At least Blizzard puts some effort into their collector's editions - they truly are for collector's and fans. I'm talking about games like NWN Platinum, where it was $10 more just for a DVD instead of 3 CDs. Unfortunately, I can't think of any more examples at the moment, but I thought it was a common practice.
Blizzard definitely should have shipped WoW and BC on DVD. WoW was a pain in the ass to install from those 4 CDs. What hurt even more though, was a $10 month-long trial in stores about a year after release, on DVD. I was tempted to pick one up, just for the DVD - instead I just stopped playing:)
To be fair, HP seems to have woken up - most of their newer printers support Mac OS X (don't know or care about Linux - if it works with FreeBSD though, I'll consider that a plus!). I spent a lot of time looking at printers a month or so ago, and it seems all of the recent HP printers have Mac OS X drivers (for example, the LaserJet 1022, which is the successor to the 1020 mentioned in the article).
This review WAS terrible - Apple has shipped computers with insufficient memory for a long time (this finally started to change around the time of the release of the Core 2 Duo MacBook/MacBook Pro, yet still continues with the Mac Pro), and should be called on it - but to not upgrade the memory on the box is just stupid, as well as irrelevant for the review (other than to state perhaps that OS X really requires 1GB of RAM).
I think I'll go grab an alpha chip and try to throw it into an HP xw8000 - that'll work.
Off-topic, but this reminds me of a guy in the office - he asked us if he could borrow some HP-UX (PA-RISC) installation discs - he wanted to install it on his Powerbook - using Virtual PC!
That's a good question. I suppose it could be a few things - it forces them to develop better code by targetting several platforms, maybe they've been using the same tools over the years, and the tools make it easy to target the Mac as well, maybe they've sold enough Mac products in the past to make it profitable to continue to do so (though it's hard to support this theory - recent releases have contained the Mac/Win binaries on the same disc - maybe they could tell by battle.net/World of Warcraft connections just how many of each platform are connecting), or maybe they just love the Mac platform. Regardless of the reason, Blizzard should be applauded for the effort, and other devs should take notice.
The game will be available for Mac OS X as well, and the videos hosted on the official StarCraft II site are in DivX format - I'm guessing the gametrailers.com site converted them.
The idea, it seems to me, is exactly what Linux needs. Linux, if you can excuse the anthropromorphization, is a very unapproachable operating system for most people. The real questions would be are the developers making sure to keep in mind the ideas that Linux were founded on? Are they going to make sure that it is free and that it will stay free? Will they have an open source? Will it be easily configurable? Lastly, will it really be able to do all that they promise? It sure seems like a step in the right direction. What do you think?
it's been rumoured that Sun will GPL ZFS - I bet not long after that, work will begin to port ZFS to Linux (there actually is a port of ZFS to FUSE underway, which would get it there, albeit with a significant performance penalty).
If ZFS takes off the way I expect it will, I imagine we might see it in Linux even without a license change - I'm guessing so long as it wasn't distributed with the kernel, one could use it to patch the kernel source and compile their own kernel, and keep the original license intact (I could be wrong, I don't know/care much about the GPL).
If they repair and resell it, that's even better! If it's resold, that's even less waste into a landfill, or whatever environmentally correct method Apple uses to dispose of them.
It's too bad you had to drag this worthless ecologically insensitive chinese labour camp FUD into your argument.
I don't see how giving a 10% discount for replacing your iPod is environmentally friendly at all.
The 10% discount is so you'll bring the iPod in to Apple, who can properly recycle it, instead of tossing it in the trash, where it ends up in a landfill. I'd say that's environmentally friendly.
It has been known for years that Apple's environmental record is absolutely terrible.
Got any facts other than Greenpeace's flawed studies to prove it?
Could be - he did mention the M68K->PPC transition, and PPC->Intel transition as well though..
Seems a lot of people were making a big deal of an Intel->AMD change for some reason I couldn't figure out..:) Intel x86/EM64T-> AMD x86/amd64 isn't much of a change..:)
The switch from PPC to intel was a far greater feat than going from Intel to AMD would be. In fact, I doubt there'd be a single software issue... apart from the lack of EFI (which I'm sure Apple could wrestle away from Intel at some outrageous price).
Actually, EFI is nowUEFI, and doesn't really belong to Intel anymore. In addition, AMD and Apple are members of the United EFI Forum.
Another reason for Apple not to buy AMD would be production issues - I believe one of the reasons Apple went with Intel was because of Intel's manufacturing capacity. If Apple buys AMD, they either don't get enough chips, or AMD CPUs become exclusive to Apple's computers - Dell, HP, and all the home builders would be SOL, because there'd be insufficient supply. And if that were to happen, there'd be zero benefit to owning AMD for Apple.
Another problem with this scenario is that Apple essentially buys ATI as well - what then, only ATI GPUs in Macs, in addition to only AMD CPUs? Then there's all the other chips AMD makes. Does Apple just sell off these other divisions, or just shut them down completely?
And a pain in the ass to configure and maintain outside of SMIT. So, if you're an actual UNIX administrator, and not an MCSE, you're fucked. NOTHING is where you'd expect to find it in AIX.
Compared to Solaris and HP-UX, it's one of the best UNIX flavors out there
AIX is my least favourite UNIX flavour to administer, behind even Linux. Give me Solaris and HP-UX any day.
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Apparently Apple talked to Verizon, and your thought was exactly right - they couldn't agree with Apple's terms.
At least Blizzard puts some effort into their collector's editions - they truly are for collector's and fans. I'm talking about games like NWN Platinum, where it was $10 more just for a DVD instead of 3 CDs. Unfortunately, I can't think of any more examples at the moment, but I thought it was a common practice.
:)
Blizzard definitely should have shipped WoW and BC on DVD. WoW was a pain in the ass to install from those 4 CDs. What hurt even more though, was a $10 month-long trial in stores about a year after release, on DVD. I was tempted to pick one up, just for the DVD - instead I just stopped playing
To be fair, HP seems to have woken up - most of their newer printers support Mac OS X (don't know or care about Linux - if it works with FreeBSD though, I'll consider that a plus!). I spent a lot of time looking at printers a month or so ago, and it seems all of the recent HP printers have Mac OS X drivers (for example, the LaserJet 1022, which is the successor to the 1020 mentioned in the article).
This review WAS terrible - Apple has shipped computers with insufficient memory for a long time (this finally started to change around the time of the release of the Core 2 Duo MacBook/MacBook Pro, yet still continues with the Mac Pro), and should be called on it - but to not upgrade the memory on the box is just stupid, as well as irrelevant for the review (other than to state perhaps that OS X really requires 1GB of RAM).
I think I'll go grab an alpha chip and try to throw it into an HP xw8000 - that'll work.
Off-topic, but this reminds me of a guy in the office - he asked us if he could borrow some HP-UX (PA-RISC) installation discs - he wanted to install it on his Powerbook - using Virtual PC!
But then they can't sell you a Collector's Edition on DVD for $10 more.
The ReadyNAS also addresses the concerns about being limited to the size of the smallest drive in the array, and with upgrading the drives.
The only drawback is the four-drive limit, really. I wish Infrant would release an 8 drive ReadyNAS...
What's next? Are they going to sue Taco Bell because they don't actually sell Mexican food?
Taco Bell should be sued for not actually selling FOOD
My comment was really just to note that the Mac port was coming, not to criticize either the article or the summary (for once!). ;)
That's a good question. I suppose it could be a few things - it forces them to develop better code by targetting several platforms, maybe they've been using the same tools over the years, and the tools make it easy to target the Mac as well, maybe they've sold enough Mac products in the past to make it profitable to continue to do so (though it's hard to support this theory - recent releases have contained the Mac/Win binaries on the same disc - maybe they could tell by battle.net/World of Warcraft connections just how many of each platform are connecting), or maybe they just love the Mac platform. Regardless of the reason, Blizzard should be applauded for the effort, and other devs should take notice.
The game will be available for Mac OS X as well, and the videos hosted on the official StarCraft II site are in DivX format - I'm guessing the gametrailers.com site converted them.
will run on both XP and Vista.
Like most recent Blizzard releases, it will also ship simultaneously for the Mac.
Apparently you have the mistaken impression that they want to pass this cost savings on to the customer.
The Last Remnant's been designed on Unreal Engine 3
I wonder why they're using Unreal 3, and not the White Engine.
The idea, it seems to me, is exactly what Linux needs. Linux, if you can excuse the anthropromorphization, is a very unapproachable operating system for most people. The real questions would be are the developers making sure to keep in mind the ideas that Linux were founded on? Are they going to make sure that it is free and that it will stay free? Will they have an open source? Will it be easily configurable? Lastly, will it really be able to do all that they promise? It sure seems like a step in the right direction. What do you think?
it's been rumoured that Sun will GPL ZFS - I bet not long after that, work will begin to port ZFS to Linux (there actually is a port of ZFS to FUSE underway, which would get it there, albeit with a significant performance penalty).
If ZFS takes off the way I expect it will, I imagine we might see it in Linux even without a license change - I'm guessing so long as it wasn't distributed with the kernel, one could use it to patch the kernel source and compile their own kernel, and keep the original license intact (I could be wrong, I don't know/care much about the GPL).
98,753?
If they repair and resell it, that's even better! If it's resold, that's even less waste into a landfill, or whatever environmentally correct method Apple uses to dispose of them.
It's too bad you had to drag this worthless ecologically insensitive chinese labour camp FUD into your argument.
Agreed, they were probably looking for any excuse to be rid of that trash.
I don't see how giving a 10% discount for replacing your iPod is environmentally friendly at all.
The 10% discount is so you'll bring the iPod in to Apple, who can properly recycle it, instead of tossing it in the trash, where it ends up in a landfill. I'd say that's environmentally friendly.
It has been known for years that Apple's environmental record is absolutely terrible.
Got any facts other than Greenpeace's flawed studies to prove it?
Could be - he did mention the M68K->PPC transition, and PPC->Intel transition as well though..
:) Intel x86/EM64T-> AMD x86/amd64 isn't much of a change.. :)
Seems a lot of people were making a big deal of an Intel->AMD change for some reason I couldn't figure out..
The G4 and G5 are PowerPC processors.
Was he wearing a seatbelt this time?
Because everyone's backup needs are different?
You shouldn't have to be hand-held for every little thing, you should have a competent IT staff.
The switch from PPC to intel was a far greater feat than going from Intel to AMD would be. In fact, I doubt there'd be a single software issue... apart from the lack of EFI (which I'm sure Apple could wrestle away from Intel at some outrageous price).
Actually, EFI is nowUEFI, and doesn't really belong to Intel anymore. In addition, AMD and Apple are members of the United EFI Forum.
Another reason for Apple not to buy AMD would be production issues - I believe one of the reasons Apple went with Intel was because of Intel's manufacturing capacity. If Apple buys AMD, they either don't get enough chips, or AMD CPUs become exclusive to Apple's computers - Dell, HP, and all the home builders would be SOL, because there'd be insufficient supply. And if that were to happen, there'd be zero benefit to owning AMD for Apple.
Another problem with this scenario is that Apple essentially buys ATI as well - what then, only ATI GPUs in Macs, in addition to only AMD CPUs? Then there's all the other chips AMD makes. Does Apple just sell off these other divisions, or just shut them down completely?
My PSP is actually incredibly pirate-friendly.
Course, I still have v1.5 firmware on it.
IRIX? On servers? That sounds incredibly scary (though I'm not convinced it'd be scary enough to make AIX look like an attractive alternative).
easy to configure and maintain via SMIT
And a pain in the ass to configure and maintain outside of SMIT. So, if you're an actual UNIX administrator, and not an MCSE, you're fucked. NOTHING is where you'd expect to find it in AIX.
Compared to Solaris and HP-UX, it's one of the best UNIX flavors out there
AIX is my least favourite UNIX flavour to administer, behind even Linux. Give me Solaris and HP-UX any day.