Apple exists to make money. Opening Aqua/Quartz doesn't make business sense. They want to work with the open source community where it benefits them (and by extension, the open source community in return - Safari/KHTML, Darwin etc) but when it comes down to it, Apple is a business, and they will not make money by completely opening their OS.
Show me an example of spyware that is installed on the Mac via filesharing programs or some other user initiated action.
The only thing I can think of is the fake MS Office installer that is nothing more than a script that deletes your home folder.
As far as I know, there is/no/ spyware for the Mac. Pretty sure there isn't any for Linux either. If there is, it's nowhere near the epidemic proportions that exist on Windows.
That would mean releasing the source for Aqua, which Apple just won't do. Maybe if they supplied that as a binary with the rest of the OS open (which it already is, to be honest).
Darwin already exists for x86, so all that would really be necessary is the release of Aqua/Quartz for the x86 version of Darwin. It just won't happen. There are too many risks and not enough to gain (in Apple's opinion) for them to do this.
You're trolling, but it's worth pointing out that Apple would die a death if they ported OS X to x86.
Several things would happen:
* People would either pirate it or buy it for their PCs * It wouldn't work as well on the non-vertically-controlled hardware, so people would believe it was crap. * Microsoft would work it's typical magic with PC vendors and make it financially painful for them to buy Windows licences for their PCs if they also sold PCs with OS X on them, or with no OS. Microsoft do this already, which is why PC vendors only ship Windows-pre-installed machines. * The market share for Apple computers would decrease.
The SFF PC has been around for a while, but typically, Apple is the one who creates such a fanfare around it, just by raising the bar and saying of the competition "that's not good enough, we can do better".
The current (admittedly not trying too hard) attempts to get a PC into the same size box (indeed an actul Mac Mini box) have so far failed, falling far short of the CPU, ports, graphics card and so on. They couldn't even fit the optical drive back into the case.
The SciFi channel were typically "this isn't a sure thing, so we're not risking money on it" and Sky stepped in and said they would fund part of the show on the condition that it be shown on Sky One in the UK before anywhere else, and so it was.
I thought "surely I've mixed it up and this is part one of a two part finale", but no, that really was the end.
Needless to say, the series as a whole really stood up compared to the stagnation that seems to surround the scifi genre at the moment.
The only shows that have really caught my eye are the new Battlestar Galactica and Firefly, and to a much lesser extent, Atlantis.
I think Stargate has run its course unless they can think of a way to really refresh it - Atlantis was a good start, but it hasn't quite found its feet yet.
Of course, it would stand to reason that Firefly, being the most awesome of the bunch, would be cancelled.
The keyboards are interchangable between the different models (although not by the user like they are on the iBook, it's pretty trivial to get the top case off on the powerbook and remove the keyboard's thirteen screws).
This makes the production cost of the whole line lower
The OS supports this to some extent - holding the button down on a Dock icon will pop up a context menu. I find it quicker to control-click though.
The tool palletes in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign all show this behavior for muti purpose buttons (square marquee, elipse marquee, single horizontal etc). In this case I find it more natural to click and hold than I do to control-click, or right click. Probably because my left hand is in modifier key mode (shift, option, command) for various functions.
The chip the PPC970 (G5) is based on, the POWER4 does have dual cores and has had for a while now.
IBM is probably working on a dual core PPC970, but the reason they simplified the design in the first place was mainly a cost thing - the G5 was designed for consumer systems.
IBM's main priority with the PPC970 is reducing power consumption and thermal output it seems, which they have done to some extent with PPC970FX. Still a way to go before 3GHz though, or G5 laptops.
I use Motion, possibly Apple's heaviest app in terms of system requirements, on my 15" 1.5Ghz powerbook and it runs quite nicely indeed. Just don't expect full frame, full quality playback of an unrendered multi-layer composite (but then, don't expect this of a Dual G5 either).
As noted, the Mini has similar specs to a Powerbook, although it only has 32Mb of video ram compared to the 64 in my PB. My laptop will also take twice the amount of RAM if you can afford two 1GB SO-DIMM sticks.
I think the Mac Mini is well specced for what it is and will hardly break sweat for the apps that its target audience will be running on there. Garage Band might give it pause for concern if you start getting complex, but freezing the ttracks you're happy with while working on others will fix that.
The word is immeasurable. There's no such word as "unmeasurable". It's like "ginormous". Using it just makes you sound like a 5 year old. Or George Bush.
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Apple exists to make money. Opening Aqua/Quartz doesn't make business sense. They want to work with the open source community where it benefits them (and by extension, the open source community in return - Safari/KHTML, Darwin etc) but when it comes down to it, Apple is a business, and they will not make money by completely opening their OS.
Show me an example of spyware that is installed on the Mac via filesharing programs or some other user initiated action.
/no/ spyware for the Mac. Pretty sure there isn't any for Linux either. If there is, it's nowhere near the epidemic proportions that exist on Windows.
The only thing I can think of is the fake MS Office installer that is nothing more than a script that deletes your home folder.
As far as I know, there is
The best antispyware is buy a Mac, or install your favourite distro.
Sorry, but there it is.
It gets tiring fighting the broken dam, you can't hold all the water back forever.
That would mean releasing the source for Aqua, which Apple just won't do. Maybe if they supplied that as a binary with the rest of the OS open (which it already is, to be honest).
Darwin already exists for x86, so all that would really be necessary is the release of Aqua/Quartz for the x86 version of Darwin. It just won't happen. There are too many risks and not enough to gain (in Apple's opinion) for them to do this.
You have to add the (/sarcasm) to the end of your post, or people take you seriously.
/. even the most outlandish opinions tend to be genuine!
Given what people really are serious about on
Why? Because you want to use OS X?
You're trolling, but it's worth pointing out that Apple would die a death if they ported OS X to x86.
Several things would happen:
* People would either pirate it or buy it for their PCs
* It wouldn't work as well on the non-vertically-controlled hardware, so people would believe it was crap.
* Microsoft would work it's typical magic with PC vendors and make it financially painful for them to buy Windows licences for their PCs if they also sold PCs with OS X on them, or with no OS. Microsoft do this already, which is why PC vendors only ship Windows-pre-installed machines.
* The market share for Apple computers would decrease.
I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
The SFF PC has been around for a while, but typically, Apple is the one who creates such a fanfare around it, just by raising the bar and saying of the competition "that's not good enough, we can do better".
The current (admittedly not trying too hard) attempts to get a PC into the same size box (indeed an actul Mac Mini box) have so far failed, falling far short of the CPU, ports, graphics card and so on. They couldn't even fit the optical drive back into the case.
The article says right there on the page that the Grandstand will support loads up to 60lbs.
Weighing your monitor is left as an exercise for the reader.
A) I can buy Mac software from many places, especially online. Maybe ot Best Buy, but hey, I don't want an extended warranty given to me via enema.
B) I own Quake III, UT2k4, UT, Football Manager 2005, Elite Force 1 and 2, C&C Generals, Halo, Medal of Honour.
It's clear from the list I'm an FPS fan, but it's clear from your post that you don't know your arsehole from your earhole.
Apple colours its boards based on their classification.
Red boards are pre-production and prototype boards, blue ones are "customer ready" boards that will be shipped as the final product.
I think they use orange as well - the logic board in my iBook was orange.
The SciFi channel were typically "this isn't a sure thing, so we're not risking money on it" and Sky stepped in and said they would fund part of the show on the condition that it be shown on Sky One in the UK before anywhere else, and so it was.
It's being something of a roaring success.
Yeah, what the hell was that?!
I thought "surely I've mixed it up and this is part one of a two part finale", but no, that really was the end.
Needless to say, the series as a whole really stood up compared to the stagnation that seems to surround the scifi genre at the moment.
The only shows that have really caught my eye are the new Battlestar Galactica and Firefly, and to a much lesser extent, Atlantis.
I think Stargate has run its course unless they can think of a way to really refresh it - Atlantis was a good start, but it hasn't quite found its feet yet.
Of course, it would stand to reason that Firefly, being the most awesome of the bunch, would be cancelled.
Good god, this old chestnut again.
Microsoft bought a small amount of non-voting stock in Apple some time ago as part of a deal that kept IE and Office on the Mac platform.
Microsoft has long since sold those shares, at a fair profit I might add.
Microsoft doesn't own any part of Apple at present.
Also, you only need 16Mb of video ram to have Quartz Extreme enabled (it is either on or off, you can't select it).
32Mb cards and above are way overpowered for QE, but it doesn't hurt to have them!
If a Mac doesn't have 16Mb of vram, it just turns off a lot of the fancy effects without affecting the speed.
Gigabit is very useful for me and my 15" PB, since all the footage I work with in Motion and FCP is stored on a network drive.
Fast ethernet just isn't fast enough for full frame video playback.
Cost.
The keyboards are interchangable between the different models (although not by the user like they are on the iBook, it's pretty trivial to get the top case off on the powerbook and remove the keyboard's thirteen screws).
This makes the production cost of the whole line lower
I've never been able to decide whether I like "Velocity Engine" or "Altivec" better as a name.
I think Altivec is a trademark of Motorola, hence the backup name, since both IBM and Motorola make chips with altivec capability.
The OS supports this to some extent - holding the button down on a Dock icon will pop up a context menu. I find it quicker to control-click though.
The tool palletes in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign all show this behavior for muti purpose buttons (square marquee, elipse marquee, single horizontal etc). In this case I find it more natural to click and hold than I do to control-click, or right click. Probably because my left hand is in modifier key mode (shift, option, command) for various functions.
Ever tried to explain left and right clicking to clueless people on tech support lines?
Having a one button mouse is a godsend for the new-to-computers crowd.
Then, when you outgrow it, just buy a two button mouse.
The chip the PPC970 (G5) is based on, the POWER4 does have dual cores and has had for a while now.
IBM is probably working on a dual core PPC970, but the reason they simplified the design in the first place was mainly a cost thing - the G5 was designed for consumer systems.
IBM's main priority with the PPC970 is reducing power consumption and thermal output it seems, which they have done to some extent with PPC970FX. Still a way to go before 3GHz though, or G5 laptops.
And you have Bill!
Anyone with wrd in their employ is doing something right.
(long time 3wa poster and wrd fan here)
I use Motion, possibly Apple's heaviest app in terms of system requirements, on my 15" 1.5Ghz powerbook and it runs quite nicely indeed. Just don't expect full frame, full quality playback of an unrendered multi-layer composite (but then, don't expect this of a Dual G5 either).
As noted, the Mini has similar specs to a Powerbook, although it only has 32Mb of video ram compared to the 64 in my PB. My laptop will also take twice the amount of RAM if you can afford two 1GB SO-DIMM sticks.
I think the Mac Mini is well specced for what it is and will hardly break sweat for the apps that its target audience will be running on there. Garage Band might give it pause for concern if you start getting complex, but freezing the ttracks you're happy with while working on others will fix that.
immeasurable.
The word is immeasurable. There's no such word as "unmeasurable". It's like "ginormous". Using it just makes you sound like a 5 year old. Or George Bush.
Or type the first few letters of a word and press option+escape to display a list of possible words starting with those letters.
Very handy if you're unsure of the spelling of a word and feel too lazy to look it up.
Not many people know that little shortcut.