I get 8 hours (no kidding!) on my new IBM T42 (with the two battery option.)
I'm a Mac guy, but I switch to the PC laptop for email and browsing on the road because of the batter life issue, and the fact that for laptop processors, Intel is WAY ahead of the G4.
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Exactly! It's like the Apple ads where the Windows PC "ruined Xmas". It just doesn't happen. You can plug ANY digital camera made in the last 3 years into ANY Windows machine that sold in the last 3 years and it will work (same as Apple does.)
In fact, I run OS-X and XP here, and my Nikon D-70 ONLY works in Windows without a special driver. I had to go to Nikon.com and download software to get it to work on my Mac!
Actually, a BSOD is functionally, technically, equivalent to a Kernel Panic. Usually there's some device driver that stomped on memory or called the Win32 equivalent of Panic().
The XFree86 Freeze is like explorer hanging--where you can sometimes bring up task manager, kill it, and try again.
I run FreeBSD, Linux, OS-X and Windows XP here and (I'm sorry to say), Linux is more likely to crash than the other three! (My G5 will "blue screen" about once a week when I'm ejecting a DVD from the drive!)
ha! I've been running Un*x since before you were born!
What a strange and counterproductive statement to make to someone. Do you really feel "superior" because you run a toy Unix-like operating system (i.e., Linux)? Maybe if you listened to other people you would learn something.
d EVEN BETTER is if you create a progress bar that fills up to 100% multiple times before it's done (users no doubt think "WOW, look at that progress bar go!").
That's EXACTLY what my G-5 OS-X box does! I never thought it did that to make it *look* faster; I thought it was just to prevent the usual problem where the bar goes to 98% in the first minute and from 98-100% in the next 5 minutes.
Some Mac applications use the "Barber Pole" progress bar, too. It's the same idea.
(and, yes, I have to admit my dual opteron beats the crap out of my dual 1.8 GHz G5.)
I seem to remember that NED FLANDERS went blind from laser eye surgery, but I can't find the episode summary for it. It was the same episode when (the adult) Rod and Todd turned out gay.
Long before most of y'all were born, ANDY GRIFFITH came on TV after the "breakup" and told me to stick with "Ol' Reliable." And I believed him! He's so trustworthy.
And now I feel ORPHANED! Will Aunt Bea come over to take care of me?
As Photoshop and other image manipulation techniques get better--not to mention 3D rendering--those "fake" Apollo photos look better and better! Remember how crude the ones they made in 1969 were?
The same company has been supplying football uniforms to your school and has a virtual monopoly?
Only one vendor is allowed to visit campus to sell senior portraits?
All the desks in your school come from a single supplier?
If none of these bother you, ask yourself why it bothers you who supplies the PCs and software to your school? If you answer the question truthfully, you'll discover that you have a zelous hidden agenda.
You modify your clothes?!? You kids today. In my day, that was a hanging offense. Why the whole Vietnam conflict can be traced to it's root clothing modification basis, essentially.
Yeah! A lot of/.'ers have to keep letting out their pants!
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I'm a Mac guy, but I switch to the PC laptop for email and browsing on the road because of the batter life issue, and the fact that for laptop processors, Intel is WAY ahead of the G4.
In fact, I run OS-X and XP here, and my Nikon D-70 ONLY works in Windows without a special driver. I had to go to Nikon.com and download software to get it to work on my Mac!
The XFree86 Freeze is like explorer hanging--where you can sometimes bring up task manager, kill it, and try again.
I run FreeBSD, Linux, OS-X and Windows XP here and (I'm sorry to say), Linux is more likely to crash than the other three! (My G5 will "blue screen" about once a week when I'm ejecting a DVD from the drive!)
What a strange and counterproductive statement to make to someone. Do you really feel "superior" because you run a toy Unix-like operating system (i.e., Linux)? Maybe if you listened to other people you would learn something.
And replace it with a Kernel Panic!
...I searched Lycos for "puppies" and I got these ads for restaurants!
Sadly, the fact that Apple is associated in most people's minds with homosexuality doesn't help their image any!
That's EXACTLY what my G-5 OS-X box does! I never thought it did that to make it *look* faster; I thought it was just to prevent the usual problem where the bar goes to 98% in the first minute and from 98-100% in the next 5 minutes.
Some Mac applications use the "Barber Pole" progress bar, too. It's the same idea.
(and, yes, I have to admit my dual opteron beats the crap out of my dual 1.8 GHz G5.)
Exactly! And the same situation on your precious Mac computer, too. Steve Jobs promised me last year a 3.0 GHz G5 by now!
What do you expect from the /. editors? They're just dot-com idiots, who never held a real job or had any real responsibility in their lives!
Thanks! I knew I could count on the collective wisdom of the /. community!
I seem to remember that NED FLANDERS went blind from laser eye surgery, but I can't find the episode summary for it. It was the same episode when (the adult) Rod and Todd turned out gay.
...that Aliens are susceptible to Macintosh Viruses! (What was that movie? Was it "Judgement Day"? I forgot the name.)
You're not dealing with AT&T!
And now I feel ORPHANED! Will Aunt Bea come over to take care of me?
You may even save a few $$$!
...because it was time for the AMIDAH!
1. Mac users are dumber and more gullible
2. Mac users are more dishonest.
Take your pick!
As Photoshop and other image manipulation techniques get better--not to mention 3D rendering--those "fake" Apollo photos look better and better! Remember how crude the ones they made in 1969 were?
If none of these bother you, ask yourself why it bothers you who supplies the PCs and software to your school? If you answer the question truthfully, you'll discover that you have a zelous hidden agenda.
...but I can't wait for Apple to release one! (Why hasn't Apple ever tried this? They're the ones that are supposed to innovate!)
Yeah! A lot of /.'ers have to keep letting out their pants!
The same card is available (albeit in limited quantites right now for developers) for Windows machines!
Since (according to conventional wisdom here on /.) Apple writes bug free software, why would they need an on-line update service at all?
During the Apple Newton development, one programmer was so stressed, that he shot himself!