Remember that Apple stated the transition would take until 2007. That gives IBM and Freescale plenty of time to come out with a PowerPC that can justify Apple keeping a PowerPC offering in the lineup. The Intel move was mainly about laptop performance. The dual G5 2.7GHz with a 1.35GHz FSB is still capable of outperforming Intel CPUs on vector work (digital imaging, video, audio...Apple's core markets). And now that IBM has dual core CPUs, it looks like the G5 still has lots to offer. I imagine a 1.35GHz FSB would make a huge performance difference on a dual core G5 when compared to Intel's current dual core offering. Anyway, Apple kept an up-to-date version of OS X on x86 for 5 years. Why do you think they plan on completely abandoning PowerPC? That just gives them less opportunities in the future.
Perhaps Apple is partnering with Intel to corner the market on the "mini" computer market, as well as make up for IBM's failings on the laptops. Intel had just hyped the release of their mini. So Apple transitions the Mac Mini to Intel and captures broader marketshare through a cheap machine. If Apple can do the inexpensive machine best, which they probably can by securing Intel's first year of production or some-such. Meanwhile the PowerPC is targeted for the high-end market. I would say the Dual 2.7GHz with a FSB of 1.35GHz is still quite powerful, and IBM does still have dual-core CPUs on the way which should make this kind of FSB speed a huge edge in future updates. Remember, they kept a working version of the OS on x86 for five years before using it. What makes you think they won't continue to do the same with PowerPC for ten years in the hopes of IBM getting things back on track? IBM is pushing PowerPC in the Asian market hard now, while Microsoft/Xbox is creating a market for PowerPC code (where's the conspiracy theories on this one, BTW?).
Yeah, just like cars have become really affordable now that they've automated the manufacturing process with robotics. Maybe next they'll automate beer production to make it almost free.
Just to put you in your place:
please explain how the big-bang "theory" fits with the uniform background radiation scientists observe throughout the visible universe? This background radiation has them so puzzled, they're proposing new theories to explain this radiation which then open up a whole new set of problems. The fact is, we don't know how things got started. We also don't know what the original writers of the bible meant when they wrote what they wrote. You can't prove God exists, you can't prove he doesn't exist. You don't know that when Genesis was written, and they said "God created the earth in six days" they meant for it to be taken literally. You also don't know that humans evolved, even though there's some good evidence to suggest it so. There are also theories put forth by scholars that suggest some extremely advanced technology existed in our ancient history. Stories throughout different ancient cultures that speak of flying machines, weapons that shoot light, weapons that shoot fire, etc. For all you know, our ancestors were visited by aliens, or our ancestors WERE aliens. Perhaps time-travel... Who knows? You don't, that's for sure, because you weren't there. So let the creationists believe what they want to believe. It's their opinion and they're entitled to it, just as you are entitled to yours. But please don't think that you're better than them, because the truth just might turn out to be something completely different than either of you are preaching, and then you're just as wrong as them at that point.
Surely the addition of the accounting department to the network tends to decrease the value of the entire network by at least a decimal place per accounting node....
We have enough bleeding heart, tax-and-spend, big government socialist fools up here already! We've had over 12 years of Liberal rule and things are a mess. Health care costs continue to spiral upwards with no accountability as to how the money is spent. Wait times for CAT scans and MRI's are measured in MONTHS, not days or weeks. They spent over a billion dollars on a gun registry that was supposed to cost 2 million. It works out to over $1000 per rifle registered. The interest we pay yearly on our Federal debt consumes 40% of our income taxes. This is debt that has been on the books for over 30 years now with no sign of it being repaid any time soon! Meanwhile the Liberal government funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars to advertising firms that were friendly to the Liberal Party. It makes me sick how wasteful this government is with our tax dollars. And during all of this they've done nothing to help the poor, the homeless, or the environment. So piss off! We don't want you!
Most independent stores I have gone to shop for music in are charing $16+ for a CD. If you're buying it for $12 and making $4+ a CD I seriously believe that you are gouging us. I don't feel bad for you.
Perhaps you should look at this again. In the mall around the corner from where I live, it costs $5000 per month for rent on their smallest sized storefront. Assuming they need a minimum of 4 employees working 40 hours per week to cover the store, and they pay them $8/hour, you come to over $5000 in salary expenses per month. That's $10,000 per month just for these two expenses. That means you need to sell over 83 CD's per day with a $4 markup in order to cover just these two costs. A music store requires hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of inventory. Personally, I don't think a $4 markup on a CD is gouging the customer. The record comanies, however, with a cost of under $1 per CD, selling for $12, is certainly gouging, especially when you consider that the payouts to the artists is included in that less than $1 cost.
Interesting numbers, but I don't know what exactly they mean. What is a "salaried" artist? The top 10 artists' revenues last year combined for about a billion in earnings. But I doubt any of that money was "salaried". A billion dollars, by the way, would pay 10,000 artists a salary of $100,000 per year.
and downloading is "legal" here because the Canadian equivalent of the RIAA convinced the (useless corrupt trough-feeding) government to put taxes on blank CDR's, DVDR's, and mini hard drives such as those used in the iPod, etc. These taxes are supposedly used to compensate the artists who are ripped off by us pirating their music. So, because they're being compensated for the piracy through the tax system, the piracy is now "legal". The more people dependent on the government tit, the more people that will vote for the party that supplied that tit. That's why Canadian Parliament is dominated by tits!
However, I doubt Microsoft will dominate the video game market that easily.
Don't you understand? In Playstation vs. Xbox vs. GameCube, Playstation II sales are 71.3million, Xbox at 13.7million, and GameCube at 13.9million. With 75% market share, most developers are interested in getting their titles on the Playstation platform first, and Xbox or GameCube or both second. But when MS brings out the next version, the developers are presented with this option: Develop your game for the Xbox, and it's also ready for Windows! So now instead of looking at Xbox vs Playstation market share, they're looking at Xbox + Windows vs Playstation. And with Windows XP alone at 210 million units sold, the tables are quickly reversed on Sony. This is Microsoft yet again leveraging their monopoly on the desktop to beat the competition, instead of developing a truly superior product.
As a direct percentage of total taxpayers, your time would be equal to under one second. However, when calculated as a percentage of your tax contributions in relation to all tax revenues collected, it looks like you still owe us 23 days, 17 hours, and 54 minutes of processing time on your computer. You can drop your computer off at the closest IRS office to you. Thank you for your understanding in this matter,
Windows Media Player 9
fixed bugs from previous version.
Windows Movie Maker 2
fixed bugs from previous version.
the new firewall
fixed bugs from previous version.
pop-up blocking
fixed bugs from previous version (they were so bad, the pop-up blocking feature didn't even work!)
IE extention manager
fixed bugs from previous version.
PowerToys
fixed bugs from previous version.
the new security center
Dictionary Lookup: oxymoron = microsoft OS featuring new security center
the new wifi interface
the old one kept crashing
bluetooth support
due to be upgraded to "mostly-reliable" bluetooth support in the next update.
support for hundreds of new devices
new drivers!
DirectX 9
fixed bugs from previous version
the.NET framework
introduced a multitude of new bugs and security holes to keep our programmers occupied until Longhorn
Windows Journal Viewer
solves compatability issue between non-Tablet PC users and Tablet PC users
and the compliance API...
introduced to show the DOJ they were attempting to comply with the settlement and make Windows more accessible to competition, without actually allowing the competition to compete on an equal footing.
Plus, there are UI improvements to IE and the rest of Windows.
UI improvement in IE: less crashes
UI improvement in Windows: the new task based system hides infrequently used applications in the start menu. The average Windows user has no idea how to bring them back, which ultimately leads to less crashes as the computer is used for only a few common tasks.
Microsoft is filth because their releases are generally:
1. more expensive than the last
2. full of bugs
3. designed to strengthen their monopoly, instead of improving the product (integrating web-browser, e-mail, media player, and soon search engine, etc)
Simple. The student should know the value of pi to a certain number of significant figures. With a calculator, they're just typing in 3*pi and getting an answer with 8+ significant digits. Without a calculator, they're actually calculating the answer as close as they can based on how many significant digits they know. That's a better test of who's mastering mathematics.
Apple gives you one store, one media player, and one portable player.
Apple gives you 1 player on 2 operating systems. Microsoft gives you 1 player on 2 operating systems. Apple's player is equal on both operating systems. Microsoft's player is more advanced on their own operating system.
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Here's my experience with that situation. I used to be a PC nut. I'd build them, fix them, play games on them. When people would say that macs were better, I'd laugh at them. I had played around with one before, and because it didn't have a command line, I wrote it off as useless. Besides, it was more expensive, and you couldn't get any software for it. So whenever I heard someone say 'Apple' I'd begin my rant on how Macs were "overpriced, no software, expensive to fix, blah blah blah". All the same crap I'd heard a hundred times from other PC nuts. Then I got a job as a technician in a store that sold both PCs and Macs, and I was trained on how to fix the Macs. What an eye opener! Over the course of a few years, my perception of Apple computers completely changed, so much so that I bought one myself. I'm now working as a PC only tech again, but I'll spend the extra $$$ to own a mac because it's a total bargain for what I'm getting. Overpriced? Not! My current machine has been running for 2+ years without a problem! The only time it gets restarted is when there's a software update, the rest of the time it's on 24/7. The amount of time the average PC user wastes trying to solve problems/crashes/viruses, trying to install updates etc, makes the Mac a bargain by comparison.
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Your first counterpoint is FUD. The hard drive only needs to access data a few seconds every minute, and there are no reports of iPods failing due to jogging etc. I've seen teenagers using iPods and dancing more vigorously than a jogger ever does, and they said they've never had a problem. Your second point is crap too. Who cares if your iPod doesn't support high-end lossless formats? You're listening to your music on a portable device through tiny headphones. Do you really think you'll be able to tell a difference in that situation? As far as keeping a mirrored version for transferring, why don't you just get the 40GB and fill it up. You'll have enough music that you'll never need to transfer again, and can delete them from your main system. Finally, the assertion about iTunes is utter crap. I have 7000+ songs in my library, and I have no problems at all navigating, even over a network. I've had multiple systems playing from the same archive, and there were no problems. You must still be using Token Ring if you're having problems over a network!
besides, you can stream 30 seconds for free from iTMS, which is about long enough to decide whether you want to download it from Kazaa or not for free.
Apple hardware will eventually be getting cheaper, according to this article over at the register: IBM fabs 90nm G5 using strained silicon
It would be nice if Apple would license OS X to IBM in a deal which sees IBM pump out cheap G3 machines. The low end market seems to be the only market Apple can't really compete in effectively.
The problem in killing the myth is the dominance Intel has in the processor market. The average Joe is force fed "Intel inside" everywhere he looks, and the sales people in most stores don't bother to explain the differences between different architectures (or they just don't know). Intel has capitalized on this by pushing their architecture heavily towards higher clock speeds, at the cost of many other efficiencies. It's simply MHz & GHz that everyone mentions. AMD, IBM, Apple, Sun, Motorola etc should start pushing something else that can be realistically measured. Maybe someone can do the conversion from clock speeds and GigaFlops to horsepower and Torque? Start talking in powertool talk, and a huge chunk of the population will suddenly start to understand a bit better.
It was my understanding that when you first rip, the loss occurs. When you convert back to CD, the lost data is filled with padding. When you re-rip, it's just the padding that's removed again. Of course, if you're re-ripping with a different codec, this might cause for some more lost data. I may be wrong though, it's certainly not my field of expertise.
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Remember that Apple stated the transition would take until 2007. That gives IBM and Freescale plenty of time to come out with a PowerPC that can justify Apple keeping a PowerPC offering in the lineup. The Intel move was mainly about laptop performance. The dual G5 2.7GHz with a 1.35GHz FSB is still capable of outperforming Intel CPUs on vector work (digital imaging, video, audio...Apple's core markets). And now that IBM has dual core CPUs, it looks like the G5 still has lots to offer. I imagine a 1.35GHz FSB would make a huge performance difference on a dual core G5 when compared to Intel's current dual core offering. Anyway, Apple kept an up-to-date version of OS X on x86 for 5 years. Why do you think they plan on completely abandoning PowerPC? That just gives them less opportunities in the future.
Perhaps Apple is partnering with Intel to corner the market on the "mini" computer market, as well as make up for IBM's failings on the laptops. Intel had just hyped the release of their mini. So Apple transitions the Mac Mini to Intel and captures broader marketshare through a cheap machine. If Apple can do the inexpensive machine best, which they probably can by securing Intel's first year of production or some-such. Meanwhile the PowerPC is targeted for the high-end market. I would say the Dual 2.7GHz with a FSB of 1.35GHz is still quite powerful, and IBM does still have dual-core CPUs on the way which should make this kind of FSB speed a huge edge in future updates. Remember, they kept a working version of the OS on x86 for five years before using it. What makes you think they won't continue to do the same with PowerPC for ten years in the hopes of IBM getting things back on track? IBM is pushing PowerPC in the Asian market hard now, while Microsoft/Xbox is creating a market for PowerPC code (where's the conspiracy theories on this one, BTW?).
Yeah, just like cars have become really affordable now that they've automated the manufacturing process with robotics. Maybe next they'll automate beer production to make it almost free.
Just to put you in your place:
please explain how the big-bang "theory" fits with the uniform background radiation scientists observe throughout the visible universe? This background radiation has them so puzzled, they're proposing new theories to explain this radiation which then open up a whole new set of problems. The fact is, we don't know how things got started. We also don't know what the original writers of the bible meant when they wrote what they wrote. You can't prove God exists, you can't prove he doesn't exist. You don't know that when Genesis was written, and they said "God created the earth in six days" they meant for it to be taken literally. You also don't know that humans evolved, even though there's some good evidence to suggest it so. There are also theories put forth by scholars that suggest some extremely advanced technology existed in our ancient history. Stories throughout different ancient cultures that speak of flying machines, weapons that shoot light, weapons that shoot fire, etc. For all you know, our ancestors were visited by aliens, or our ancestors WERE aliens. Perhaps time-travel... Who knows? You don't, that's for sure, because you weren't there. So let the creationists believe what they want to believe. It's their opinion and they're entitled to it, just as you are entitled to yours. But please don't think that you're better than them, because the truth just might turn out to be something completely different than either of you are preaching, and then you're just as wrong as them at that point.
Predators like T-Rex's probably couldn't survive like that.
and since the T-Rex definitely is extinct, it definitely couldn't survive like that!
Surely the addition of the accounting department to the network tends to decrease the value of the entire network by at least a decimal place per accounting node....
We have enough bleeding heart, tax-and-spend, big government socialist fools up here already! We've had over 12 years of Liberal rule and things are a mess. Health care costs continue to spiral upwards with no accountability as to how the money is spent. Wait times for CAT scans and MRI's are measured in MONTHS, not days or weeks. They spent over a billion dollars on a gun registry that was supposed to cost 2 million. It works out to over $1000 per rifle registered. The interest we pay yearly on our Federal debt consumes 40% of our income taxes. This is debt that has been on the books for over 30 years now with no sign of it being repaid any time soon! Meanwhile the Liberal government funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars to advertising firms that were friendly to the Liberal Party. It makes me sick how wasteful this government is with our tax dollars. And during all of this they've done nothing to help the poor, the homeless, or the environment. So piss off! We don't want you!
Most independent stores I have gone to shop for music in are charing $16+ for a CD. If you're buying it for $12 and making $4+ a CD I seriously believe that you are gouging us. I don't feel bad for you.
Perhaps you should look at this again. In the mall around the corner from where I live, it costs $5000 per month for rent on their smallest sized storefront. Assuming they need a minimum of 4 employees working 40 hours per week to cover the store, and they pay them $8/hour, you come to over $5000 in salary expenses per month. That's $10,000 per month just for these two expenses. That means you need to sell over 83 CD's per day with a $4 markup in order to cover just these two costs. A music store requires hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of inventory. Personally, I don't think a $4 markup on a CD is gouging the customer. The record comanies, however, with a cost of under $1 per CD, selling for $12, is certainly gouging, especially when you consider that the payouts to the artists is included in that less than $1 cost.
Interesting numbers, but I don't know what exactly they mean. What is a "salaried" artist? The top 10 artists' revenues last year combined for about a billion in earnings. But I doubt any of that money was "salaried". A billion dollars, by the way, would pay 10,000 artists a salary of $100,000 per year.
and downloading is "legal" here because the Canadian equivalent of the RIAA convinced the (useless corrupt trough-feeding) government to put taxes on blank CDR's, DVDR's, and mini hard drives such as those used in the iPod, etc. These taxes are supposedly used to compensate the artists who are ripped off by us pirating their music. So, because they're being compensated for the piracy through the tax system, the piracy is now "legal". The more people dependent on the government tit, the more people that will vote for the party that supplied that tit. That's why Canadian Parliament is dominated by tits!
Don't you understand? In Playstation vs. Xbox vs. GameCube, Playstation II sales are 71.3million, Xbox at 13.7million, and GameCube at 13.9million. With 75% market share, most developers are interested in getting their titles on the Playstation platform first, and Xbox or GameCube or both second. But when MS brings out the next version, the developers are presented with this option: Develop your game for the Xbox, and it's also ready for Windows! So now instead of looking at Xbox vs Playstation market share, they're looking at Xbox + Windows vs Playstation. And with Windows XP alone at 210 million units sold, the tables are quickly reversed on Sony. This is Microsoft yet again leveraging their monopoly on the desktop to beat the competition, instead of developing a truly superior product.
Thank you for your understanding in this matter,
Your friendly neighbourhood IRS agent.
fixed bugs from previous version.
Windows Movie Maker 2
fixed bugs from previous version.
the new firewall
fixed bugs from previous version.
pop-up blocking
fixed bugs from previous version (they were so bad, the pop-up blocking feature didn't even work!)
IE extention manager
fixed bugs from previous version.
PowerToys
fixed bugs from previous version.
the new security center
Dictionary Lookup: oxymoron = microsoft OS featuring new security center
the new wifi interface
the old one kept crashing
bluetooth support due to be upgraded to "mostly-reliable" bluetooth support in the next update.
support for hundreds of new devices new drivers!
DirectX 9
fixed bugs from previous version
the .NET framework
introduced a multitude of new bugs and security holes to keep our programmers occupied until Longhorn
Windows Journal Viewer
solves compatability issue between non-Tablet PC users and Tablet PC users
and the compliance API...
introduced to show the DOJ they were attempting to comply with the settlement and make Windows more accessible to competition, without actually allowing the competition to compete on an equal footing.
Plus, there are UI improvements to IE and the rest of Windows. UI improvement in IE: less crashes UI improvement in Windows: the new task based system hides infrequently used applications in the start menu. The average Windows user has no idea how to bring them back, which ultimately leads to less crashes as the computer is used for only a few common tasks.
Wait 'til you have kids. Then you'll be right into the home video and video editing.
1. more expensive than the last
2. full of bugs
3. designed to strengthen their monopoly, instead of improving the product (integrating web-browser, e-mail, media player, and soon search engine, etc)
Simple. The student should know the value of pi to a certain number of significant figures. With a calculator, they're just typing in 3*pi and getting an answer with 8+ significant digits. Without a calculator, they're actually calculating the answer as close as they can based on how many significant digits they know. That's a better test of who's mastering mathematics.
Apple gives you 1 player on 2 operating systems. Microsoft gives you 1 player on 2 operating systems. Apple's player is equal on both operating systems. Microsoft's player is more advanced on their own operating system.
Here's my experience with that situation. I used to be a PC nut. I'd build them, fix them, play games on them. When people would say that macs were better, I'd laugh at them. I had played around with one before, and because it didn't have a command line, I wrote it off as useless. Besides, it was more expensive, and you couldn't get any software for it. So whenever I heard someone say 'Apple' I'd begin my rant on how Macs were "overpriced, no software, expensive to fix, blah blah blah". All the same crap I'd heard a hundred times from other PC nuts. Then I got a job as a technician in a store that sold both PCs and Macs, and I was trained on how to fix the Macs. What an eye opener! Over the course of a few years, my perception of Apple computers completely changed, so much so that I bought one myself. I'm now working as a PC only tech again, but I'll spend the extra $$$ to own a mac because it's a total bargain for what I'm getting. Overpriced? Not! My current machine has been running for 2+ years without a problem! The only time it gets restarted is when there's a software update, the rest of the time it's on 24/7. The amount of time the average PC user wastes trying to solve problems/crashes/viruses, trying to install updates etc, makes the Mac a bargain by comparison.
Enjoy!
Your first counterpoint is FUD. The hard drive only needs to access data a few seconds every minute, and there are no reports of iPods failing due to jogging etc. I've seen teenagers using iPods and dancing more vigorously than a jogger ever does, and they said they've never had a problem. Your second point is crap too. Who cares if your iPod doesn't support high-end lossless formats? You're listening to your music on a portable device through tiny headphones. Do you really think you'll be able to tell a difference in that situation? As far as keeping a mirrored version for transferring, why don't you just get the 40GB and fill it up. You'll have enough music that you'll never need to transfer again, and can delete them from your main system. Finally, the assertion about iTunes is utter crap. I have 7000+ songs in my library, and I have no problems at all navigating, even over a network. I've had multiple systems playing from the same archive, and there were no problems. You must still be using Token Ring if you're having problems over a network!
besides, you can stream 30 seconds for free from iTMS, which is about long enough to decide whether you want to download it from Kazaa or not for free.
Apple hardware will eventually be getting cheaper, according to this article over at the register:
IBM fabs 90nm G5 using strained silicon
It would be nice if Apple would license OS X to IBM in a deal which sees IBM pump out cheap G3 machines. The low end market seems to be the only market Apple can't really compete in effectively.
The problem in killing the myth is the dominance Intel has in the processor market. The average Joe is force fed "Intel inside" everywhere he looks, and the sales people in most stores don't bother to explain the differences between different architectures (or they just don't know). Intel has capitalized on this by pushing their architecture heavily towards higher clock speeds, at the cost of many other efficiencies. It's simply MHz & GHz that everyone mentions. AMD, IBM, Apple, Sun, Motorola etc should start pushing something else that can be realistically measured. Maybe someone can do the conversion from clock speeds and GigaFlops to horsepower and Torque? Start talking in powertool talk, and a huge chunk of the population will suddenly start to understand a bit better.
Glaciers flow, and they're considered solid, being made of ice (ice being the solid state of water for those non-physics-trained readers out there).
It was my understanding that when you first rip, the loss occurs. When you convert back to CD, the lost data is filled with padding. When you re-rip, it's just the padding that's removed again. Of course, if you're re-ripping with a different codec, this might cause for some more lost data. I may be wrong though, it's certainly not my field of expertise.