Uhm... How many pictures do you normally find are lost to data corruption? I take hundreds of photos every month, and I have no problem with corruption. Do you use high quality flash cards? Reliable hard drives? Don't expect for everything to work perfectly if you use the cheapest hardware you can find. Also, if you take so many pictures that you have this problem frequently, be prepared to spend thousands of dollars on archiving your photos the old fashioned way. Also, ever hear of data redundancy?
Also, to the person who uses $2 inks - good luck storing them for a long time. The reason Canon uses their own special photo paper and inks (which are a b*tch on the pocket book), is for photo quality and longevity. Their papers and inks are designed to work together for maximum quality and image life. You can get away with cheaper supplies, but the quality won't be as great, and they certainly won't last as long. Hopefully, with these new inks, Canon will be able to rival Epson's pigment based inks. Epson's inks last longer, but Canon (with red and green inks) has better quality, and faster speed.
Rioplex wireless broadband (which I'm assuming is basically the same thing) is already available where I live. They also claim to have the largest coverage in the US. I know people who have it, because it would cost them thousands of dollars to get a cable line to their house, even if they live 100 yards from a cable connection. Yeah, it might be more expensive than cable, but with this type of thing, you can get a PCMCIA card with the modem, and use it everywhere there's coverage. I think it's a step in the right direction, but like most new technologies, it's going to cost a premium.
If it's going to be running linux, how will the fans be controlled? Or will they be on full speed all the time? I ask because I heard the fans were controlled by the OS.
I was also wondering, why PowerMacs, and not xServes, but then the answer hit me... The time constraints. I'm sure that if they wanted a super computer cluster in the next 6 months, Apple would've been ready with G5 xServes, but hey, 1100 top of the line G5's will still kick some major @$$...
It's not a G5, it's a PPC970, completely different beasts. Not to mention neither Motorola or IBM have 2GHz chips in their roadmap until 2005. Bzzzt One point impossible
Reliable rumor sources (such as MacRumors) have said that they have confirmed the use of the name G5 by Apple.
1GHz bus? gimme a break. Intel hasn't yet reached this. Two points impossible
Just because Intel hasn't reached it doesn't mean it's impossible. Anyone who judges the entire computer market by Intel's advances needs to get out more...
- AGP 8X Pro graphics options from NVIDIA or ATI
Almost believable, but for the moment Apple are phasing out the use of NVIDIA cards in their machines. I highly doubt they'll be used. Half a point impossible
These are Apple's Pro machines. They also, obviously, use a completely new architecture. So who's to say it's not plausible for Apple to use AGP 8x? Why can't Apple use AGP 8x? Don't you think they'd learn from their mistakes in the past, and include the fastest and latest technology in their products? Besides, if Apple is targeting this machine at high-end professionals, don't you think they'd need or want AGP 8x?
Three USB 2.0 ports
The rest of Apples site would say "3 USB Ports" not "Three". Also, Apple have a long standing habit of using Firewire instead of USB 2.0. I take this as one point impossible
Referring to my previous post, why wouldn't Apple include USB 2.0? Sure, it competes with FireWire, but it's a feature that will help sell more machines. Besides, with USB1.1 only motherboard chips becoming increasingly rare, it would seem only natural to include USB 2.0 with these new machines.
One FireWire 800, two FireWire 400 ports
Once again use of the verbal "One" instead of the numeric. Only one FW800 port? Why would Apple stick with FireWire 400 anyway? I mark this impossible
Maybe not everyone has use for FireWire 800. Even though it is backwards compatible with FireWire 400, not many people would want to carry around adapters for the plug. Besides, it would probably cost more to put in three FireWire 800 ports, when people mainly use FireWire 400.
Optical and analog audio in and out
Bad grammar, but optical audio in a graphics machine? I'm sorry but this sounds like wishful thinking. One more point impossible.
Who said this was exclusively a graphics machine? Look at the audio software out for Mac OS X. With the audio underpinnings of OS X, wouldn't it seem like a smart idea to put in pro-level hardware to make their software side of the OS more useful for the pros who need it?
In total, that's 4 and a half impossible features out of ten. If you're waiting on this machine, you'll be waiting a LONG time people.
I can wait three days for it. As said previously in this thread, there is no law of the universe that says Apple will always be behind the wintel world in hardware. These advancements will bring the machine up to par with PC's (AGP 8x, USB 2.0, Optical audio, etc..) while also surpassing high-end desktop PC performance.
Besides, if 8GB of ram is accecptable (which is not even available in any desktop PC that I know of), what makes you think that features that are standard in PC's today are impossible for Apple to implement???
When (or if) Apple comes out with Rendezvous music sharing in iTunes, the entire town could consolidate all of their music, and just set up a couple of dedicated xServe's...
Then somebody could find a way to get the thing working for windoze and linux, and bam. Free music for everybody!!! F*ck the RIAA!!!
I can see the headline now: Entire Town of Hanover being sued by RIAA
I'm not sure exactly how this works, but a friend of mine who is way too far out of a city to get cable or DSL decided to get this new wireless broadband service. The access point is no biger than a motorola surfboard cable modem (it's actually smaller, about the size of a normal USB hub.) He says that it works like a cell phone, you have to be in a certain range, and you can move within the range, but if you get too far from their towers, no signal for you.
He also said that they are planning to make PCMCIA cards for notebooks, and with wider coverage, you could take it around town and use it wherever you can get cell phone access. Eventually, if all goes well, they could have a nation-wide network.
This standard, I believe, should not be confused with any 802.11 standards. This is a special high powered, long range technology. The transmitters/recievers would probably cost in the thousands. 802.11 is for local networks at home or office.
If what I heard was correct, then Vivendi approached Apple because they had something good in the works as far as an online music downloading service.
The problem with Microsoft is that we know how they'd handle the DRM, and it would truly suck. You'd be able to download the music however many times you wanted, but you'd have to pay to play it (like a jukebox), and you'd need a special version of WMP that adds another proprietary microsoft codec to the hundreds of different WMP codecs out there already. It'd be a mess. WMP is already bad enough. You could kiss linux and Mac support goodbye, and the second microsoft decides that your windodws OS is out of date, you'd be out of the loop too. An earlier post claimed that Apple needs to handle what's in front of them now before takling something else, but on the other hand, microsoft needs to set their issues straight. They need lots of work on lots of their other products too, and probably more work than Apple.
Something about Apple's plans attracted Vivendi, and caused them to go to Apple. Apple understands more than microsoft about how the user should get along with the computer. Apple knows how to make things easy and enjoyable on a computer. Besides, we know that they won't leave the windows world out because they would loose too much money.
Whether or not Apple will go for Universal Music is beyond me, but if microsoft goes with it, I'd be really concerned. I don't want to have to buy another computer that doesn't work, just to listen to my music.
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Also, to the person who uses $2 inks - good luck storing them for a long time. The reason Canon uses their own special photo paper and inks (which are a b*tch on the pocket book), is for photo quality and longevity. Their papers and inks are designed to work together for maximum quality and image life. You can get away with cheaper supplies, but the quality won't be as great, and they certainly won't last as long. Hopefully, with these new inks, Canon will be able to rival Epson's pigment based inks. Epson's inks last longer, but Canon (with red and green inks) has better quality, and faster speed.
It must stuck to be that kid... He wanted an iMac, and he got this piece of crap...
Rioplex wireless broadband (which I'm assuming is basically the same thing) is already available where I live. They also claim to have the largest coverage in the US. I know people who have it, because it would cost them thousands of dollars to get a cable line to their house, even if they live 100 yards from a cable connection. Yeah, it might be more expensive than cable, but with this type of thing, you can get a PCMCIA card with the modem, and use it everywhere there's coverage. I think it's a step in the right direction, but like most new technologies, it's going to cost a premium.
I was also wondering, why PowerMacs, and not xServes, but then the answer hit me... The time constraints. I'm sure that if they wanted a super computer cluster in the next 6 months, Apple would've been ready with G5 xServes, but hey, 1100 top of the line G5's will still kick some major @$$...
Reliable rumor sources (such as MacRumors) have said that they have confirmed the use of the name G5 by Apple.
1GHz bus? gimme a break. Intel hasn't yet reached this. Two points impossible
Just because Intel hasn't reached it doesn't mean it's impossible. Anyone who judges the entire computer market by Intel's advances needs to get out more...
- AGP 8X Pro graphics options from NVIDIA or ATI
Almost believable, but for the moment Apple are phasing out the use of NVIDIA cards in their machines. I highly doubt they'll be used. Half a point impossible
These are Apple's Pro machines. They also, obviously, use a completely new architecture. So who's to say it's not plausible for Apple to use AGP 8x? Why can't Apple use AGP 8x? Don't you think they'd learn from their mistakes in the past, and include the fastest and latest technology in their products? Besides, if Apple is targeting this machine at high-end professionals, don't you think they'd need or want AGP 8x?
Three USB 2.0 ports
The rest of Apples site would say "3 USB Ports" not "Three". Also, Apple have a long standing habit of using Firewire instead of USB 2.0. I take this as one point impossible
Referring to my previous post, why wouldn't Apple include USB 2.0? Sure, it competes with FireWire, but it's a feature that will help sell more machines. Besides, with USB1.1 only motherboard chips becoming increasingly rare, it would seem only natural to include USB 2.0 with these new machines.
One FireWire 800, two FireWire 400 ports
Once again use of the verbal "One" instead of the numeric. Only one FW800 port? Why would Apple stick with FireWire 400 anyway? I mark this impossible
Maybe not everyone has use for FireWire 800. Even though it is backwards compatible with FireWire 400, not many people would want to carry around adapters for the plug. Besides, it would probably cost more to put in three FireWire 800 ports, when people mainly use FireWire 400.
Optical and analog audio in and out
Bad grammar, but optical audio in a graphics machine? I'm sorry but this sounds like wishful thinking. One more point impossible.
Who said this was exclusively a graphics machine? Look at the audio software out for Mac OS X. With the audio underpinnings of OS X, wouldn't it seem like a smart idea to put in pro-level hardware to make their software side of the OS more useful for the pros who need it?
In total, that's 4 and a half impossible features out of ten. If you're waiting on this machine, you'll be waiting a LONG time people.
I can wait three days for it. As said previously in this thread, there is no law of the universe that says Apple will always be behind the wintel world in hardware. These advancements will bring the machine up to par with PC's (AGP 8x, USB 2.0, Optical audio, etc..) while also surpassing high-end desktop PC performance.
Besides, if 8GB of ram is accecptable (which is not even available in any desktop PC that I know of), what makes you think that features that are standard in PC's today are impossible for Apple to implement???
Then somebody could find a way to get the thing working for windoze and linux, and bam. Free music for everybody!!! F*ck the RIAA!!!
I can see the headline now: Entire Town of Hanover being sued by RIAA
I would laugh...
He also said that they are planning to make PCMCIA cards for notebooks, and with wider coverage, you could take it around town and use it wherever you can get cell phone access. Eventually, if all goes well, they could have a nation-wide network.
This standard, I believe, should not be confused with any 802.11 standards. This is a special high powered, long range technology. The transmitters/recievers would probably cost in the thousands. 802.11 is for local networks at home or office.
If what I heard was correct, then Vivendi approached Apple because they had something good in the works as far as an online music downloading service. The problem with Microsoft is that we know how they'd handle the DRM, and it would truly suck. You'd be able to download the music however many times you wanted, but you'd have to pay to play it (like a jukebox), and you'd need a special version of WMP that adds another proprietary microsoft codec to the hundreds of different WMP codecs out there already. It'd be a mess. WMP is already bad enough. You could kiss linux and Mac support goodbye, and the second microsoft decides that your windodws OS is out of date, you'd be out of the loop too. An earlier post claimed that Apple needs to handle what's in front of them now before takling something else, but on the other hand, microsoft needs to set their issues straight. They need lots of work on lots of their other products too, and probably more work than Apple. Something about Apple's plans attracted Vivendi, and caused them to go to Apple. Apple understands more than microsoft about how the user should get along with the computer. Apple knows how to make things easy and enjoyable on a computer. Besides, we know that they won't leave the windows world out because they would loose too much money. Whether or not Apple will go for Universal Music is beyond me, but if microsoft goes with it, I'd be really concerned. I don't want to have to buy another computer that doesn't work, just to listen to my music.