivalent, and also say that I hope these keyboards will work with mobiles. Would be excellent to have a bluetooth keyboard for a handset - text messaging would be easier, but also IP-based applications (SSH etc.) implemented on the mobile would be easier. There are times when even a laptop is more than you want to carry.
And it seems you've been bitten by the marketing bug as well.
No, I've been bitten by real-world experience. I use Bluetooth daily for text messaging, and very regularly for synchronisation and file transfer too. It's purely a transport mechanism for these apps, you're right. However, it's a good transport mechanism which works reliably, doesn't require fiddling about with lining up devices etc. and performs its task well.
Cheers,
Ian
Most of the medium to high-end phones sold now have Bluetooth capabilities. Even if this isn't used for more than connecting to a hands-free device, it's still a use of Bluetooth. The UK, for example, is about to introduce a law giving penalties to drivers caught using mobiles phone handsets themselves. The fines do not apply to certain hands-free devices, so an increase in Bluetooth car kits is foreseen.
Back to the computing front, and we're on to synchronisation. I understand a number of people are having hassle on the PC, however I imagine that will be fixced at some point. On the Mac bluetooth synchronisation is completely seamless - it is so totally transparent that I don't even think about it. Then there's file transfer - I use bluetooth to transfer photos and video clips off the phone (3650) to my laptop, and use bluetooth to transfer files back onto the phone (normally C64 games for use in an emulator).
The guy who wrote the article needs to get out more.
, Cheers,
Ian
Missed the point of the post. Nationalism is certainly not what I was talking about. That was the point - that a narrow, nationalist view gets you nowhere.
Cheers,
Ian
>Britain
Actually, thinking about this I might replace it with Italy, or more accurately the Italian city states that existed at the time. I believe they were the first of the large banking houses.
Cheers,
Ian
That would be Britain, in the Industrial Revolution.
That would be Germany. Georg Von Kleist, to be precise.
A winner! Yes, America devised the internet. Not the web though, the commercially successful part. That would be Switzerland, CERN to be precise.
Britain
Britain. Who's tea do you think you were rioting against?
Yes, America did the affordable cars thing and did it well.
Not a good ratio for you, is it? And by 'you' I mean 'you, the poster', not America. America has done many things and I'm by no means anti it, in fact I'm usually inclined to be pro it (just dump Bush. Please.). The parent's point that certain individual Americans need to get out more is definitely valid. You would be one of those.
Cheers,
Ian (British)
Install the SLiMP3 server software on your Mac. It reads the iTunes database, and streams out on port 9000. The other player (Windows, Linux...whatever) opens up the stream on http://:9000/stream.mp3, and then you open a browser window to http://:9000 to control what gets played.
It's not perfect - one hassle I found was that the client machine had often buffered so much that it took a while to respond to my commands on the web interface. But it's free, and it works.
Cheers,
Ian
Que?
Cheers,
Ian
Quicken.
Now, I have no real experience with alternatives so this is a rant about using financial software in general, not Quicken in particular. However, the use I've got out of that piece of software is astounding. The information it gives you for planning is just priceless. You always know where you are, roughly what to expect, can play with what-if's to check how your situation might change...it's excellent.
Get a home finance package, and get into the habit of using it about once a week. I guarantee you won't regret it.
Cheers,
Ian
err....really? Works fine here on a 12" Powerbook/Nokia 3650 combination. In fact, with the iCal/iSync updates out today my machine just become a lot more useful as it now sync calendars with any Series 60 device (which includes the 3650).
That's practically illegal- "we broke it, so just buy the update."
Or go back to pre-10.2.8 for free. Assuming it's broken of course, as stated above I haven't seen any evidence for that. Happy to be proved wrong if you can point me anywhere.
Now, if you're looking for something that really is illegal...
Cheers,
Ian
Cheers,
Ian
On looking for her biography, I currently get a 'page cannot be found' message...
Cheers,
Ian
I'm using OS X at the moment, having returned to Apple after quite an absence (System 7.5 being my previous machine) because of a combination of good functionality and general prettiness all combined with solid Unix underpinnings. That same combination is what keeps the non-technical people safe. Apple's apps do not auto-execute attachments, its Mail app has the useful feature of blocking external HTML requests, and the Unix base keeps things nicely separated into different users and groups, each with their own privileges.
I'm not saying the above is unique - I know for a fact that it isn't. However, I am saying that a commercial OS with a passable number of "stupid users" (to use your terminology) has already survived this test.
Cheers,
Ian
Cheers,
Ian
Peter Jones, the voice of the book. In fact, so key was he to the success that he was billed as the star (each radio episode always begins with "Starring Peter Jones, as the book"). He was utterly superb, and again gave one of those performances that fixes a thing in my mind.
It's going to be hard for anyone to match him. Best of luck to the person that eventually gets the job, but they have some work to do.
Cheers,
Ian
Cheers,
Ian
Apple Macs in academia typically had Microsoft Office on them. I know - I used to use them. I actually still feel that little has changed in how I use word processors since Word 4.2 for the Mac, running on an SE/30. Well perhaps one thing - I can now see the document at its proper width. That's about it though.
Office dominance couldn't have been broken by the Macs, because Office was available on both. Meanwhile, IBM was taking the corporate world because of the badge and Office became available on those too. Most people consider Word and Excel their platform, not Windows per se.
Cheers,
Ian
Speaking as someone who used to need a life-support machine, I'd say that opinion is a tad blase;, personally...
OK, medical facilities will (or at least, should) have their own backups but those only last for so long. A blackout is bit more serious than somebody's work PC switching off.
Cheers,
Ian
Aah, young 'un. Time was, back in my day, that phones were all circular dials like the 3650, and it was these bizarre three-in-a-row pads that were the weird ones.
Well...that's only just true - I'm not that old really. However, I was certainly around to see the dying days of the circular dials in the mid-to-late 1970s. Back then, men were men, women were women, small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri and phones were real phones. They were made of bakelite, had clicking dialing mechanisms and sported proper bells inside. An important side effect was that they were also heavy enough to be used as a decent murder weapon.
Not sure about this new thingy, but the recent 3650 just resurrected the good old days.
Cheers,
Ian