The new kernel was necessary to better manage today's networked multimedia.
More like to handle crashing apps without taking out the whole system.
Apparently Apple has done the impossible [in creating a user friendly unix].
Well, at least he gives Apple some credit.
Having said that, why can't Apple take its genius to the next level and bring out a completely new machine that is not a Macintosh?
They have, it is just under the same name.
There is no new idea out there short of a talking computer.
Well, Apple has the idea of a digital hub, and they are implementing it quite well.
Apple has done many new thing with their computers; it just happens to retain the name "Macintosh." They now have the option of dual processor (OS 9 just couldn't do it well), better perefereal connections, different processor than they had a decade ago, rack mounting, and many others.
The professional has gained a lot from these advances. Could you imagine editing a movie on your computer a decade ago. What about a hollywood level movie (Anyone else see the thanks to Final Cut Pro at the end of SW ep2?).
But, what about the consumer: They can create their own movies quite easily with iMovie and the Firewire connection (another Apple invention). There are also Digital Cameras, MP3 players, and a whole list of others that I am forgetting right now..
Just about the only thing that is the same about the Mac is that it is still a computer. The OS has changed, and so has a lot of the hardware. The Mac has more life left in it that Dvorak would like to admit. Part of it will change; that is inevitable, but it will likely be a Macintosh as long as Apple is in business.
MS chose to package the install with VISE, despite the fact that there are eight million other apps that don't need to. It's totally their fault.
Well, lets look at web browsers. OmniWeb - Mount this disk image and copy to your hard drive. Mozilla - Same thing Chimera - I believe it is the same (been a while since I played with it). IE - Run this installer, Authenticate it, and quit all your apps (my case, averages around 17 including my MP3 player and FIRE where I would like to chat with people while it installs), install, and then reset the cookie prefs and default home page.
The verdict: Between the other browsers on my system, IE no longer has much of a place. I only need it now for those sorry excuses of web sites that can't be bothered to follow HTML standards. Sorry MS, but you are going to have to learn that if you want to keep the browser market on OS X, you are going to have to <gasp>compete.</gasp>
I used to have IE to the point where it would set itself as the default browser every time it was launched. I had to search for every file that was changed that day to find where this preference is stored since MS didn't consider that I might want to use another browser. Here is the fix:
Edit the file Library/Preferences/com.apple.internetconfig.plist
Look for the key: IEAsDefaultNoBotherPrefKey, and delete the entire key segment. Save it (keep a backup in case). Change the default browser in Internet in System Prefs and then launch IE. When it asks if you want IE to be your default browser, hit no.
Now, why MS had to put this in the internet config plist is beyond reason. A hint to MS: We don't want you junk in the system. It is OK if it is bundled and easily separated, but we want the option to be able to get rid of it all. If it were in the MS Prefs, I would have just deleted those and gone on with my life, but now, I may just delete IE instead and never have to worry about this again.
For me, this means that it will never be installed. The next time that I end up rebooting or shutting down my computer will be too far off for me to remember that this update even exist.
I hate installers that do this. I have had many installers that install kernel extension that say the require a reboot. Well, I force quit them, su, find their extensions, and kextload. Never had any problems and the MP3 player was never interrupted in the process.
Why on Earth do you have to quit my Apps MS? There is NEVER a good reason for it. No other browser requires anything like this. Besides, I hate the idea of authenticating something from MS. I guess that MS wants to loose the browser war on OS X. They sure seem to be acting like it.
It doesn't matter how good the system is, I can still see people claiming that they cannot figure it out. Look at what happened in Florida.
Maybe they should put up a screen at the end of all the questions showing the their votes and asking the voter if they are correct. Maybe then people will be able to vote the way they want, or at least not be able to claim they made a mistake.
Furthermore, storing or distributing any files in a proprietary file format should be forbidden for all government offices. They should only be allowed to use a given file format if full specs for the format are publically and freely available and are unencumbered in any way by patents or other IP law.
This is silly! Many government offices work with programs that are not for release to the general public. Most of these use a proprietary format (usually binaries of the structures). Data is archived in this format because it makes it easier for those who work with the programs to read the data. One such program I used to work on has more information in the proprietary data format than any of the document formats (that is why we use it). It is also important to note that such data is not distributed to the public, but used internally.
More importantly, many projects in government offices are done for private companies. Some companies give their programs to the government workers that they have contracted to do their work. They cannot release information about these programs without the consent of the company. In this scenario, the company paid for the work that was done, not the government(and ultimately the people).
As long as commercial software exists, proprietary formats will exist. Forcing government workers to not use these formats is only crippling their work. In a competing world, I would prefer that my country has every advantage it can get!
I get the same thing. Then when I started to used the command line version of ftp, I discovered that the nlist command works. I am in passive mode if it makes any difference. I am downloading the update right now.
Using this, you can export the movie and all the other fun stuff!!!! OK, first, download the movie using techniques described elsewhere in these comments. Next, download the program "Dumpster" from this page (Near the bottom). Now, open up the movie with dumpter, colapse the track info, expand the 'udta', and under it, the 'nsav'. Set all the values to 0 and save it. Open it up in Movie player or whatever and have fun. This worked for me. I can extract tracks, export, and all the other fun stuff.
Here is a partial solution. I placed the movie file into Final Cut Pro. I then turned off the audio tracks and exported the video (after I cropped it to 640x272). It exported, only I ended up with a data rate of about 811kbytes/s. Way too high. It is very likely that I just don't know what I am doing (I don't work with video that often, but have access to FCP) or that I don't have the good Sorenson Codec. If anyone out there has Final Cut Pro and the Developer Sorenson codec, give this a whirl. We can at least get the video. Now if anyone can figure a way to get the audio, we can reconstruct this to create the full movie file without the no-save restriction. Then we can make an MPEG or whatever out of that.
I have the full length of this music video on my HD in QT4 using Sorenson Video and Qdesign-2 for the audio. As far as frame quality, they are very similar. I have to look carefully to see the difference. The biggest difference is the QT4 version is 12fps, however, it does it in 30kBytes/sec. Looks like the Sorenson does a good job as well when it is done right.
Actualy, it is more likely that your email will end in roadrunner.com. This was the domain of an ISP in New Mexico, but Time Warner bought this domain recently and the ISP changed to cybermesa. It will be a few more years until the domain switches over to Time Warners control though.
Actually, I have seen copies of the Windows GUI on Macs. Its primary use is for scaring friend and coworkers. I have never seen anyone purposely use the Windows GUI on an OS other than windows. Who would want to?
Does this mean that Ineternet Explorer can no longer be considered part of Windows? Will the three companies have different names? If they do, I wonder what they could come up with. How about crashsoft and bloatsoft. Well, it will be interesting to see what comes of this.
Perhaps it may just be that I have to go to an Economics class soon, but it seems to me this is just plain economics. I still don't agree that they should have canceled the orders for the non-500Mhz machines, but raising the prices does make sense economically.
First, the 500Mhz machine will not be available as soon as was previously thought. Those orders I could see the reason for canceling. This will likely make those who wanted the 500Mhz to get the 450Mhz. The demand for the other machines goes up, and the supply stays the same. In a market economy, that means that in order to avoid a shortage and satisfy the consumer and supplier, the equilibrium price must go up.
The reason why prices typically go down in the computer industry is simple also. A faster machine is introduced, which will reduce the demand for the slower ones. That would then decrease the equilibrium price of the slower machines.
Is there anything in this post which does not make sense?
I have used macs for almost as long as I can remember. I remember many people claiming that Apple is dead for so many years and their claims were not without reason. Now Apple seems to have turned themselves around. They have started to inovate again and come out with some cool products.
There are still some things about Apple that they need ot fix. The need to stop the idea of not letting people upgrade their computers. I would be more hesitant about buying a G4 if I knew that there was a good posibility that I would not be able to upgrade the thing. I know that upgrades usually transform into less of a profit, but it is something that the industry is used to haveing. Don't take it away now.
Second, I think that Apple should allow the clones to start up again, although they may not have a choice. I know that the clones did dig a little into Apple's profits, but they also force Apple to inovate and keep prices down. The clone makers were able to create better computers at a lower price, which force Apple to try to do the same. The results was better computers on both sides.
Whether you like Apple's computers or not, you should be glad that the company is comming back. They help create competition, however little, for the rest of the PC industry. Without competition, there is no incentive to create better products or keep the prices low. There are still some things Apple needs to fix, but they are at least on the right track.
Multipurpose. On the mac, I use a web server and FTP server (both personal use). Linux has Apache for web serving and has a better ftp server than anything I could find for free on the Mac. I also think that X11amp is better than Macamp for playing MP3's. Linux is also a lot more stable than the MacOS, and that means a lot to me. One thing I have been wanting for a long time is pre-emptive (sp?) multitasking. The multitasking on the mac is better than it used to be, but I want something a lot better. The only reason I have not switched yet mostly has to do with Quicktime 4. Also, I have also collected a good number of free media editing utilities for the Mac. When I can run the MacOS in linux, I will off load all of the serving to linux and many other tasks as well.
Now, MacOS X may change my view on all of this. For right now I will use linux some of the time and maybe most of the time. Once MacOS X comes out, I will look at it and likely switch over to it since it is supposed to have all of the capabilities that I want.
It is not a matter of linux being able to do more than the MacOS, but a matter of doing it better.
I remember back when the mac clones were starting to die out because Apple killed it, some of them offered a deal where you could buy the clone which was compatable with the new macos but came with an older version of the MacOS. The reason: When Apple killed the clones, they did it by suspending the license. The clones could still license the old MacOS, but not the new one. People bought the clones, and then the new version of the MacOS from Apple.
If the PPC machines made are able to run the MacOS, what prevents people from buying the MacOS from Apple. For that matter, they may be able to bundle it, just not ship the computer with it pre-installed.
I have used macs for years and I am glad to see this happen. I only hope that IBM can get someone to start making computers. Recently I have starting working with linuxPPC and I am on the verge of switching over to it. All that I am waiting for is sheepshaver or a mac-on-linux that doesn't freeze the system.
There is also another aspect to this. I imagine that if others start making PPC machines, Apple will reduce their prices a little. It likely will not be very competitive, but enough so that they can prevent some from buying other people's computers. Competition is a good thing.
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OS X, with its underlying Unix kernel, an update.
That is an understatement.
The new kernel was necessary to better manage today's networked multimedia.
More like to handle crashing apps without taking out the whole system.
Apparently Apple has done the impossible [in creating a user friendly unix].
Well, at least he gives Apple some credit.
Having said that, why can't Apple take its genius to the next level and bring out a completely new machine that is not a Macintosh?
They have, it is just under the same name.
There is no new idea out there short of a talking computer.
Well, Apple has the idea of a digital hub, and they are implementing it quite well.
Apple has done many new thing with their computers; it just happens to retain the name "Macintosh." They now have the option of dual processor (OS 9 just couldn't do it well), better perefereal connections, different processor than they had a decade ago, rack mounting, and many others.
The professional has gained a lot from these advances. Could you imagine editing a movie on your computer a decade ago. What about a hollywood level movie (Anyone else see the thanks to Final Cut Pro at the end of SW ep2?).
But, what about the consumer:
They can create their own movies quite easily with iMovie and the Firewire connection (another Apple invention).
There are also Digital Cameras, MP3 players, and a whole list of others that I am forgetting right now..
Just about the only thing that is the same about the Mac is that it is still a computer. The OS has changed, and so has a lot of the hardware. The Mac has more life left in it that Dvorak would like to admit. Part of it will change; that is inevitable, but it will likely be a Macintosh as long as Apple is in business.
MS chose to package the install with VISE, despite the fact that there are eight million other apps that don't need to. It's totally their fault.
Well, lets look at web browsers.
OmniWeb - Mount this disk image and copy to your hard drive.
Mozilla - Same thing
Chimera - I believe it is the same (been a while since I played with it).
IE - Run this installer, Authenticate it, and quit all your apps (my case, averages around 17 including my MP3 player and FIRE where I would like to chat with people while it installs), install, and then reset the cookie prefs and default home page.
The verdict: Between the other browsers on my system, IE no longer has much of a place. I only need it now for those sorry excuses of web sites that can't be bothered to follow HTML standards. Sorry MS, but you are going to have to learn that if you want to keep the browser market on OS X, you are going to have to <gasp>compete.</gasp>
I used to have IE to the point where it would set itself as the default browser every time it was launched. I had to search for every file that was changed that day to find where this preference is stored since MS didn't consider that I might want to use another browser. Here is the fix:
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Edit the file Library/Preferences/com.apple.internetconfig.plis
Look for the key: IEAsDefaultNoBotherPrefKey, and delete the entire key segment. Save it (keep a backup in case). Change the default browser in Internet in System Prefs and then launch IE. When it asks if you want IE to be your default browser, hit no.
Now, why MS had to put this in the internet config plist is beyond reason. A hint to MS: We don't want you junk in the system. It is OK if it is bundled and easily separated, but we want the option to be able to get rid of it all. If it were in the MS Prefs, I would have just deleted those and gone on with my life, but now, I may just delete IE instead and never have to worry about this again.
For me, this means that it will never be installed. The next time that I end up rebooting or shutting down my computer will be too far off for me to remember that this update even exist.
I hate installers that do this. I have had many installers that install kernel extension that say the require a reboot. Well, I force quit them, su, find their extensions, and kextload. Never had any problems and the MP3 player was never interrupted in the process.
Why on Earth do you have to quit my Apps MS? There is NEVER a good reason for it. No other browser requires anything like this. Besides, I hate the idea of authenticating something from MS. I guess that MS wants to loose the browser war on OS X. They sure seem to be acting like it.
It doesn't matter how good the system is, I can still see people claiming that they cannot figure it out. Look at what happened in Florida.
Maybe they should put up a screen at the end of all the questions showing the their votes and asking the voter if they are correct. Maybe then people will be able to vote the way they want, or at least not be able to claim they made a mistake.
This is silly! Many government offices work with programs that are not for release to the general public. Most of these use a proprietary format (usually binaries of the structures). Data is archived in this format because it makes it easier for those who work with the programs to read the data. One such program I used to work on has more information in the proprietary data format than any of the document formats (that is why we use it). It is also important to note that such data is not distributed to the public, but used internally.
More importantly, many projects in government offices are done for private companies. Some companies give their programs to the government workers that they have contracted to do their work. They cannot release information about these programs without the consent of the company. In this scenario, the company paid for the work that was done, not the government(and ultimately the people).
As long as commercial software exists, proprietary formats will exist. Forcing government workers to not use these formats is only crippling their work. In a competing world, I would prefer that my country has every advantage it can get!
I get the same thing. Then when I started to used the command line version of ftp, I discovered that the nlist command works. I am in passive mode if it makes any difference. I am downloading the update right now.
Ok, here is the solution!
Using this, you can export the movie and all the other fun stuff!!!! OK, first, download the movie using techniques described elsewhere in these comments. Next, download the program "Dumpster" from this page (Near the bottom). Now, open up the movie with dumpter, colapse the track info, expand the 'udta', and under it, the 'nsav'. Set all the values to 0 and save it. Open it up in Movie player or whatever and have fun. This worked for me. I can extract tracks, export, and all the other fun stuff.
Here is a partial solution. I placed the movie file into Final Cut Pro. I then turned off the audio tracks and exported the video (after I cropped it to 640x272). It exported, only I ended up with a data rate of about 811kbytes/s. Way too high. It is very likely that I just don't know what I am doing (I don't work with video that often, but have access to FCP) or that I don't have the good Sorenson Codec. If anyone out there has Final Cut Pro and the Developer Sorenson codec, give this a whirl. We can at least get the video. Now if anyone can figure a way to get the audio, we can reconstruct this to create the full movie file without the no-save restriction. Then we can make an MPEG or whatever out of that.
I have the full length of this music video on my HD in QT4 using Sorenson Video and Qdesign-2 for the audio. As far as frame quality, they are very similar. I have to look carefully to see the difference. The biggest difference is the QT4 version is 12fps, however, it does it in 30kBytes/sec. Looks like the Sorenson does a good job as well when it is done right.
Actualy, it is more likely that your email will end in roadrunner.com. This was the domain of an ISP in New Mexico, but Time Warner bought this domain recently and the ISP changed to cybermesa. It will be a few more years until the domain switches over to Time Warners control though.
That is right. I forgot about fvwm, but I don't know of anyone who likes it. Before gnome, almost everyone on linux I knew prefered olvwm.
Actually, I have seen copies of the Windows GUI on Macs. Its primary use is for scaring friend and coworkers. I have never seen anyone purposely use the Windows GUI on an OS other than windows. Who would want to?
Does this mean that Ineternet Explorer can no longer be considered part of Windows? Will the three companies have different names? If they do, I wonder what they could come up with. How about crashsoft and bloatsoft. Well, it will be interesting to see what comes of this.
Perhaps it may just be that I have to go to an Economics class soon, but it seems to me this is just plain economics. I still don't agree that they should have canceled the orders for the non-500Mhz machines, but raising the prices does make sense economically.
First, the 500Mhz machine will not be available as soon as was previously thought. Those orders I could see the reason for canceling. This will likely make those who wanted the 500Mhz to get the 450Mhz. The demand for the other machines goes up, and the supply stays the same. In a market economy, that means that in order to avoid a shortage and satisfy the consumer and supplier, the equilibrium price must go up.
The reason why prices typically go down in the computer industry is simple also. A faster machine is introduced, which will reduce the demand for the slower ones. That would then decrease the equilibrium price of the slower machines.
Is there anything in this post which does not make sense?
I have used macs for almost as long as I can remember. I remember many people claiming that Apple is dead for so many years and their claims were not without reason. Now Apple seems to have turned themselves around. They have started to inovate again and come out with some cool products.
There are still some things about Apple that they need ot fix. The need to stop the idea of not letting people upgrade their computers. I would be more hesitant about buying a G4 if I knew that there was a good posibility that I would not be able to upgrade the thing. I know that upgrades usually transform into less of a profit, but it is something that the industry is used to haveing. Don't take it away now.
Second, I think that Apple should allow the clones to start up again, although they may not have a choice. I know that the clones did dig a little into Apple's profits, but they also force Apple to inovate and keep prices down. The clone makers were able to create better computers at a lower price, which force Apple to try to do the same. The results was better computers on both sides.
Whether you like Apple's computers or not, you should be glad that the company is comming back. They help create competition, however little, for the rest of the PC industry. Without competition, there is no incentive to create better products or keep the prices low. There are still some things Apple needs to fix, but they are at least on the right track.
Multipurpose. On the mac, I use a web server and FTP server (both personal use). Linux has Apache for web serving and has a better ftp server than anything I could find for free on the Mac. I also think that X11amp is better than Macamp for playing MP3's. Linux is also a lot more stable than the MacOS, and that means a lot to me. One thing I have been wanting for a long time is pre-emptive (sp?) multitasking. The multitasking on the mac is better than it used to be, but I want something a lot better. The only reason I have not switched yet mostly has to do with Quicktime 4. Also, I have also collected a good number of free media editing utilities for the Mac. When I can run the MacOS in linux, I will off load all of the serving to linux and many other tasks as well.
Now, MacOS X may change my view on all of this. For right now I will use linux some of the time and maybe most of the time. Once MacOS X comes out, I will look at it and likely switch over to it since it is supposed to have all of the capabilities that I want.
It is not a matter of linux being able to do more than the MacOS, but a matter of doing it better.
I remember back when the mac clones were starting to die out because Apple killed it, some of them offered a deal where you could buy the clone which was compatable with the new macos but came with an older version of the MacOS. The reason:
When Apple killed the clones, they did it by suspending the license. The clones could still license the old MacOS, but not the new one. People bought the clones, and then the new version of the MacOS from Apple.
If the PPC machines made are able to run the MacOS, what prevents people from buying the MacOS from Apple. For that matter, they may be able to bundle it, just not ship the computer with it pre-installed.
I have used macs for years and I am glad to see this happen. I only hope that IBM can get someone to start making computers. Recently I have starting working with linuxPPC and I am on the verge of switching over to it. All that I am waiting for is sheepshaver or a mac-on-linux that doesn't freeze the system.
There is also another aspect to this. I imagine that if others start making PPC machines, Apple will reduce their prices a little. It likely will not be very competitive, but enough so that they can prevent some from buying other people's computers. Competition is a good thing.