Is there something stopping people from making a high-definition CRT TV?
Nothing stopping them CRT HDTV from being made. I have one in my house. It is a bit tough to make a direct-view CRT larger than 34 inches diag, which is one reason why you see a lot of LCDs and Plasmas at the bigger sizes.
A lot of the dearth of HDTV CRT choices has to do (IMHO) with marketing. Plasma is newer so it MUST be better, right? And bigger is ALWAYS better, right?
Frankly, I'm much happier with the picture quality on my HD CRT than the 50 inch HD LCD at a friend purchased at about the same time.
BUT Rosetta ought to be able to take care of that, and since PPC will still be a operational platform for the Mac for 3 years, maybe more, it's not thát desastrous. I'll miss them though, good ole Codewarrior.
This is not at all what Rosetta is for. Rosetta is there to allow one to run legacy ppc code on intel. When one is writing new code -- using Code Warrior, xCode, or whatever -- one uses that tool to compile code that is native to the target machine(s). No self-respecting developer would compile a Mac app that would run only with the help of an emulator.
There is something to be said for taking time off and starting college WHEN YOU ARE READY. The counter-argument, of course (which usually carries the day) is that it gets harder to go back to school after taking time off.
A good liberal arts college will let you explore your interests before deciding "what you want to be when you grow up." And many offer the opportunity to spend time overseas as part of the degree program. This one for example, sends over half of its students overseas.
There are also post degree fellowships that allow for overseas travel and cultural "exploration" One example is
I would not trust a firewire-attached disk for server usage and that solutions requires an extra finacial outlay for both the disks and the 'rent' in the space they take up. If it were me, I'd still go with a used xserve over a mini. But like I said "if you are desperate..."
quite possible. xserves ship without video card by default now. You can do all you setup via the command line and use ARD to do gui stuff if you want... or just stick with the cli. Apple publishes a very nice cli reference manual.
The mini is NOT server-grade hardware.
from the FAQ
What about hardware failure?
In case of hardware failure we will repair the units. However they are your units and you will be charged for the repairs.
How often will that happen if they put a bunch of these in a rack togeter? laptop drive running 24/7.... hmmm. In an encloded space jammed up against other minis.... hmmm. seems like a bad idea to me. Better to get a used xserve.
And we should have learned from that story. I may get modded redundant for a ST TOS plot synopsis given that this is slashdot, but here goes.
Test of 'Mark 5' computer controls Enterprise. Computer decides it needs more power (or perhaps that was its convient excuse when the humans became a threat to it) It taps some mains wirelessly and vaporizes a red shirt crewman.
Moral -- don't put yourself between device that can charge itself wirelessly and that device's potential power supply.
Because this is higher ed we're talking about. All too often, security is not even an afterthought at higher ed institutions. Richard Clark made this point at a higher ed cybercecurity sumit I attened a few months back (right after the $h!T hit the fan over his book.) Some universities are making progress, but many are totally clueless. Reasons for lax security range from historical perceived lack of need (the small group of people with access were trusted) to bugetary (part time hourly student employees in charge of managing systems full of sensitive data) to political (heavyweights at the univsertity want things done fast, cheap and easy to use -- and we all know "fast, cheap, good pick any two.")
I'll go out on a limb and predict that congress will push the deadline out. Why? 2006 is an election year. There will be enough people upset about loosing their free OTA TV that congress will be moved to action. If they fail to act, quite a few won't be back after the '08 elections.
My TV has a card in it.
plusses
1. Can tune to premium channels with the TV while I record another premiium channel with the cable company supplied DVR -- which has only one tuner in it. [sigh]
2. Swiches channels about 5x faster than the dvr box
3. cable company provides it for free if you have a box too.
minuses
1. no two-way communication yet. So no ppv via cable card
2. with cable card in, you can't grab your neighbor's ppv feed (my cable company send ppv over QAM in the clear -- very educational as to where my neighbors' tastes lie.)
3. with card inserted, the PIP channel scanning feature seems to be gone.
I bought a copy of Word once (I'm sure I lose all sorts of geek points for that) at a major retailer in Japan. There was a sticker on the box that said 'not for sale outside the US and Canada.' Go figure. I had to laugh. The license was of course, shrink wrapped. I don't recall it saying anything about export, but that was a long time ago. May or may not have read the thing.
At some point, you have to start caring about wattage of processor (and computer as a whole.) Everyone pretty much takes for granted that high wattage in a laptop is bad (thigh burns, dead batteries) But desktop power draw is largely ignored. This can be a problem when you put new, power-hungry machines in a lab that was designed for machines of yore. You end up tripping breakers when your new machines draw twice or thrice the wattage that your old machines did -- even after replacing the old CRT displays with new LCDs. Power useage seems to be more or less following Moore's law of late. If this continues, we'll all be re-wiring our houses to run that 30A circuit to our desks.
In my case (insightbb.com) it doesn't appear that they are doing much of anything to increase the system capacity. They announced that tiers would go from 3/128, 3/384 to 4/384, 6/512. I'm getting close to the 512 up, but I've been getting 1.6 plus or minus.7 on a regular basis when I test. If things don't get better soon, I'm going to nominate insightbb's 'service' for the vaporware awards next year.
$499 will never buy you the "latest tech." It will buy you shared memory for graphics, a 'fast enough' chipset, and maybe a bargain basement 15" lcd.
you can buy an emac for $1000 if you want last year's tech (that you define as the latest) You can even get an iBook for $1000. And it would come with a dedicated graphics card that doesn't share system RAM.
If you really want to get a Dell comparable to a dual G5 tower, you need to look into the Precision Workstation line. And I think you will find that you will spend more $$ up front for a Dual processor intel box in that case.
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A lot of the dearth of HDTV CRT choices has to do (IMHO) with marketing. Plasma is newer so it MUST be better, right? And bigger is ALWAYS better, right?
Frankly, I'm much happier with the picture quality on my HD CRT than the 50 inch HD LCD at a friend purchased at about the same time.
This is not at all what Rosetta is for. Rosetta is there to allow one to run legacy ppc code on intel. When one is writing new code -- using Code Warrior, xCode, or whatever -- one uses that tool to compile code that is native to the target machine(s). No self-respecting developer would compile a Mac app that would run only with the help of an emulator.
Take a look at the universal binary guidelines.
Secretary might profit.
There is something to be said for taking time off and starting college WHEN YOU ARE READY. The counter-argument, of course (which usually carries the day) is that it gets harder to go back to school after taking time off.
A good liberal arts college will let you explore your interests before deciding "what you want to be when you grow up." And many offer the opportunity to spend time overseas as part of the degree program. This one for example, sends over half of its students overseas.
There are also post degree fellowships that allow for overseas travel and cultural "exploration" One example is
I would not trust a firewire-attached disk for server usage and that solutions requires an extra finacial outlay for both the disks and the 'rent' in the space they take up. If it were me, I'd still go with a used xserve over a mini. But like I said "if you are desperate..."
quite possible. xserves ship without video card by default now. You can do all you setup via the command line and use ARD to do gui stuff if you want... or just stick with the cli. Apple publishes a very nice cli reference manual.
from the FAQ
How often will that happen if they put a bunch of these in a rack togeter? laptop drive running 24/7.... hmmm. In an encloded space jammed up against other minis.... hmmm. seems like a bad idea to me. Better to get a used xserve.
And we should have learned from that story. I may get modded redundant for a ST TOS plot synopsis given that this is slashdot, but here goes.
Test of 'Mark 5' computer controls Enterprise. Computer decides it needs more power (or perhaps that was its convient excuse when the humans became a threat to it) It taps some mains wirelessly and vaporizes a red shirt crewman.
Moral -- don't put yourself between device that can charge itself wirelessly and that device's potential power supply.
Because this is higher ed we're talking about. All too often, security is not even an afterthought at higher ed institutions. Richard Clark made this point at a higher ed cybercecurity sumit I attened a few months back (right after the $h!T hit the fan over his book.) Some universities are making progress, but many are totally clueless. Reasons for lax security range from historical perceived lack of need (the small group of people with access were trusted) to bugetary (part time hourly student employees in charge of managing systems full of sensitive data) to political (heavyweights at the univsertity want things done fast, cheap and easy to use -- and we all know "fast, cheap, good pick any two.")
I'll go out on a limb and predict that congress will push the deadline out. Why? 2006 is an election year. There will be enough people upset about loosing their free OTA TV that congress will be moved to action. If they fail to act, quite a few won't be back after the '08 elections.
My TV has a card in it. plusses 1. Can tune to premium channels with the TV while I record another premiium channel with the cable company supplied DVR -- which has only one tuner in it. [sigh] 2. Swiches channels about 5x faster than the dvr box 3. cable company provides it for free if you have a box too. minuses 1. no two-way communication yet. So no ppv via cable card 2. with cable card in, you can't grab your neighbor's ppv feed (my cable company send ppv over QAM in the clear -- very educational as to where my neighbors' tastes lie.) 3. with card inserted, the PIP channel scanning feature seems to be gone.
I bought a copy of Word once (I'm sure I lose all sorts of geek points for that) at a major retailer in Japan. There was a sticker on the box that said 'not for sale outside the US and Canada.' Go figure. I had to laugh. The license was of course, shrink wrapped. I don't recall it saying anything about export, but that was a long time ago. May or may not have read the thing.
We ARE in Soviet Russia. -- Spammers sue YOU.
At some point, you have to start caring about wattage of processor (and computer as a whole.) Everyone pretty much takes for granted that high wattage in a laptop is bad (thigh burns, dead batteries) But desktop power draw is largely ignored. This can be a problem when you put new, power-hungry machines in a lab that was designed for machines of yore. You end up tripping breakers when your new machines draw twice or thrice the wattage that your old machines did -- even after replacing the old CRT displays with new LCDs. Power useage seems to be more or less following Moore's law of late. If this continues, we'll all be re-wiring our houses to run that 30A circuit to our desks.
In my case (insightbb.com) it doesn't appear that they are doing much of anything to increase the system capacity. They announced that tiers would go from 3/128, 3/384 to 4/384, 6/512. I'm getting close to the 512 up, but I've been getting 1.6 plus or minus .7 on a regular basis when I test. If things don't get better soon, I'm going to nominate insightbb's 'service' for the vaporware awards next year.
By putting a G4 rather than a G5 in the mini. So the answer is "they didn't."
$499 will never buy you the "latest tech." It will buy you shared memory for graphics, a 'fast enough' chipset, and maybe a bargain basement 15" lcd. you can buy an emac for $1000 if you want last year's tech (that you define as the latest) You can even get an iBook for $1000. And it would come with a dedicated graphics card that doesn't share system RAM. If you really want to get a Dell comparable to a dual G5 tower, you need to look into the Precision Workstation line. And I think you will find that you will spend more $$ up front for a Dual processor intel box in that case.