Why? If my customers are using Windows, and I am trying to correct a problem in Windows, so that my customer can continue using... Windows, why would I use some *other* OS?
I would use the best tool for the job, which isn't always an OS of the same flavor as the one you're trying to repair.
Case in point, something happened to my XP system that caused the dreaded "Page Fault in Non Paged Area" BSOD every time I booted my system. Microsoft said it was bad memory and after swapping everything in my system out to no avail I popped the HDD in another PC to get the files off it and guess what happened when I booted it. Yep, BSOD. Odd when every HDD analysis tool said the drive was fine. Given that it is a SATA drive I booted the other PC without the HDD connected and then hot plugged it. After about 10 seconds of installing new hardware the PC gave me that ever so lovely BSOD message "Page Fault in Non Paged Area". Hrmm... threw it back in the old PC and booted off the XP install media and guess what the XP setup program did? If you guessed BSOD, you're correct. I didn't even know you could BSOD the setup program, it looks like a DOS app with it's lovely ASCIIness.
So what's a guy to do if he can't use any Microsoft product to repair his system? Well I booted off a Knoppix disk and mounted the HDD without problem, then I copied my files over the network to another PC. Being that I know nothing about Linux and the partitioning program I found in Knoppix gave me no help and a couple errors, I booted off a Fedora Core disc I had laying around and used it's partitioning utility to zap the disk. Then I booted off the XP disc and it let me reinstall the system.
Without a non Microsoft OS, I would have never been able to reformat my HDD or recover any of the files.
Initial production of Cell microprocessors is expected to begin at IBM's 300mm wafer fabrication facility in East Fishkill, New York, followed by Sony Group's Nagasaki Fab, this year.
Tape-outs are per Fab and with modern manufacturing processes, can cost in upwards of 1 million dollars. Considering the investment and the time to market involved with bringing new Fabs online, it's unlikely for a company to change Fabs before production begins unless there are considerable delays and problems. This late in the game and with the knowledge that they're already stamping out samples, I would think this information is accurate.
Besides, the two Fabs designated are the two most advanced Fabs between Sony and IBM and I can't see them outsourcing to someone like TSMC.
I would say whoever wants to make them. The chip architecture is customizable to the application so Toshiba could decide it only needs 4 SPEs in it's Cell for it's HDTVs while IBM might want a Cell with 2 PPUs and 16 SPEs.
The Register has details on the PS3 chip's manufacturers...
Sony has begun punching out sample quantities of its Cell processor at its Nagasaki-based 300mm wafer fab, the company has revealed.
The announcement - made in a brief comment from Sony Computer Entertainment chief Ken Kutaragi, last week - follows the company's recent joint declaration with Cell partner IBM that it will offer Cell-based workstations by Christmas.
Initial batches of Cell chips will roll off IBM's East Fishkill, New York fab, but Sony wants to make the chip too, and began work on is 300mm facility just over a year ago. The plant is expected to be ready for volume production by the end of the year, though whether Cell will be just a ready remains to be seen.
In all seriousness, I'd love to hear what OS X is missing.
Windows has the uncanny ability to enable a noob to do something just good enough to merit not needing to hire someone who knows what they're doing be it through the intuitive GUI, enless online support, or the stumble upon factor.
Windows Management tools are not the cream of the crop, but there are some idiot trainable GUI interfaces that come on it standard that I know no counter part to in the Mac realm.
You obviously have never migrated from one Mac to another. Put the source Mac into target disk mode, connect it via Firewire to the destination Mac, and run the migrator utility. All user setting are copied and copied well.
Weren't we talking about people migrating from a Windows PC to a new computer. The ease of Migrating from Mac to Mac is not applicable to someone who is switching from a Windows PC.
I meant: the teenaged-or-twenty-something males that comprise the game market, not all teenaged-or-twenty-something males.
Oh, so... uh... wait all teenaged-or-twenty-something males play games.
I've never understood this argument. You're willing to put up with the sucky OS that is Windows the rest of the time you're using your computer (i.e., when you're not playing games) just so you can play games?
You've never been to Walmart have you? Walmart Shoppers are a perfect example of the people Apple doesn't cater to. Willing to tolerate shit because it's cheap and gets the job done, and can be replaced in short term for a really low price!
What exactly do you think most people do on their PCs? I'm a software developer and I use the hell out of my machine at work, but at home? Honestly the last time I opened up an office suite application was about 4 years ago to compose a nice threatening letter to DirecTV. Aside from that I use my home PC to check email and browse the web. Most people these days use a web browser to check their email so that's one less application a PC is good for.
Point of fact is that most people use their computer for entertainment purposes and communication. Because of this and the fact that Windows is less problematic with each new release, familiar (biggie), and is considerably cheaper than a Mac most people aren't willing to bite the bullet and transition to a Mac. Windows also has the ability to migrate data and settings from one machine to another, albiet poorly but that's a far site better than the big fat nothing that Mac's come with.
In addition Apple also hasn't really done anything to entice people away from Windows or to accomidate their switch; no migration utility, no good books for switching, and no price accomidating hardware. Sure the Mac Mini is cheap for a Mac, but it's about the cost of a complete PC and it's a pretty weak machine for running OSX. Witty commercials and an air of superiority don't win many converts.
Apple doesn't cater to the Walmart crowd and they would lose their base if they did, just like any luxury brand.
If you're that into games, why don't you just get a dedicated game machine, e.g., PS2, Xbox, etc., for games and a Mac to do the rest of your stuff?
You obviously don't play games. Most people have dedicated systems, but seeing as how I can't play Animal Crossing on PS2 or Xbox, or Half-Life 2 on a Gamecube, or Halo 2 on... well you get the idea. Hardcore gamers, the people who can afford a Mac, don't but a PC for Office or Windows, they buy it for Half-Life 2, Doom 3, Splinter Cell, Wolrd Of Warcraft, Everquest, Planetside, etc. Aside from games, their PC serves as a web browser and email machine and if it can do those things then why get a Mac?
Aside from that, I really don't think Apple cares about the gaming market segment, i.e., teenaged-or-twenty-something males.
They can afford iPods can't they? It is a mistake to ignore them because their market segment is one of few that has the money and would be willing to spend it on a Mac.
I don't think Netflix has made an improvement to their website in the two years I've been a customer.
You've been a customer for 2 years and haven't noticed any of the improvements to their website? Did you fill your queue up that first year and haven't been back since?
I like Netflix, but the recommendations they make for me are almost always off target.
I've found their recommendations to be pretty accurate, it especially helps if you rate movies you've seen. I often find them one step ahead of me, recommending movies I heard a review for on NPR or was thinking about renting as a passing thought. I've even added stuff that looked interesting based solely on their recommendations and they were spot on.
Some of the ones I've found useful include "the page you made", "customers who bought this also bought this", "customers who viewed this also viewed this".
I'm not sure what the "the page you made" thing is but Netflix offers the equivalent of the last two. The also added their friends feature which will show you the ratings and comments of your friends on the movies you're reviewing. Shortly after maps.google.com came out they ripped off their look for their mouse over movie information boxes. They've added the multiple queues and the ability to buy previously viewed DVDs.
They're not perfect but they've been making steady improvements and add new features all the time. I really can't see how you can say they haven't made any improvements.
In addition to all of that, they carry a lot of obscure and foriegn films that my wife and I love to watch. I can always find something interesting to watch compared to Blockbuster where I was always finding myself walking aimlessly through the rows of crap looking for something that wasn't staring the flavor of the day.
Where Netflix excells is in catering to those who want to watch films that were in limited release in the theater and not carried at blockbuster. They also strike a nice balance between obscure and mainstream and their model is very nice for children's video rentals because kids tend to want to watch the movie about 4000 times before they get burned out.
It was probably designed by a 3rd party company like Inno Designs and who ever commissioned it didn't pay for exclusive rights so they're selling the design to whoever wants it.
The JNC version is only 512mbs so I'd venture to say it came first since it's technically inferrior.
I would say they made this experiment up as an excuse to f*** around in zero-g with water ballons and how it's a waste of tax payer's money but we all know I'd just be saying it cause I'm jealous.
They need to publish the videos from their follow up study "The effect of Zero-G water ballons on Women's Tee-shirts."
Even if they messed up their prerelease code audit, as a practical matter there aren't that many companies who have the money to take IBM on in an IP infringement claim. The only difficult party for them in an OS/2 release would be Microsoft.
It just so happens that Microsoft is one who put the most into OS/2, aside from IBM of course, and also the one company who does happen to have enough money to win an IP infringement claim against them.
It's pure paranoia to suggest that there is stolen code in OS/2, however.
Perhaps stolen is too harsh of a word, but I wouldn't be surpised if their was a bit of unknowningly used without permission or accidentially slipped in and intended to be replaced but never was or even the borrowed from another project that had licensed it and used in outside of the license code. We could argue this point all day but we don't know, and for all we know neither does IBM but one of their engineers might have said to a lawyer that approached him on the topic "It's probably not a good idea to just release it. yeah." I don't think that's paranoia and I don't see it out of the realm of feasibility. I'm not suggesting IBM maliciously and knowningly stole code in a premeditated fashion, just that their might be some used without permission.
Once I figured out how it was worked, I found myself wondering how useful it would be to be able to just fold back the corners of a window when I wasn't dragging a file.
I was thinking the same thing, this would be juicy on a tablet computer. I could see one site of the pen being a thumb for flipping through windows like pieces of paper.
They really have nothing to gain from open sourcing OS/2 and potentially a lot to lose from doing so.
If Solaris is any example, it costs money to open source code. You have to pay someone to scour the code for inappropriate or confidential information.
Lawyers need to work through any licensing agreements with third parties and so forth.
They're potentially exsposing themselves to lawsuits by showing their knickers to the world. I mean for all we know OS/2 could be filled with stolen UNIX source code and the last thing IBM wants is to actually validate SCO's claims!
Bottom line is that IBM has nothing to gain from spending (wasting?) money to open source OS/2. It's a shame, but that's life.
I don't see this thing being very cheap with that many OLED displays. I think they'd do better to us one of the monochrome/b&w eInk solutions that only require power to change the display and not to drive them.
I also have questions about how it handles being plugged into any random machine. Does it have a default layout or a memory of each layout?
Are most Star Wars fans under the age of 13? The first movie is 28 years old, so even if you were born 10 years after it all started you could still get in to see this movie. In fact if you were 13 when A New Hope came out, you'd be old enough to have kids who are old enough to get in without your permission. Though I doubt many 40 year old hardcore Star Wars fans have kids, seeing as they're still living in their parent's basements.
Itanium is something different. It isn't related to x86 at all. Intel may have wanted everyone to migrate to the new ISA eventually, but it wasn't an extention to x86.
You are correct, Itanium is an EPIC based chip but Intel had no plans of making it a consumer level chip and had maintained for the longest time that there was no need for 64bit on the desktop. The need is debatable but I am of the mind that the day when it will be required is rapidly approaching and it would be splended if we had all the kinks worked out for show time.
If Intel had gone their own way with a consumer level 64bit chip, there is no telling where they would have gone and I think Microsoft recognized the potential burden this would have placed on the software community as a whole. AMD had established an accepted standard and MS was on the verge of releasing it's promised OS, forcing Intel to use the same implementation ensured that it's release would gain wider acceptance and would be less likely to go the way of Windows for Itanium.
I would argue that Intel's only motivation for creating an incompatible implementation would be so that they could maintain that they never had to follow and were always the market leader. Up until this point Intel has been able to maintain it's position as the market leader in innovation and it didn't want to have to conceed to AMD. Even with their implementation of AMD64, EMT64, you see that they weren't willing to conceed defeat. Intel is know for it's industry standards support but has show time and time again that it only sets standards that ensure it makes money.
That being said all of the companies in question have used questionable tactics such as this at one time or another to put the squeeze on competition. And they have all forced others to do the right thing but only because their interests at the time were closely aligned with those of the greater good.
No offense, but the Itanium isn't that unknown. _Everyone_ has heard of the "Itanic", if they have anything to do with computers.
I agree with you in the context of the readers of this site, but I can come up with a pretty long list of people who have something to do with computer who've never heard the name "Itanium." They'd be VB coders so you could argue that they don't really do anything of use with computers but I digress.
I believe Intel had their try, it was called Itanium. Surely you've heard of it.... no? Not surprising.
If in fact Microsoft did tell Intel it would not support another 64bit implementation, it would be a just decision considering Intel's arrogance with their first attempt. Microsoft lost alot of money on Itanium and I would imagine their relations with Intel are strained from it. AMD has designed a very elegant exstension to x86 and it was trivial to add support for it, so it's no wonder MS would tell intel to fall in line if it wanted an OS for it's Consumer 64bit processor.
If Intel implemented 64bit support in a more "innovative" or efficient manner, Microsoft would have to either have two different code bases for their versions of windows, as would every other software developer out there. Having multiple code path's for one off vector calculations issued to SSE or 3DNow pipes are one thing, but a wholy differnt inplementation of the core instruction set requires alot of work Microsoft wasn't willing to invest in. I wonder how much Microsoft even bothers to optimize for the different exstension such as SSE and 3DNow, I imagine they don't do much at all.
Just further proof that when Microsoft sat down to write.NET they took their JVM (that Sun defeated in the courts) and did some keyword replacements on the source and came up with C#.
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I would use the best tool for the job, which isn't always an OS of the same flavor as the one you're trying to repair.
Case in point, something happened to my XP system that caused the dreaded "Page Fault in Non Paged Area" BSOD every time I booted my system. Microsoft said it was bad memory and after swapping everything in my system out to no avail I popped the HDD in another PC to get the files off it and guess what happened when I booted it. Yep, BSOD. Odd when every HDD analysis tool said the drive was fine. Given that it is a SATA drive I booted the other PC without the HDD connected and then hot plugged it. After about 10 seconds of installing new hardware the PC gave me that ever so lovely BSOD message "Page Fault in Non Paged Area". Hrmm... threw it back in the old PC and booted off the XP install media and guess what the XP setup program did? If you guessed BSOD, you're correct. I didn't even know you could BSOD the setup program, it looks like a DOS app with it's lovely ASCIIness.
So what's a guy to do if he can't use any Microsoft product to repair his system? Well I booted off a Knoppix disk and mounted the HDD without problem, then I copied my files over the network to another PC. Being that I know nothing about Linux and the partitioning program I found in Knoppix gave me no help and a couple errors, I booted off a Fedora Core disc I had laying around and used it's partitioning utility to zap the disk. Then I booted off the XP disc and it let me reinstall the system.
Without a non Microsoft OS, I would have never been able to reformat my HDD or recover any of the files.
It's nice to know you won't have worry about driving your GM Auto when it's brakes fail...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9130169/
I wonder if it'll make it to market before GM goes out of business?
The Register has details on the PS3 chip's manufacturers...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/24/sony_samp
Weren't we talking about people migrating from a Windows PC to a new computer. The ease of Migrating from Mac to Mac is not applicable to someone who is switching from a Windows PC.
Oh, so... uh... wait all teenaged-or-twenty-something males play games.
You've never been to Walmart have you? Walmart Shoppers are a perfect example of the people Apple doesn't cater to. Willing to tolerate shit because it's cheap and gets the job done, and can be replaced in short term for a really low price!
What exactly do you think most people do on their PCs? I'm a software developer and I use the hell out of my machine at work, but at home? Honestly the last time I opened up an office suite application was about 4 years ago to compose a nice threatening letter to DirecTV. Aside from that I use my home PC to check email and browse the web. Most people these days use a web browser to check their email so that's one less application a PC is good for.
Point of fact is that most people use their computer for entertainment purposes and communication. Because of this and the fact that Windows is less problematic with each new release, familiar (biggie), and is considerably cheaper than a Mac most people aren't willing to bite the bullet and transition to a Mac. Windows also has the ability to migrate data and settings from one machine to another, albiet poorly but that's a far site better than the big fat nothing that Mac's come with.
In addition Apple also hasn't really done anything to entice people away from Windows or to accomidate their switch; no migration utility, no good books for switching, and no price accomidating hardware. Sure the Mac Mini is cheap for a Mac, but it's about the cost of a complete PC and it's a pretty weak machine for running OSX. Witty commercials and an air of superiority don't win many converts.
Apple doesn't cater to the Walmart crowd and they would lose their base if they did, just like any luxury brand.
You obviously don't play games. Most people have dedicated systems, but seeing as how I can't play Animal Crossing on PS2 or Xbox, or Half-Life 2 on a Gamecube, or Halo 2 on
They can afford iPods can't they? It is a mistake to ignore them because their market segment is one of few that has the money and would be willing to spend it on a Mac.
Hope that clears things up for you.
You've been a customer for 2 years and haven't noticed any of the improvements to their website? Did you fill your queue up that first year and haven't been back since?
I've found their recommendations to be pretty accurate, it especially helps if you rate movies you've seen. I often find them one step ahead of me, recommending movies I heard a review for on NPR or was thinking about renting as a passing thought. I've even added stuff that looked interesting based solely on their recommendations and they were spot on.
I'm not sure what the "the page you made" thing is but Netflix offers the equivalent of the last two. The also added their friends feature which will show you the ratings and comments of your friends on the movies you're reviewing. Shortly after maps.google.com came out they ripped off their look for their mouse over movie information boxes. They've added the multiple queues and the ability to buy previously viewed DVDs.
They're not perfect but they've been making steady improvements and add new features all the time. I really can't see how you can say they haven't made any improvements.
In addition to all of that, they carry a lot of obscure and foriegn films that my wife and I love to watch. I can always find something interesting to watch compared to Blockbuster where I was always finding myself walking aimlessly through the rows of crap looking for something that wasn't staring the flavor of the day.
Where Netflix excells is in catering to those who want to watch films that were in limited release in the theater and not carried at blockbuster. They also strike a nice balance between obscure and mainstream and their model is very nice for children's video rentals because kids tend to want to watch the movie about 4000 times before they get burned out.
It was probably designed by a 3rd party company like Inno Designs and who ever commissioned it didn't pay for exclusive rights so they're selling the design to whoever wants it.
The JNC version is only 512mbs so I'd venture to say it came first since it's technically inferrior.
I would say they made this experiment up as an excuse to f*** around in zero-g with water ballons and how it's a waste of tax payer's money but we all know I'd just be saying it cause I'm jealous. They need to publish the videos from their follow up study "The effect of Zero-G water ballons on Women's Tee-shirts."
I was too and I always thought the Abyss water creature looked cheesy and fake.... hmm...
It just so happens that Microsoft is one who put the most into OS/2, aside from IBM of course, and also the one company who does happen to have enough money to win an IP infringement claim against them.
Perhaps stolen is too harsh of a word, but I wouldn't be surpised if their was a bit of unknowningly used without permission or accidentially slipped in and intended to be replaced but never was or even the borrowed from another project that had licensed it and used in outside of the license code. We could argue this point all day but we don't know, and for all we know neither does IBM but one of their engineers might have said to a lawyer that approached him on the topic "It's probably not a good idea to just release it. yeah." I don't think that's paranoia and I don't see it out of the realm of feasibility. I'm not suggesting IBM maliciously and knowningly stole code in a premeditated fashion, just that their might be some used without permission.
I was thinking the same thing, this would be juicy on a tablet computer. I could see one site of the pen being a thumb for flipping through windows like pieces of paper.
**Knock**Knock**
"Who is it?"
"Goons, Hired Goons."
We all know Dvorak is crazy, if we keep acknowledging his existance he'll never go away.
They really have nothing to gain from open sourcing OS/2 and potentially a lot to lose from doing so.
If Solaris is any example, it costs money to open source code. You have to pay someone to scour the code for inappropriate or confidential information.
Lawyers need to work through any licensing agreements with third parties and so forth.
They're potentially exsposing themselves to lawsuits by showing their knickers to the world. I mean for all we know OS/2 could be filled with stolen UNIX source code and the last thing IBM wants is to actually validate SCO's claims!
Bottom line is that IBM has nothing to gain from spending (wasting?) money to open source OS/2. It's a shame, but that's life.
I don't see this thing being very cheap with that many OLED displays. I think they'd do better to us one of the monochrome/b&w eInk solutions that only require power to change the display and not to drive them.
I also have questions about how it handles being plugged into any random machine. Does it have a default layout or a memory of each layout?
Who said this had anything to do with CPUs?
Intel = Flash Memory God
iShuffle = Flash Memory MP3 Player
Are most Star Wars fans under the age of 13? The first movie is 28 years old, so even if you were born 10 years after it all started you could still get in to see this movie. In fact if you were 13 when A New Hope came out, you'd be old enough to have kids who are old enough to get in without your permission. Though I doubt many 40 year old hardcore Star Wars fans have kids, seeing as they're still living in their parent's basements.
You are correct, Itanium is an EPIC based chip but Intel had no plans of making it a consumer level chip and had maintained for the longest time that there was no need for 64bit on the desktop. The need is debatable but I am of the mind that the day when it will be required is rapidly approaching and it would be splended if we had all the kinks worked out for show time.
If Intel had gone their own way with a consumer level 64bit chip, there is no telling where they would have gone and I think Microsoft recognized the potential burden this would have placed on the software community as a whole. AMD had established an accepted standard and MS was on the verge of releasing it's promised OS, forcing Intel to use the same implementation ensured that it's release would gain wider acceptance and would be less likely to go the way of Windows for Itanium.
I would argue that Intel's only motivation for creating an incompatible implementation would be so that they could maintain that they never had to follow and were always the market leader. Up until this point Intel has been able to maintain it's position as the market leader in innovation and it didn't want to have to conceed to AMD. Even with their implementation of AMD64, EMT64, you see that they weren't willing to conceed defeat. Intel is know for it's industry standards support but has show time and time again that it only sets standards that ensure it makes money.
They even went to far as to make AMD's chips incompatible with their C compiler. A plan that backfired completely and prompted some backpedaling on their part.
That being said all of the companies in question have used questionable tactics such as this at one time or another to put the squeeze on competition. And they have all forced others to do the right thing but only because their interests at the time were closely aligned with those of the greater good.
I agree with you in the context of the readers of this site, but I can come up with a pretty long list of people who have something to do with computer who've never heard the name "Itanium." They'd be VB coders so you could argue that they don't really do anything of use with computers but I digress.
I believe Intel had their try, it was called Itanium. Surely you've heard of it.... no? Not surprising.
If in fact Microsoft did tell Intel it would not support another 64bit implementation, it would be a just decision considering Intel's arrogance with their first attempt. Microsoft lost alot of money on Itanium and I would imagine their relations with Intel are strained from it. AMD has designed a very elegant exstension to x86 and it was trivial to add support for it, so it's no wonder MS would tell intel to fall in line if it wanted an OS for it's Consumer 64bit processor.
If Intel implemented 64bit support in a more "innovative" or efficient manner, Microsoft would have to either have two different code bases for their versions of windows, as would every other software developer out there. Having multiple code path's for one off vector calculations issued to SSE or 3DNow pipes are one thing, but a wholy differnt inplementation of the core instruction set requires alot of work Microsoft wasn't willing to invest in. I wonder how much Microsoft even bothers to optimize for the different exstension such as SSE and 3DNow, I imagine they don't do much at all.
Just further proof that when Microsoft sat down to write .NET they took their JVM (that Sun defeated in the courts) and did some keyword replacements on the source and came up with C#.