I think everyone here agrees this is great news for Palm Computing. It should hopefully free them up to be a little more innovative, a little more "quick on their feet."
Handspring is going to be the first real competition for Palm branded devices. The IBM Workpad, the Symbol device...they are basically just OEM'd 3Com units. Visor, while still using some 3com OEM parts, will bring some diversity and choice to the platform, which can only be good. As long as the PalmOS platform continues to flourish and draw more hardware vendors and developers into the fold, the less likely WinCE is to succeed. And that's a Good Thing.
I wonder though whether this is good for 3Com? Seems like the Palm division was one of the few, if not the only, sucessful ones. I thought I read a statistic that indicated they contributed to 10% of 3Com's revenue?
As for MacOS crashing, my router is running MacOS 8.6, it has been up & running nicely since I last booted it, one month ago; it has never crashed so far.
Ditto here. My mac is the firewall/router for my home network, it's problem free. Only time I reboot the darn thing is when patching the OS or upgrading the router software (IPNetRouter kicks ass!)
I have one of these cases, and they kick ass. I too have the black one, the thing is a dream to work with. Cards and mobo on one side, drives on the other. Thirteen drivebays, spots for 3 fans, cool cubelike shape.
Actually, I think the second age of Apple began with the iMac. Sure the G4 is a cool and powerful machine, but the product that really turned their fortunes around was the iMac. The iMac brought a lot of new users onto the Mac platform, either from Wintel or first time computer buyers.
The high end G4, at $3499, is a heck of a lot more than an iMac, and is more likely to attract folks who already have Macs and are looking to upgrade (like me!).
However, I do believe that there will be more folks buying the low and middle G4s to run LinuxPPC....at least until some 3rd party PPC motherboards hit the market.
I like the fact that many of the Microsoft books are written from the unix admin's perspective. Since I too have to work with M$ technologies every day, I welcome O'Reilly's cool and clear explanations....
I'll never buy/use one unless it has a three button mouse
Oh god. Is that the only thing you can come up with, the friggin' multi-button mouse thing? That is such an ancient complaint. Get over it already, it's just not that big a deal.
How do you PPC Linux people get anything done, anyway?
Uh...we BUY a mouse that suits us? Most mice that come with the box are crap anyway, so I'd rather not pay extra for one I'm never gonna use.
It presupposes the public are a bunch of retards, that we can't be critical to sort the truth from the fiction, and the news from the non-news, and we _need_ editors and "journalists" to do that for us.
Actually, I think the article said that this is what journalists are saying about Slashdot. I think the whole point was that with the Slashdot model, the readers are the ones who do the editing. The author seemed to be reserving judgement about whether this was a Good Thing or not.
for Team Play in Q3, can we get something to address the problem of TeamKillers? It's a really, really annoying problem in q3test right now
No shit. What's up with that anyway? I mean to people actually get a sense of satisfaction of switching to the other team and then killing themself or others on the same team repeatedly just so they can lower that teams' score and thus allow their former team to win?
I guess if people can find a way to cheat, they will do so.
even that Apple washed out brain admitted that MacOS X is sucking big time
I've got an idea. Let's judge the OS after it ships and not before. I doubt very much that your "friend" has actually seen internal OS X builds, but even if he has, it ain't finished yet.
There will also be the users who don't want to under stand how computers work thats what Macs for.
What a bullshit generalistic statement that is. There are plenty of Mac users who know a lot about computers. I've got a Mac. An a Linux box. And a Winblows system. Don't assume that because someone likes a mac they don't grok computers.
This attitude that the easier to use one's computer is, the less that person understands 'em is a big mistake.
Hype which you helped to create? Weren't you waxing poetic just last week about how revolutionary the film is?
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Putting the merits of BWP aside (haven't seen it yet), it's certainly not the first high-quality low-budget film to be made. Each time one comes out, there's always someone declaring the death of the Hollywood big-money system.
Unfortunately, it isn't going to happen. Too many people are willing to throw the theater $8 to see things blow up I'm afraid.
Just because some movie makers use GPS' and put up a website about there movie, that doesn't make 'em "tech-savvy" and hip and cool. Just about every movie released these days has a web site. Enough with the hype. Feels like a bad Wired article....
I'm with you. While reading this article I couldn't help but think he's right about the hypocrisy of theatres, but that isn't really his agenda here.
I especially like all the references to "the Net". What exactly does the internet have to do with any of this...the fact that DVD movies can be ordered online? How revolutionary!
Rob, Stick with the Aeron. I just got mine at work and it kicks major ass. It's amazing what a big difference a chair can make. It's also amazing how long it took to convince my bosses of that fact.
Only problem is now I don't want to go home to my inferior chair...;)
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It will always be a Pilot to me. I started out with a Pilot 1000, and I still refer to my Palm V as "my Pilot".
Sounds a hell of a lot better than referring to it as "my Palm".
It will always be a Pilot to me. I started out with a Pilot 1000, and I still refer to my Palm V as "my Pilot".
Sounds a hell of a lot better than referring to it as "my Palm".
I think everyone here agrees this is great news for Palm Computing. It should hopefully free them up to be a little more innovative, a little more "quick on their feet."
Handspring is going to be the first real competition for Palm branded devices. The IBM Workpad, the Symbol device...they are basically just OEM'd 3Com units. Visor, while still using some 3com OEM parts, will bring some diversity and choice to the platform, which can only be good. As long as the PalmOS platform continues to flourish and draw more hardware vendors and developers into the fold, the less likely WinCE is to succeed. And that's a Good Thing.
I wonder though whether this is good for 3Com? Seems like the Palm division was one of the few, if not the only, sucessful ones. I thought I read a statistic that indicated they contributed to 10% of 3Com's revenue?
Thanks for that. It's always nice to get a good laugh early on a Monday morning!
As for MacOS crashing, my router is running MacOS 8.6, it has been up & running nicely since I last booted it, one month ago; it has never crashed so far.
Ditto here. My mac is the firewall/router for my home network, it's problem free. Only time I reboot the darn thing is when patching the OS or upgrading the router software (IPNetRouter kicks ass!)
The Mac servers we have are plenty reliable. Go many months without needing a reboot.
I agree with you here. When those moderator controls pop up, I know that I need to devote a little more time to perusing the comments.
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I only want the controls visible when they can actually be used. That part isn't broken, so don't fix it!
I hate to break it to you, but you won't be getting an LCD in an iMac for under $1000.
I have one of these cases, and they kick ass. I too have the black one, the thing is a dream to work with. Cards and mobo on one side, drives on the other. Thirteen drivebays, spots for 3 fans, cool cubelike shape.
Highly recommended.
Actually, I think the second age of Apple began with the iMac. Sure the G4 is a cool and powerful machine, but the product that really turned their fortunes around was the iMac. The iMac brought a lot of new users onto the Mac platform, either from Wintel or first time computer buyers.
The high end G4, at $3499, is a heck of a lot more than an iMac, and is more likely to attract folks who already have Macs and are looking to upgrade (like me!).
However, I do believe that there will be more folks buying the low and middle G4s to run LinuxPPC....at least until some 3rd party PPC motherboards hit the market.
I like the fact that many of the Microsoft books are written from the unix admin's perspective. Since I too have to work with M$ technologies every day, I welcome O'Reilly's cool and clear explanations....
I'll never buy/use one unless it has a three button mouse
Oh god. Is that the only thing you can come up with, the friggin' multi-button mouse thing? That is such an ancient complaint. Get over it already, it's just not that big a deal.
How do you PPC Linux people get anything done, anyway?
Uh...we BUY a mouse that suits us? Most mice that come with the box are crap anyway, so I'd rather not pay extra for one I'm never gonna use.
Nobody in the short history of computing has flaunted inflated benchmarks as shamelessly as Apple.
Except maybe Intel? Seems to me they are the kings of making up / inflating benchmarks to make there stuff look faster than it is....
Hasn't this topic already been covered in Ask Slashdot?
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http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/99/07/22/013925
Granted it's not the identical question, but pretty much the same concept....
It presupposes the public are a bunch of retards, that we can't be critical to sort the truth from the fiction, and the news from the non-news, and we _need_ editors and "journalists" to do that for us.
Actually, I think the article said that this is what journalists are saying about Slashdot. I think the whole point was that with the Slashdot model, the readers are the ones who do the editing. The author seemed to be reserving judgement about whether this was a Good Thing or not.
wtf??? Isn't the moderation system like this?
Did you read the rest of the article or just stop there? The next paragraph mentions that Slashdot does indeed have a moderation system.....
for Team Play in Q3, can we get something to address the problem of TeamKillers? It's a really, really annoying problem in q3test right now
No shit. What's up with that anyway? I mean to people actually get a sense of satisfaction of switching to the other team and then killing themself or others on the same team repeatedly just so they can lower that teams' score and thus allow their former team to win?
I guess if people can find a way to cheat, they will do so.
I am very happy RedHat has done this, and I am equally happy about dists based upon RedHat that are FREE (as in debian-free).
Uhhh...Mandrake can be had for free too. In ISO format no less if you want it. So what's the problem?
even that Apple washed out brain admitted that MacOS X is sucking big time
I've got an idea. Let's judge the OS after it ships and not before. I doubt very much that your "friend" has actually seen internal OS X builds, but even if he has, it ain't finished yet.
There will also be the users who don't want to under stand how computers work thats what Macs for.
What a bullshit generalistic statement that is. There are plenty of Mac users who know a lot about computers. I've got a Mac. An a Linux box. And a Winblows system. Don't assume that because someone likes a mac they don't grok computers.
This attitude that the easier to use one's computer is, the less that person understands 'em is a big mistake.
The hype is getting scarier than the movie
Hype which you helped to create? Weren't you waxing poetic just last week about how revolutionary the film is?
Putting the merits of BWP aside (haven't seen it yet), it's certainly not the first high-quality low-budget film to be made. Each time one comes out, there's always someone declaring the death of the Hollywood big-money system.
Unfortunately, it isn't going to happen. Too many people are willing to throw the theater $8 to see things blow up I'm afraid.
Just because some movie makers use GPS' and put up a website about there movie, that doesn't make 'em "tech-savvy" and hip and cool. Just about every movie released these days has a web site. Enough with the hype. Feels like a bad Wired article....
I'm with you. While reading this article I couldn't help but think he's right about the hypocrisy of theatres, but that isn't really his agenda here.
I especially like all the references to "the Net". What exactly does the internet have to do with any of this...the fact that DVD movies can be ordered online? How revolutionary!
Only available from Herman Miller dealers.
Levenger has 'em but they are way overpriced there.
HM does do online sales here: http://www.hmstore.com
Rob, Stick with the Aeron. I just got mine at work and it kicks major ass. It's amazing what a big difference a chair can make. It's also amazing how long it took to convince my bosses of that fact.
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Only problem is now I don't want to go home to my inferior chair...