The icons for Open Source aren't there yet, because there aren't any yet. However, if you want to see some samples of what current icon artists are doing all you have to do is *gasp* go to the frontpage of the site.
Iconographer (there's a link to it at xicons.com) will allow you to export Mac OS X's.icns files to several other formats including Photoshop and I believe PNG.
Please learn to comprehend. The two examples I gave describe a trend as of late. The Mac is no longer left out where the best graphics chipsets and best games are concerned.
The latest 3d hardware often isn't available in Mac versions, and Apple is currently lagging in its support for the cards that are available. I wouldn't suggest a Mac to someone who's looking forward to Doom 3, for instance.
Au contraire! The GeForce3 was released for the Macintosh first. Quake 3 Test was also available on the Mac first.
If Linux users really want QuickTime for Linux they should put their money where their mouth is. Create a QuickTime for Linux petition and escrow account and have users that want to sign the petition, also put $29.99 (the standard fee for QuickTime Pro) in the escrow account which will be turned over to Apple once the product is released. Apple would then give product keys to everyone that signed the petition.
FWIW I believe Hemos and I are speaking too, but I'm much more interested in seeing this LotR thing.
You believe you're speaking? You're not even sure if you're speaking or not? Damn, I'd hate to have to sit in on that speech if you do end up speaking.
"Yea, and, ummmm... (come on, think technology you idiot) So, this one time Hemos and I met Asia Carrera. That was cool."
The base of the iMac doesn't not look like a cheap toy. I've seen them in person too.
Besides, the base of the iMac is probably one of the most over engineered cases for a computer right now what with its Faraday cage underneath the plastic shell.
Also, resolution isn't the limited factor of image quality of video games on TVs. Until id Software's next video game looks as good on my TV as a Saving Private Ryan DVD, resolution doesn't matter.
Right now resolution is just the easy way to cheat to try to get better graphics. Quake 3 at 1280x1024 on my PC still doesn't look anywhere near as good as Starship Troopers does on my TV.
Wolfenstein was ported to Mac OS X in a little over a day by Graeme Devine. For some reason, someone at id made the decision to give it to another company to port. The other company took considerably longer to port Wolfenstein to Mac OS X than Graeme did.
Hopefully Carmack will let Graeme get the Mac OS X version of Doom 3 ported within a few days and stop the silliness of giving it to someone outside of his company.
Also, didn't Mac users get Quake 3 test before Windows users? I don't remember exactly because I wasn't a Mac user back then. That was before I moved away from the dark side.
Carmack said he moved all of his code to C++. Was most of his past development with Objective-C? I'm guessing it was, since he used NeXT as his development platform for such a long time.
You're almost exactly like me -- except for the analog vs. digital comment. I have a rather nice sound system at home, and yet I've set the limit for CD purchases at $11.99. That means that ever since 3-4 years ago when CDs prices in my part of the country went up, I haven't been buying many CDs. Only recently did I buy four CDs in one day because they were on sale for $11.99 at Best Buy (Moby 18 and Play and Weezer Maladroit and Pinkerton).
I've also bought Foo Fighters; Ben Folds; Save Ferris; Smashing Pumpkins; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and probably more albums after auditioning them first on mp3.
I couldn't tell a difference between the Miles Davis tune I heard on my CD player at home through my B&W Nautilus 805s and the SACD I listened to in the store of the same recording played over Sonus Faber Concertos.
Unfortunately the audio shop didn't carry B&W so I couldn't make a comparison on the same set of speakers, but the Sonus Fabers I choose were the closest thing the store had to my 805s.
I can on the other hand easily tell the difference between a 160kbps mp3 file and the original source CD on my home rig.
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The icons for Open Source aren't there yet, because there aren't any yet. However, if you want to see some samples of what current icon artists are doing all you have to do is *gasp* go to the frontpage of the site.
You are a tool.
It has already happened: Iconographer.
Iconographer (there's a link to it at xicons.com) will allow you to export Mac OS X's .icns files to several other formats including Photoshop and I believe PNG.
Please learn to comprehend. The two examples I gave describe a trend as of late. The Mac is no longer left out where the best graphics chipsets and best games are concerned.
Au contraire! The GeForce3 was released for the Macintosh first. Quake 3 Test was also available on the Mac first.
Exactly! Get 'em hooked on caffeine at a young age.
Why not if you do well at game night you get good grades? You know... just like the football team.
I played Wolfenstein 3D and Leisure Suit Larry in drafting class in high school. Of course, they weren't approved by officials.
Thanks for the tip.
Do you have an idea why this is the behavior?
I did the stub installed on Windows 2000 and everything was required except for Personal Security Manager.
I don't think that's helping reduce bandwidth requirements of the servers much.
If Linux users really want QuickTime for Linux they should put their money where their mouth is. Create a QuickTime for Linux petition and escrow account and have users that want to sign the petition, also put $29.99 (the standard fee for QuickTime Pro) in the escrow account which will be turned over to Apple once the product is released. Apple would then give product keys to everyone that signed the petition.
You believe you're speaking? You're not even sure if you're speaking or not? Damn, I'd hate to have to sit in on that speech if you do end up speaking.
"Yea, and, ummmm... (come on, think technology you idiot) So, this one time Hemos and I met Asia Carrera. That was cool."
The iMac's base is polycarbonate. It is painted white on the inside just like the iBook's shell.
Yeah, the fan is usually off AFAIK. It's also a multi-speed fan so it'll only blow as much as needed.
The base of the iMac doesn't not look like a cheap toy. I've seen them in person too.
Besides, the base of the iMac is probably one of the most over engineered cases for a computer right now what with its Faraday cage underneath the plastic shell.
Your argument doesn't change the fact that resolution is NOT the limiting factor of graphics quality right now.
Ummmm, yeah...
Also, resolution isn't the limited factor of image quality of video games on TVs. Until id Software's next video game looks as good on my TV as a Saving Private Ryan DVD, resolution doesn't matter.
Right now resolution is just the easy way to cheat to try to get better graphics. Quake 3 at 1280x1024 on my PC still doesn't look anywhere near as good as Starship Troopers does on my TV.
I want to see Doom 3 on my GameCube supporting its 480P ouput to my 16:9 HDTV. That would rule.
ATI did the graphics for the GameCube. How were they able to keep up with the personal computer market when Nvidia couldn't?
Wolfenstein was ported to Mac OS X in a little over a day by Graeme Devine. For some reason, someone at id made the decision to give it to another company to port. The other company took considerably longer to port Wolfenstein to Mac OS X than Graeme did.
Hopefully Carmack will let Graeme get the Mac OS X version of Doom 3 ported within a few days and stop the silliness of giving it to someone outside of his company.
Also, didn't Mac users get Quake 3 test before Windows users? I don't remember exactly because I wasn't a Mac user back then. That was before I moved away from the dark side.
Carmack said he moved all of his code to C++. Was most of his past development with Objective-C? I'm guessing it was, since he used NeXT as his development platform for such a long time.
You're almost exactly like me -- except for the analog vs. digital comment. I have a rather nice sound system at home, and yet I've set the limit for CD purchases at $11.99. That means that ever since 3-4 years ago when CDs prices in my part of the country went up, I haven't been buying many CDs. Only recently did I buy four CDs in one day because they were on sale for $11.99 at Best Buy (Moby 18 and Play and Weezer Maladroit and Pinkerton).
I've also bought Foo Fighters; Ben Folds; Save Ferris; Smashing Pumpkins; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and probably more albums after auditioning them first on mp3.
I couldn't tell a difference between the Miles Davis tune I heard on my CD player at home through my B&W Nautilus 805s and the SACD I listened to in the store of the same recording played over Sonus Faber Concertos.
Unfortunately the audio shop didn't carry B&W so I couldn't make a comparison on the same set of speakers, but the Sonus Fabers I choose were the closest thing the store had to my 805s.
I can on the other hand easily tell the difference between a 160kbps mp3 file and the original source CD on my home rig.
They won't stop until they have encrypted signals traveling down FireWire to the speakers. That is, as long as we as customers play along.
I personally don't want to have to throw away my $2500 pair of bookshelf speakers simply because the decrypter died in one of them.