AMD64 is an architecture, dipshit. Also known as "x86_64" and called "EMT64" or "ia-32e" by Intel.
AMD *invented* it, and AMD64 just happens to be the name I and a few others such as Linus like to use. It has nothing to do with brand loyalty.
I use Gentoo on three AMD64 machines (a server and desktop at home, and a workstation at my job) and the price/performance value is truly wonderful. Apple can't hold a candle to it; the only good thing they've got going for them is their OSX software. If they ported OSX to AMD64 I know I would use it on at least one of my machines. But alas, Apple likes to do hardware the Apple and IBM way... non-standard and expensive.
And why would a mini system need Win XP Pro? Let's not compare apples to oranges here, Win XP Home would work JUST FINE.
I will never give a dime to Microsoft. IMO they don't deserve anyone's money at this juncture.
To me it's really a matter of 'pick your poison':
1) run Linux and spend that extra time tinkering 2) use an illicit copy of XP 3) shell an extra $80 on XP Home or XP Pro academic 4) get a Mac with OSX and bask in the glory of incompatibility
Personally I find 4) to be the most distasteful, followed closely by 3) and then 2). But that's just me.
I like x86 and PPC about equally, but I like AMD64 even more. To me AMD64 is the future and since x86 happens to be compatible with it and also much more widespread, I see PPC as having nothing to offer the modern world. Sure there is PPC64... but the package selection shall remain absolutely horrendous for the forseable future. AMD64 has like one thousand times more packages in gentoo than PPC64 does, and also happens to be much cheaper.
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Apple spelt Microsoft as M$ !!!
Does that mean spelling Microsoft with an $ is automagically a 'cool' thing to do now?
> >The goal for Chandler, Kapor says, is to make it as successful and popular as Firefox > Didn't read the article, but seriously, how is this worth mentioning? Who wouldn't want to start a project that was as popular as Firefox?
Perhaps some would rather their product be as "unsuccessful and unpopular" as Internet Explorer?;)
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and then finding it didn't run OS X.
:)
In case you missed the original question...
When my wife asks for the "cute little MAC", what PC can I buy instead?
As for the DIY aspect, this is SLASHDOT. If you aren't geek enough to enjoy putting cool hardware together... you really shouldn't be here
if by "crush" you mean it would have run anti-spy-ad-thing-a-jig daily as opposed to the mini. then yes. it would "crush" the mini.
Strange, I just ran a spyware checker on my sole XP machine for the first time in 3 months and didn't find anything but a few cookies.
Perhaps it is because I use decent browsers ?
AMD64 is an architecture, dipshit. Also known as "x86_64" and called "EMT64" or "ia-32e" by Intel.
AMD *invented* it, and AMD64 just happens to be the name I and a few others such as Linus like to use. It has nothing to do with brand loyalty.
I use Gentoo on three AMD64 machines (a server and desktop at home, and a workstation at my job) and the price/performance value is truly wonderful.
Apple can't hold a candle to it; the only good thing they've got going for them is their OSX software. If they ported OSX to AMD64 I know I would use it on at least one of my machines. But alas, Apple likes to do hardware the Apple and IBM way... non-standard and expensive.
And why would a mini system need Win XP Pro? Let's not compare apples to oranges here, Win XP Home would work JUST FINE.
I will never give a dime to Microsoft. IMO they don't deserve anyone's money at this juncture.
To me it's really a matter of 'pick your poison':
1) run Linux and spend that extra time tinkering
2) use an illicit copy of XP
3) shell an extra $80 on XP Home or XP Pro academic
4) get a Mac with OSX and bask in the glory of incompatibility
Personally I find 4) to be the most distasteful, followed closely by 3) and then 2). But that's just me.
Well if you really want my opinion...
I like x86 and PPC about equally, but I like AMD64 even more. To me AMD64 is the future and since x86 happens to be compatible with it and also much more widespread, I see PPC as having nothing to offer the modern world. Sure there is PPC64... but the package selection shall remain absolutely horrendous for the forseable future. AMD64 has like one thousand times more packages in gentoo than PPC64 does, and also happens to be much cheaper.
When my wife asks for the "cute little MAC", what PC can I buy instead?
A DIY shuttle-like PC would crush the mac mini in ever respect.
But if it REALLY must be mini, you can probably find a suitable mini-itx system somewhere. Just google for it.
Dice are not limited to 6 sides.
Then again, I don't see mention of a d2... the rolling of which is essentially a coin toss.
Does that mean spelling Microsoft with an $ is automagically a 'cool' thing to do now?
Apple did it
We are practically a Google Temple here, folks.
> without being sued... er... litigated against.
Don't you mean "without other companies leveraging their intellectual property at our expense" ?
I'm going to have to reschedule my appointments again :(
> it's just good programming style to have separate definitions and implementations. Easier to track down bugs.
You can seperate definitions and implementations within 1 source file by using the following complex formula:
1. Put the definitions at the top of the source file.
2. Put the implementations at the bottom of the source file (i.e. after the defintions)
This may be difficult to get used to at first, but once you learn how to use the Page Up and Page Down keys it's not so bad...
Let me get this straight... we are getting less sunlight, but the world is getting hotter?
Well it was kinda both ;)
No, I meant what I said. They were both tongue in cheek.
> Why do you say "arbitrary"?
/bin, /usr/bin/ /usr/local/bin, and ~/bin.
As in, not:
LOL, That is quite funny!
Most of Technocrat's stories are great, though.
Right, but everyone already knows Thunderbird is a killer email client. Sunbird is much more obscure by contrast.
I want his opinion on Thunderbird-Sunbird integration.
I agree it is a difficult term to define philosophically, but that does not take away from the issue's importance wrt smart robots.
For practical purposes, a simple variation on the turing test might suffice.