I dont think they want to do that becuase sticking your neck out like that would surely make one of these buggers come into being targeted for X system. Right now Mac and *nix have the best of both worlds: they dont have many virii and worms by comparision and they dont have to advertise it - users of both platforms know thats the case. Bragging about the fact would have bad consequences I think.
Bob Barr in Congress was one of the biggest anti Drug Warriors and was specifically targeted during his last campaign for defeat by the Georgia Libertarian Party. He's responsible for a lot of the poeple that are behind bars today for non violent drug possession. A real Libertarian understands that Prohibition does not work - Bob Barr thinks it's a great idea. Bob Barr is no Libertarian.
Mac users do think and work differently than windows users. They dont approach work in the same manner and they use their respective platforms in different way to get that work done. When I had a G4 I didnt use it the same way I use my XP system. I was more focused and more concerned on how to do the job in the best manner possible - with windows I find I spend more time trying to figure which of the 4 different ways I can do the same thing would be best.
Small example - the 3 different ways one can get to control panel in XP. You shouldnt have to HAVE 3 different ways. If the new systems are what the leaks say they are, I'll buy one and this machine will be a game machine only from then on.
the hyper transport makes the addition of a second CPU much better than it used to be; a 970 dual will get around a 90% increase as opposed to the current 45% to 50% in G4's.
So yeah, they are gonna be some wicked fast computers.
sorry...guess my karma went down another 500 points.
PCI is really needed. Name another standard in your PC that has lasted 10 years. Yeah? Well, thats out of date too. PROGRESS!
Hmmmmm. I work for a manufacturor, not some two bit hole in the wall shop run by chinese immigrants. And yes, I do make enough to afford both. It's called being SINGLE with NO CHILDREN.
Thats exactly what made me sell my G4 and build a PC. The demo of RCTW was out on OS X at about the same time as the PC demo, but they announced the actual game would be at least 6 months behind. I fix computers all day for a living - I just want to have fun when I get home. I sold the G4 to a graphic designer who was starting her own business over ebay, she got a great machine, and I got to play RTCW along with everyone else when it come out.
Waiting for the PPC 970 machines to see if they are the jump ahead for mac that they are rumored to be - if they are, then I buy one and have the best of both worlds.:)
you cite Constitiutional (sic) grounds. Dont you know ever since 9/11 that document no longer applies to anything unless you have the money and time to run it all the way to the Supreme Court....and even then there is not much chance. 9/11 totally skewed the notion of free speech rights, as well as protection against unreasonable seach and seizure, etc. None of these things will ever come back. The USA is on a course that will cuase it to break up due to it's internal self contredictions, just like the former Soviet Union did. It will just take about 20 years longer to do so.
I am still amazed that in 1991, The Secretary of the Treasury, Robert Rubin, admitted UNDER OATH during congressional testimony that the Social Security Trust Fund contains NO REAL MARKETABLE ITEMS OF VALUE. Meaning their is nothing in it. Yet the country goes along. Nothing will happen until the checks dont cash anymore. Sad.
Seems like many posters are unhappy with the Apple postings recently. The fact is that it's news in the computing world when Apple is going to be introducing new products, becuase those are the things you will be seeing in your windows boxes someday. Apple has a reach far beyond their own product line - witness Firewire and the Music Store. Their current line of hardware in the Pro area stinks, everyone knows that, that it would seem that they are about to make a huge leap forward in that regard. I want to read about it here on/.
and I currently DO NOT own a Mac, though id the new macs rumored to be coming soon do measure up to the windows world I will be buying one - the speed gain plus a mature OS X would make me switch over to mac for everything except games, which will always be better on wintel.....and of course, we know that all these MAC=GAY flamers on/. do nothing with their computers besides play games. If they ever actually DID something with computing.........:/
This is only the beginning - with Apple coming out with new machines that will put them back in the race hardware wise. When M$ bought Virtual PC, I knew the "love affair" was over.
The gloves are off - get ready for a new platform war
Since they prune grafted a altivec unit on the 970, they damn sure can do it to the power 4 since the 970 is basically a cut down power 4 without the heavy duty gates in the first place.
2003 and 2004 are gonna be real interesting years computer wise.
Yeah, my 733 QS was a seriously cool looking computer. But it was also seriously SLOW. Here's to hoping the 970's are all they are supposed to be. It would be a laff riot if Apple could gain the performance crown over wintel. I guess all the MAC=GAY post faggots would have to find a new platform to bash.
I like Macs, and have owned a few. I dont think whoever posted this even owns a Mac. Of any kind. My 733 G4 sucked in everything compared to my athlon 1800+. The only thing the mac could do faster was show fractals. Big Deal.
I will buy a new mac with the 970 in it if the perfromance measures up to my wintel box. And not until then. So bring it on Apple! You'll get my money as your reward.
--Why? Seems to me that Microsoft is now doing whatever it can with in legal boundries to finish all the competitive forces. They're now piece by piece peeling the bana of Apple. Before you know it, Microsoft will kill Office for Mac and Apple will die of nothing is done about it.
I think they are. They have a apple controlled browser out (Safari) and I just bet they have had a Office type suite with full file compatability hidden in some dark room for a while now just in case MS kills Office. I dont think Office is much of a threat anyway - when I had my G4 I could have cared less, and nobody in business is using Macs anyway! They can just use Office on their PC'S. Apple does need a foolproof file converter for anything Office does however.
The days of Apple and MS making nice are coming to a close. After 10.3 OS X comes out with nice 970 dual hypertransport enabled in tow things are going to get interesting. Thats the only reason MS bought Virtual PC - to hold it over Apple's head. Look for another round of platform wars to start later this year.
I dont own a Mac. ANY mac. But I am always interested in folks like you that troll/. looking for topics to post MAC=GAY on. People like you keep me entertained. A VAX????? please.
You use a VIC20 for your hAx0riNG? Thats a lot gayer than any Mac.
A lot less gay soon
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In about 3 weeks, they will be a lot less gay than they now are. I sold my G4 733 some time back becuase it was *embarrassingly* slow compared to my homemade AMD 1800+, which at the time was a speedy deal. The only thing it did better than the AMD was anything using the Altivec, which was not much for me. If the new 970 macs rule the way I hope they will, I will be buying another mac. And it wont be gay, and it wont suck. OS X Panther running on a dual hypertransport enabled 1.8 Ghz 970 mac with a ATI 9700 * FAILS THE GAY TEST * in a big way.
I am more convinced than ever of the uselessness of PDA's. It saounds to me like there are a lot of Inspector Gadget's in/. land.
And no, I'm not trolling. I really dont see the need for even the business types to use one. It's just another gadget to complicate my life even more, like a cellphone ( 80% of poeple who own them dont need one ) or a pager ( I used to have to wear one doing network service back in 1982, Arcnet and Netware 2.0! )
Maybe I am just a luddite - but I think most of these gadgets wind up owning their owners instead of them owning the device.
Anybody that thinks they *need* a PDA.....
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is mistaken. I guess there are poeple in this world that love gadgets for gadgets sake but I never could figure out a use for a PDA in my life. Of course, I like life to be pretty blase.
Maybe you get up and go Class A thrive on artificial corporate induced pressure types can tell me what you actually use a PDA for that cant be done with other things just as well or almost as well and I get get more perspective on it.
I dont own a Mac. Any Mac.
Me thinks you are the one I was referring to in the above reply. Nothing better in your life than to spam/. with mac=gay BS? Pity.
There could be NOTHING gayer than some kludge out there in/. land who seeks a more meaningful life by frantically spamming all the Apple stories with mac=gay nonsense.
Exactly what kind of a life does such a person(s) have? Gotta be gayer than Apple, coming to you LIVE at age 34 from MOM'S BASEMENT....My bet anyway.
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I dont think they want to do that becuase sticking your neck out like that would surely make one of these buggers come into being targeted for X system. Right now Mac and *nix have the best of both worlds: they dont have many virii and worms by comparision and they dont have to advertise it - users of both platforms know thats the case. Bragging about the fact would have bad consequences I think.
Bob Barr in Congress was one of the biggest anti Drug Warriors and was specifically targeted during his last campaign for defeat by the Georgia Libertarian Party. He's responsible for a lot of the poeple that are behind bars today for non violent drug possession. A real Libertarian understands that Prohibition does not work - Bob Barr thinks it's a great idea. Bob Barr is no Libertarian.
Youre a fucking asswipe. He cleaned your illogical mental clock and you cant think of one goddamn smart thing to say. Admit it. OWNED.
Small example - the 3 different ways one can get to control panel in XP. You shouldnt have to HAVE 3 different ways. If the new systems are what the leaks say they are, I'll buy one and this machine will be a game machine only from then on.
So yeah, they are gonna be some wicked fast computers.
sorry...guess my karma went down another 500 points. PCI is really needed. Name another standard in your PC that has lasted 10 years. Yeah? Well, thats out of date too. PROGRESS!
Hmmmmm. I work for a manufacturor, not some two bit hole in the wall shop run by chinese immigrants. And yes, I do make enough to afford both. It's called being SINGLE with NO CHILDREN.
Waiting for the PPC 970 machines to see if they are the jump ahead for mac that they are rumored to be - if they are, then I buy one and have the best of both worlds. :)
I am still amazed that in 1991, The Secretary of the Treasury, Robert Rubin, admitted UNDER OATH during congressional testimony that the Social Security Trust Fund contains NO REAL MARKETABLE ITEMS OF VALUE. Meaning their is nothing in it. Yet the country goes along. Nothing will happen until the checks dont cash anymore. Sad.
Seems like many posters are unhappy with the Apple postings recently. The fact is that it's news in the computing world when Apple is going to be introducing new products, becuase those are the things you will be seeing in your windows boxes someday. Apple has a reach far beyond their own product line - witness Firewire and the Music Store. Their current line of hardware in the Pro area stinks, everyone knows that, that it would seem that they are about to make a huge leap forward in that regard. I want to read about it here on /.
and I currently DO NOT own a Mac, though id the new macs rumored to be coming soon do measure up to the windows world I will be buying one - the speed gain plus a mature OS X would make me switch over to mac for everything except games, which will always be better on wintel.....and of course, we know that all these MAC=GAY flamers on /. do nothing with their computers besides play games. If they ever actually DID something with computing......... :/
This is only the beginning - with Apple coming out with new machines that will put them back in the race hardware wise. When M$ bought Virtual PC, I knew the "love affair" was over. The gloves are off - get ready for a new platform war
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Since they prune grafted a altivec unit on the 970, they damn sure can do it to the power 4 since the 970 is basically a cut down power 4 without the heavy duty gates in the first place. 2003 and 2004 are gonna be real interesting years computer wise.
Yeah, my 733 QS was a seriously cool looking computer. But it was also seriously SLOW. Here's to hoping the 970's are all they are supposed to be. It would be a laff riot if Apple could gain the performance crown over wintel. I guess all the MAC=GAY post faggots would have to find a new platform to bash.
do I need to go before I hit the first loser MAC=GAY reply with nothing constructive to add?
I like Macs, and have owned a few. I dont think whoever posted this even owns a Mac. Of any kind. My 733 G4 sucked in everything compared to my athlon 1800+. The only thing the mac could do faster was show fractals. Big Deal. I will buy a new mac with the 970 in it if the perfromance measures up to my wintel box. And not until then. So bring it on Apple! You'll get my money as your reward.
Wow. Manages to work in MAC=GAY in a story that has NoTHING to do with Macs or Gayness. Sure likes writing about gayness a lot. :/
I think they are. They have a apple controlled browser out (Safari) and I just bet they have had a Office type suite with full file compatability hidden in some dark room for a while now just in case MS kills Office. I dont think Office is much of a threat anyway - when I had my G4 I could have cared less, and nobody in business is using Macs anyway! They can just use Office on their PC'S. Apple does need a foolproof file converter for anything Office does however.
The days of Apple and MS making nice are coming to a close. After 10.3 OS X comes out with nice 970 dual hypertransport enabled in tow things are going to get interesting. Thats the only reason MS bought Virtual PC - to hold it over Apple's head. Look for another round of platform wars to start later this year.
I dont own a Mac. ANY mac. But I am always interested in folks like you that troll /. looking for topics to post MAC=GAY on. People like you keep me entertained. A VAX????? please.
You use a VIC20 for your hAx0riNG? Thats a lot gayer than any Mac.
In about 3 weeks, they will be a lot less gay than they now are. I sold my G4 733 some time back becuase it was *embarrassingly* slow compared to my homemade AMD 1800+, which at the time was a speedy deal. The only thing it did better than the AMD was anything using the Altivec, which was not much for me. If the new 970 macs rule the way I hope they will, I will be buying another mac. And it wont be gay, and it wont suck. OS X Panther running on a dual hypertransport enabled 1.8 Ghz 970 mac with a ATI 9700 * FAILS THE GAY TEST * in a big way.
I am more convinced than ever of the uselessness of PDA's. It saounds to me like there are a lot of Inspector Gadget's in /. land.
And no, I'm not trolling. I really dont see the need for even the business types to use one. It's just another gadget to complicate my life even more, like a cellphone ( 80% of poeple who own them dont need one ) or a pager ( I used to have to wear one doing network service back in 1982, Arcnet and Netware 2.0! )
Maybe I am just a luddite - but I think most of these gadgets wind up owning their owners instead of them owning the device.
is mistaken. I guess there are poeple in this world that love gadgets for gadgets sake but I never could figure out a use for a PDA in my life. Of course, I like life to be pretty blase. Maybe you get up and go Class A thrive on artificial corporate induced pressure types can tell me what you actually use a PDA for that cant be done with other things just as well or almost as well and I get get more perspective on it.
I dont own a Mac. Any Mac. Me thinks you are the one I was referring to in the above reply. Nothing better in your life than to spam /. with mac=gay BS? Pity.
There could be NOTHING gayer than some kludge out there in /. land who seeks a more meaningful life by frantically spamming all the Apple stories with mac=gay nonsense.
Exactly what kind of a life does such a person(s) have? Gotta be gayer than Apple, coming to you LIVE at age 34 from MOM'S BASEMENT....My bet anyway.