well currently I am not the biggest fan of Macosx, yes its a break through of gui goodness, but its alittle to slow for my tastes. Plus I like Linux, I like linux because its ruff around the edges, and I like making it better. I run linux on mac because their hardware (laptops) are alot nicer than any pc based laptop I have seen.
Dont tell me what OS to run, I will run what I feel fits my needs.
no where close to the same speed, Firewire even though slower in spec is alot more reliable and smoother than usb2, Also it uses alot less cpu and memory usage. All in all firewire is alot better than usb2...
They can be found for $150 and $250, they have no smart chips, they are fast and they work with Linux, Mac, oh an Windows. It even says Linux compatable on the box and it comes with linux drivers on the cd! (which are opensource).. I would also think the latest cheap HP laser would be a good choice too.
yes to 802.11b, next model up has gigabit ethernet, same with bt, and it has a 5400rpm harddrive, I havent even seen a 7200rpm harddrive for a laptop that didnt suck power, oh and this machine is WAY less than an inch thick...
They make some amazing laptops. Not only do they make 90% of the parts they remind me of Apple on the eligance of their laptops.. The new 359 series laptops are slick 15.4 inch wide screen monsters, for a grand it gives you a 1.4ghz centrino (1mb cache) geforce fx 5200, 40gb hd, 15.4 wide screen, 512mb ddr, and all inside a incredible 5lbs machine!
why would you use an Athlon? Unless they wanted to create a space heater / Musical Keyboard....
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heh, your so right, everyone that didnt like the movie was expecting some type of hollywood ending like all the machines dieing and Neo becoming a god or something, this is why I LOVED the movie so much, it did totally the oppisite. Most people like walking out of the theater feeling good inside, all warm and fuzzy, like something special just happened. (like in the first matrix)
Also I think another reason people didnt like the movie is because they dont use their imagination. They dont think about what happened, they dont understand the movie. They are expecting everything to be candy coated and spoon feed to them.
#!/bin/bash mount -t vfat/dev/sda1/mnt/complactflash cp -R ~/whateverdata/mnt/complactflash scp/mnt/compactflash/* userid@whatever:~/filesfromhelicopter
Then you can make it executable, chmod +x script.sh then just get some gui to launch it by makeing a icon for it, so you can just double click it. And just make sure you save everything to ~/whateverdata
They think webmail is going to be more popular than imap, or pop3 mail boxes. So they are going to intergrate a Hotmail mail box into the next version of windows.
Human's are far cheaper than maintaining a humanoid....
FAR CHEAPER.. It would cost them the minimum wage they are paying to the humans just for their Power usage. And I dont even want to know what would happen if one broke down. But one this is for sure, if this happens humans will have alot more jobs repairing these robots when they break down.
Linux could be like apple, but its not, Linux has a million different ways of doing one thing. People might call this reinventing the wheel, but its always good to have another option. Yes I do agree that some options seem to be kinda pointless, but Im sure to others it might not be. Like for example, Xwindows can do alot of neat things, but to a normal user those things are not needed. Apple basicly says, okay, for this to be the perfect desktop, a normal user doesnt need this feature, or this or this, and they make a easy way of doing something. While in linux, there is no super company controling what your desktop looks like. Have you ever seen two linux screenshots look identical? I havent. Its even hard to tell people what the feel of linux is because it changes so much depending on what Desktop enviroment your in. and dont even get me going about Window Mangers. WHile with Macosx, you cant change or modifiy how things work, Apple says, this is the way it works, if you dont like it, TUFF. Look at any screenshot of a Mac nowadays, they all have the same look / feel. The dock is either on the bottem, right or left side, full of icons, the top has the classic apple bar that controls everything. And the only way you can really change the way everything looks is to change your background..... In linux I can change the way the buttons look, I can change the themes of the windowmanager, I have complete control over the computer. While In macosx I feel like I am restricted and I get very bored. In linux, if it doesnt work the way I want it, I force it to work the way I want....
Dont get me wrong, Macosx is an awesome OS, but until it gives me alittle more flexablity, I wont be able to use it...
Yes If you want a cheap dual smp rig then Athlons are fine. But if you want a powerfull workstation, backed by a huge company, THis is a pretty cool idea.
im sure since IBM is the creator of a G5 they are going to be able to support them better than anything else they sell. Companies are going to see this and they will realize that these machines will be quick and easy for IBM to repair.
Oh Sure these companies can call Bob's computer warehouse, but we all know how much better IBMs support will be....
If I worked for a Multimillion dollar company I wouldnt want the computer repair guy going to walmart to pick up spare parts for their new server/workstation.....
Well I feel that Macosx is a great OS for people that dont really use computers, but for anything else, its way way way to bloated.. A nice Linux install on a G5 would really make a nice box.
I own a Ibook, I know it only has a g3 900mhz cpu, but Linux FLYS on it, while macosx just rotates its little blue beach ball at me. In Linux I can open Mozilla, gimp 1.3, all my favorite apps, and its going to work, and not be slow. WHile in Macosx it just feels like a dog. Now on a G5 you wouldnt see that type of slow down, because macosx finally has enough power to run smoothly... But I can still bet Linux (once IBM is done with it) will be far faster than macosx......
Almost every laptop sold nowadays only come with restore cds, they never EVER come with a full copy of windows. HECK nowadays HP and Compaqs just have a partition called RESTORE PARTITION, and thats the only way to restore them because they come with NO DISKS! You have to contact HP or COMPAQ to request them for a small fee. And even then, they are only restore cds. Basicly your just paying for a licence. Which means legally you can go to Kazaa and download a Win2k ISO and just use the licence you payed for. Simple....
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if its shaped like a giant tux penguin dont be afraid.
well currently I am not the biggest fan of Macosx, yes its a break through of gui goodness, but its alittle to slow for my tastes. Plus I like Linux, I like linux because its ruff around the edges, and I like making it better. I run linux on mac because their hardware (laptops) are alot nicer than any pc based laptop I have seen.
Dont tell me what OS to run, I will run what I feel fits my needs.
no where close to the same speed, Firewire even though slower in spec is alot more reliable and smoother than usb2, Also it uses alot less cpu and memory usage. All in all firewire is alot better than usb2...
weird, we thought of the same printer...
They can be found for $150 and $250, they have no smart chips, they are fast and they work with Linux, Mac, oh an Windows. It even says Linux compatable on the box and it comes with linux drivers on the cd! (which are opensource).. I would also think the latest cheap HP laser would be a good choice too.
yes to 802.11b, next model up has gigabit ethernet, same with bt, and it has a 5400rpm harddrive, I havent even seen a 7200rpm harddrive for a laptop that didnt suck power, oh and this machine is WAY less than an inch thick...
They make some amazing laptops. Not only do they make 90% of the parts they remind me of Apple on the eligance of their laptops.. The new 359 series laptops are slick 15.4 inch wide screen monsters, for a grand it gives you a 1.4ghz centrino (1mb cache) geforce fx 5200, 40gb hd, 15.4 wide screen, 512mb ddr, and all inside a incredible 5lbs machine!
very slick, plus up to 7hours battery life!
why would you use an Athlon? Unless they wanted to create a space heater / Musical Keyboard....
heh, your so right, everyone that didnt like the movie was expecting some type of hollywood ending like all the machines dieing and Neo becoming a god or something, this is why I LOVED the movie so much, it did totally the oppisite. Most people like walking out of the theater feeling good inside, all warm and fuzzy, like something special just happened. (like in the first matrix)
Also I think another reason people didnt like the movie is because they dont use their imagination. They dont think about what happened, they dont understand the movie. They are expecting everything to be candy coated and spoon feed to them.
Thank you Wacowski Brothers for not doing that!
Weird, Just got panther installed, launched safari and set slashdot to my homepage, and I see this artical.. weird.....
Well I must say panther is awesome, but linux is much nicer on my mac....
and last nights apple store here in buffalo ny sucked, they only handed out dog tags. Not even a free tshirt!!
The Bottom Line: My HD sandwich works well. It quiets the HD substantially, keeps it much cooler, and cost me just US$12 to implement.
it only costed $12, where did you get $27 from?
2.4ghz Cordless phones use the same freq! What are these parents smoking?
thats 88 MPH you IDIOT!
Man, i must be tired or something because I couldnt understand a single word from the thread.
#!/bin/bash /dev/sda1 /mnt/complactflash /mnt/complactflash /mnt/compactflash/* userid@whatever:~/filesfromhelicopter
mount -t vfat
cp -R ~/whateverdata
scp
Then you can make it executable, chmod +x script.sh
then just get some gui to launch it by makeing a icon for it, so you can just double click it. And just make sure you save everything to ~/whateverdata
hehe I thought their name was WIN DRIVER when I saw the website windriver aka wind river. I thought it was some microsoft product....
Remember, these scores are testing a dual xeon platform using windows, and the g5 using unix. If the dual xeons were running linux or bsd it would scale alot higher and use both cpus better. Here is my top output: Cpu0 : 52.8% user, 10.6% system, 0.0% nice, 36.5% idle, 0.0% IO-wait Cpu1 : 32.9% user, 4.0% system, 0.0% nice, 63.1% idle, 0.0% IO-wait Cpu2 : 48.0% user, 1.0% system, 0.0% nice, 51.0% idle, 0.0% IO-wait Cpu3 : 32.9% user, 1.3% system, 0.0% nice, 65.8% idle, 0.0% IO-wait And here is my /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 2
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 3001.309
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflus h dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid
bogomips : 5931.00
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 2
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 3001.309
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflus h dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid
bogomips : 5996.54
processor : 2
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 2
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 3001.309
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 3
siblings : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflus h dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid
bogomips : 5996.54
processor : 3
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 2
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 3001.309
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 3
siblings : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflus h dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid
bogomips : 5980.16
They think webmail is going to be more popular than imap, or pop3 mail boxes. So they are going to intergrate a Hotmail mail box into the next version of windows.
I want to thank Drobbins, Seemant, and All the gentoo developers! Thanks for your hard work for makeing linux even better!
Please support gentoo by going to gentoo.org and buying the livecds...
Human's are far cheaper than maintaining a humanoid....
FAR CHEAPER.. It would cost them the minimum wage they are paying to the humans just for their Power usage. And I dont even want to know what would happen if one broke down. But one this is for sure, if this happens humans will have alot more jobs repairing these robots when they break down.
Hamburg is a city in Western NY, that is where the term hamburger came from...
Gezz
Linux could be like apple, but its not, Linux has a million different ways of doing one thing. People might call this reinventing the wheel, but its always good to have another option. Yes I do agree that some options seem to be kinda pointless, but Im sure to others it might not be. Like for example, Xwindows can do alot of neat things, but to a normal user those things are not needed. Apple basicly says, okay, for this to be the perfect desktop, a normal user doesnt need this feature, or this or this, and they make a easy way of doing something. While in linux, there is no super company controling what your desktop looks like. Have you ever seen two linux screenshots look identical? I havent. Its even hard to tell people what the feel of linux is because it changes so much depending on what Desktop enviroment your in. and dont even get me going about Window Mangers. WHile with Macosx, you cant change or modifiy how things work, Apple says, this is the way it works, if you dont like it, TUFF. Look at any screenshot of a Mac nowadays, they all have the same look / feel. The dock is either on the bottem, right or left side, full of icons, the top has the classic apple bar that controls everything. And the only way you can really change the way everything looks is to change your background..... In linux I can change the way the buttons look, I can change the themes of the windowmanager, I have complete control over the computer. While In macosx I feel like I am restricted and I get very bored. In linux, if it doesnt work the way I want it, I force it to work the way I want....
Dont get me wrong, Macosx is an awesome OS, but until it gives me alittle more flexablity, I wont be able to use it...
the PPC970 is a 64 bit cpu...
How can you compair a Athlon to a G5?
Yes If you want a cheap dual smp rig then Athlons are fine. But if you want a powerfull workstation, backed by a huge company, THis is a pretty cool idea.
im sure since IBM is the creator of a G5 they are going to be able to support them better than anything else they sell. Companies are going to see this and they will realize that these machines will be quick and easy for IBM to repair.
Oh Sure these companies can call Bob's computer warehouse, but we all know how much better IBMs support will be....
If I worked for a Multimillion dollar company I wouldnt want the computer repair guy going to walmart to pick up spare parts for their new server/workstation.....
Well I feel that Macosx is a great OS for people that dont really use computers, but for anything else, its way way way to bloated.. A nice Linux install on a G5 would really make a nice box.
I own a Ibook, I know it only has a g3 900mhz cpu, but Linux FLYS on it, while macosx just rotates its little blue beach ball at me. In Linux I can open Mozilla, gimp 1.3, all my favorite apps, and its going to work, and not be slow. WHile in Macosx it just feels like a dog. Now on a G5 you wouldnt see that type of slow down, because macosx finally has enough power to run smoothly... But I can still bet Linux (once IBM is done with it) will be far faster than macosx......
Almost every laptop sold nowadays only come with restore cds, they never EVER come with a full copy of windows. HECK nowadays HP and Compaqs just have a partition called RESTORE PARTITION, and thats the only way to restore them because they come with NO DISKS! You have to contact HP or COMPAQ to request them for a small fee. And even then, they are only restore cds. Basicly your just paying for a licence. Which means legally you can go to Kazaa and download a Win2k ISO and just use the licence you payed for. Simple....