the argument of dual procs versus a dual core isn't the point, users are looking for dual dual-core procs in the PMG5. which would, roughly, be like a quad processing system, but the actual real-world performance isnt known yet, seeing as the 970MP isn't available yet.
and compared to x86, i have no idea. i'm sure tons of people will say that their PC runs far better with a dual core than a G5, but i know that i'd much rather use Mac OS X anyday, and my 1.0GHz G4 is faster and more responsive than my 2.6 GHz PC desktop
there were articles a few years back about how great of a company apple is to work for or something, and they showed steve sitting wearing new balance shoes, touting the comfortable office atmosphere, which is a lot like what i've heard of microsoft. actually, i've never seen a picture of steve jobs NOT wearing athletic shoes.
might want to create your own graphics there, chief. like the dashboard logo and i believe apple has a trademark on the wallpaper that you used as a background too.
i can hear the iron-clad boot of Apple Legal's Cease And Desist orders coming your way now..
get an Athlon64, FX, Xeon, or Opteron inside a Cappuccino PC and have all the components (video, sound, firewire, usb, superdrive, bluetooth, wireless, memory, hard drive) to fit and work nicely, in an under-$1000 price range, and with no heat issues, and then we'll talk.
otherwise, buy a powermac G5 for $1499 or an older G5 on ebay for about $1000.
"Different, yes, but also very simple, so don't overestimate the level of effort required, assuming you know C."
i couldn't agree more. however, it took me 6 months of occasionally trying to follow the tutorials and learn it, then giving up, then trying again to finally be like, WTF, this is supposed to be easy? so what i did was i tried porting an app from.NET to objective-C/cocoa, and making it look and work as much as possible like the.NET one. then once i got down the bracket syntax for things, i started googling how to do individual things (it takes a lot of that starting out) and eventually i was able to implement a data-driven app in cocoa in less than 2 days, and that included getting used to the bracket syntax and such.
(to the original article author) i recommend to look over the tutorials, but don't treat them as gold. the biggest help that could help you is trying to go ahead and implement a program, say one that you've written for windows. make the user interface, tie it to code (thats what you'll need the tutorials for), and then look up on google all the individual calls and things you'll need to find out. and maybe dont dive heavily into it for 2 weeks, since tiger is coming out and all, and core data and the such will help you out.
core data is cool, i'm eagerly awaiting the SQLite built-in handling. but don't knock core image and core video. core video allows you to apply filters and transformations to HD video in REAL TIME. thats pretty impressive.
Core Audio is a new SDK and framework for developing audio-driven apps. it also includes device aggregation to combine audio devices together, and a new Core Audio Format that is a 64-bit file format for thousands of channels of audio. it is more than what was in panther.
this was in panther, and i believe jaguar. if you have a tablet, even the cheap 4x5 wacom which is what i have, you can use all of inkwell's features already. a "Ink" option shows up in the system preferences once you plug in a tablet. i dont use it, though. its rather finicky, and considering my tablet isn't the same size as the screen, it overcompensates for the size and so a small letter written on my tablet becomes huge and its hard to use.
i have a pack. my girlfriend gave them to me as a gift, and i must say, it is much nicer sliding it out and using the controls than having some crappy plastic or rubber casing on it. i gave the pink and purple ones back to her, though:-) but the green and blue i use quite a bit. again, much better than the cases you see.
or, if you're a student, check your campus for a deal the night it comes out. i got panther, full boxed set, same thing as in the stores, for $39 on the "night of the panther" if you bought it between 8 pm and midnight that night, i think it was like october 23, 2003 or something. but if not, the standard educational price is $69.
except the creator is not in the system. otherwise he/she/it would be scientifically provable. you don't take into account "god" when making calculations.
just as McCoy would say, "i would be confident that one of my legal aides could handle this and win". easy, clear cut case. there is no ambiguity. it's apple's design.
yeah, this is incorrect. 60Hz damages your eyes. i can't look at a 60 Hz monitor for more than a minute usually without my eyes hurting. i also can pick out flourescent lights that are flickering at around 60 Hz. usually if its 75 or higher i dont have a problem. but now i've moved completely to LCDs which don't bother me.
the whitepapers also say apple ipods and laptops have x amount of usage hours on a full charge too.
regardless of what your technical specs say, the reason why my ipod won't run for more than 45 minutes is because i left it on the dock the whole time and it kept doing partial charges. it has nothing to do with memory. it wears the battery out, as batteries have a limited number of charge cycles.
unless i get a new mac with a two button mouse, i'm happily sticking to my one-button apple optical mouse. how it rocks rather than having buttons that click makes it so much easier on my RSI-plagued right hand. not to mention scrolling kills my fingers.
because not everyone makes spur-of-the-moment purchase decisions. maybe you do, but i don't.
for example, i am planning on replacing my powermac g4 with a g5 later this year. and the rumors right now are looking like a new one is coming out this year. so if i know new powermac g5s are coming out, say, july 19th, i know better than to go out and buy one on july 18th, because i could either get a nicer one a day later, or the same one at a lesser price on liquidation.
saying "i'm not gonna buy a XXXX until the new ones come out" is dumb. its neverending. but when you actually plan purchases long term, its nice to be ahead of the game. another example, i am planning on buying Tiger when it comes out. right now, its looking from the rumors sites like it's gonna be April 1st. i can allocate money now so that when it gets closer, i'm not pressed for cash.
HP and Dell, two of the largest PC manufacturers, are now behind Bluray. so is samsung, philips, and other large drive manufacturers. and now that apple is, the support behind blu-ray far outweighs that behind HDDVD. also, most video content is produced by Apple computers and software, so when they support something, it means a lot in the audio/video market.
ideally in ideal circumstances on an ideal day when everything is perfect in the world, new batteries such as those in the ipod and laptops can be partially charged all the time and work fine. however, that's the ideal theoretical situation, and doesn't really happen. most ipod users will have their battery crap out after a year to a year and a half mainly because of partial charges, because you have to recalibrate it which few do. charging a cell phone when you open it or whatever might be an immediate payoff... but not long term when you have to buy a new battery.
THIS PLACE has very warm, 2500K, compact flourescents on sale for $1.97. they also have other temperatures. they are quite nice, we use them and they have great color qualities.
most flash you see nowadays is ads anyways, like the "[verb] the [obscure noun] and get a free ipod" ads you see, and the ones at the top of slashdot. i haven't actually used a real flash app in a long time, except homestar runner and some musicians' websites. so i guess its good to keep around for those, but this is really low of macromedia. i knew i was ahead of the game when i dropped flash a few years back.
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the argument of dual procs versus a dual core isn't the point, users are looking for dual dual-core procs in the PMG5. which would, roughly, be like a quad processing system, but the actual real-world performance isnt known yet, seeing as the 970MP isn't available yet. and compared to x86, i have no idea. i'm sure tons of people will say that their PC runs far better with a dual core than a G5, but i know that i'd much rather use Mac OS X anyday, and my 1.0GHz G4 is faster and more responsive than my 2.6 GHz PC desktop
there were articles a few years back about how great of a company apple is to work for or something, and they showed steve sitting wearing new balance shoes, touting the comfortable office atmosphere, which is a lot like what i've heard of microsoft. actually, i've never seen a picture of steve jobs NOT wearing athletic shoes.
i can not believe that this turned into an effing liberal/conservative discussion. both sides are retarded. face the facts.
might want to create your own graphics there, chief. like the dashboard logo and i believe apple has a trademark on the wallpaper that you used as a background too. i can hear the iron-clad boot of Apple Legal's Cease And Desist orders coming your way now..
get an Athlon64, FX, Xeon, or Opteron inside a Cappuccino PC and have all the components (video, sound, firewire, usb, superdrive, bluetooth, wireless, memory, hard drive) to fit and work nicely, in an under-$1000 price range, and with no heat issues, and then we'll talk.
otherwise, buy a powermac G5 for $1499 or an older G5 on ebay for about $1000.
"Different, yes, but also very simple, so don't overestimate the level of effort required, assuming you know C."
.NET to objective-C/cocoa, and making it look and work as much as possible like the .NET one. then once i got down the bracket syntax for things, i started googling how to do individual things (it takes a lot of that starting out) and eventually i was able to implement a data-driven app in cocoa in less than 2 days, and that included getting used to the bracket syntax and such.
i couldn't agree more. however, it took me 6 months of occasionally trying to follow the tutorials and learn it, then giving up, then trying again to finally be like, WTF, this is supposed to be easy? so what i did was i tried porting an app from
(to the original article author) i recommend to look over the tutorials, but don't treat them as gold. the biggest help that could help you is trying to go ahead and implement a program, say one that you've written for windows. make the user interface, tie it to code (thats what you'll need the tutorials for), and then look up on google all the individual calls and things you'll need to find out. and maybe dont dive heavily into it for 2 weeks, since tiger is coming out and all, and core data and the such will help you out.
core data is cool, i'm eagerly awaiting the SQLite built-in handling. but don't knock core image and core video. core video allows you to apply filters and transformations to HD video in REAL TIME. thats pretty impressive.
Core Audio is a new SDK and framework for developing audio-driven apps. it also includes device aggregation to combine audio devices together, and a new Core Audio Format that is a 64-bit file format for thousands of channels of audio. it is more than what was in panther.
this was in panther, and i believe jaguar. if you have a tablet, even the cheap 4x5 wacom which is what i have, you can use all of inkwell's features already. a "Ink" option shows up in the system preferences once you plug in a tablet. i dont use it, though. its rather finicky, and considering my tablet isn't the same size as the screen, it overcompensates for the size and so a small letter written on my tablet becomes huge and its hard to use.
does anyone have pictures up yet?! i want to see 428 build screenshots!
like Fornication Under the Consent of the King.
no one knows its an acronym anymore. (hint: put the capital letters together.)
i have a pack. my girlfriend gave them to me as a gift, and i must say, it is much nicer sliding it out and using the controls than having some crappy plastic or rubber casing on it. i gave the pink and purple ones back to her, though :-) but the green and blue i use quite a bit. again, much better than the cases you see.
or, if you're a student, check your campus for a deal the night it comes out. i got panther, full boxed set, same thing as in the stores, for $39 on the "night of the panther" if you bought it between 8 pm and midnight that night, i think it was like october 23, 2003 or something. but if not, the standard educational price is $69.
except the creator is not in the system. otherwise he/she/it would be scientifically provable. you don't take into account "god" when making calculations.
just as McCoy would say, "i would be confident that one of my legal aides could handle this and win". easy, clear cut case. there is no ambiguity. it's apple's design.
yeah, this is incorrect. 60Hz damages your eyes. i can't look at a 60 Hz monitor for more than a minute usually without my eyes hurting. i also can pick out flourescent lights that are flickering at around 60 Hz. usually if its 75 or higher i dont have a problem. but now i've moved completely to LCDs which don't bother me.
the whitepapers also say apple ipods and laptops have x amount of usage hours on a full charge too. regardless of what your technical specs say, the reason why my ipod won't run for more than 45 minutes is because i left it on the dock the whole time and it kept doing partial charges. it has nothing to do with memory. it wears the battery out, as batteries have a limited number of charge cycles.
unless i get a new mac with a two button mouse, i'm happily sticking to my one-button apple optical mouse. how it rocks rather than having buttons that click makes it so much easier on my RSI-plagued right hand. not to mention scrolling kills my fingers.
because not everyone makes spur-of-the-moment purchase decisions. maybe you do, but i don't. for example, i am planning on replacing my powermac g4 with a g5 later this year. and the rumors right now are looking like a new one is coming out this year. so if i know new powermac g5s are coming out, say, july 19th, i know better than to go out and buy one on july 18th, because i could either get a nicer one a day later, or the same one at a lesser price on liquidation. saying "i'm not gonna buy a XXXX until the new ones come out" is dumb. its neverending. but when you actually plan purchases long term, its nice to be ahead of the game. another example, i am planning on buying Tiger when it comes out. right now, its looking from the rumors sites like it's gonna be April 1st. i can allocate money now so that when it gets closer, i'm not pressed for cash.
HP and Dell, two of the largest PC manufacturers, are now behind Bluray. so is samsung, philips, and other large drive manufacturers. and now that apple is, the support behind blu-ray far outweighs that behind HDDVD. also, most video content is produced by Apple computers and software, so when they support something, it means a lot in the audio/video market.
ideally in ideal circumstances on an ideal day when everything is perfect in the world, new batteries such as those in the ipod and laptops can be partially charged all the time and work fine. however, that's the ideal theoretical situation, and doesn't really happen. most ipod users will have their battery crap out after a year to a year and a half mainly because of partial charges, because you have to recalibrate it which few do. charging a cell phone when you open it or whatever might be an immediate payoff... but not long term when you have to buy a new battery.
THIS PLACE has very warm, 2500K, compact flourescents on sale for $1.97. they also have other temperatures. they are quite nice, we use them and they have great color qualities.
most flash you see nowadays is ads anyways, like the "[verb] the [obscure noun] and get a free ipod" ads you see, and the ones at the top of slashdot. i haven't actually used a real flash app in a long time, except homestar runner and some musicians' websites. so i guess its good to keep around for those, but this is really low of macromedia. i knew i was ahead of the game when i dropped flash a few years back.
and to think... Mac OS X STILL doesn't even require a product key. (apple, please dont do this to tiger.)
No firewire 1600. No gigabit wireless. Lame.