I suppose it would be a good thing if the public didn't automatically go into knee-jerk mode on the mention of the word nuclear, however....
I'm all for scientific advancement. I would LOVE to send a manned mission to Mars. I think it would bring about many revelations about our history and our future, and perhaps even help humanity coalesce into a functional whole rather than factions at war. But you know what? More than anything else, this terrifies me. Not because of the nuclear propulsion. not because China wants to get there first ? because deep down, in my heart of hearts, I don't think humanity is ready. I don't think we should set foot on another planet until we learn how to treat our own with respect and dignity.
This will turn into another Wild West full of profiteering, mob-style gangs of 'suppliers', and more wasted potential than you could shake a stick at.
Sorry to say it, but humans don't DESERVE to go to Mars yet. We haven't evolved enough. And the worst part is, we're not going to wait until the time is right, we're going to charge right on in in our usual swashbuckling style.
The Wireless Thing Is Easy ...
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You can get your TiVO wireless if u so desire. fairly cheap, too:
http://www.dlink.com/products/wireless/dwl810+/
I'm liking this. This is the kind of integration that TiVo and the like needed to really grab average consumers. and since Rendevouz is open source, anyone can join the party:) thanks apple!
i want one i want one i want one i want one... for a cool 2.1K you can sweeten the deal w/ a superdrive. take it home and hook it up to my bad ass 17" CRT Apple Studio Display for serious design work; its small enough to fit under the monitor. add my Pro keyboard and Graphire, and i've got something worlds better than what i have now with built in bluetooth and a 54Mbps AirPort card. and its so freaking small and light that it isn't something i have to decide whether or not i take it with me.
it just comes with me.
now i'm sorry i bought that palm! this would pretty much replace it. i have no need for a slim-down under-powered pocket pc when i can have something like this so gosh-darned small.
most of you have forgotten that Apple is not just about Form, they are highly concentrated on FUNCTION. So many "oh, blinking lights, real nice" comments... i don't think you necessarily grasp that while the underlying idea may seem simplistic, it is always Apple's implementation of said ideas that makes them stand out and in effect be more than what they are.
perhaps it is just LEDs. and if this were the case, trust me, Apple's found some ingenius way to use them that no one has done before to communicate information via color - something that is more 'human' than a dialog box, let's say. and if it IS just LEDs, then it won't really incur much more cost, now would it?
Lets not forget the derision that was apparent when Apple released the new style towers in 99 w/ the B&W G3. Sure, the colors mighta been weird, but for all the nastiness written about its "girly" appearnace, how it didn't have enough drive bays, yadda yadda, they ignore the fact that you can upgrade this thing by just pulling a latch and swinging the entire side panel down, reveaeling the motherboard and all other internal components, all within reach and plain view and without obstruction, in a fraction of a second.
so please, enough of this 'shiny useless trinkets' crap. what's wrong with adding a little style to round out seriously amazing capabilities?
sorry, not gonna sell it - its too dear to me. the grand design has been long hatching and when its done, i'm gonna use it till its absolutely dead. its going to be a killer entertainment center, and my life will finally have meaning.
Mine May Not Be Cutting-Edge, But Its Cool
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here's the lowdown (as if anyone cares) of the Mac I've been piecing together for a few months now:
Its a 7600 case painted gloss black w/ silver highlights on the power button, the cd eject button, and, of course, the apple logo.
inside you'll find a beige g3 rev 3 mobo. a 350 MHz G3 clocked up to 433 w/ 1MB cache, 6MB internal Rage Pro graphics. Beefed up to 768 MB RAM. Added the A/V card that was optional on these models. Added a USB/FW combo card, a fast ethernet card, a Radeon 7000 PCI graphics card, 2 HDs(12 and 20, soon to be 12 and 80), a and a DVD-ROM for movies. This baby kills. Check out the list of ports:
1/8" stereo audio in 1/8" stereo audio out RCA stereo audio in RCA stereo audio out RCA video in RCA video out S-video in 2x S-video out (one onboard, one on Radeon card) Original Apple Monitor Connector VGA DVI 2 USB 2 FW 10/100 Enet 10 Enet SCSI 2x serial ADB 3x Monitor support (2 off the Radeon, one off internal video - the internal video can be a monitor or television, Radeon can be any 2 of either DVI, VGA, or S-video or composite video.).
Its not a gaming station as I'm stuck w/ PCI graphics and a 66MHz bus on this (Tomb Raider runs great but forget about Jedi Knight II), but I'm not done w/ it yet. Next up are the final 2 additions: -SuperDrive (found a vendor that sells a black model CHEAP, so it'll match - just bought one for my B&W G3 and it rules.) - Single or Dual G4. XLR8 made a dual g4 upgrade, but they're out of business. So I'm trying to find a dual 450 or 500 upgrade for this baby, and if I can't find one I'll swap in a 450 from a B&W I'm upgrading, clock it up a tad, and be done with it.
OK, so there's the setup, now here's the use: computer sits by the couch/loveseat/lazyboy w/ a flat panel monitor, wireless mouse and keyboard. the computer's display is mirrored on the tv set via the Radeon. Cable TV runs directly into the TV. Cable TV also runs into a VCR, which is plugged into the Computer via S or Composite Video. Audio out from Computer (which also serves as a CD player, DVD player, networked MP3 player, CD burner, DVD burner, and PVR) goes into a reciever to speakers. Everything else is also hooked into the reciever. Reciever audio out is looped back into the Computer through 1/8" input on Computer while the VCR uses RCA audio in. The Computer's video is hooked into the Receiver as well, with the output going into the TV, and an auxilliary video and audio output going back into the VCR.
This way, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING can be recorded both digitally and analog with live monitoring and multiple recording points. Please keep in mind that a CD-changer, record player, and tape deck are all plugged into the receiver as well. Because of the way its set up, the TV can be just a TV or have the full computer interface and due to the VCR hooked into the computer, can retain TV functionality in addition to all the other uses that a Mac has.
The computer is running on Mac OS X Jaguar, so its a cinch to set up an audio/video file server and a limited-use user account specifically for the functions of using it as a media center. Not to mention the use of a Wacom tablet for interaction, plus all the user apps that mac Mac OS X so great - iMovie, iPhoto, etc., all integrated into a total entertainment environment. Plus, using bluetooth, if I'm watching TV and my cell rings, I'll get a nice pop-up message on my TV of who's calling with their picture. I drool when I think about it. Much cooler and more expandable/useful than MS's media center, and the components were dirt cheap. most were scavenged off eBay or are hand-me-downs from a B&W G4 that I've been upgrading as well. Fun stuff!
Beyond that, add into the mix the Computer's ability to run things like Pro Tools or Deck. And iTunes will soon have Rendevous support, so as soon as my friends come over with their iBooks or PowerBooks, their music is available on my entertaiment system automatically. Or use a USB or FireWire TV tuner and run cable directly into the Computer as well. The sheer geekiness of it is astounding.
The possibilities are endless, and I'm like 85% there. I really should have been chronicling all this (especially all the clocking experiments) or something, but I usually only get to work on it in the wee hours when I'm all cracked out (not literally mind you).
Oh well, that's it. I think its cool, its been fun to build, and I hope nobody is mad cuz they read the whole damn post and feel ripped off.
Let Me Get This Straight ...
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Taken?
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You're upset because you're watching TV and its not original enough for you? Hmmm.....
In related news, I stuck my hand in a blender but it didn't make a milkshake. *****
your silly capitalization is a frivolous thing, and i challege it forthwith. it holds no appeal for me, nor does it's so called "function" outweigh my disdain for your imperialistic letters. viva le caps petit!
while this seems like it has the potential to slow adoption of opengl, i doubt that all the big-name mac porting companies will suddenly go out of business. there are often multiple versions of games, and it is quite conceivable that these repackaged 'deluxe' editions will be full opengl ports as opposed to just recompiling directx code. this just means we'll see more simultaneous releases, and also that many directx developers will get a taste of opengl... they'll have to keep a mac around to test it on you know;)
i think it will work more for opengls benefit. it in effect extends mac-pc compatibility in a very striking way.
What ramifications will this have?
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Jesus, think about the restructuring that will surely befall the Underpants Gnomes now! Now that step 2 has been revealed, we see a twisted chain of events that includes, incredulously, food and kid's hanes - together. I forsee massive underpants gnome layoffs in the near future as the public gets wise to their filthy brand of food degredation.
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And hopefully mine won't get totally lost in the shuffle.
Just from an average user's perspective (which I am not, but my roomates are), Mac OS X shreds the living daylights out of WinXP.
Case in point - my roomates new Gateway 2.4 GHz machine w/ WinXP Home is SLOW as all getout opening apps, drawing windows, traversing directories w/ lots of files in them, etc.
By contrast, the G3 I built from parts (420 MHz G3, 768 MB RAM, 2 7200 HDs on a 66 MHz bus) is faster in day to day activities like web browsing, using Office, using Sherlock (oh wait, only Mac users get Sherlock;), etc.... all are MUCH faster on my old ass frankenstein G3 than on his brand spanking new Gateway. My Gateway owning roomie will even attest to this, and now he's kicking himself for not getting a Mac (partially due to Sherlock, actually).
So, is OS X slow? Answer: an unequivacable NO. Is it instantaneous? well, NO. But we're getting there;)
BTW - and this will be of interest to fellow Mac users - there is a Norton Speed Disk profile for OS X floating around the web... it is custom made to organize data on Mac OS X drives in a way that speeds up the operations of the OS by orders of magnitude. Just did it last night and it cut my app launch time in HALF - and this is in contrast to doing regular Speed Disk optimizations and only seeing a hair of difference. So see if you can find it on LimeWire, its AMAZING, really makes OS X fly, especially on older hardware like I have.
i find it very funny indeed that countries who have in a way been "behind" technologically have had the unique opportunity to see how the market played out before they were able to enter it.
it seems they were watching closely, and made some very good decisions:)
this sort of factual and witty approach to eroding M$'s façade of being a people-oriented company (to use the politest terms i know of to describe the lecherous and filthy backstabbing techniques that have become the hallmark of their business practice) could very well pursuade governments all over the globe, even those that have, due to misfortune, been into the technology game the whole time - and playing happily by M$'s rules.
and as a side note, did any of you check out Math Boxing? great little game:)
well, i don't know about busting stereotypes,
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but this sure had some great links to stereotypical busts!
did you guys check out those pornography links? oh man, i think i found a new fetish!
I'm convinced the reason behind it is that the typical Mac user is someone who is not very technical and was perhaps intimidated by using a computer, so when they figured out how to use their Mac they get a certain sense of pride and accomplishment which they in turn morph into zealotry.
Common misconception. Most Mac users are creative professionals that have no NEED to learn the inner workings of computers and the technical details of their machines. It has nothing to do w/ "pride" in figuring out how to use it. It has to do with the perceived ability of the Mac to facilitate their creativity.
Like you said, this is changing. With many *nix heads coming over to the Mac camp, the average tech savvy-ness of the Mac user IS going up. However, please remember that a great majority of Wintel users can't even figure out how to use AOL by themselves, let alone use Final Cut Pro to create a full-length movie w/out a manual.
And there are PLENTY of tech savvy mac users. I happen to be one of them. I've been building x86 boxes since the 286, worked on every flavor of windows, use linux regularly, and have ALWAYS preferred Macs.
People with no vision are always the first to deride those with style. People with style are always the first to help out those with no vision.
I noticed that the dev guys were very calm and rational people, pretty much just the opposite of the Mac user
Maybe that's because instead of having to crunch their brains fixing problems (which, trust me, the high-level OS engineers at Apple would behave the same way as your BSD dev team) with a kernel, most Mac END-users are EXCITED that they have enough free time after getting all their work done cuz their machines don't crash freeze ask for money or otherwise hinder functional use.
Several/. readers e-mailed their concerns over a sharp increase in one-liners today, fueling speculation that these one-liners are not just a random occurance, but perhaps the first ungodly signs of the oncoming apocolypse.
"usually we'll see a few, maybe even a bunch, of one-liners for certain stories we've posted," said CmdrTaco, languishing in a drunken hallucinagenic stupor on the steps of his villa in the south of france. "but christ, its like henny youngman possessed the populace on a scale rivaling that of..." Taco then gurgled and sputtered and dropped to a heap on the patio.
"certainly one-liners are a common, almost obligatory, form of logical reponse," said one reader, "but this many makes me want to get in a white van and shoot people at random. do these people think they're funny? its really just in bad taste."
one-liner watchers are unconcerned however. "we've seen this before - like the article about the giant Bart Simpson doll copulating with a penguin - and no substantial harm was done on the long term." some, however, are still reliving the nightmare.
with no end in sight to this barrage, Micro$oft engineers have released a worm to tack on at least 3 sentences promoting WindowsS.Ux, Ballmer Edition to each post to space out the green bars just a little further.
Apple coded up a WIndows-compatible PC because people were screaming for it - it really is a truly breakthru MP3 player. Yes, others have the same capacity. But NO OTHER PLAYER ON THE MARKET combines superior capacity, style, battery life, skip protection, xtras (calendar, contacts, etc.), size, and weight into one package. If you don't think so, I encourage you to go to an Apple retail store and use one. You will be blown away, and I can say that without hesitation. its fantastic that there is now a way for linux users to use iPods - believe it or not, many Mac users actually use LInux as a secondary OS - myself included. Sure, I want the Mac's ease of use and stability and combination of Unix core w/ common everyday productivity apps, but do I NEED a Mac for all my ventures and projects? Hell no. And now I can use my iPod when I'm sitting at my Linux box. See, Apple is about possibility. I doubt they'll have any problems w/ this because it will equal MORE HARDWARE SALES, which is their bread and butter. AND they didn't have to code it up themselves. Even better. Horray linux! Horray Mac! Working together towards a beautiful co-existent future devoid of M$!
Just so you know, Apple is offering InDesign free with the purchase of a PowerMac. It opens Quark and PageMaker files, and for page design offers many features that are unavailable in any other app. I've made the switch from Quark to InDesign, and I couldn't be happier.
This is an almost completely different OS, and it is PHENOMENAL. I can't describe how striking all the new features are, from Rendevous, to Inkwell, to the system-wide functionality of the Address Book, bluetooth, sherlock 3, the raw SPEED of this OS... this is an amazing accomplishment, and OS X has finally matured. THIS is the OS people will be dying to switch for.
It runs EXCEPTIONALLY well, even on old hardware. My old beige G3 that I built from parts is ASTOUNDINGLY FAST under 10.2!! Even with 6MB of VRAM on a crappy RagePro, this OS is gorgeous, fluid, and incredibly pleasing.
Go to your local apple store and check it out for yourself!
All I have to say, is that if Lawrence Fishburn personally told me to turn my f-ing phone off, i'd f-ing crap my f-ing pants and be very very terrified. then i'd rave to my friends about how it was the most realistic performance i'd ever seen.
this is the route i went because i couldn't afford an iPod. I have a Rio Volt player, and I LOVE the thing. ID3 2.x support, never skips, terrific battery life... all around an excellent player, and only $60 after rebates. interesting that you should say "to boot" as the iPod can also be used to boot your Mac;)
iPod, plain and simple. Yes, you may find similar devices with large capacities for less money. But you will also find yourself with an ugly headache. And its Unix compatible:) http://www.apple.com/ipod
i want nothing more than an amatuer, grass-roots, half-assed spare time devotion created rocket to blast me away from this dirty goddamn planet full of hippies!
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I suppose it would be a good thing if the public didn't automatically go into knee-jerk mode on the mention of the word nuclear, however....
I'm all for scientific advancement. I would LOVE to send a manned mission to Mars. I think it would bring about many revelations about our history and our future, and perhaps even help humanity coalesce into a functional whole rather than factions at war. But you know what? More than anything else, this terrifies me. Not because of the nuclear propulsion. not because China wants to get there first ? because deep down, in my heart of hearts, I don't think humanity is ready. I don't think we should set foot on another planet until we learn how to treat our own with respect and dignity.
This will turn into another Wild West full of profiteering, mob-style gangs of 'suppliers', and more wasted potential than you could shake a stick at.
Sorry to say it, but humans don't DESERVE to go to Mars yet. We haven't evolved enough. And the worst part is, we're not going to wait until the time is right, we're going to charge right on in in our usual swashbuckling style.
You can get your TiVO wireless if u so desire. fairly cheap, too:
:) thanks apple!
http://www.dlink.com/products/wireless/dwl810+/
I'm liking this. This is the kind of integration that TiVo and the like needed to really grab average consumers. and since Rendevouz is open source, anyone can join the party
are you kidding me?!?!
... for a cool 2.1K you can sweeten the deal w/ a superdrive. take it home and hook it up to my bad ass 17" CRT Apple Studio Display for serious design work; its small enough to fit under the monitor. add my Pro keyboard and Graphire, and i've got something worlds better than what i have now with built in bluetooth and a 54Mbps AirPort card. and its so freaking small and light that it isn't something i have to decide whether or not i take it with me.
i want one i want one i want one i want one
it just comes with me.
now i'm sorry i bought that palm! this would pretty much replace it. i have no need for a slim-down under-powered pocket pc when i can have something like this so gosh-darned small.
most of you have forgotten that Apple is not just about Form, they are highly concentrated on FUNCTION. So many "oh, blinking lights, real nice" comments ... i don't think you necessarily grasp that while the underlying idea may seem simplistic, it is always Apple's implementation of said ideas that makes them stand out and in effect be more than what they are.
perhaps it is just LEDs. and if this were the case, trust me, Apple's found some ingenius way to use them that no one has done before to communicate information via color - something that is more 'human' than a dialog box, let's say. and if it IS just LEDs, then it won't really incur much more cost, now would it?
Lets not forget the derision that was apparent when Apple released the new style towers in 99 w/ the B&W G3. Sure, the colors mighta been weird, but for all the nastiness written about its "girly" appearnace, how it didn't have enough drive bays, yadda yadda, they ignore the fact that you can upgrade this thing by just pulling a latch and swinging the entire side panel down, reveaeling the motherboard and all other internal components, all within reach and plain view and without obstruction, in a fraction of a second.
so please, enough of this 'shiny useless trinkets' crap. what's wrong with adding a little style to round out seriously amazing capabilities?
sorry, not gonna sell it - its too dear to me. the grand design has been long hatching and when its done, i'm gonna use it till its absolutely dead. its going to be a killer entertainment center, and my life will finally have meaning.
here's the lowdown (as if anyone cares) of the Mac I've been piecing together for a few months now:
Its a 7600 case painted gloss black w/ silver highlights on the power button, the cd eject button, and, of course, the apple logo.
inside you'll find a beige g3 rev 3 mobo. a 350 MHz G3 clocked up to 433 w/ 1MB cache, 6MB internal Rage Pro graphics. Beefed up to 768 MB RAM. Added the A/V card that was optional on these models. Added a USB/FW combo card, a fast ethernet card, a Radeon 7000 PCI graphics card, 2 HDs(12 and 20, soon to be 12 and 80), a and a DVD-ROM for movies. This baby kills. Check out the list of ports:
1/8" stereo audio in
1/8" stereo audio out
RCA stereo audio in
RCA stereo audio out
RCA video in
RCA video out
S-video in
2x S-video out (one onboard, one on Radeon card)
Original Apple Monitor Connector
VGA
DVI
2 USB
2 FW
10/100 Enet
10 Enet
SCSI
2x serial
ADB
3x Monitor support (2 off the Radeon, one off internal video - the internal video can be a monitor or television, Radeon can be any 2 of either DVI, VGA, or S-video or composite video.).
Its not a gaming station as I'm stuck w/ PCI graphics and a 66MHz bus on this (Tomb Raider runs great but forget about Jedi Knight II), but I'm not done w/ it yet. Next up are the final 2 additions:
-SuperDrive (found a vendor that sells a black model CHEAP, so it'll match - just bought one for my B&W G3 and it rules.)
- Single or Dual G4. XLR8 made a dual g4 upgrade, but they're out of business. So I'm trying to find a dual 450 or 500 upgrade for this baby, and if I can't find one I'll swap in a 450 from a B&W I'm upgrading, clock it up a tad, and be done with it.
OK, so there's the setup, now here's the use:
computer sits by the couch/loveseat/lazyboy w/ a flat panel monitor, wireless mouse and keyboard. the computer's display is mirrored on the tv set via the Radeon. Cable TV runs directly into the TV. Cable TV also runs into a VCR, which is plugged into the Computer via S or Composite Video. Audio out from Computer (which also serves as a CD player, DVD player, networked MP3 player, CD burner, DVD burner, and PVR) goes into a reciever to speakers. Everything else is also hooked into the reciever. Reciever audio out is looped back into the Computer through 1/8" input on Computer while the VCR uses RCA audio in.
The Computer's video is hooked into the Receiver as well, with the output going into the TV, and an auxilliary video and audio output going back into the VCR.
This way, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING can be recorded both digitally and analog with live monitoring and multiple recording points. Please keep in mind that a CD-changer, record player, and tape deck are all plugged into the receiver as well. Because of the way its set up, the TV can be just a TV or have the full computer interface and due to the VCR hooked into the computer, can retain TV functionality in addition to all the other uses that a Mac has.
The computer is running on Mac OS X Jaguar, so its a cinch to set up an audio/video file server and a limited-use user account specifically for the functions of using it as a media center. Not to mention the use of a Wacom tablet for interaction, plus all the user apps that mac Mac OS X so great - iMovie, iPhoto, etc., all integrated into a total entertainment environment. Plus, using bluetooth, if I'm watching TV and my cell rings, I'll get a nice pop-up message on my TV of who's calling with their picture. I drool when I think about it. Much cooler and more expandable/useful than MS's media center, and the components were dirt cheap. most were scavenged off eBay or are hand-me-downs from a B&W G4 that I've been upgrading as well. Fun stuff!
Beyond that, add into the mix the Computer's ability to run things like Pro Tools or Deck. And iTunes will soon have Rendevous support, so as soon as my friends come over with their iBooks or PowerBooks, their music is available on my entertaiment system automatically. Or use a USB or FireWire TV tuner and run cable directly into the Computer as well. The sheer geekiness of it is astounding.
The possibilities are endless, and I'm like 85% there. I really should have been chronicling all this (especially all the clocking experiments) or something, but I usually only get to work on it in the wee hours when I'm all cracked out (not literally mind you).
Oh well, that's it. I think its cool, its been fun to build, and I hope nobody is mad cuz they read the whole damn post and feel ripped off.
You're upset because you're watching TV and its not original enough for you? Hmmm.....
In related news, I stuck my hand in a blender but it didn't make a milkshake.
*****
your silly capitalization is a frivolous thing, and i challege it forthwith. it holds no appeal for me, nor does it's so called "function" outweigh my disdain for your imperialistic letters. viva le caps petit!
while this seems like it has the potential to slow adoption of opengl, i doubt that all the big-name mac porting companies will suddenly go out of business. there are often multiple versions of games, and it is quite conceivable that these repackaged 'deluxe' editions will be full opengl ports as opposed to just recompiling directx code. this just means we'll see more simultaneous releases, and also that many directx developers will get a taste of opengl... they'll have to keep a mac around to test it on you know ;)
i think it will work more for opengls benefit. it in effect extends mac-pc compatibility in a very striking way.
Jesus, think about the restructuring that will surely befall the Underpants Gnomes now! Now that step 2 has been revealed, we see a twisted chain of events that includes, incredulously, food and kid's hanes - together. I forsee massive underpants gnome layoffs in the near future as the public gets wise to their filthy brand of food degredation.
And hopefully mine won't get totally lost in the shuffle.
;), etc. ... all are MUCH faster on my old ass frankenstein G3 than on his brand spanking new Gateway. My Gateway owning roomie will even attest to this, and now he's kicking himself for not getting a Mac (partially due to Sherlock, actually).
;)
... it is custom made to organize data on Mac OS X drives in a way that speeds up the operations of the OS by orders of magnitude. Just did it last night and it cut my app launch time in HALF - and this is in contrast to doing regular Speed Disk optimizations and only seeing a hair of difference. So see if you can find it on LimeWire, its AMAZING, really makes OS X fly, especially on older hardware like I have.
Just from an average user's perspective (which I am not, but my roomates are), Mac OS X shreds the living daylights out of WinXP.
Case in point - my roomates new Gateway 2.4 GHz machine w/ WinXP Home is SLOW as all getout opening apps, drawing windows, traversing directories w/ lots of files in them, etc.
By contrast, the G3 I built from parts (420 MHz G3, 768 MB RAM, 2 7200 HDs on a 66 MHz bus) is faster in day to day activities like web browsing, using Office, using Sherlock (oh wait, only Mac users get Sherlock
So, is OS X slow? Answer: an unequivacable NO. Is it instantaneous? well, NO. But we're getting there
BTW - and this will be of interest to fellow Mac users - there is a Norton Speed Disk profile for OS X floating around the web
i find it very funny indeed that countries who have in a way been "behind" technologically have had the unique opportunity to see how the market played out before they were able to enter it.
:)
:)
it seems they were watching closely, and made some very good decisions
this sort of factual and witty approach to eroding M$'s façade of being a people-oriented company (to use the politest terms i know of to describe the lecherous and filthy backstabbing techniques that have become the hallmark of their business practice) could very well pursuade governments all over the globe, even those that have, due to misfortune, been into the technology game the whole time - and playing happily by M$'s rules.
and as a side note, did any of you check out Math Boxing? great little game
but this sure had some great links to stereotypical busts!
did you guys check out those pornography links? oh man, i think i found a new fetish!
thank you benevolent librarian, thank you!
I'm convinced the reason behind it is that the typical Mac user is someone who is not very technical and was perhaps intimidated by using a computer, so when they figured out how to use their Mac they get a certain sense of pride and accomplishment which they in turn morph into zealotry.
Common misconception. Most Mac users are creative professionals that have no NEED to learn the inner workings of computers and the technical details of their machines. It has nothing to do w/ "pride" in figuring out how to use it. It has to do with the perceived ability of the Mac to facilitate their creativity.
Like you said, this is changing. With many *nix heads coming over to the Mac camp, the average tech savvy-ness of the Mac user IS going up. However, please remember that a great majority of Wintel users can't even figure out how to use AOL by themselves, let alone use Final Cut Pro to create a full-length movie w/out a manual.
And there are PLENTY of tech savvy mac users. I happen to be one of them. I've been building x86 boxes since the 286, worked on every flavor of windows, use linux regularly, and have ALWAYS preferred Macs.
People with no vision are always the first to deride those with style. People with style are always the first to help out those with no vision.
I noticed that the dev guys were very calm and rational people, pretty much just the opposite of the Mac user
Maybe that's because instead of having to crunch their brains fixing problems (which, trust me, the high-level OS engineers at Apple would behave the same way as your BSD dev team) with a kernel, most Mac END-users are EXCITED that they have enough free time after getting all their work done cuz their machines don't crash freeze ask for money or otherwise hinder functional use.
Just a thought.
How dare they misappropriate and misconstrue my life like this! they didn't get the names right, and I haven't seen a dime!
WHERE'S MY I.P. LAWYER?!?!
Several /. readers e-mailed their concerns over a sharp increase in one-liners today, fueling speculation that these one-liners are not just a random occurance, but perhaps the first ungodly signs of the oncoming apocolypse.
..." Taco then gurgled and sputtered and dropped to a heap on the patio.
"usually we'll see a few, maybe even a bunch, of one-liners for certain stories we've posted," said CmdrTaco, languishing in a drunken hallucinagenic stupor on the steps of his villa in the south of france. "but christ, its like henny youngman possessed the populace on a scale rivaling that of
"certainly one-liners are a common, almost obligatory, form of logical reponse," said one reader, "but this many makes me want to get in a white van and shoot people at random. do these people think they're funny? its really just in bad taste."
one-liner watchers are unconcerned however. "we've seen this before - like the article about the giant Bart Simpson doll copulating with a penguin - and no substantial harm was done on the long term." some, however, are still reliving the nightmare.
with no end in sight to this barrage, Micro$oft engineers have released a worm to tack on at least 3 sentences promoting WindowsS.Ux, Ballmer Edition to each post to space out the green bars just a little further.
heh, i mean Windows-compatible iPod. My bad.
Apple coded up a WIndows-compatible PC because people were screaming for it - it really is a truly breakthru MP3 player. Yes, others have the same capacity. But NO OTHER PLAYER ON THE MARKET combines superior capacity, style, battery life, skip protection, xtras (calendar, contacts, etc.), size, and weight into one package.
If you don't think so, I encourage you to go to an Apple retail store and use one. You will be blown away, and I can say that without hesitation.
its fantastic that there is now a way for linux users to use iPods - believe it or not, many Mac users actually use LInux as a secondary OS - myself included. Sure, I want the Mac's ease of use and stability and combination of Unix core w/ common everyday productivity apps, but do I NEED a Mac for all my ventures and projects? Hell no. And now I can use my iPod when I'm sitting at my Linux box.
See, Apple is about possibility. I doubt they'll have any problems w/ this because it will equal MORE HARDWARE SALES, which is their bread and butter. AND they didn't have to code it up themselves. Even better.
Horray linux! Horray Mac! Working together towards a beautiful co-existent future devoid of M$!
I'd have to disagree. The built in network-collaboration features of InDesign really do rock out.
Just so you know, Apple is offering InDesign free with the purchase of a PowerMac. It opens Quark and PageMaker files, and for page design offers many features that are unavailable in any other app. I've made the switch from Quark to InDesign, and I couldn't be happier.
Link HERE: http://www.apple.com/promo/designfreely
This is an almost completely different OS, and it is PHENOMENAL. I can't describe how striking all the new features are, from Rendevous, to Inkwell, to the system-wide functionality of the Address Book, bluetooth, sherlock 3, the raw SPEED of this OS ... this is an amazing accomplishment, and OS X has finally matured. THIS is the OS people will be dying to switch for.
It runs EXCEPTIONALLY well, even on old hardware. My old beige G3 that I built from parts is ASTOUNDINGLY FAST under 10.2!! Even with 6MB of VRAM on a crappy RagePro, this OS is gorgeous, fluid, and incredibly pleasing.
Go to your local apple store and check it out for yourself!
All I have to say, is that if Lawrence Fishburn personally told me to turn my f-ing phone off, i'd f-ing crap my f-ing pants and be very very terrified. then i'd rave to my friends about how it was the most realistic performance i'd ever seen.
this is the route i went because i couldn't afford an iPod. I have a Rio Volt player, and I LOVE the thing. ID3 2.x support, never skips, terrific battery life... all around an excellent player, and only $60 after rebates. ;)
interesting that you should say "to boot" as the iPod can also be used to boot your Mac
iPod, plain and simple. Yes, you may find similar devices with large capacities for less money. But you will also find yourself with an ugly headache. And its Unix compatible :)
http://www.apple.com/ipod
i want nothing more than an amatuer, grass-roots, half-assed spare time devotion created rocket to blast me away from this dirty goddamn planet full of hippies!