The value isn't so much in having the option of the gui running on the server itself --- it comes in the remote administration tools which don't care if the gui is running on the server or not.
a thought:
you could install Mac OS 8.6 on that old UMAX box you mentioned and use it as a dedicated print server. I turned an old PowerMac 8600/300 into a print server to handle an old LaserWriter Select
Acutally in this instance you might be better off using the old UMAX clone as a dedicated PageMaker box. Drop Mac OS 8.6 or 9.1 on it; that should be more than enough for PageMaker (even if it is an older box, it's PageMaker for christ's sake). It'd be less than a headache of running it in Classic or constantly rebooting into Mac OS 9.
And really, budget for an InDesign license upgrade. Argue on the grounds that it will save you at least 15 minutes on every hour you used to spend in PageMaker.
Not to troll, but why are you using PageMaker? It's basically dead anyway, unsupported in lieu of InDesign (which, iirc, you can cross-upgrade to from a PageMaker license for less than purchase price) and really never worked well in OS 9. It seems a bit unfair to bitch at Apple for what is essentially an Adobe problem.
No "upgrade edition" of Jaguar. A $49 or around that version of Jaguar that would only install over an existing MacOS X install would be good. I should get some bonus for being an early user
Actually I would be extremely suprised if Apple refuses to honor MacOS Up-to-Date coupons for Jaguar. The coupons are basically used as proof of purchase in upgrade campaigns, granting cheaper or even free upgrades.
There's also a GPG plugin for Apple's Mail.app. It's a bit limited, but it's free (as in speech) and an active project.
Additionally, there's GNUMail a clone of Mail.app with better, built-in GPG support
It conveys an artsy, "I like what computers can do but I don't like computers" image.
As opposed to those of us who are working on an MFA and can write a shell script if so required;-)
It was a test of the server's ability to move a large file (Photoshop files can push 1.0GB) across the network. Photoshop is not running on the xserve --- it's only opening a file on the xserve. They could have just as easily used the GIMP.
Errr... but why solid state? 1.0GB of RAM will set you back at least US$500 while you can get a 10GB iPod for the same price. I can understand for shock proofing and mechanical wear (no moving parts with solid state), but today's laptop hard drives (which is basically what the toshiba drive in the iPod is) are probably over-engineered when it comes to a portable MP3 player.
I've got my entire CD collection ripped (including the entire NMH collection, bootlegs and all, plus everybody's solo projects...) and will shortly be dumping the better part of it onto an iPod. That gives me about 5 days worth of music which I think qualifies as more than a "slightly better discman". Besides, I remember buying a Sony Discman in 1992 that was an upwards of US$200. A US$500 iPod isn't that awful for a music lover, justifiable on convenience and safety alone. (Safety? Yes, safety --- I don't have a changer in my car and it's dangerous to paw through stacks of CDs while driving.)
Errr... my iTunes Library is pushing 15GB / 3500 tracks / 08:04:37:39 and has about 30-35 playlists. iTunes time to launch on a G4/733 with 512Mb of RAM: about 2 seconds.
* Write letters and things for work using MS Word (Office v.X for the Mac)
Like it or not, MS Word is the defacto word processor. However you're free to use AppleWorks (which handles Word docs fine), OpenOffice, StarOffice, etc. or even just pop-open the terminal and use vi or emacs.
* Edit photos and other graphics in Graphic Converter (haven't gotten around to upgrading to Photoshop 7 yet).
Why use anything else when you've got Photoshop? If you want a free (as in speech) tool, you can install the GIMP as well. If you're looking for vector graphics, Illustrator and FreeHand are both carbonized and run quite well under Mac OS X.
* Use the Canon software that came with my PowerShot G1 to copy photos onto my computer, or I can use my USB Compact Flash card reader, or I can use Apple's iPhoto program. Same results, either way.
Or just dump the photos with Apple's included Image Capture utility (which supports nearly all namebrand digital cameras) as JPEGs, TIFFs, etc. and use whatever program you'd like.
Use iMovie and a firewire cable to copy DV off my Canon ZR40 miniDV camera (although, I just bought it so I haven't tinkered with it much)
Or FinalCut Pro, which is is by all counts, a major player in the offline editing niche, seriously threatening to unseat Avid because of a better price:performance.
Write e-mail to family and friends in MS Entourage (similar to Outlook Express on the PC, with a built in contact manager)
Or any number of email clients, gui and command line ( pine, elm, mutt -- yup, it's there if you want it)
* Play games when I need some relief (just picked up Return To Castle Wolfenstein, but spend most of my time lately in the Mac port of MAME.)
and I'm currently feeding my Civ3 addiction while waiting WarCraft III.
Use the open source, spyware-free OpenAG client to troll AudioGalaxy for MP3s
Bah. This is the only point where I disagree with the original poster---I much prefer Sputnik, another spyware-free OpenAG client.
Organize and burn them to CD using iTunes
Or if you want more MP3 burning power, buy Jam from Roxio and create CD masters.
I wasn't surprised in the least over the results of the measure. North Dakota was/is the last stronghold of the Nonpartisan League (NPL), a third party which is all but dead aside from the strange designation of North Dakota Democrats, D-NPL. In brief, the NPL was formed as response to abuses by out-of-state industry, specifically rail and milling interests --- obviously of consequence in an agrian state like ND --- and also out of state banking interests. The response was through socialization, which is why my students loans are from the literal Bank of North Dakota --- literal because it's state owned.
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Syquest drives in that form spin at 3600 rpm. (the strange things one picks up in life.)
The value isn't so much in having the option of the gui running on the server itself --- it comes in the remote administration tools which don't care if the gui is running on the server or not.
Don't want the GUI? You can set up the server to boot to the command line. It's trivial.
a thought: you could install Mac OS 8.6 on that old UMAX box you mentioned and use it as a dedicated print server. I turned an old PowerMac 8600/300 into a print server to handle an old LaserWriter Select
Acutally in this instance you might be better off using the old UMAX clone as a dedicated PageMaker box. Drop Mac OS 8.6 or 9.1 on it; that should be more than enough for PageMaker (even if it is an older box, it's PageMaker for christ's sake). It'd be less than a headache of running it in Classic or constantly rebooting into Mac OS 9. And really, budget for an InDesign license upgrade. Argue on the grounds that it will save you at least 15 minutes on every hour you used to spend in PageMaker.
OUCH. I'm in your camp.
Not to troll, but why are you using PageMaker? It's basically dead anyway, unsupported in lieu of InDesign (which, iirc, you can cross-upgrade to from a PageMaker license for less than purchase price) and really never worked well in OS 9. It seems a bit unfair to bitch at Apple for what is essentially an Adobe problem.
Yes, they do. AOL let Apple in on the specs for the "good" protocol (is that TOC or OSCAR or ...? I've not paid much attention to it lately.)
No "upgrade edition" of Jaguar. A $49 or around that version of Jaguar that would only install over an existing MacOS X install would be good. I should get some bonus for being an early user
Actually I would be extremely suprised if Apple refuses to honor MacOS Up-to-Date coupons for Jaguar. The coupons are basically used as proof of purchase in upgrade campaigns, granting cheaper or even free upgrades.
Compare and contrast: http://www.apple.com/pr/photos/powermac/pmg4_jan02 .html
There's also a GPG plugin for Apple's Mail.app. It's a bit limited, but it's free (as in speech) and an active project. Additionally, there's GNUMail a clone of Mail.app with better, built-in GPG support
It conveys an artsy, "I like what computers can do but I don't like computers" image. As opposed to those of us who are working on an MFA and can write a shell script if so required ;-)
they had trackbars (which are hard to explain unless you've actually seen one)
Don't they just operate like a plotter head in reverse, tracking the coordinates XY?
But Threadless does have some kick-ass, well designed tees.
Also don't forget the Joy of Tech store which even has a few Slashdot Gladiators shirts left in the bargain bin.
It was a test of the server's ability to move a large file (Photoshop files can push 1.0GB) across the network. Photoshop is not running on the xserve --- it's only opening a file on the xserve. They could have just as easily used the GIMP.
Errr... but why solid state? 1.0GB of RAM will set you back at least US$500 while you can get a 10GB iPod for the same price. I can understand for shock proofing and mechanical wear (no moving parts with solid state), but today's laptop hard drives (which is basically what the toshiba drive in the iPod is) are probably over-engineered when it comes to a portable MP3 player.
I've got my entire CD collection ripped (including the entire NMH collection, bootlegs and all, plus everybody's solo projects...) and will shortly be dumping the better part of it onto an iPod. That gives me about 5 days worth of music which I think qualifies as more than a "slightly better discman". Besides, I remember buying a Sony Discman in 1992 that was an upwards of US$200. A US$500 iPod isn't that awful for a music lover, justifiable on convenience and safety alone. (Safety? Yes, safety --- I don't have a changer in my car and it's dangerous to paw through stacks of CDs while driving.)
This page is mostly Apple PR but it does link to several clustering solutions for Mac OS X as well as Mac OS 9.
As for the software running over the cluster itself, I'd imagine most of it --- if not all of it --- is custom written for the task at hand.
Errr... my iTunes Library is pushing 15GB / 3500 tracks / 08:04:37:39 and has about 30-35 playlists. iTunes time to launch on a G4/733 with 512Mb of RAM: about 2 seconds.
Let's go through that list of his, shall we?
* Write letters and things for work using MS Word (Office v.X for the Mac)
Like it or not, MS Word is the defacto word processor. However you're free to use AppleWorks (which handles Word docs fine), OpenOffice, StarOffice, etc. or even just pop-open the terminal and use vi or emacs.
* Edit photos and other graphics in Graphic Converter (haven't gotten around to upgrading to Photoshop 7 yet).
Why use anything else when you've got Photoshop? If you want a free (as in speech) tool, you can install the GIMP as well. If you're looking for vector graphics, Illustrator and FreeHand are both carbonized and run quite well under Mac OS X.
* Use the Canon software that came with my PowerShot G1 to copy photos onto my computer, or I can use my USB Compact Flash card reader, or I can use Apple's iPhoto program. Same results, either way.
Or just dump the photos with Apple's included Image Capture utility (which supports nearly all namebrand digital cameras) as JPEGs, TIFFs, etc. and use whatever program you'd like.
Use iMovie and a firewire cable to copy DV off my Canon ZR40 miniDV camera (although, I just bought it so I haven't tinkered with it much)
Or FinalCut Pro, which is is by all counts, a major player in the offline editing niche, seriously threatening to unseat Avid because of a better price:performance.
Write e-mail to family and friends in MS Entourage (similar to Outlook Express on the PC, with a built in contact manager)
Or any number of email clients, gui and command line ( pine, elm, mutt -- yup, it's there if you want it)
* Play games when I need some relief (just picked up Return To Castle Wolfenstein, but spend most of my time lately in the Mac port of MAME.)
and I'm currently feeding my Civ3 addiction while waiting WarCraft III.
Use the open source, spyware-free OpenAG client to troll AudioGalaxy for MP3s
Bah. This is the only point where I disagree with the original poster---I much prefer Sputnik, another spyware-free OpenAG client.
Organize and burn them to CD using iTunes
Or if you want more MP3 burning power, buy Jam from Roxio and create CD masters.
Actually the Cube has a 2x AGP slot, but it's occupied by the graphics card. I'm not sure if it'll boot with anything else in the slot, tho.
To my understanding, it's for porting apps that expect UFS.
I wasn't surprised in the least over the results of the measure. North Dakota was/is the last stronghold of the Nonpartisan League (NPL), a third party which is all but dead aside from the strange designation of North Dakota Democrats, D-NPL. In brief, the NPL was formed as response to abuses by out-of-state industry, specifically rail and milling interests --- obviously of consequence in an agrian state like ND --- and also out of state banking interests. The response was through socialization, which is why my students loans are from the literal Bank of North Dakota --- literal because it's state owned.
Apparently that ol' NPL spirit hasn't died.