One reason that I can see for Apple *not* releasing a fix for 10.2 (if this is true, which I highly doubt) is that Apple *needs* everyone (developers and users) to be on the same page.
Unlike MS, Apple doesn't have such a gigantic installed base of, say, 8.6 users compared to Win95/98 in the MS world.
If MS said, "We're scrapping the Windows kernel and writing a new Unix-based OS (Is that a pig that just flew by?), MS would try to drop support for the old Windows, to get developers, users, and enterprises all using the same software.
Is this a good idea? Sure, if you are the maker of the software - less bugs, exploits and versions to support and fix. If you're a user of the software, it would suck - buy (licence:( new software, try and get old files to work with new programs, loss of hardware investment. Change happens, especially in the coumputer industry.
One reason I doubt that Apple will stop releasing patches for pre-Panther is on the Xtools developers' disk. There is an option to install compilers? for 10.x thru Panther. It wouldn't stand to reason that Apple would kill support for pre-Panther and include tools to develop for the older versions.
upgrade the HDD to a 5400rpm instead of the default 4200rpm
That's what I did, plus got the one stick of ram (1 gig)- I never have to wait for stuff to load or open, it really is sweet.
I know, all the hard-core apple buyers are saying, "What? You could have gotten a 7200 rpm HD from HardDriveStore, and bought your ram from MemoryStore and put that in and saved a zillion!!"
I just wanted it to work with no BS, no waiting for 3rd party ram, no worrying about zapping the motherboard. You spend a few grand, you don't want to mess it up.;)
One thing I would mention: When I first got the 15, I said to myself "Wow. I don't even need all this screen. I could have gotten the 12."
Now I'm glad I got the 15 - It's just enough room for Photoshop and such.
Any new PB or iBook will have Panther installed and that has Expose, which should do the job of virtual desktops nicely (or so I hear).
I have been using OS X at work since 10.0, but always had PCs at home (and a couple system 7 macs...) I had thought about getting a little P3 laptop and running linux or Beos on it, but couldn't find any that had resonable battery life. Then the Aluminum PBs came out.
I would absoulutely *not* trade my 3-week PB for anything. It rocks.:) It runs all the stuff I need for work - Photoshop, InDesign, etc. and is just great.
17" might have a bigger screen and be slightly faster, but you still have to carry the thing around. If you see yourself traveling with it, I'd have no problem recommending the 15" PB.
The iBooks are maxed out on ram at 640, while the PBs can use 2 gigs. (I have a gig in mine) OS X needs lots of mem to run like it's supposed to.
OS X is just great. Run 'big' apps next to open-source ones. I will never go back.
I just got a 15" PB a few weeks ago, and am just had a "Oh no..." moment when I saw this story.
Shock: "What? G4s in the IBOOKS? Denial: "This must be some poorly researched article on/." Bargaining: "Maybe I can return my powerbook and get an iBook..." Fear: "What if Apple won't let me return it because its a build to order??" Anger: "Those SOBs KNEW and didn't tell me before I spent all that money!" Despair: "Now my Powerbook will have no resale value when I have to eBay it for the new G5 laptops!!" Acceptance: "Wait a minute - this this Powerbook kicks ass! The girls want to be with me, the guys want to be me, and I consistently get benchmarks higher than a dual 1 ghz G4 Powermac. The Airport Extreme rules, the battery life is lengthy, it runs nice and warm and winter is coming! I guess I did ok..."
Fast forward one year. "The G5 laptops are OUT?!?...."
I did that and then realized that my pc (home) and the mac I'm on right now (work) are on different subnets, and Apple removed that a little while ago.:(
Oh, poor Cisco. Why can't people just allow companies to do whatever they want? We could finally make the Forbes 50000 Best Baby-Eaters list.
Basically, this 'author' is bemoaning the fact that someone is protecting their IP. "In secret", too? I hardly think it's a secret if *I* knew about it months ago.
Why is it ok for the '500' to sue and defend their licenses and not ok for the FSF?
This article is no better than an episode of Fear Factor. Snore.
I score this high school paper D-. He did spell FSF correctly.
Hi, this site is all about ninjas robots, REAL NINJA ROBOTS. This site is awesome. My name is Robert and I can't stop thinking about ninja robots. These guys are cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet.
Facts:
1. Ninja robots are mammals (robot mammals, duh).
2. Ninja robots fight ALL the time.
3. The purpose of the ninja robot is to flip out and kill people.
Ninja robots can kill anyone they want! Ninja robots cut off heads ALL the time and don't even think twice about it. These robots are so crazy and awesome that they flip out ALL the time. I heard that there was this ninja robot who was eating at a diner. And when some dude dropped a spoon the ninja robot killed the whole town. My friend Mark said that he saw a ninja robot totally uppercut some kid just because the kid opened a window.
And that's what I call REAL Ultimate Power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you don't believe that ninja robots have REAL Ultimate Power you better get a life right now or they will chop your head off!!! It's an easy choice, if you ask me.
Ninja robots are sooooooooooo sweet that I want to crap my pants. I can't believe it sometimes, but I feel it inside my heart. These guys are totally awesome and that's a fact. Ninja robots are fast, smooth, cool, strong, powerful, and sweet. I can't wait to start yoga next year. I love ninja robots with all of my body (including my pee pee).
Q and A:.
Q: Why is everyone so obsessed about ninja robots?
A: Ninja robots are the ultimate paradox. On the one hand they don't give a crap, but on the other hand, ninja robots are very careful and precise.
Q: I heard that ninja robots are always cruel or mean. What's their problem?
A: Whoever told you that is a total liar. Just like other robot mammals, ninja robots can be mean OR totally awesome.
Q: What do ninja robots do when they're not cutting off heads or flipping out?
A: Most of their free time is spent flying, but sometime they stab. (Ask Mark if you don't believe me.)
I just got my new PB - let me tell you, it has sex wee all over it. I mean, it's really cool.
If everyone got to use a mac for a week, then had to go back to windows, I don't think we'd have much of a problem - OS X is sweet to geek, and easy to Mom.
Use the holes in IE to create a worm that installs Firebird, and removes IE with litePC.com's XPlite.
(Most) People only use IE because they are scared to install some software (I don't want to break my computer!) or they don't know there are options (What are you using - why do I get all these pop-ups?)
Ok, for real (assuming Windows) - Zone Alarm, Norton A/V, Firebird, Thunderbird.
You might want to investigate http://www.litepc.com as they have finally! released a version for Windows 2000/XP (It removes IE, OE, Media Player and all sorts of other icky-ness) Haven't tried it yet, but it looks promising.
I can actually *feel* the Reality Distortion Field taking hold of me. Time is moving slowly. I can't bring myself to open the box. Wow. Powerful Stuff.
I'm sure the crack-high will wear off sooner or later, but for now it's all good.:)
Somewhere in California, in a seamless ivory tower that slowly glows, then fades.
Steve: "Well, we'll just give all the G5 people the free upgrade, the powerbooks are shit out of luck."
Lackey: "What if the angry powerbook owners storm the building, and take it?"
Steve: "How much damage can they do? Those powerbooks wouldn't even dent my skull. Now, if the G5 owners got pissed, wielding their G5s like clubs, then I might shit my pants. Those things are big. Let's keep them happy."
Lackey: "Good thinking, master. I will alert your minions."
Steve (to self): "Yes... Angry G5 owners...damn....Shit my pants..."
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Perhaps we should call them Pubic Defenders, as we are getting royally screwed.
Even my thoughts need to be debugged.
Unlike MS, Apple doesn't have such a gigantic installed base of, say, 8.6 users compared to Win95/98 in the MS world.
If MS said, "We're scrapping the Windows kernel and writing a new Unix-based OS (Is that a pig that just flew by?), MS would try to drop support for the old Windows, to get developers, users, and enterprises all using the same software.
Is this a good idea? Sure, if you are the maker of the software - less bugs, exploits and versions to support and fix. If you're a user of the software, it would suck - buy (licence :( new software, try and get old files to work with new programs, loss of hardware investment. Change happens, especially in the coumputer industry.
One reason I doubt that Apple will stop releasing patches for pre-Panther is on the Xtools developers' disk. There is an option to install compilers? for 10.x thru Panther. It wouldn't stand to reason that Apple would kill support for pre-Panther and include tools to develop for the older versions.
My two cents.
There you go.
Or something like that.
P.S. - Donald Luskin shakes it more than twice.
That's what I did, plus got the one stick of ram (1 gig)- I never have to wait for stuff to load or open, it really is sweet.
I know, all the hard-core apple buyers are saying, "What? You could have gotten a 7200 rpm HD from HardDriveStore, and bought your ram from MemoryStore and put that in and saved a zillion!!"
I just wanted it to work with no BS, no waiting for 3rd party ram, no worrying about zapping the motherboard. You spend a few grand, you don't want to mess it up. ;)
One thing I would mention: When I first got the 15, I said to myself "Wow. I don't even need all this screen. I could have gotten the 12."
Now I'm glad I got the 15 - It's just enough room for Photoshop and such.
Any new PB or iBook will have Panther installed and that has Expose, which should do the job of virtual desktops nicely (or so I hear).
I would absoulutely *not* trade my 3-week PB for anything. It rocks. :) It runs all the stuff I need for work - Photoshop, InDesign, etc. and is just great.
17" might have a bigger screen and be slightly faster, but you still have to carry the thing around. If you see yourself traveling with it, I'd have no problem recommending the 15" PB. The iBooks are maxed out on ram at 640, while the PBs can use 2 gigs. (I have a gig in mine) OS X needs lots of mem to run like it's supposed to.
OS X is just great. Run 'big' apps next to open-source ones. I will never go back.
I looked all over and couldn't find any areola photos at all.. what am I missing?
If you have two NICs, I'd bet that's it.
Doesn't sound all-inclusive to me.
I did that and then realized that my pc (home) and the mac I'm on right now (work) are on different subnets, and Apple removed that a little while ago. :(
I have two macs and a PC, the PC being the 'holder of the files'.
Not very intuitive so far.
Even *after* I sent a new one. Three times.
I'm thinking that the G4 icon will be there when the G7 Virgin Tech cluster comes out.
(/me happy new mac user)
Basically, this 'author' is bemoaning the fact that someone is protecting their IP. "In secret", too? I hardly think it's a secret if *I* knew about it months ago. Why is it ok for the '500' to sue and defend their licenses and not ok for the FSF?
This article is no better than an episode of Fear Factor. Snore. I score this high school paper D-. He did spell FSF correctly.
Facts:
1. Ninja robots are mammals (robot mammals, duh).
2. Ninja robots fight ALL the time.
3. The purpose of the ninja robot is to flip out and kill people.
Weapons and gear:
Ninja robot Sword
Ninja robot Stars
Ninja robot Outfit and Chrome Polish
Testimonial:
Ninja robots can kill anyone they want! Ninja robots cut off heads ALL the time and don't even think twice about it. These robots are so crazy and awesome that they flip out ALL the time. I heard that there was this ninja robot who was eating at a diner. And when some dude dropped a spoon the ninja robot killed the whole town. My friend Mark said that he saw a ninja robot totally uppercut some kid just because the kid opened a window.
And that's what I call REAL Ultimate Power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you don't believe that ninja robots have REAL Ultimate Power you better get a life right now or they will chop your head off!!! It's an easy choice, if you ask me.
Ninja robots are sooooooooooo sweet that I want to crap my pants. I can't believe it sometimes, but I feel it inside my heart. These guys are totally awesome and that's a fact. Ninja robots are fast, smooth, cool, strong, powerful, and sweet. I can't wait to start yoga next year. I love ninja robots with all of my body (including my pee pee).
Q and A:.
Q: Why is everyone so obsessed about ninja robots?
A: Ninja robots are the ultimate paradox. On the one hand they don't give a crap, but on the other hand, ninja robots are very careful and precise.
Q: I heard that ninja robots are always cruel or mean. What's their problem?
A: Whoever told you that is a total liar. Just like other robot mammals, ninja robots can be mean OR totally awesome.
Q: What do ninja robots do when they're not cutting off heads or flipping out?
A: Most of their free time is spent flying, but sometime they stab. (Ask Mark if you don't believe me.)
where are the movies? The article says that one of these little bassards can do *backflips. That's what I want to see. Anyone got vid-clips of this?
ew.
If everyone got to use a mac for a week, then had to go back to windows, I don't think we'd have much of a problem - OS X is sweet to geek, and easy to Mom.
(Most) People only use IE because they are scared to install some software (I don't want to break my computer!) or they don't know there are options (What are you using - why do I get all these pop-ups?)
Use MS tactics! Force a new browser on them!
Ok, for real (assuming Windows) - Zone Alarm, Norton A/V, Firebird, Thunderbird.
You might want to investigate http://www.litepc.com as they have finally! released a version for Windows 2000/XP (It removes IE, OE, Media Player and all sorts of other icky-ness) Haven't tried it yet, but it looks promising.
I can actually *feel* the Reality Distortion Field taking hold of me. Time is moving slowly. I can't bring myself to open the box. Wow. Powerful Stuff.
I'm sure the crack-high will wear off sooner or later, but for now it's all good. :)
Steve: "Well, we'll just give all the G5 people the free upgrade, the powerbooks are shit out of luck."
Lackey: "What if the angry powerbook owners storm the building, and take it?"
Steve: "How much damage can they do? Those powerbooks wouldn't even dent my skull. Now, if the G5 owners got pissed, wielding their G5s like clubs, then I might shit my pants. Those things are big. Let's keep them happy."
Lackey: "Good thinking, master. I will alert your minions."
Steve (to self): "Yes... Angry G5 owners...damn....Shit my pants..."
Why do G5-ers get all the love? It wouldn't be so bad IF I HAD THE LAPTOP. Then the Reality Distortion Field can take over and I'll deal. ;)
I will be calling Apple and inquiring why new powerbook owners are now 'second class' citizens.