You don't really need to dual boot to use Darwin. Since it is the foundation of OS X, you can just boot into single-user mode (no GUI), and you'll effectively have Darwin (and save battery life).
The Java stuff will work just fine under command-line only OS X (=Darwin), and I guess the power management features will work too..
I have an iBook, but I'm always on the GUI. I just boot into single-user mode for the periodic 'fsck'
It is *exaclty* because it's open that Gimp will always stay a couple of years behind Photoshop!
Most open source software just copy features of the commercial applications, once these are introduced. Right now, the Gimp doesn't have all the features of Photoshop 7, but even if it had, once Adobe comes out with 7.5/8.0, the Gimp folks will have to play catch-up again!
Do you really think any of the open source word processors are more full featured than Word or WordPerfect? Don't you think they still need several years just to catch up? Same thing with the Gimp...
" Top-ranked mobile phone maker Nokia said on Monday it would offer other mobile handset suppliers a complete design kit for making Internet-ready phones, seeking to stave off a push by Microsoft Corp. into the mobile market.
The move by Nokia, maker of one of every three mobile phones sold globally, takes aim at computer software giant Microsoft, which said earlier on Monday it was offering phone makers a standard kit of software and computer chips to build new "smartphones." "
The article also mentions that out of the top 5 mobile phone manufacturers, only Samsung is coming out with phones based on the Microsoft junk, at the end of this year.
It'll be.NET (Microsoft) versus Java (Nokia) on the mobile front too...
"Never encouraged tinkering and hacking by individuals"? Tell that to the countless hackers that attend MacHack year after year...
GW-Basic? Try Apple's HyperCard...
Microsoft supported the porting of Perl and Python? Apple *bundles* those tools (among others) with the OS (OS X).
Sordid attempt to foster clones? Clone manufacturers became "too efficient" simply because they had all the work cut out for them. Apple did *all* the R&D.
Killing the clones, in Apple's situation, was not a bad thing, as the original arrangement was terrible. Apple tried to negotiate better terms, that would allow it (Apple) to properly fund new R&D with the clone manufacturers' licenses, but by then, the "efficient" cloners were too cozy in their position of aping Apple.
You can prefer Microsoft for all I care, but please get your facts straight.
At first I thought this service was great, but after just a couple of weeks I noticed that my e-mails were being delayed by several hours, and some of them didn't even arrive!
I still have an account in there that, to this day (and several "support" e-mails later) can't receive anything...
IBM says "titanium composite"... Humm... It looks like plastic to me...
"up to 3 hour battery life" versus "up to 5 hours" on a real Titanium PowerBook...
I don't know what you mean by "can actually play DVDs", as I've been watching DVDs on my PowerBook for months now, and they work just fine...
"runs Windows...", now, if that's a good point for you, to me it's not, no matter how "flawlessly" it runs...
You forgot to say it's a "mobile Pentium" @ 1ghz, which means you'll be running at anything between 500-800mhz most of the time, even when plugged in.
I'll give you the screen *size*, as I can't commend on the *quality* of the IBM. I'd love a higher res on the PowerBook.
Now, you can have both the Ethernet port (built-in) and the Airport (also built-in) running at the same time on the PB. Don't know if you can do that on the IBM. You also get a CD-RW (Firewire) from Apple, for free. Again, no such thing on the IBM.
The PB also doesn't need no "dock".
Basically, think twice if the IBM is really cheaper, or even the same price as the Apple...
I've had a Tecra 8100. Horrible. Broke down in 2 months (shoddy quality), had issues with Linux. Mine was the 3rd dead Toshiba @ at the office. Now they only buy HPs, which are butt ugly but are far more robust.
If you absolutely must get an Intel, don't get a Toshiba. Otherwise, yeah, get a PowerBook or an iBook.
I agree 100% on this... I really didn't understand the purpose of this stupid announcement. Jobs usually takes upon himself not to disclose *anything* *at all* about Apple's future... Then, he walks on stage, demonstrates this great, fast version of OS X that everybody has been dreaming about, only to say it'll only be available in 2 to 3 months!!! Notice that he didn't even set a firm date, which means it'll either be available at Seybold (Sept 24th) or be delayed again!
What you said was totally ridiculous. The world needs more SGIs (the "old" one at least), not more Dells.
We don't need yet another vendor bundling a bunch of off the shelf crap for a margin. The whole NT/Linux adoption thing only happened because they probably couldn't afford the development of IRIX and the chips it ran on...
If you had experienced a SGI machine say, 5-6 years ago, way before the 3D craze reached the desktop PC, you would understand... They really had something special, but unfortunately, the company began to crumble (mismanagement) at the same time 3D hardware became cheaper and cheaper...
Remember that SGI's silly CEO during this period is now in Microsoft...
This is soooo wrong... WAP doesn't run over TCP/IP or HTTP for that matter. There is a vital piece, called a WAP gateway, that provides the translation services between the HTTP protocol and the WAP protocols mentioned before. The phones don't understand TCP/IP or HTTP. All they do is talk the WAP equivalents with the gateway, that will, in turn, go out and get the HTTP content.
Of course, this is one of the reasons why WAP sucks.
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What a load of crap... I'm not even a Palm user (I don't have a PDA right now, looking to buy one though)...
First, how can a "backlit screen" be more intuitive? Perhaps you meant the OS, and not the screen? As far as screen quality goes, the Handspring Prism wins hands down in the low resolution category, while the new Sony Clie color wins in the high res. (320x320, same as the Wince devices). As I said, I'm looking to buy a PDA, and I've tested several devices in the last couple of weeks.
Now, for your itemized list:
- Yes, you can play video on your Palm, even thought the reason why escapes me. Try this one
- The new Sony will allow you to play music, though not in MP3 format (it uses a different, probably MPAA-approved format).
- There are zillions of applications for the Palm that will let you open Office files on the Palm. You can edit them too.
- There are also many proper browsers. Handspring just bought one, and is bundling it with some of their products. How many non-IE browsers are available for Wince? Not many I guess...
Now, you reference to "out of the box" is just what Microsoft wants. It wants you to feel "confortable" with whatever they provide. They want to literally "own" you, so you don't go out and look for the applications that better suit you. Why would you go out and test other applications if you have "everything that you need" (read: everything that MS thinks is good enough for you) out of the box?
None of what was said were lies, much on the contrary. You're the one spewing the lies and misconceptions.
The bottom line is that the PalmOS is much like Unix, offering you more choices (10000 pieces of software are there to prove it), and everybody knows Microsoft's stance when it comes to giving users a choice...
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What a load of crap... I'm not even a Palm user (I don't have a PDA right now, looking to buy one though)...
First, how can a "backlit screen" be more intuitive? Perhaps you meant the OS, and not the screen? As far as screen quality goes, the Handspring Prism wins hands down in the low resolution category, while the new Sony Clie color wins in the high res. (320x320, same as the Wince devices).
Now, for your itemized list:
- Yes, you can play video on your Palm, even thought the reason why escapes me. Try this one
- The new Sony will allow you to play music, though not in MP3 format (it uses a different, probably MPAA-approved format).
- There are zillions of applications for the Palm that will let you open Office files on the Palm. You can edit them too.
- There are also many proper browsers. Handspring just bought one, and is bundling it with some of their products. How many non-IE browsers are available for Wince? Not many I guess...
Now, you reference to "out of the box" is just what Microsoft wants. It wants you to feel "confortable" with whatever they provide. They want to literally "own" you, so you don't go out and look for the applications that better suit you. Why would you go out and test other applications if you have "everything that you need" (read: everything that MS thinks is good enough for you) out of the box?
None of what was said were lies, much on the contrary. You're the one spewing the lies and misconceptions.
The bottom line is that the PalmOS is much like Unix, offering you more choices. 10000 pieces of software are there to prove it.
All I can say is that not only I use it (extensively), but I like it.
Actually, I like the $, @, % variables a lot! Glance at the code and you know exactly what kind of data a variable holds, and if you name them properly, you'll also realize specifically what the variable is for!
Perl code can be unreadable (aka "obfuscated"), but it can also be plain simple and clean. That's the beauty of it, you (the programmer) make the code as clean as you want. Perl doesn't force you to be "wordy", like other crappy languages (Java!), but if you want to, you can have your share of OO madness.
Larry Wall is right: if you don't like it, you simply don't "see it". Forget Perl, and go play with something "easy".
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You don't really need to dual boot to use Darwin. Since it is the foundation of OS X, you can just boot into single-user mode (no GUI), and you'll effectively have Darwin (and save battery life).
The Java stuff will work just fine under command-line only OS X (=Darwin), and I guess the power management features will work too..
I have an iBook, but I'm always on the GUI. I just boot into single-user mode for the periodic 'fsck'
Ermm... Apple's warranty is 1 year only. You can buy extended (3 years) warranties, but that's roughly $150-$200 extra.
Don't know about 2000/XP, but under NT 4 (SP6) there's no such option as "Run as" when Shift-right-clicking...
It is *exaclty* because it's open that Gimp will always stay a couple of years behind Photoshop!
Most open source software just copy features of the commercial applications, once these are introduced. Right now, the Gimp doesn't have all the features of Photoshop 7, but even if it had, once Adobe comes out with 7.5/8.0, the Gimp folks will have to play catch-up again!
Do you really think any of the open source word processors are more full featured than Word or WordPerfect? Don't you think they still need several years just to catch up? Same thing with the Gimp...
Here.... The short version:
.NET (Microsoft) versus Java (Nokia) on the mobile front too...
" Top-ranked mobile phone maker Nokia said on Monday it would offer other mobile handset suppliers a complete design kit for making Internet-ready phones, seeking to stave off a push by Microsoft Corp. into the mobile market.
The move by Nokia, maker of one of every three mobile phones sold globally, takes aim at computer software giant Microsoft, which said earlier on Monday it was offering phone makers a standard kit of software and computer chips to build new "smartphones." "
The article also mentions that out of the top 5 mobile phone manufacturers, only Samsung is coming out with phones based on the Microsoft junk, at the end of this year.
It'll be
Actually, no. Nokia just announced their alternative to Microsoft's junk...
I disagree. "Playing God" was quite different from X-Files... How is a junkie doctor any similar to a paranoid FBI agent?
What? This is the same stupid mentality that thought the nasty "Smart Tags" thing was OK... "Oh, you can turn it off!".
I don't care if it can be turned off, it's a bad idea in the first place, it shouldn't even exist!
Successful yes, but at what cost?
User's privacy perhaps... Now they're trying to fix the holes they left open just so they could be "successful".
They should, if they want to sell their products in the US of A...
Goods? What goods? Windows and cheap PCs don't count as goods.
Schools need money, not computers. Those that do need computers can then use money to buy them.
Oh what a load of crock!
"Never encouraged tinkering and hacking by individuals"? Tell that to the countless hackers that attend MacHack year after year...
GW-Basic? Try Apple's HyperCard...
Microsoft supported the porting of Perl and Python? Apple *bundles* those tools (among others) with the OS (OS X).
Sordid attempt to foster clones? Clone manufacturers became "too efficient" simply because they had all the work cut out for them. Apple did *all* the R&D.
Killing the clones, in Apple's situation, was not a bad thing, as the original arrangement was terrible. Apple tried to negotiate better terms, that would allow it (Apple) to properly fund new R&D with the clone manufacturers' licenses, but by then, the "efficient" cloners were too cozy in their position of aping Apple.
You can prefer Microsoft for all I care, but please get your facts straight.
AmigaOS had preemptive multitasking... It didn't had memory protection, though, as the early 68k chips had no MMU, making things harder.
The Nokia 7160 does. It's Windows-only, though.
At first I thought this service was great, but after just a couple of weeks I noticed that my e-mails were being delayed by several hours, and some of them didn't even arrive! I still have an account in there that, to this day (and several "support" e-mails later) can't receive anything...
I guess all these people buying the new iBooks (PC converts included) will beg to differ...
IBM says "titanium composite"... Humm... It looks like plastic to me...
"up to 3 hour battery life" versus "up to 5 hours" on a real Titanium PowerBook...
I don't know what you mean by "can actually play DVDs", as I've been watching DVDs on my PowerBook for months now, and they work just fine...
"runs Windows...", now, if that's a good point for you, to me it's not, no matter how "flawlessly" it runs...
You forgot to say it's a "mobile Pentium" @ 1ghz, which means you'll be running at anything between 500-800mhz most of the time, even when plugged in.
I'll give you the screen *size*, as I can't commend on the *quality* of the IBM. I'd love a higher res on the PowerBook.
Now, you can have both the Ethernet port (built-in) and the Airport (also built-in) running at the same time on the PB. Don't know if you can do that on the IBM. You also get a CD-RW (Firewire) from Apple, for free. Again, no such thing on the IBM.
The PB also doesn't need no "dock".
Basically, think twice if the IBM is really cheaper, or even the same price as the Apple...
I've had a Tecra 8100. Horrible. Broke down in 2 months (shoddy quality), had issues with Linux. Mine was the 3rd dead Toshiba @ at the office. Now they only buy HPs, which are butt ugly but are far more robust. If you absolutely must get an Intel, don't get a Toshiba. Otherwise, yeah, get a PowerBook or an iBook.
I agree 100% on this... I really didn't understand the purpose of this stupid announcement. Jobs usually takes upon himself not to disclose *anything* *at all* about Apple's future... Then, he walks on stage, demonstrates this great, fast version of OS X that everybody has been dreaming about, only to say it'll only be available in 2 to 3 months!!! Notice that he didn't even set a firm date, which means it'll either be available at Seybold (Sept 24th) or be delayed again!
Nah, the 15" is still at $599...
What you said was totally ridiculous. The world needs more SGIs (the "old" one at least), not more Dells.
We don't need yet another vendor bundling a bunch of off the shelf crap for a margin. The whole NT/Linux adoption thing only happened because they probably couldn't afford the development of IRIX and the chips it ran on...
If you had experienced a SGI machine say, 5-6 years ago, way before the 3D craze reached the desktop PC, you would understand... They really had something special, but unfortunately, the company began to crumble (mismanagement) at the same time 3D hardware became cheaper and cheaper...
Remember that SGI's silly CEO during this period is now in Microsoft...
This is soooo wrong... WAP doesn't run over TCP/IP or HTTP for that matter. There is a vital piece, called a WAP gateway, that provides the translation services between the HTTP protocol and the WAP protocols mentioned before. The phones don't understand TCP/IP or HTTP. All they do is talk the WAP equivalents with the gateway, that will, in turn, go out and get the HTTP content. Of course, this is one of the reasons why WAP sucks.
What a load of crap... I'm not even a Palm user (I don't have a PDA right now, looking to buy one though)...
First, how can a "backlit screen" be more intuitive? Perhaps you meant the OS, and not the screen? As far as screen quality goes, the Handspring Prism wins hands down in the low resolution category, while the new Sony Clie color wins in the high res. (320x320, same as the Wince devices). As I said, I'm looking to buy a PDA, and I've tested several devices in the last couple of weeks.
Now, for your itemized list:
- Yes, you can play video on your Palm, even thought the reason why escapes me. Try this one
- The new Sony will allow you to play music, though not in MP3 format (it uses a different, probably MPAA-approved format).
- There are zillions of applications for the Palm that will let you open Office files on the Palm. You can edit them too.
- There are also many proper browsers. Handspring just bought one, and is bundling it with some of their products. How many non-IE browsers are available for Wince? Not many I guess...
Now, you reference to "out of the box" is just what Microsoft wants. It wants you to feel "confortable" with whatever they provide. They want to literally "own" you, so you don't go out and look for the applications that better suit you. Why would you go out and test other applications if you have "everything that you need" (read: everything that MS thinks is good enough for you) out of the box?
None of what was said were lies, much on the contrary. You're the one spewing the lies and misconceptions.
The bottom line is that the PalmOS is much like Unix, offering you more choices (10000 pieces of software are there to prove it), and everybody knows Microsoft's stance when it comes to giving users a choice...
What a load of crap... I'm not even a Palm user (I don't have a PDA right now, looking to buy one though)... First, how can a "backlit screen" be more intuitive? Perhaps you meant the OS, and not the screen? As far as screen quality goes, the Handspring Prism wins hands down in the low resolution category, while the new Sony Clie color wins in the high res. (320x320, same as the Wince devices). Now, for your itemized list: - Yes, you can play video on your Palm, even thought the reason why escapes me. Try this one - The new Sony will allow you to play music, though not in MP3 format (it uses a different, probably MPAA-approved format). - There are zillions of applications for the Palm that will let you open Office files on the Palm. You can edit them too. - There are also many proper browsers. Handspring just bought one, and is bundling it with some of their products. How many non-IE browsers are available for Wince? Not many I guess... Now, you reference to "out of the box" is just what Microsoft wants. It wants you to feel "confortable" with whatever they provide. They want to literally "own" you, so you don't go out and look for the applications that better suit you. Why would you go out and test other applications if you have "everything that you need" (read: everything that MS thinks is good enough for you) out of the box? None of what was said were lies, much on the contrary. You're the one spewing the lies and misconceptions. The bottom line is that the PalmOS is much like Unix, offering you more choices. 10000 pieces of software are there to prove it.
All I can say is that not only I use it (extensively), but I like it.
Actually, I like the $, @, % variables a lot! Glance at the code and you know exactly what kind of data a variable holds, and if you name them properly, you'll also realize specifically what the variable is for!
Perl code can be unreadable (aka "obfuscated"), but it can also be plain simple and clean. That's the beauty of it, you (the programmer) make the code as clean as you want. Perl doesn't force you to be "wordy", like other crappy languages (Java!), but if you want to, you can have your share of OO madness.
Larry Wall is right: if you don't like it, you simply don't "see it". Forget Perl, and go play with something "easy".