I didn't mean to imply that the clone makers really "stole" Apple's sales - but, towards the end some of them were supplying machines with fucking Windows keyboards. OTOH, other cloners offered excellent price/performance and pushed to introduce faster chips before Apple was ready.
"I don't remember ever being able to run Apple's OS-du-jour on anything but an Apple made product."
There used to be a licensed Apple clone business - Apple ended it because the cloners only stole market share from Apple's own products rather than from Windows PCs. The termination of cloning REALLY pissed Motorola off - and Apple have been paying for that one ever since. Some words to search for - Starmax, Power Computing, CHRP and Daystar.
"I feel sorry for nVidia... it does look like they're going the way of 3dfx..."
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!
Just coz BMW manage to build a car that's better than Ford's competing product doesn't mean Ford goes out of business the next fucking day, does it? nVidia's current range of gfx cards are highly competitive and capable - try and be a TINY BIT reasonable.
Macosrumors has the worst track record of ANY Mac rumor site. In a field where mediocrity is commonplace, MOSR stands out the crowning turd in the water pipe.
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Whatever network operator sold you THAT pup, by the sound of things.
£30 pcm x 12 = £360, and the 'phone cost £50 you say? Sounds like £410 to me and the 'phone costs £317 over at expansys right now SIM free and unlocked.
if you still REALLY believe that your contracted 'phone only cost you £50 perhaps you should see a specialist who can explain to you what the term "subscription" means. A Nokia 7650 currently costs around £315, so guess where the other £265 comes from? What do you pay for your subscription, £15 a month? £180 per year? 2 year contract, is it?
Be serious, man. There's no doubt that Jaguar offloads compositing tasks to the GPU, just as there's no doubt that Quartz involves a LOT more work than Win2K's display model, but the fact remains that it takes FAr longer to scroll in most OSX windows, FAR longer to call a new finder window than a new Win2k Explorer and FAR longer to bring up large directories. OSX has a lot of things going for it, but UI speed isn't one of them.
And what's all that bollocks about an 800Mhz G4 being as fast as a 1.6Ghz "Intel". What are you on about? If it's a theoretical PIII, you're mad; if it's a P4 you're close; if it's an AMD chip you're just plain WRONG.
I have at work bunch of Macs running 10.2.6 with GeForce 2MX cards and a motley collection of PCs fitted with Matrox G450 cards running Win2K - irrespective of CPU speed, the Win machines are more responsive for most UI tasks - they're just drawing much simpler things on the screen, and that's all there is to it.
I spend my OWN money on Apple PCs - I'm no Win troll.
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I didn't mean to imply that the clone makers really "stole" Apple's sales - but, towards the end some of them were supplying machines with fucking Windows keyboards. OTOH, other cloners offered excellent price/performance and pushed to introduce faster chips before Apple was ready.
"I don't remember ever being able to run Apple's OS-du-jour on anything but an Apple made product."
There used to be a licensed Apple clone business - Apple ended it because the cloners only stole market share from Apple's own products rather than from Windows PCs. The termination of cloning REALLY pissed Motorola off - and Apple have been paying for that one ever since. Some words to search for - Starmax, Power Computing, CHRP and Daystar.
"What would people say if Microsoft made it so Windows would only run on Microsoft-brand hardware?"
They'd say "Thank you Mr Gates, may I have another?" And then go out and buy more X-box games.
"so I could only drive around in an infinate loop"
You know, I've always wondered about the name "Infinite Loop" because it rather seems to me that ALL loops are infinite...
surely you die BEFORE you get to hell?
the quality of spelling and grammar on Slashdot of late has slipped from "surprisingly" to "shockingly" bad.
can you explain your sig to me please?
that's conspiracy you freakin' loon
that's Detonator you fucking Muppet
"I feel sorry for nVidia... it does look like they're going the way of 3dfx..."
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!
Just coz BMW manage to build a car that's better than Ford's competing product doesn't mean Ford goes out of business the next fucking day, does it? nVidia's current range of gfx cards are highly competitive and capable - try and be a TINY BIT reasonable.
you s_elled both _leasure and _erversion incorrectly
scavenge
"Then read macosrumors.com [macosrumors.com] today"
If I can just stop you there.
Macosrumors has the worst track record of ANY Mac rumor site. In a field where mediocrity is commonplace, MOSR stands out the crowning turd in the water pipe.
facet?
what in God's holy name are you blathering about?
"£300 for a Sony Clie??"
could be a little less specific?
25 grand for a BMW??
"Now who's laughing monkey boy"
Whatever network operator sold you THAT pup, by the sound of things.
£30 pcm x 12 = £360, and the 'phone cost £50 you say? Sounds like £410 to me and the 'phone costs £317 over at expansys right now SIM free and unlocked.
if you still REALLY believe that your contracted 'phone only cost you £50 perhaps you should see a specialist who can explain to you what the term "subscription" means. A Nokia 7650 currently costs around £315, so guess where the other £265 comes from? What do you pay for your subscription, £15 a month? £180 per year? 2 year contract, is it?
Did you fail GCSE maths by any chance?
who's gonna buy the product? who's gonna install it?
you also lose credibility due to an inability to spell simple fucking words
What? ALL of them?
Where did you find this out?
Damn! And I was so close.
It's a fine line between stupid and clever.
"a melted pile of legos"
that's "LEGO bricks" you fucking idiot
Be serious, man. There's no doubt that Jaguar offloads compositing tasks to the GPU, just as there's no doubt that Quartz involves a LOT more work than Win2K's display model, but the fact remains that it takes FAr longer to scroll in most OSX windows, FAR longer to call a new finder window than a new Win2k Explorer and FAR longer to bring up large directories. OSX has a lot of things going for it, but UI speed isn't one of them.
And what's all that bollocks about an 800Mhz G4 being as fast as a 1.6Ghz "Intel". What are you on about? If it's a theoretical PIII, you're mad; if it's a P4 you're close; if it's an AMD chip you're just plain WRONG.
it's a PowerPC 405 derivative - go look at IBMs website if you want to know more. Don't forget the "Flipper" GPU that's also in there...
err... he's not trolling
I have at work bunch of Macs running 10.2.6 with GeForce 2MX cards and a motley collection of PCs fitted with Matrox G450 cards running Win2K - irrespective of CPU speed, the Win machines are more responsive for most UI tasks - they're just drawing much simpler things on the screen, and that's all there is to it.
I spend my OWN money on Apple PCs - I'm no Win troll.