Gee, before electoral-vote.com got/.'d I could check the site ever day... Now I'll have to hope for an extended recount just to keep the excitement going.
Thanks/. for ruining one of my favorite sites with the/. effect.
p.s. let's all hope for a clear victory and a more conciliatory tone post election.
iTunes IS the digital jukebox. I have friends who have switched to it simply due to its capability to effectively manage massive libraries.
I use an old G3 laptop. I have a honking firewire drive in the basement with a long cable connecting up through the floor. The old Powerbook is connected to some Cambridge SoundWorks setup that provides excellent sound quality for our room(s). And with some 16k song files sorting, searching, making playlists (natch, smart playlists) is a breeze and is fast. While admittedly the UI has a bit of slowness perceptible at times the player never skips or exhibits and problems.
There was no trouncing. Adobe Premeire is no longer developed for the Mac and was likely last optimized for a pre G3 CPU!
Word? So f*ing what -- you can auto-summarize a few seconds faster than me.
Photoshop? Six or 1/2 dozen -- whatever. This was no trounce, this was won by a freaking hair. This may change with work habits, filters used, files manipulated, etc.
Quake -- I have seen numbers that beat those published for the G5. In my book, 280FPS, high quality at a nice resolution kicks ass.
The Classic OS was a f* sled, a boat anchor, it wore concrete shoes mate... it was dead long before it died.
Premeire? Who cares about Premeire when iMovie, Final Cut Express, and Final Cut Pro are industry leading packages in the corresponding market segments?
Mac users lose nothing -- NOT A THING!
"All Apple, All The Time" ??? Well if you discount the iPod and forthcoming ITMS on Windows, then yes. As a stock holder I have been very happy with the road map since Jobs did the reverse gainer takeover. Competing in the Windows ocean with what software mate? Tell us, what, where, and when was it appropriate for Apple Computer to move into the Windows space? Oh... yes, FileMaker Pro runs on Windows, I forgot.
These are attractive machines but when they say "pro" they mean "pro" in all terms -- especially price.
Not all computer enthusiasts want to pay pro prices which leaves them with the choice of an eMac -- not as upgradeable long term -- or an iBook as entry into Apple's line.
I too wish Apple would sell us a feature rich tower for 899.00.
Isn't it easy to posit that Linux will naturally gain on the desktop faster than OSX simply because there are n times more machines upon which one can easily install Linux!!?
Well I see articles all the time about how fantastical an experiment this must be that Apple has 20 engineers working on an x86 port.
Folks. It never was a port. Back at MacWorld '97 I witnessed then Rhapsody (OS X DP 1-ish) running side by side on an Apple PowerMac 9x00 and an Intel box. Same OS, same applications, identically. Back then though the PPC was sort of winning the mhz race so you phobics might not be so averse to a Mac.
Anyway. Later builds and application installers included a little pop-up menu which asked you to specify the CPU -- PPC or Intel. Yep. Ripped out for public consumption and review.
Did they write things only for PPC for Aqua? Probably. I suspect nothing was really left behind the Intel version of the OS for very long.
I too experience fine gaming performance on my laptop -- well enough performance to frequently put me at the top ranks of scorers each game in SOF II.
I played Max Payne on it until I got bored... Medal of Honor was excellent too... There are several others I have played on this not too old laptop and they all run fine.
I agree though about laptops vs desktops and the angst about committing full time to a laptop. It was hard but the office bought this one!
My name is Sgt Rocky and I have a Powerbook. I play games on my laptop over WiFi in bed.
Issue #1. You don't want the internet to become TV!
Issue #2. Stop this nonsense.
Oh wait, this is about movies... right. This topic probably has nothing to do with the future control of internet content.
Nah, surely not.
Do some letter writing today! If nothing else the voice of dissent must be heard.
Issue #3. Agreed -- if these schemes are any good they will become standard. Phil Schiller actually has the level head in this debate -- wait and see. Most of it will be dead in 6 - 8 mos.
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I just want Linux in my Mini Cooper so I can brag about the micro kernel vs. monolithic kernel and have a micro-kernel to match my Mini.
Gee, before electoral-vote.com got /.'d I could check the site ever day... Now I'll have to hope for an extended recount just to keep the excitement going.
/. for ruining one of my favorite sites with the /. effect.
Thanks
p.s. let's all hope for a clear victory and a more conciliatory tone post election.
iTunes IS the digital jukebox. I have friends who have switched to it simply due to its capability to effectively manage massive libraries.
I use an old G3 laptop. I have a honking firewire drive in the basement with a long cable connecting up through the floor. The old Powerbook is connected to some Cambridge SoundWorks setup that provides excellent sound quality for our room(s). And with some 16k song files sorting, searching, making playlists (natch, smart playlists) is a breeze and is fast. While admittedly the UI has a bit of slowness perceptible at times the player never skips or exhibits and problems.
Just like McDonalds, windows users are just that -- Users to the core. They will have liver failure, get fat, and have bad skin.
Can't we just invade ICANN?
but you can't really illustrate anything about UI without showing some screen shots.
Lindows can't even design an original web site -- do you think they are able to change their name??
How long have they had the Apple web site rip-off? I know you can't trade mark a design as such but geeze -- some originality please!
When monkeys fly out of my rectenna we can reduce our dependence on foreign oil!
Why is everyone missing the point?
There was no trouncing.
Adobe Premeire is no longer developed for the Mac and was likely last optimized for a pre G3 CPU!
Word? So f*ing what -- you can auto-summarize a few seconds faster than me.
Photoshop? Six or 1/2 dozen -- whatever. This was no trounce, this was won by a freaking hair. This may change with work habits, filters used, files manipulated, etc.
Quake -- I have seen numbers that beat those published for the G5. In my book, 280FPS, high quality at a nice resolution kicks ass.
A. Adobe Premeire!? Adobe freaking I haven't been developed for the Mac in a few years Premeire!???
Moderators! Change this topic title.
Word -- "auto summarize" --
Moderators! Toss it all out.
Furthermore, I have seen independent numbers on the web giving higher numbers for Quake III.
As if. Don't believe everything you read about the new G5 in PC Magazine.
I always see the ostrich milling about the set in the Wizard of Oz and there is some story about a dwarf who hung his self...
Is this what you mean?
All I want are open formats. I am willing to bet a locked and proprietary format will encourage more theft than an open one...
Why not something better? Oh, that MSFT discount... o.k. now I understand.
Sigh.
This is nonsense -- informative of what?
The Classic OS was a f* sled, a boat anchor, it wore concrete shoes mate... it was dead long before it died.
Premeire? Who cares about Premeire when iMovie, Final Cut Express, and Final Cut Pro are industry leading packages in the corresponding market segments?
Mac users lose nothing -- NOT A THING!
"All Apple, All The Time" ???
Well if you discount the iPod and forthcoming ITMS on Windows, then yes. As a stock holder I have been very happy with the road map since Jobs did the reverse gainer takeover. Competing in the Windows ocean with what software mate? Tell us, what, where, and when was it appropriate for Apple Computer to move into the Windows space? Oh... yes, FileMaker Pro runs on Windows, I forgot.
...is to plug the holes that allow for all of the email harvesting within Outlook via viruses, and consequent loads of spam from Windows based virii.
So the open source movement saves studios bacon does it?
I hereby declare the motion picture industry in material breach of any sanity whatsoever with regard to IP and copyright.
Fuhgettaboutit
Generally I agree.
These are attractive machines but when they say "pro" they mean "pro" in all terms -- especially price.
Not all computer enthusiasts want to pay pro prices which leaves them with the choice of an eMac -- not as upgradeable long term -- or an iBook as entry into Apple's line.
I too wish Apple would sell us a feature rich tower for 899.00.
Me too.
I don't see ghosting in SOF II, Medal of Honor or Quake 3 yada yada....
My name is Robert, I play FPS games on my TiBook and 17" LCD connnected to tower and regularly score in top ranks.
Isn't it easy to posit that Linux will naturally gain on the desktop faster than OSX simply because there are n times more machines upon which one can easily install Linux!!?
Geez.
I went to lindows.com and got real confused. I started looking for the QuickTime Trailers page but didn't find the tab at the top.
Then I realized I wasn't at Apple.com -- they just ripped the GUI of the website.
I mean ripping desktop GUIs is one thing...
Please mod out of existence!!!
More like there aren't 50 million Macs total today. That would be closer to accurate.
So I like clicked your link, and the web server like went bleep 404 blip bleep.
Dude, what a dud.
Well I see articles all the time about how fantastical an experiment this must be that Apple has 20 engineers working on an x86 port.
Folks. It never was a port. Back at MacWorld '97 I witnessed then Rhapsody (OS X DP 1-ish) running side by side on an Apple PowerMac 9x00 and an Intel box. Same OS, same applications, identically. Back then though the PPC was sort of winning the mhz race so you phobics might not be so averse to a Mac.
Anyway. Later builds and application installers included a little pop-up menu which asked you to specify the CPU -- PPC or Intel. Yep. Ripped out for public consumption and review.
Did they write things only for PPC for Aqua? Probably. I suspect nothing was really left behind the Intel version of the OS for very long.
Then again...
I too experience fine gaming performance on my laptop -- well enough performance to frequently put me at the top ranks of scorers each game in SOF II.
I played Max Payne on it until I got bored...
Medal of Honor was excellent too...
There are several others I have played on this not too old laptop and they all run fine.
I agree though about laptops vs desktops and the angst about committing full time to a laptop. It was hard but the office bought this one!
My name is Sgt Rocky and I have a Powerbook. I play games on my laptop over WiFi in bed.
Issue #1.
You don't want the internet to become TV!
Issue #2.
Stop this nonsense.
Oh wait, this is about movies... right. This topic probably has nothing to do with the future control of internet content.
Nah, surely not.
Do some letter writing today! If nothing else the voice of dissent must be heard.
Issue #3.
Agreed -- if these schemes are any good they will become standard. Phil Schiller actually has the level head in this debate -- wait and see. Most of it will be dead in 6 - 8 mos.