I think Microsoft just felt a great disturbance in their force. We call it The Slashdot Effect. They call it OMGWTFBBQ WE'RE BEING HAXED BY LEET DOODZ.
Note that they can't speak proper L33t, instead resorting to Sub-leet.
There's a reason Chicago was used as the MacOS default system font for so long (approx. 17 years). It's VERY easy to read. The smallest size shown in that link above is about a 6pt. size.
Pro-level digital multitrack systems don't get much better than Digidesign ProTools, and you couldn't run it on Win98 if you wanted to. Not even in the days when most guys ran it on MacOS. It required NT4 on the Windows side.
And if you wanna see a system that doesn't suck up CPU time, MacOS 8.1 is your deal. 8.1 would fit into an 8MB memory footprint, and only took a little less than 100MB of disk space for a full install. And it was loads more stable than Win98 of any flavor, under almost any conditions (certainly under any normal conditions... 98lite doesn't count as nothing of the sort was needed for any version of MacOS). And there was *never* an update for it. Not even one. The next release was a commercial point release (and it introduced a 40MB memory footprint and 300MB disk usage for the install).
As for timeline comparison, MacOS 8.1 was released in late 1997. Windows 98 was released in, you guessed it, 1998. They're of comparable age.
His point was that since cable has a monopoly (and therefore, it's assumed that they're gouging for all they can get), it's possible for the price of satellite service to be truly "competitive" since they base their prices on the gouge-price of the cable companies. They aren't required to compete with a market that's already competitive, so they retain the un-competitive price levels of the monopoly.
Not really. Firewire controllers are getting really good maximum real-world transfer speed these days (around 40 MBps, which is 80% of theoretical maximum). Video editing will saturate it quickly, but real-time audio won't, nor will any task you'd pick a Mac Mini for (rather than a G5).
Many people want these things for DVR/HTPC use. Encode MPEG2 and stream to disk? Yep. It'll do that. The G4 can encode MPEG2 in real-time with a properly written encoder (since the 866MHz days). And the output isn't going to demand a lot of Firewire bus bandwidth.
And don't forget that you also get the reliability of a 3.5" HD (2.5" ones feel flimsy IMHO).
Lack of a second hard drive? Hardly. I bet you could connect a few hundred hard drives to an iMac or a Mini. (And don't try to tell me 127 is the limit, 'cause that's USB, and we all know USB is crap.)
It tells me I need a 301W PSU, but the 350W one that came with my Antec SLK3700AMB wasn't enough to power the R9600xt card (in place of the GeForce 3 that did work).
Wow... I never expected to find anyone else had similar problems with the R9600xt.
Athlon XP (old-ass 1600+) on an A7N8X Deluxe Geforce 3 (not TI, the original) 2 optical drives (1 CD-RW, 1 DVD-ROM) 2 hard drives
A 250W no-name PSU worked fine with this. A 350W Antec PSU worked even better. Now swap that GF3 for a R9600XT... and the system refuses to boot. No video, no bootup floppy seek, no BIOS. Nothing. Upgrade to an Antec True480... everything works, and haven't had a problem since.
I can't be bothered with Half Life 2, but UT2k4 looks awesome. Unfortunately, the game that spurred the upgrade in the first place (U2XMP) died out before I could play it with the upgrade.
The R9600xt's a nice card. But why does it suck so much (electricity)? Do the 9800's and X800's do that too? If so, I might just head back to nVidia in a couple years (when I need my next upgrade).
I first saw this Taco Bell hit-the-target-win-a-prize thing this past year during the baseball playoffs. Game 3 of the NLCS (Cardinals vs. Astros) had one of these targets in Homer's Landing in Busch Stadium. Nobody hit it.:(
Pregnancy is a natural biological condition. Smoking is a habit--one with harmful side-effects that cost lots of money to treat. I see no problem with firing employees that refuse to curtail major, avoidable, unnatural risk factors that cost the company money.
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They've cracked our code! I demand money!
I think Microsoft just felt a great disturbance in their force. We call it The Slashdot Effect. They call it OMGWTFBBQ WE'RE BEING HAXED BY LEET DOODZ.
Note that they can't speak proper L33t, instead resorting to Sub-leet.
They must've followed the trail of wet carpet. Springing a leak is a difficult thing to keep to yourself.
The ACLU is gathered around the microwave in the teachers lounge. Where are you? The fire trucks will arrive soon... mmm... burning plastic...
' is minutes and " is seconds.
This site won't let me put a degree symbol in, so if you're using Windows, Alt-0176, if you're using a Mac, Shift-Option-8.
It's the 5th of December, 1900. Or maybe May 12th, 1900. I can't be sure. But it's definitely 1900. ASF's are old.
With a truck that burns gasoline that you don't get the tax rebate from.
Yeah. Logic. Are we sure this is about government? That sort of rebate almost sounds reasonable.
Wow... there's a show about a web browser? No wonder nobody watched it.
Viacom owns both Paramount and CBS. They could step in and force the sub-companies to play nice and trade shows.
CBS could let UPN have a CSI in exchange for ST:E. Yay! Alphabet soup!
There's a reason Chicago was used as the MacOS default system font for so long (approx. 17 years). It's VERY easy to read. The smallest size shown in that link above is about a 6pt. size.
Pro-level digital multitrack systems don't get much better than Digidesign ProTools, and you couldn't run it on Win98 if you wanted to. Not even in the days when most guys ran it on MacOS. It required NT4 on the Windows side.
And if you wanna see a system that doesn't suck up CPU time, MacOS 8.1 is your deal. 8.1 would fit into an 8MB memory footprint, and only took a little less than 100MB of disk space for a full install. And it was loads more stable than Win98 of any flavor, under almost any conditions (certainly under any normal conditions... 98lite doesn't count as nothing of the sort was needed for any version of MacOS). And there was *never* an update for it. Not even one. The next release was a commercial point release (and it introduced a 40MB memory footprint and 300MB disk usage for the install).
As for timeline comparison, MacOS 8.1 was released in late 1997. Windows 98 was released in, you guessed it, 1998. They're of comparable age.
Apple obituaries are an art form.
Heck, according to The Mac Observer's Apple Death Knell Counter, even Steve Jobs himself weighed in with an Apple Obit at one point.
His point was that since cable has a monopoly (and therefore, it's assumed that they're gouging for all they can get), it's possible for the price of satellite service to be truly "competitive" since they base their prices on the gouge-price of the cable companies. They aren't required to compete with a market that's already competitive, so they retain the un-competitive price levels of the monopoly.
o...m...g...
I think you've just found the ideal use for Clippy! You're a genius!
James Bond did it first. And remember, Nobody "does it" better.
"I think he's attempting re-entry." - Q
Not really. Firewire controllers are getting really good maximum real-world transfer speed these days (around 40 MBps, which is 80% of theoretical maximum). Video editing will saturate it quickly, but real-time audio won't, nor will any task you'd pick a Mac Mini for (rather than a G5).
Many people want these things for DVR/HTPC use. Encode MPEG2 and stream to disk? Yep. It'll do that. The G4 can encode MPEG2 in real-time with a properly written encoder (since the 866MHz days). And the output isn't going to demand a lot of Firewire bus bandwidth.
And don't forget that you also get the reliability of a 3.5" HD (2.5" ones feel flimsy IMHO).
Lack of a second hard drive? Hardly. I bet you could connect a few hundred hard drives to an iMac or a Mini. (And don't try to tell me 127 is the limit, 'cause that's USB, and we all know USB is crap.)
Same goes for KETC (9) in St. Louis.
They don't even show Red Dwarf or Blackadder anymore at all. The beg-a-thons are all Andre Rieu and that guy from Styx.
It tells me I need a 301W PSU, but the 350W one that came with my Antec SLK3700AMB wasn't enough to power the R9600xt card (in place of the GeForce 3 that did work).
Wow... I never expected to find anyone else had similar problems with the R9600xt.
Athlon XP (old-ass 1600+) on an A7N8X Deluxe
Geforce 3 (not TI, the original)
2 optical drives (1 CD-RW, 1 DVD-ROM)
2 hard drives
A 250W no-name PSU worked fine with this. A 350W Antec PSU worked even better. Now swap that GF3 for a R9600XT... and the system refuses to boot. No video, no bootup floppy seek, no BIOS. Nothing. Upgrade to an Antec True480... everything works, and haven't had a problem since.
I can't be bothered with Half Life 2, but UT2k4 looks awesome. Unfortunately, the game that spurred the upgrade in the first place (U2XMP) died out before I could play it with the upgrade.
The R9600xt's a nice card. But why does it suck so much (electricity)? Do the 9800's and X800's do that too? If so, I might just head back to nVidia in a couple years (when I need my next upgrade).
4 years later? Wha...?
:(
I first saw this Taco Bell hit-the-target-win-a-prize thing this past year during the baseball playoffs. Game 3 of the NLCS (Cardinals vs. Astros) had one of these targets in Homer's Landing in Busch Stadium. Nobody hit it.
That's one hell of an expensive OS. I paid $5000 for my beige G3. I sure hope you don't pay $15,000 for MacOS X, 'cause I got it for just $129.
Linky.
Pregnancy is a natural biological condition. Smoking is a habit--one with harmful side-effects that cost lots of money to treat. I see no problem with firing employees that refuse to curtail major, avoidable, unnatural risk factors that cost the company money.
And Louis Farakkhan was so friggin' effective...
Wahhabi Muslims ain't Shiite.