Wow I agree with that. I would have killed to have someone with that philosophy be my 3rd grade teacher:).
I just learn in a different way, not the normal one:). Keeps life interesting
I don't have ADHD, but I do have Aspergers Syndrome, which also only recently has been taken more seriously as a mental condition.
It doesn't affect my spelling and grammar but I do find it very very hard to concentrate for long periods of time on some things, simply because there's so many other interesting things to see and think about. My brain is forever going:). Makes it hard to sleep some nights:)
This means a lot of times when I'm doing an instant message my brain is usually on autopilot, I think about what I'm saying but not about how to spell it necessarily:).
Most times I'm pretty good with at leat getting within hailing distance of the English language though.
I've just gotten done having a conversation with a friend of mine who works in middle management position with Apple and he confirmed the rumor for me that they *will* switch to Intel x86, not some Intel made derivitive of the PPC.
He gave as reason's IBM's failure to meet Apple's goals and also Intel's ability to mass produce the chips:).
It's nice to finally have it confirmed:)
I would consider that only viable if Intel has spent about 4-5 years developing that chip, and has somehow managed to do so in complete secrecy.
Those chips take a LONG time to design, and the chances of Intel keeping a design like that secret are about the same as a snowball's in hell.
Intel has more leaks in it than the Titanic did when it was sinking:)
There's no way Intel could push out a PPC-like chip in the year or two timeframe that Apple has designated for the move, even if some inhouse developing has already been done. Rome wasn't built in a day, and building a CPU is about as complicated, if not more.
I for one am very happy to see Apple going x86, be it Intel or preferably AMD. The main code would only require a recompile and then some retooling of the apps.
Even assuming Intel made a PPC chip, the main complaint Apple seems to have with the PPC is that there are *major* heat issues with IBM's processors, and it's looking like there isn't much room to grow for them in the near term if IBM pursues this sort of chip design.
Intel *could* produce the PPC, but I'm not sure how compatible their power management capabilities would be with the architecture, my guess is not very much:).
Also, it seems to me that IBM has kind of given Jobs the backhand by focusing more on console game development. It seems they've put more money into developing the processors for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Revolution than into Apple's own metrics and goals.
While it may be that IBM has more revenue coming in from the game consoles than possibly with Apple, they did have an agreeement and it seems they've broken it. Brilliant as Jobs may be, he is most certainly itching for a bit of revenge.
There is one other thing I believe is motivating this that some have overlooked. As controlling as Jobs has proven himself to be, he has also proven himself to be pragmatic and in the end, he seems to be willing to adapt when absolutely necessary. Above all else, Jobs wants to leave his mark on the world and has done a great deal of work towards putting both himself and his company on the map. If moving to x86 will gain Jobs more market share in some way, I've no doubt he will eventually do it. He wants much much more than the 2 percent of the PC market he currently holds, and if the iPod is any indication, he will find some way of getting it.:)
Interesting times are ahead for sure.
Sorry for the long post, just been thinking on it for a long time since it was announced.
Having worked as a tech for five years and currently being employed by Best Buy, and having seen waay to many jacked up Wintel systems cross my bench, I have come to have more of a love/hate relationship with the USERS themselves of the different OS'es, not necessarily with the OS'es themselves. I find XP to be very stable if you can properly keep it updated and don't do anything to it that totally f***s with the system:).
Mac OS X on the other hand has been nothing but a pure pleasure to work in, mainly because of the attention to detail that they put into the UI and the fact that it more often than not just works without some bizarre tweaking needed.
I also have started to tinker with Linux and am likine that for its stability and software bundle:).
*sits on fence and watches missiles fly overhead from one side to the next while admiring pretty explosions*:)
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Wow I agree with that. I would have killed to have someone with that philosophy be my 3rd grade teacher:). I just learn in a different way, not the normal one :). Keeps life interesting
I don't have ADHD, but I do have Aspergers Syndrome, which also only recently has been taken more seriously as a mental condition. It doesn't affect my spelling and grammar but I do find it very very hard to concentrate for long periods of time on some things, simply because there's so many other interesting things to see and think about. My brain is forever going :). Makes it hard to sleep some nights :)
This means a lot of times when I'm doing an instant message my brain is usually on autopilot, I think about what I'm saying but not about how to spell it necessarily :).
Most times I'm pretty good with at leat getting within hailing distance of the English language though.
I've just gotten done having a conversation with a friend of mine who works in middle management position with Apple and he confirmed the rumor for me that they *will* switch to Intel x86, not some Intel made derivitive of the PPC. He gave as reason's IBM's failure to meet Apple's goals and also Intel's ability to mass produce the chips:). It's nice to finally have it confirmed :)
I would consider that only viable if Intel has spent about 4-5 years developing that chip, and has somehow managed to do so in complete secrecy. Those chips take a LONG time to design, and the chances of Intel keeping a design like that secret are about the same as a snowball's in hell. Intel has more leaks in it than the Titanic did when it was sinking :)
There's no way Intel could push out a PPC-like chip in the year or two timeframe that Apple has designated for the move, even if some inhouse developing has already been done. Rome wasn't built in a day, and building a CPU is about as complicated, if not more. I for one am very happy to see Apple going x86, be it Intel or preferably AMD. The main code would only require a recompile and then some retooling of the apps. Even assuming Intel made a PPC chip, the main complaint Apple seems to have with the PPC is that there are *major* heat issues with IBM's processors, and it's looking like there isn't much room to grow for them in the near term if IBM pursues this sort of chip design. Intel *could* produce the PPC, but I'm not sure how compatible their power management capabilities would be with the architecture, my guess is not very much :).
Also, it seems to me that IBM has kind of given Jobs the backhand by focusing more on console game development. It seems they've put more money into developing the processors for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Revolution than into Apple's own metrics and goals.
While it may be that IBM has more revenue coming in from the game consoles than possibly with Apple, they did have an agreeement and it seems they've broken it. Brilliant as Jobs may be, he is most certainly itching for a bit of revenge.
There is one other thing I believe is motivating this that some have overlooked. As controlling as Jobs has proven himself to be, he has also proven himself to be pragmatic and in the end, he seems to be willing to adapt when absolutely necessary. Above all else, Jobs wants to leave his mark on the world and has done a great deal of work towards putting both himself and his company on the map. If moving to x86 will gain Jobs more market share in some way, I've no doubt he will eventually do it. He wants much much more than the 2 percent of the PC market he currently holds, and if the iPod is any indication, he will find some way of getting it. :)
Interesting times are ahead for sure.
Sorry for the long post, just been thinking on it for a long time since it was announced.
Having worked as a tech for five years and currently being employed by Best Buy, and having seen waay to many jacked up Wintel systems cross my bench, I have come to have more of a love/hate relationship with the USERS themselves of the different OS'es, not necessarily with the OS'es themselves. I find XP to be very stable if you can properly keep it updated and don't do anything to it that totally f***s with the system :).
Mac OS X on the other hand has been nothing but a pure pleasure to work in, mainly because of the attention to detail that they put into the UI and the fact that it more often than not just works without some bizarre tweaking needed.
I also have started to tinker with Linux and am likine that for its stability and software bundle :).
*sits on fence and watches missiles fly overhead from one side to the next while admiring pretty explosions* :)