If you take the developer tools and install them, there is a Quartz 2D Extreme debugger utility that indicates the component is indeed there, but disabled. You can enable it, but some people have said it causes some interesting problems.
Tiger overall is a great upgrade from Panther. It's got some really neat new features and there's bound to be several of them that anyone will use. That being said, important new core features like Spotlight are not working as advertised for many users. Other things, like Quartz 2D Extreme which is desigend to offload almost all the UI work to the GPU, was buggy enough to be disabled in the Tiger release. There's a lot of work there that's relatively unfinished, and I think it's great that Apple's making motions to get things in order mere weeks after its release.
That's why in Episode VI Darth Vader notices that Luke built a new lightsaber (and subtly threatens Luke with it), and says, "Indeed you are powerful" or something like that. If all the Jedi had to do is buy a lightsaber, then having a new one wouldn't be any more impressive than having good credit.
Maybe that was what Vader was commenting on instead of his prowess with wielding The Force. We could interpret it as "Wow, you manage to keep a good credit rating while staging a rebellion against the Empire? Indeed you are powerful, as the Equifax has foreseen."
I hear ya. When Dawn of the Dead came out, some idiot brought his little girl in there. That's an extremely gory movie, with lots of obnoxiously loud blowing of brains out. To say this kid was disturbed by it all was an understatement.
There were two parents in another film of equally high rating that brought not one, but two kids in, ages 3 and 4. To add to the mayhem, neither parent was doing anything to keep the kids under control. The kids were standing up, yanking on the back of my seat, looking over my shoulder, throwing their shoes at each other, etc. Their parents did NOTHING. At a certain point, after the first 20 minutes of the movie was completely ruined for me, I turned around and told the father that if they didn't remove their kids from the theater right now I would shove my bag of popcorn up his ass, in front of them. Oddly enough it worked, and I got more than a few thank-yous afterwards from fellow patrons.
Anyway, those are just a couple of the annoyances I've had to go through. It's no wonder I just wait for things to come out on DVD and enjoy them in my own home.
Empire Strikes Back all the way, man. I had to endure the pain of watching Jar Jar in episode I, groaned along with everyone else when he appeared in episode II. I'm not sure which is worse, the schlocky love story Lucas has vomited up for this trilogy or Jar Jar. It's a damn tough call.
Unfortunately it won't stop parents from bringing their five year screaming, whining kids to the theaters so they can throw popcorn around and kick our seat backs. Of course if the movie's as ultraviolent as everyone's making it out to be, they'll just add to the illusion of debris flying through the air and the solid punch of the subwoofer.
The best part about it was having not only the filenames what you want them to be, but being able to clean out the cluttered tags. Nine times out of ten, when I get an mp3 it's full of advertisements in the tags or something equally useless. And iTunes (or any other jukeboxer for that matter) really works better for you when the tags are kosher.
ID3-TagIt is a FANTASTIC application for managing MP3 metadata, as well as filenames. I used it to completely overhaul my collection so the filenames and tags were what I wanted them to be. Unfortunately it's only a windows application, but it really helped me when I put my collection into iTunes and the browse panes had everything all nice and neat. Best of all, it's free.:)
My initial reaction to this article was probably the same as many: my head began to throb, not only from the sudden irony overload, but at the thought of wading through the sea of responses from the people of Slashdot making the entirely obvious jabs.:)
But after reading the article, one has to imagine why in the 21st century we're still driving vehicles that can kill us as much as they do. Think about it: if a drug, say Tylenol, killed as many people each year as cars so there'd be one hell of a recall. Why is it that the same protective logic is never applied to the automotive industry?
It's one of the most lethal devices devised by man. I've owned two cars in my life so far, both (even the brand new one) have been involved in pretty serious accidents due to the complete negligence of others on the road. Why not have their car say "the light is red, the car in front of you has stopped, I'm going to stop now before you put someone in the hospital because you're too busy chatting on your fucking cell"? I for one applaud Microsoft and Ford for at least taking steps in a positive direction.
By my own preferences, I wouldn't touch a Ford with a 10 foot pole, especially one powered by a Microsoft operating system, but I very much agree with what they're doing, conceptually speaking.
You CAN, technically. From what I've read it requires replacing the mainboard of the unit. Obviously that a bit of an issue for some considering the CPU is on it as well. However I think when it's time to upgrade the CPU, they'll probably have a better video subsystem to go with it so it will be a good decision overall.
As I just stated here, the iMac's upgradability is not an issue as it was in the past with other Apple all-in-one solutions. That being said, the PowerMac line can DEFINITELY be configured at the start to have much more powerful specifications.
It's market niche are the customers who don't want to pay the hefty price for the "real" PowerMacs, but they want a modular computer, so iMac/eMac/Macmini is not an option.
I myself own a 17" iMac G5, and I have to question the point of the modularity of it. Every component inside the case has been designed so it can be replaced or upgraded independent of the others, including the screen. Obviously you can't put a BIGGER screen in, so I'll give you that one.:) But as far as modularity goes, it's nice to be able to upgrade it to a larger hard drive or a better burner without having to invest in a whole new system. For Apple, this is obviously a new thing for their all-in-one line, and makes it that much more attractive to users who otherwise would be turned off by the old iMac line's static hardware.
I suppose that means we'll be seeing updated PowerMacs soon.:) Also, until the iMac goes dual processor (or dual core, whichever), it will not compete with a very high end PowerMac. Keep in mind that you're looking at the base specifications. The PowerMac can be ordered with MUCH more powerful configurations.
... this one's decent as the perspective of someone who's just installed it and not used it. I'm finding the Apple Discussions forum to be a much better representation of the reactions thus far. From what I've read, a lot of people really like the upgrade, but it's not without its share of bugs here and there. Thankfully none of them are showstoppers, I'm sure Apple will release a 10.4.1 patch soon, but there are a few features that don't work precisely as advertised.
One of the weirdest that I've noticed, is with the Spotlight search function. Regardless of how I've annotated the thousands of photos I've put into iPhoto, Spotlight will not search them based on that metadata. iPhoto lets you put comments and keywords on any photo, which is what most people have done. That information is useless when using Spotlight to find the files.
Anyway, I've only had the new version since Friday and I've noticed a few things, but so far I can say with certainty that it's worth the upgrade.
A Minbari meeting the Humans for the first time type scenario... Microsoft will approach with gun ports open as a sign of respect, OSS fires back and kills Bill Gates starting off a Holy War which will rage for years
You said it. What really is key is not just the length and depth of the review, but the fact that the reviewer still maintains some shred of objectivity throughout the whole thing. It's obvious also by the many references to forums that he's actively eyeing the community to see what concerns are out there with the existing 10.x versions, to see if he can point out in his review if any of them are addressed. Very nice.
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If you take the developer tools and install them, there is a Quartz 2D Extreme debugger utility that indicates the component is indeed there, but disabled. You can enable it, but some people have said it causes some interesting problems.
Tiger overall is a great upgrade from Panther. It's got some really neat new features and there's bound to be several of them that anyone will use. That being said, important new core features like Spotlight are not working as advertised for many users. Other things, like Quartz 2D Extreme which is desigend to offload almost all the UI work to the GPU, was buggy enough to be disabled in the Tiger release. There's a lot of work there that's relatively unfinished, and I think it's great that Apple's making motions to get things in order mere weeks after its release.
He might as well... The idea sounds like the best thing since the home vasectomy kit.
Something every "first poster" should own.
That's why in Episode VI Darth Vader notices that Luke built a new lightsaber (and subtly threatens Luke with it), and says, "Indeed you are powerful" or something like that. If all the Jedi had to do is buy a lightsaber, then having a new one wouldn't be any more impressive than having good credit.
Maybe that was what Vader was commenting on instead of his prowess with wielding The Force. We could interpret it as "Wow, you manage to keep a good credit rating while staging a rebellion against the Empire? Indeed you are powerful, as the Equifax has foreseen."
I hear ya. When Dawn of the Dead came out, some idiot brought his little girl in there. That's an extremely gory movie, with lots of obnoxiously loud blowing of brains out. To say this kid was disturbed by it all was an understatement.
There were two parents in another film of equally high rating that brought not one, but two kids in, ages 3 and 4. To add to the mayhem, neither parent was doing anything to keep the kids under control. The kids were standing up, yanking on the back of my seat, looking over my shoulder, throwing their shoes at each other, etc. Their parents did NOTHING. At a certain point, after the first 20 minutes of the movie was completely ruined for me, I turned around and told the father that if they didn't remove their kids from the theater right now I would shove my bag of popcorn up his ass, in front of them. Oddly enough it worked, and I got more than a few thank-yous afterwards from fellow patrons.
Anyway, those are just a couple of the annoyances I've had to go through. It's no wonder I just wait for things to come out on DVD and enjoy them in my own home.
Oh wait for it. I'm sure this got the PG-13 rating because of this scene:
*tight closeup of lightsaber hilt*
*it tilts, revealing the engraved text: BAD MOTHER FUCKER*
*slow, cinematic pull out, revealing the lightsaber is held by Jedi Master Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson)*
*Windu fires a burning, seething gaze at a crowd of imperial troopers known as the Empire 88s*
*cue 15 minute long spree of death, with limbs flying everywhere, disembowelings, and (literally) fountains of blood*
Empire Strikes Back all the way, man. I had to endure the pain of watching Jar Jar in episode I, groaned along with everyone else when he appeared in episode II. I'm not sure which is worse, the schlocky love story Lucas has vomited up for this trilogy or Jar Jar. It's a damn tough call.
Unfortunately it won't stop parents from bringing their five year screaming, whining kids to the theaters so they can throw popcorn around and kick our seat backs. Of course if the movie's as ultraviolent as everyone's making it out to be, they'll just add to the illusion of debris flying through the air and the solid punch of the subwoofer.
Hit the nail on the head with that one.
The best part about it was having not only the filenames what you want them to be, but being able to clean out the cluttered tags. Nine times out of ten, when I get an mp3 it's full of advertisements in the tags or something equally useless. And iTunes (or any other jukeboxer for that matter) really works better for you when the tags are kosher.
ID3-TagIt is a FANTASTIC application for managing MP3 metadata, as well as filenames. I used it to completely overhaul my collection so the filenames and tags were what I wanted them to be. Unfortunately it's only a windows application, but it really helped me when I put my collection into iTunes and the browse panes had everything all nice and neat. Best of all, it's free. :)
My initial reaction to this article was probably the same as many: my head began to throb, not only from the sudden irony overload, but at the thought of wading through the sea of responses from the people of Slashdot making the entirely obvious jabs. :)
But after reading the article, one has to imagine why in the 21st century we're still driving vehicles that can kill us as much as they do. Think about it: if a drug, say Tylenol, killed as many people each year as cars so there'd be one hell of a recall. Why is it that the same protective logic is never applied to the automotive industry?
It's one of the most lethal devices devised by man. I've owned two cars in my life so far, both (even the brand new one) have been involved in pretty serious accidents due to the complete negligence of others on the road. Why not have their car say "the light is red, the car in front of you has stopped, I'm going to stop now before you put someone in the hospital because you're too busy chatting on your fucking cell"? I for one applaud Microsoft and Ford for at least taking steps in a positive direction.
By my own preferences, I wouldn't touch a Ford with a 10 foot pole, especially one powered by a Microsoft operating system, but I very much agree with what they're doing, conceptually speaking.
Because the way they've been going about it generates FAR more marketing buzz than talking about a system's stats.
You CAN, technically. From what I've read it requires replacing the mainboard of the unit. Obviously that a bit of an issue for some considering the CPU is on it as well. However I think when it's time to upgrade the CPU, they'll probably have a better video subsystem to go with it so it will be a good decision overall.
As I just stated here, the iMac's upgradability is not an issue as it was in the past with other Apple all-in-one solutions. That being said, the PowerMac line can DEFINITELY be configured at the start to have much more powerful specifications.
It's market niche are the customers who don't want to pay the hefty price for the "real" PowerMacs, but they want a modular computer, so iMac/eMac/Macmini is not an option.
:) But as far as modularity goes, it's nice to be able to upgrade it to a larger hard drive or a better burner without having to invest in a whole new system. For Apple, this is obviously a new thing for their all-in-one line, and makes it that much more attractive to users who otherwise would be turned off by the old iMac line's static hardware.
I myself own a 17" iMac G5, and I have to question the point of the modularity of it. Every component inside the case has been designed so it can be replaced or upgraded independent of the others, including the screen. Obviously you can't put a BIGGER screen in, so I'll give you that one.
I suppose that means we'll be seeing updated PowerMacs soon. :) Also, until the iMac goes dual processor (or dual core, whichever), it will not compete with a very high end PowerMac. Keep in mind that you're looking at the base specifications. The PowerMac can be ordered with MUCH more powerful configurations.
Possibly, though I've been reading the Apple Discussions and it seems it affects people regardless of which one they use. Very strange!
... Microsoft can bank on Slashdot "promoting" Longhorn up to, and after its release. :)
... this one's decent as the perspective of someone who's just installed it and not used it. I'm finding the Apple Discussions forum to be a much better representation of the reactions thus far. From what I've read, a lot of people really like the upgrade, but it's not without its share of bugs here and there. Thankfully none of them are showstoppers, I'm sure Apple will release a 10.4.1 patch soon, but there are a few features that don't work precisely as advertised.
One of the weirdest that I've noticed, is with the Spotlight search function. Regardless of how I've annotated the thousands of photos I've put into iPhoto, Spotlight will not search them based on that metadata. iPhoto lets you put comments and keywords on any photo, which is what most people have done. That information is useless when using Spotlight to find the files.
Anyway, I've only had the new version since Friday and I've noticed a few things, but so far I can say with certainty that it's worth the upgrade.
A Minbari meeting the Humans for the first time type scenario... Microsoft will approach with gun ports open as a sign of respect, OSS fires back and kills Bill Gates starting off a Holy War which will rage for years
You said it. What really is key is not just the length and depth of the review, but the fact that the reviewer still maintains some shred of objectivity throughout the whole thing. It's obvious also by the many references to forums that he's actively eyeing the community to see what concerns are out there with the existing 10.x versions, to see if he can point out in his review if any of them are addressed. Very nice.
Perhaps you should actually qualify your rant by stating what you're ranting about.
I would assume some might point out the content's being paid for by the gajillions of monthly payments being deposited into Blizzard's account.
Now watch all the copycat blogs pop up, banking on the same idea.