No, he hasn't. If you haven't noticed, MICROSOFT doesn't make cheap PCs, Dell and other companies do. Microsoft supplies the SOFTWARE which really makes the cost of your computer go UP. I cannot believe how such a fundamental concept (Microsoft makes software, Dell makes hardware) is so hard to understand. Microsoft has absolutely nothing to do with the low cost of PC hardware.
There's a reason that regular keyboards have so many keys. It's because there are so many symbols you can and may NEED to type. I have to wonder what sort of crazy combinations you'd need to do to type a $ or % or @ or €.
I JUST switched to Dvorak about two weeks ago. I recommend giving it a try. This design looks like BS though. Note the "New Standard Keyboards debuted a patented USB-interface computer keyboard at CES 2005"...this patent-encumbered keyboard won't get that far.
The only attractive here is the fact PS3 will use it instead of embedding something open, like Mosix
I'm not sure if you're praising or knocking Mosix (or more accurately, OpenMosix), but the method by which OpenMosix migrates processes bears very little resemblance to Cell. OpenMosix's redeeming quality is binary compatibility with most, if not all, existing software written for whatever architecture the cluster is running on. Cell resembles MPI more than Mosix, by far, in that software will have to be recompiled to take full advantage of Cell's capabilities. No, the OS will not automagically solve everything.
Eh, this is a troll if you ask me. The NY Times is one of the most honest and trustworthy sources of our time. It's been around since 1851. That's a century and a half. This isn't USA Today or Fox we're talking here.
Dude. You have no clue what this thing will be like. Maybe wait until you see it first? A $499 multimedia machine running Unix and an impressive UI really WOULD be an innovation, I think.
I just remember the product was a flop and the price was around $1000 which was not bad for market conditions
The price was not even as low as $1000. The price was, in fact, quite bad for market conditions.
It would overheat and have weird flakey crashing problems. It had a gforce card or something for video? How would this $500 cube thing differ from that flop
I've never heard of overheating problems with the Cube. There are Cubes expanded/overclocked to around 1.4 GHz from 500 MHz with nary a heat problem. It didn't have a 'card' per se for video, because there was no expansion, which is precisely why it flopped. For the same price as the full-fledged Power Mac, you got something with no expansion. The difference between the Cube and this new product would be 1) the $500 price difference. You see, $500 is $500 less than $1000. 2) This may include some sort of expansion. 3) It isn't a cube; it'll have a sort of mini-tower form factor. Think of a 1U unit on end. Or it could lie flat, under a monitor ("pizza box"). This really is a great design, since it could even allow for a PCI slot or two (just look at the XServe), and since it can sit under the monitor, it would take up even less desk space than the Cube ever did.
I agree that Sony Trinitrons are fucking amazing. My first experience with them was with old Apple monitors in the late 80s (they were Trinitrons)...they were the CRTs you could buy in those days that were the closest to the 'flat screen CRTs' you can get now, instead of the shitty bulbous TVs that companies like Sylvania and Apex (and even RCA) try to sell you. Sharp TVs and Hitachi monitors come close to Trinitrons these days.
LCDs are nice, but they still just have a damned long way to go. The ones that are on par with CRTs are just insanely expensive. I'll probably buy one more CRT before I go with an LCD...
I can confirm that they don't have an official zero-dead-pixel policy, but there is definitely an unofficial one. Personally, I've never seen an LCD in an Apple product with a dead pixel. This includes my current Powerbook, my father's last two Powerbooks, my friend's iMac, my other friend's iMac, another friend's iBook, and every single Powerbook, iBook, Cinema and Studio Display I've seen in any Apple Store. However, I've read a few stories about dead pixels on various mac forums and, apparently, they'll accept any returns within the warranty period, if you do it right. For example, if you call their support line and say you have a dead pixel, I'm within the warranty period, can I have a box, they'll send you a box overnight. Once they send you a box, you're home free. But if you just walk into an Apple Store and say, let me have a new Mac/display because I have a dead pixel, then it might get a bit tricky, because they might refuse at any time, plus they can see for themselves. Generally, though, I'd like to think that Apple gives their customers the benefit of the doubt almost all the time.
Eh, I say mod parent down. First of all, a lot more Japanese know a bit of English than Americans know any Japanese. Second, if you were being a karma whore here by trying to be funny and informative at the same time, it didn't work, because the text is too obnoxious to really read. Ultimately you just wasted a lot of space.
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Exactly what basis is there for this dumb jab?
No, he hasn't. If you haven't noticed, MICROSOFT doesn't make cheap PCs, Dell and other companies do. Microsoft supplies the SOFTWARE which really makes the cost of your computer go UP. I cannot believe how such a fundamental concept (Microsoft makes software, Dell makes hardware) is so hard to understand. Microsoft has absolutely nothing to do with the low cost of PC hardware.
I think it's mostly for phones.
Apple to rebrand it as "RAM Extreme"
Basically all operating systems nowadays are a b*tch to upgrade period
I've updated my G4 from Mac OS 8.5 to 8.6 to 9.1 to 9.2 to 10.1 to 10.2 to 10.3. No major problems yet.
Some European keyboards are like this. France uses the AZERTY layout.
No; Windows 2000 allows you to change the layout without a system disk. I don't know about 9x though.
Oh, whoops... one of my main computers is a laptop. Unless I'm thinking of carting this thing around, there go those gains again!
I re-arranged my aluminium Powerbook's keys quite easily; I'm sure many other laptop keyboards are similar?
There's a reason that regular keyboards have so many keys. It's because there are so many symbols you can and may NEED to type. I have to wonder what sort of crazy combinations you'd need to do to type a $ or % or @ or €.
THIS is the Dvorak keyboard. And learn to spell.
I JUST switched to Dvorak about two weeks ago. I recommend giving it a try. This design looks like BS though. Note the "New Standard Keyboards debuted a patented USB-interface computer keyboard at CES 2005"...this patent-encumbered keyboard won't get that far.
Dvorak keyboard
The only attractive here is the fact PS3 will use it instead of embedding something open, like Mosix
I'm not sure if you're praising or knocking Mosix (or more accurately, OpenMosix), but the method by which OpenMosix migrates processes bears very little resemblance to Cell. OpenMosix's redeeming quality is binary compatibility with most, if not all, existing software written for whatever architecture the cluster is running on. Cell resembles MPI more than Mosix, by far, in that software will have to be recompiled to take full advantage of Cell's capabilities. No, the OS will not automagically solve everything.
(Yes, I work with an OpenMosix cluster)
Actually, a lot of what killed the dreamcast was that it is trivial to pirate games for it.
What about Canonical, Limited?
Or maybe, denying that there is a problem is a really, bad, idea.
Eh, this is a troll if you ask me. The NY Times is one of the most honest and trustworthy sources of our time. It's been around since 1851. That's a century and a half. This isn't USA Today or Fox we're talking here.
And you know what? They're ordinary, hard-working developers, and they're quite creative. Apple should be hiring them.
And then a bunch of exploits will be discovered in it that will facilitate the installation of even more malware.
Dude. You have no clue what this thing will be like. Maybe wait until you see it first? A $499 multimedia machine running Unix and an impressive UI really WOULD be an innovation, I think.
Didn't apple already do a cheaper headless mac
They have done lots of headless Macs in the past.
The Icube or something like that
You're referring to the Power Mac G4 Cube.
I just remember the product was a flop and the price was around $1000 which was not bad for market conditions
The price was not even as low as $1000. The price was, in fact, quite bad for market conditions.
It would overheat and have weird flakey crashing problems. It had a gforce card or something for video? How would this $500 cube thing differ from that flop
I've never heard of overheating problems with the Cube. There are Cubes expanded/overclocked to around 1.4 GHz from 500 MHz with nary a heat problem. It didn't have a 'card' per se for video, because there was no expansion, which is precisely why it flopped. For the same price as the full-fledged Power Mac, you got something with no expansion. The difference between the Cube and this new product would be 1) the $500 price difference. You see, $500 is $500 less than $1000. 2) This may include some sort of expansion. 3) It isn't a cube; it'll have a sort of mini-tower form factor. Think of a 1U unit on end. Or it could lie flat, under a monitor ("pizza box"). This really is a great design, since it could even allow for a PCI slot or two (just look at the XServe), and since it can sit under the monitor, it would take up even less desk space than the Cube ever did.
I agree that Sony Trinitrons are fucking amazing. My first experience with them was with old Apple monitors in the late 80s (they were Trinitrons)...they were the CRTs you could buy in those days that were the closest to the 'flat screen CRTs' you can get now, instead of the shitty bulbous TVs that companies like Sylvania and Apex (and even RCA) try to sell you. Sharp TVs and Hitachi monitors come close to Trinitrons these days.
LCDs are nice, but they still just have a damned long way to go. The ones that are on par with CRTs are just insanely expensive. I'll probably buy one more CRT before I go with an LCD...
I can confirm that they don't have an official zero-dead-pixel policy, but there is definitely an unofficial one. Personally, I've never seen an LCD in an Apple product with a dead pixel. This includes my current Powerbook, my father's last two Powerbooks, my friend's iMac, my other friend's iMac, another friend's iBook, and every single Powerbook, iBook, Cinema and Studio Display I've seen in any Apple Store. However, I've read a few stories about dead pixels on various mac forums and, apparently, they'll accept any returns within the warranty period, if you do it right. For example, if you call their support line and say you have a dead pixel, I'm within the warranty period, can I have a box, they'll send you a box overnight. Once they send you a box, you're home free. But if you just walk into an Apple Store and say, let me have a new Mac/display because I have a dead pixel, then it might get a bit tricky, because they might refuse at any time, plus they can see for themselves. Generally, though, I'd like to think that Apple gives their customers the benefit of the doubt almost all the time.
Eh, I say mod parent down. First of all, a lot more Japanese know a bit of English than Americans know any Japanese. Second, if you were being a karma whore here by trying to be funny and informative at the same time, it didn't work, because the text is too obnoxious to really read. Ultimately you just wasted a lot of space.