Lets compare USB2 speed to Firewire 400 speed? Forget the 800 one...
We won't need professional lab testing. Find a drive with both ports (usb2 and fw400), copy a big file via Finder or Windows Explorer and watch progress bar.
If you do this test, it will cost to you since you will find yourself wondering where that 480mbit speed is. Also check kernel_task process while file is being moved;)
I think people who are already confused since Firewire has 2 more names at least (i-link, ieee1394) will even get more confused...
Firewire is very well, alive, 1600 and 3200 (REAL) mbit versions are on the way and it is available on Macbook "Pro" and any "Pro" or Desktop stuff Apple produces.
It just doesn't exist on Macbook (amateur?). USB2 didn't get a magical programming genius touch to replace firewire, it still uses CPU and 480mbit claimed speed is a plain lie which I wonder why nobody sued Intel and friends. 4.8 GB promised in USB3 will even use more CPU and it is still raw 4800 which I won't be surprised if it produces lower speeds than FW3200 in real life.
Perhaps it was part of deal which Apple finally admits Intel can't really produce GPU? Remove Intel GPU junk which even effects your sales but also remove the firewire which shows their USB2 as a joke.
Steve Jobs and Apple engineers should go to some music studios, movie studios and see why those people demand 12" or 13" laptops.
Let me give a clue to "cheap bastard buy a macbook pro 15" zealots and apologisers. The sound system they plug to firewire port of G4 is way more higher priced than your "pro" laptop.
They actually use the portable at work, to produce something, not to show off at local cafe and the one thing you can't find in studios is SPACE. They are the first ones to move to LCD (sound guys) even while technology and refresh rates were awful.
Firewire is also a must for lower speed laptops because it doesn't use CPU (almost) and transfer rate is always the same.
I am telling this as a Mini G4 1.42 user. External firewire saved machines life. I took my time to test USB2 external drive, it choked up the system so bad.
My brother couldn't use Time Machine on his G4 laptop and when he bought a Lacie external firewire drive, machine does backups 2x or even 3x (initial) faster without CPU issues.
Did you notice Apple's mysterious firewire "hate" started right after dealing with Intel? The reason professionals and their vendors laugh to USB2 was the availability of firewire, a way better standard which is way more vendor neutral than MS/Intel USB. What is exactly written in that Intel deal?
They should sit with HP, Dell and even Apple (bootcamp) and say to them "Guys you are really sinking the ship. If Windows dies, you die too. Don't install that freaking startup program chaos to my OS"
Do you remember XP came with empty desktop by default? That was the idea. They couldn't keep their promise and now promising again on Windows 7. It won't work unless they make some radical decisions.
Even Apple installs that junk like code (Realtek HD Audio Mixer) to their Macbook bootcamp. They should tell Realtek "Our userbase doesn't really need your fake 3d control panel. Remove that from driver or we switch to another provider"
They choose to spy user more (possibly asking for money later) instead of fixing their OS.
Even Apple with dedicated and trusting userbase can't dare to offer such thing. Apple has almost hidden from user "Send system information to Apple" in "System Profiler" (in Utilities). What it does is produce a XML file, bzip2 it and send that plain compressed file to Apple without and cryptic stuff. A complete opt-in thing promises nothing! That is the way to go. You can't promise user to "enhance".
I have seen 20% CPU using WHQL certified network drivers, programs certified by MS developed by people who doesn't really know how MS Installer arch works etc.
While spending my time writing this, MS already knows a lot about the users computer. They just make it official now. Also they have stolen concept of http://www.pcpitstop.com/ (lame looking but clean). PC Pitstop _does_ suggest really meaningful things in return.
I think it is worse. Apple started to trust those lifeless AC idiots defending them blindly.
They should not whine when Windows Mobile/Symbian/Android keeps having 90% market while iPhone is ages ahead of them. Actual Apple users, especially ones lived in 80s know why MS has that gigantic market share and enterprise business. Apple acted same way in 80s on computers. Computer time battery chip dead? Go to authorised service center while IBM documented it step by step to user.
MS conspiracy? The real conspiracy is that idiot overpaid suit having genius idea of non replaceable battery, no java, no multi tasking, no flash and the idiots supporting them.
AC swearing to registered slashdot user getting +2 insightful can only happen on Apple stories.
No worries. That is the Apple fanatic community for you. As they never had to wait on a phone for a major business deal or got in trouble because they couldn't answer their phone, some idiot probably a slashdot newbie confused slashdot with Digg Apple section and wanted to 'digg me down'.
If he had a clue about the configuration I used to type that machine and the price I paid to Apple? Wouldn't change. We are bitching about lifeless idiots show off device. Must be censored.
Actual smart phone usage is way more than music listening or even movie watching. Especially on business case, all numbers Sony, Nokia, Apple gives are wrong. The battery life they give is like the car companies usual 80km/h 5th gear windows closed gallon numbers.
If your iPod battery dies you just lose access to your music. If a smart phone battery dies you may even lose your access to everything regarding communication and that battery may cost $million deal or your job sometimes.
Some Airliners also want smart phones to have battery removed during flight. Some smart phones have tendency to be turned on very easily that is why. Happened to me with Nokia 9300.
I saw a clever Nokia salesman used the iPhone battery being non replaceable by user easily as first reason and showed Nokia batteries stacked behind him. I am sure he is thankful to whoever idiot suit came up with the idea as the customer bought N95. Every single cell phone/smart phone/laptop user has a bad story about battery and it generally happens when you are at a foreign country:)
On OS X system has a very good clue what means dragging a.app file (or document or printer or even text) to Dock (and Dock knows too) because everything is a object. Issue starts from there.
Auto Hide ON. It is 4th Item from Top on Apple menu Try reading PC Switcher 101 from Apple.
Dock is always visible because the OS X desktop in default is laid out and configured for the first time Mac or even Computer user. Apple doesn't want him or her stare at a empty screen.
Mac newbies and switchers doesn't know but OS X Dock is way more than a quick lauchbar. It is part of object oriented desktop experience. A very essential part if you ask me. The real "Dock" still lives in WindowMaker. OS X dock has been a bit dumbed down but not that dumb.
When did you last see that IE icon having a progress bar and its right click menu transforms based on the context/whatever it does? When did you keep eye on whatever quicktime plays via its "icon" on Dock?
MS couldn't steal it because Windows is not a truly object oriented OS.
And what happens if Apple doesn't patent? Windows 95.
As Apple doesn't say slightest word to WindowMaker and AfterStep, they must be defending their dock against MS. You know what? I am paying for OS X and Apple hardware too and the inventions done with MY MONEY are being stolen by MS and their idiotic users think they are their inventions.
Apple should patent whatever they invented and whatever can be stolen by MS.
Well the real myth was how 'huge' Java is. On Virtual PC 7 running XP _and_ several low end laptops I managed, installing.NET and updates is taking more than a hour but the "bulky' "huge" Java installs in 2-4 minutes.
Several end user software also jumped to.NET 3 almost immediately.
MS will make sure.NET is masked as multiplatform thanks to Icaza but will never allow full.NET experience on anything else than Windows. It doesn't need to be creator of Gnome to figure it out.
It is same scheme for Windows Media on OS X. You can view almost everything using MS globally licensed flip4mac qt components but when it is time to watch a pay movie or use anything involving DRM, you better boot to Windows.
If I was the MPAA (the 6 companies) I would globally license the product and offer it free on www site so people won't have plain mpeg2 or transcoded mpeg4 on their HD sitting there for p2p upload.
No sarcasm here. Real networks product was the only truly consumer personal use producing software out there. The open source and other ones can be used in good or bad ways but the real offered the personal option only.
They must be counting on the Real Networks image too. You know, even if they open whole players source except their codecs, basically offer mp3 patent to Linux for free, keep Linux/OS X/Windows versions in sync... Some karma whore idiot will popup here and say 'spyware' and get insightful rating.
What Real offered was "ripping for purely personal viewing'', e.g. not for Pirate Bay upload since DVD was double encrypted. As there is DeCSS, Real's own working encryption was the truly working one too. MPAA idiots sued them for it.
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Lets compare USB2 speed to Firewire 400 speed? Forget the 800 one...
We won't need professional lab testing. Find a drive with both ports (usb2 and fw400), copy a big file via Finder or Windows Explorer and watch progress bar.
If you do this test, it will cost to you since you will find yourself wondering where that 480mbit speed is. Also check kernel_task process while file is being moved ;)
I think people who are already confused since Firewire has 2 more names at least (i-link, ieee1394) will even get more confused...
Firewire is very well, alive, 1600 and 3200 (REAL) mbit versions are on the way and it is available on Macbook "Pro" and any "Pro" or Desktop stuff Apple produces.
It just doesn't exist on Macbook (amateur?). USB2 didn't get a magical programming genius touch to replace firewire, it still uses CPU and 480mbit claimed speed is a plain lie which I wonder why nobody sued Intel and friends. 4.8 GB promised in USB3 will even use more CPU and it is still raw 4800 which I won't be surprised if it produces lower speeds than FW3200 in real life.
Perhaps it was part of deal which Apple finally admits Intel can't really produce GPU? Remove Intel GPU junk which even effects your sales but also remove the firewire which shows their USB2 as a joke.
Steve Jobs and Apple engineers should go to some music studios, movie studios and see why those people demand 12" or 13" laptops.
Let me give a clue to "cheap bastard buy a macbook pro 15" zealots and apologisers. The sound system they plug to firewire port of G4 is way more higher priced than your "pro" laptop.
They actually use the portable at work, to produce something, not to show off at local cafe and the one thing you can't find in studios is SPACE. They are the first ones to move to LCD (sound guys) even while technology and refresh rates were awful.
Firewire is also a must for lower speed laptops because it doesn't use CPU (almost) and transfer rate is always the same.
I am telling this as a Mini G4 1.42 user. External firewire saved machines life. I took my time to test USB2 external drive, it choked up the system so bad.
My brother couldn't use Time Machine on his G4 laptop and when he bought a Lacie external firewire drive, machine does backups 2x or even 3x (initial) faster without CPU issues.
Did you notice Apple's mysterious firewire "hate" started right after dealing with Intel? The reason professionals and their vendors laugh to USB2 was the availability of firewire, a way better standard which is way more vendor neutral than MS/Intel USB. What is exactly written in that Intel deal?
They should sit with HP, Dell and even Apple (bootcamp) and say to them "Guys you are really sinking the ship. If Windows dies, you die too. Don't install that freaking startup program chaos to my OS"
Do you remember XP came with empty desktop by default? That was the idea. They couldn't keep their promise and now promising again on Windows 7. It won't work unless they make some radical decisions.
Even Apple installs that junk like code (Realtek HD Audio Mixer) to their Macbook bootcamp. They should tell Realtek "Our userbase doesn't really need your fake 3d control panel. Remove that from driver or we switch to another provider"
They choose to spy user more (possibly asking for money later) instead of fixing their OS.
Even Apple with dedicated and trusting userbase can't dare to offer such thing. Apple has almost hidden from user "Send system information to Apple" in "System Profiler" (in Utilities). What it does is produce a XML file, bzip2 it and send that plain compressed file to Apple without and cryptic stuff. A complete opt-in thing promises nothing! That is the way to go. You can't promise user to "enhance".
If MS suspects third party stuff (devices) for Vista problems, they should travel to the building providing these:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/default.mspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHQL_Testing
I have seen 20% CPU using WHQL certified network drivers, programs certified by MS developed by people who doesn't really know how MS Installer arch works etc.
While spending my time writing this, MS already knows a lot about the users computer. They just make it official now. Also they have stolen concept of http://www.pcpitstop.com/ (lame looking but clean). PC Pitstop _does_ suggest really meaningful things in return.
I think it is worse. Apple started to trust those lifeless AC idiots defending them blindly.
They should not whine when Windows Mobile/Symbian/Android keeps having 90% market while iPhone is ages ahead of them. Actual Apple users, especially ones lived in 80s know why MS has that gigantic market share and enterprise business. Apple acted same way in 80s on computers. Computer time battery chip dead? Go to authorised service center while IBM documented it step by step to user.
MS conspiracy? The real conspiracy is that idiot overpaid suit having genius idea of non replaceable battery, no java, no multi tasking, no flash and the idiots supporting them.
AC swearing to registered slashdot user getting +2 insightful can only happen on Apple stories.
No worries. That is the Apple fanatic community for you. As they never had to wait on a phone for a major business deal or got in trouble because they couldn't answer their phone, some idiot probably a slashdot newbie confused slashdot with Digg Apple section and wanted to 'digg me down'.
If he had a clue about the configuration I used to type that machine and the price I paid to Apple? Wouldn't change. We are bitching about lifeless idiots show off device. Must be censored.
Actual smart phone usage is way more than music listening or even movie watching. Especially on business case, all numbers Sony, Nokia, Apple gives are wrong. The battery life they give is like the car companies usual 80km/h 5th gear windows closed gallon numbers.
I haven't seen one watch without removable/changeable battery. Do they really exist?
If your iPod battery dies you just lose access to your music. If a smart phone battery dies you may even lose your access to everything regarding communication and that battery may cost $million deal or your job sometimes.
Some Airliners also want smart phones to have battery removed during flight. Some smart phones have tendency to be turned on very easily that is why. Happened to me with Nokia 9300.
Also Apple themselves suggest laptop battery used to half and removed if it won't be used for a long time
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
I saw a clever Nokia salesman used the iPhone battery being non replaceable by user easily as first reason and showed Nokia batteries stacked behind him. I am sure he is thankful to whoever idiot suit came up with the idea as the customer bought N95. Every single cell phone/smart phone/laptop user has a bad story about battery and it generally happens when you are at a foreign country :)
On OS X system has a very good clue what means dragging a .app file (or document or printer or even text) to Dock (and Dock knows too) because everything is a object. Issue starts from there.
Auto Hide ON. It is 4th Item from Top on Apple menu Try reading PC Switcher 101 from Apple.
Dock is always visible because the OS X desktop in default is laid out and configured for the first time Mac or even Computer user. Apple doesn't want him or her stare at a empty screen.
Mac newbies and switchers doesn't know but OS X Dock is way more than a quick lauchbar. It is part of object oriented desktop experience. A very essential part if you ask me. The real "Dock" still lives in WindowMaker. OS X dock has been a bit dumbed down but not that dumb.
When did you last see that IE icon having a progress bar and its right click menu transforms based on the context/whatever it does? When did you keep eye on whatever quicktime plays via its "icon" on Dock?
MS couldn't steal it because Windows is not a truly object oriented OS.
And what happens if Apple doesn't patent? Windows 95.
As Apple doesn't say slightest word to WindowMaker and AfterStep, they must be defending their dock against MS. You know what? I am paying for OS X and Apple hardware too and the inventions done with MY MONEY are being stolen by MS and their idiotic users think they are their inventions.
Apple should patent whatever they invented and whatever can be stolen by MS.
Enough already.
Perhaps they got a feeling or tip that MS will copy it in Windows 7 or later?
Apple must be real sick of getting their inventions show up on Windows as new things.
They are also working on Gorilla.NET compatibility enhancements and sarcasm detector for Icaza fans. ;)
Well the real myth was how 'huge' Java is. On Virtual PC 7 running XP _and_ several low end laptops I managed, installing .NET and updates is taking more than a hour but the "bulky' "huge" Java installs in 2-4 minutes.
Several end user software also jumped to .NET 3 almost immediately.
MS will make sure .NET is masked as multiplatform thanks to Icaza but will never allow full .NET experience on anything else than Windows. It doesn't need to be creator of Gnome to figure it out.
It is same scheme for Windows Media on OS X. You can view almost everything using MS globally licensed flip4mac qt components but when it is time to watch a pay movie or use anything involving DRM, you better boot to Windows.
The same idiots who sued the only actual secure personal ripping software will send a DMCA notice to Slashdot for this. Please offtopic -1 it.
If your card/computer can do 24 bit/96khz use it too. You will have a huge space for applying noise filters, not like 8 track was a HD format.
If I was the MPAA (the 6 companies) I would globally license the product and offer it free on www site so people won't have plain mpeg2 or transcoded mpeg4 on their HD sitting there for p2p upload.
No sarcasm here. Real networks product was the only truly consumer personal use producing software out there. The open source and other ones can be used in good or bad ways but the real offered the personal option only.
Idiots stabbed themselves as usual.
They must be counting on the Real Networks image too. You know, even if they open whole players source except their codecs, basically offer mp3 patent to Linux for free, keep Linux/OS X/Windows versions in sync... Some karma whore idiot will popup here and say 'spyware' and get insightful rating.
What Real offered was "ripping for purely personal viewing'', e.g. not for Pirate Bay upload since DVD was double encrypted. As there is DeCSS, Real's own working encryption was the truly working one too. MPAA idiots sued them for it.
It is like joke.