Agreed. Right now I'm listening to online radio with iTunes, fiddling with some build errors in XCode, toying around in the shell ftp'ing a file that a build script failed to fetch, sharing a file with my roommate (who runs Windows) across the LAN using HTTP (as opposed to SMB), and looking at my Monday appointments in iCal. All of this functionality out of the box - it is bar none the best 'nix I've ever used (and continue to use).
OK, I'm probably going to get modded "troll" or "flamebait" for this but this is a legitimate question... Is this supposed to be funny or something? All of this functionality is also available out of the box on basically any Linux distribution (with differently named applications of course). If OS X is "the best 'nix [you]'ve ever used" then please tell us why, I'm still waiting for real reasons.
Where's my Core 2 Duo MacBook? What, are you saying I can't have both a fast, modern 64-bit CPU and a compact form factor? It's not like a Core 2 takes up more physical space than its predecessor (and nor does its supporting motherboard chipset).
No, Apple is a systems company. What they sell you is a full system, consisting of both hardware and software components that were made to support each other.
In this PC-centric world we now live in, people seem to have a problem understanding this concept, but go back at least at least a decade and this practice of selling "systems" was the norm, until the PC killed them all in the name of commodity. Amiga, Sun, SGI, Apple, NeXT, etc... Now Apple is the only system vendor that's still in the systems business. All others have either gone bankrupt, stopped selling systems altogether, or still attempt to sell what appears to be their older systems, only they're really just overpriced x86 boxen that run Windows or Linux.
Dialup Internet access needs to fucking die. Stop bothering us with your obsolete technologies, Apple still sells an external modem for you people still living in the 90's, while the rest of us are happy with no stupid modem wasting space inside our computers.
Two of the four "consoles" reviewed were really general purpose computers that got popular because of games thanks to their specialized multimedia hardware. They're basically the Japanese equivalent of the Commodore 64 and the Amiga.
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Windows CE was not used much on the Dreamcast. Basically, game developers could choose between the official Sega stack or Windows CE. Only a handful of them picked Windows CE.
Oh wait... no theft occured at all. There were no "goods" and nobody lost anything tangible at all. Why is someone going to jail for this?
Because the US government is run by media corporations that get angry when someone screws up their obsolete business model of selling intangible products as if they were manufactured physical objects.
...for those 23-blade razors. A single very careful swoop will give you a perfect shave instantly, but a slightly misplaced one will result in a very bloody and painful death.
Installing the RAM myself is not what worries me (done it countless times). The problem is that according to the store a 512MB MacBook is always 2 256MB sticks, leaving no room for upgrades...
I have yet to understand all of this controversy around GPLv3 and the Linux kernel. Things just don't add up.
The Linux kernel is strictly licensed under the GPLv2, without the "or any later version" suffix appended to it. And since the copyright on every piece of code in the kernel is owned by its respective contributors (a counterexample of this is Gentoo, which makes all of its devs with CVS/SVN accounts sign a legal contract stipulating that all of their work is owned by the Gentoo Foundation), switching the kernel to GPLv3 is technically impossible because it would require ALL contributors (possibly thousands, spread over a decade) to give their approval.
Therefore, debating on whether the kernel should upgrade to v3 or not is a waste of time, because even if Linux and co. were to agree with v3, IT STILL WOULDN'T BE LEGALLY POSSIBLE TO SWITCH TO v3. The kernel is permanently stuck to GPLv2, and everyone should accept this now.
Even if GPLv2 and GPLv3 were to be incompatible with each other, it only means GPLv3 can't be used in new code entering the kernel. But that doesn't matter, in fact it would make things simpler.
Personally I think the GPLv3 is great, but it won't affect the Linux kernel, end of story.
Yeeeaaaaah riiiiiight... Your tinfoil hat is too tight, and/or you simply know jack and shit about security. This vulnerability can't be remotely exploited unless the attacker has a shell account.
And besides the latest beta drivers fixed this, so I am not vulnerable at all anyway.
Wow. This is truely ridiculous! If you are happy to use binary blobs in the name of functionality, then why not go the whole hog and use Windows?
Go fuck yourself. I'll use Linux with binary drivers because I have the freedom to do so. If Linux doesn't allow me to use whatever drivers I want then it is no better than Windows.
And please don't talk about open source like you care.
I care a lot about open source. I also care a lot about having access to fully-functional modern video hardware. nVidia allows me to use both at the same time.
You think you care about open source but in the end you're just another one of those mindless zealots that care more about bitching on closed software than seeing open source software succeed in the real world. You are too narrow-minded to understand that closed software won't be going away any time soon and that one has to live with it, or die in obscurity because nobody gives a shit about your pseudo-religious ramblings.
With the advent of dual core chips and O/S support for these chips, this doesn't seem all that difficult. Isn't Apple already doing it?
Dual-core chips have absolutely nothing to do with the ridiculous "multiple OS without virtualization" scenario you are imagining. Yes, it really is "all that difficult", actually more in the line with "impossible".
And no, Apple isn't doing it. Apple hasn't even stepped a foot in the virtualization bandwagon yet, so I'm wondering where you got that idea. Boot Camp is just a fancy dual boot solution.
Okay, console-wise the PS3 is overpriced crap, but if you think of the PS3 as a general-purpose Linux-based Cell computer, suddenly 599 USD seems like a pretty sweet deal, considering all the cool hardware you get with it.
Linux on the PS2 sucked because the PS2 was not well suited as a general-purpose computer (slow CPU even at the time, insufficient amount of RAM, shitty video output capabilities), and the kit was overexpensive because they had to include an hard disk with it (that couldn't be simultaneously used with games, which made the deal even less interesting). But now with the PS3 the built-in hardware is good enough for many typical computer tasks. The only real thing missing is DVI output, preferably DVI-I. Can one easily convert HDMI to DVI-D?
Let's hope Sony will get a clue, and allow the PS3 to become the ultimate Cell workstation.
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Agreed. Right now I'm listening to online radio with iTunes, fiddling with some build errors in XCode, toying around in the shell ftp'ing a file that a build script failed to fetch, sharing a file with my roommate (who runs Windows) across the LAN using HTTP (as opposed to SMB), and looking at my Monday appointments in iCal. All of this functionality out of the box - it is bar none the best 'nix I've ever used (and continue to use).
OK, I'm probably going to get modded "troll" or "flamebait" for this but this is a legitimate question... Is this supposed to be funny or something? All of this functionality is also available out of the box on basically any Linux distribution (with differently named applications of course). If OS X is "the best 'nix [you]'ve ever used" then please tell us why, I'm still waiting for real reasons.
I am the walrus.
No, I am.
Where's my Core 2 Duo MacBook? What, are you saying I can't have both a fast, modern 64-bit CPU and a compact form factor? It's not like a Core 2 takes up more physical space than its predecessor (and nor does its supporting motherboard chipset).
No, Apple is a systems company. What they sell you is a full system, consisting of both hardware and software components that were made to support each other.
In this PC-centric world we now live in, people seem to have a problem understanding this concept, but go back at least at least a decade and this practice of selling "systems" was the norm, until the PC killed them all in the name of commodity. Amiga, Sun, SGI, Apple, NeXT, etc... Now Apple is the only system vendor that's still in the systems business. All others have either gone bankrupt, stopped selling systems altogether, or still attempt to sell what appears to be their older systems, only they're really just overpriced x86 boxen that run Windows or Linux.
Dialup Internet access needs to fucking die. Stop bothering us with your obsolete technologies, Apple still sells an external modem for you people still living in the 90's, while the rest of us are happy with no stupid modem wasting space inside our computers.
Two of the four "consoles" reviewed were really general purpose computers that got popular because of games thanks to their specialized multimedia hardware. They're basically the Japanese equivalent of the Commodore 64 and the Amiga.
Windows CE was not used much on the Dreamcast. Basically, game developers could choose between the official Sega stack or Windows CE. Only a handful of them picked Windows CE.
Please stop raping the English language. The correct word is administrating.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to be defragging my hard drive, but first I'll do some delling of unimportant files to speed it up.
DRM-crippled wireless. Less space than an iPod. Lame.
Oh wait... no theft occured at all. There were no "goods" and nobody lost anything tangible at all. Why is someone going to jail for this?
Because the US government is run by media corporations that get angry when someone screws up their obsolete business model of selling intangible products as if they were manufactured physical objects.
...for those 23-blade razors. A single very careful swoop will give you a perfect shave instantly, but a slightly misplaced one will result in a very bloody and painful death.
Yours was a Macbook Pro, right? I don't think they ever sold regular Macbooks with one stick.
Installing the RAM myself is not what worries me (done it countless times). The problem is that according to the store a 512MB MacBook is always 2 256MB sticks, leaving no room for upgrades...
But if you don't use the coupon, then you pay an extra $300. It may be a scam, but you are saving money by using the coupon.
No you're not. By using the coupon you're only not getting screwed by Dell's marketing shenanigans.
Can you add upgrades to the refurbished stuff? I'd buy a MacBook but I want 1GB of RAM and the refurbished doesn't seem to allow changing the RAM.
Damn, I really meant to say "Linus and co.", haha.
I have yet to understand all of this controversy around GPLv3 and the Linux kernel. Things just don't add up.
The Linux kernel is strictly licensed under the GPLv2, without the "or any later version" suffix appended to it. And since the copyright on every piece of code in the kernel is owned by its respective contributors (a counterexample of this is Gentoo, which makes all of its devs with CVS/SVN accounts sign a legal contract stipulating that all of their work is owned by the Gentoo Foundation), switching the kernel to GPLv3 is technically impossible because it would require ALL contributors (possibly thousands, spread over a decade) to give their approval.
Therefore, debating on whether the kernel should upgrade to v3 or not is a waste of time, because even if Linux and co. were to agree with v3, IT STILL WOULDN'T BE LEGALLY POSSIBLE TO SWITCH TO v3. The kernel is permanently stuck to GPLv2, and everyone should accept this now.
Even if GPLv2 and GPLv3 were to be incompatible with each other, it only means GPLv3 can't be used in new code entering the kernel. But that doesn't matter, in fact it would make things simpler.
Personally I think the GPLv3 is great, but it won't affect the Linux kernel, end of story.
Yeeeaaaaah riiiiiight... Your tinfoil hat is too tight, and/or you simply know jack and shit about security. This vulnerability can't be remotely exploited unless the attacker has a shell account.
And besides the latest beta drivers fixed this, so I am not vulnerable at all anyway.
I can't see how we can support that many more people in the bigger northern cities.
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Wow. This is truely ridiculous! If you are happy to use binary blobs in the name of functionality, then why not go the whole hog and use Windows?
Go fuck yourself. I'll use Linux with binary drivers because I have the freedom to do so. If Linux doesn't allow me to use whatever drivers I want then it is no better than Windows.
And please don't talk about open source like you care.
I care a lot about open source. I also care a lot about having access to fully-functional modern video hardware. nVidia allows me to use both at the same time.
You think you care about open source but in the end you're just another one of those mindless zealots that care more about bitching on closed software than seeing open source software succeed in the real world. You are too narrow-minded to understand that closed software won't be going away any time soon and that one has to live with it, or die in obscurity because nobody gives a shit about your pseudo-religious ramblings.
Are you posting from the future, where the world has been decimated by killer iPods or something?
You mean iPod Killers? No wait, those will never exist.
With the advent of dual core chips and O/S support for these chips, this doesn't seem all that difficult. Isn't Apple already doing it?
Dual-core chips have absolutely nothing to do with the ridiculous "multiple OS without virtualization" scenario you are imagining. Yes, it really is "all that difficult", actually more in the line with "impossible".
And no, Apple isn't doing it. Apple hasn't even stepped a foot in the virtualization bandwagon yet, so I'm wondering where you got that idea. Boot Camp is just a fancy dual boot solution.
it's horribly insecure since everyone can see the source code
LOL someone on slashdot believes in the "security through obscurity" paradigm.
Over priced? not likely. It's the same price as an xbox360 + HDDVD Unit.
Comparing it to an XBox360 (with an addon, no less) doesn't make it any less overpriced.
Okay, console-wise the PS3 is overpriced crap, but if you think of the PS3 as a general-purpose Linux-based Cell computer, suddenly 599 USD seems like a pretty sweet deal, considering all the cool hardware you get with it.
Linux on the PS2 sucked because the PS2 was not well suited as a general-purpose computer (slow CPU even at the time, insufficient amount of RAM, shitty video output capabilities), and the kit was overexpensive because they had to include an hard disk with it (that couldn't be simultaneously used with games, which made the deal even less interesting). But now with the PS3 the built-in hardware is good enough for many typical computer tasks. The only real thing missing is DVI output, preferably DVI-I. Can one easily convert HDMI to DVI-D?
Let's hope Sony will get a clue, and allow the PS3 to become the ultimate Cell workstation.