This will increase performance. If you look at the specs, this is on 4 platters compared to the 3 platters of the 500GB 7200.9. That means a 12.5% increase in areal density, which should give a corresponding increase in transfer rate. It won't change your life, but that's a sizeable increase for the release of a single product.
But the real reason to get excited about it is that this drive is just the first desktop drive to take advantage of perpendicular recording. I doubt that it's anywhere near its theoretical limits in this incarnation.
Not that I'd be upset if transfer rates suddenly went up 20x, but then I'd probably have to listen to you complain about how your life is miserable because your CPU won't keep up with the data you're reading from disk, and won't somebody just come out with a 256-core chip already, SHEESH.:)
One more note: please, it's 2006. Can we let go of BSOD jokes yet? I've seen maybe 10 BSODs in the last five years with W2K and XP systems. Any time I see a BSOD reference I think "here's a guy stuck in 1998 who thinks Linux will rule the desktop because it's more stable." I know that a) he wasn't joking and b) he seems to like MS, but it's time to find a new representation of all things wrong with Windows.
Well, the last BSOD I saw was at the Visual Studio 2005 launch in Chicago, filling several huge projection screens. If Microsoft can't do a few hours of presentations without one of those things coming up, it's still something of an albatross for Windows. A rapidly disappearing albatross, to be sure, but still an albatross.
I would be very happy to know nothing about this issue, but I managed to run into the problem without even inserting a Windows XP CD. I repartitioned the drive with Boot Camp, then, when asked if I wanted to install XP now or later, said, "Later." Result: kernel panic, and a partition that I was never able to boot from again.
I was eventually able to get the disk to mount while booting off an external drive, (NOT easy) and recover my files. I had to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X, though. Not, overall, a very fun experience. And don't even get me started on those Genius Bar guys--virtually everthing I was told about this problem was wildly inaccurate at best. (example: It is impossible to boot from an external USB drive, because USB would be too slow, so Apple won't support it)
It's mildly offensive to claim that anybody affected by this problem is an idiot, when some of us are experienced techies and spent the better part of the weekend worrying about this. I'm glad you didn't have any problems, but that doesn't mean you know anything about corrupt swapfiles, kernel panics, etc. The only user error here is the assumption that "Beta" implies "Won't screw up your system." The only thing that would make this kind of problem reasonable is if Boot Camp was only available in a sealed metal box with a biohazard symbol and the words "MAKE BACKUPS BEFORE YOU USE THIS" written 500 times all over it.
Look, while the full substance of everything you are referring to is true, and I agree with all of the implications of both the article and your summary, web pages with that light-blue sky/fluffy clouds background simply cannot have any scientific integrity and that's that.
Between 1995 and 2001, I took almost all of my math courses at home on the computer through EPGY at Stanford. It's good to see that they're still trying keep ahead of the times, although I wish that more places of learning would pick up on the idea.
The difference is actually a lot closer when you factor in little things like the iSight, or the screen brightness. (supposedly improved yet again) As stated in another post, Apple's profit margin is high, but probably no higher than 10% or so.
It was definitely a debate whether or not the G4 laptops were a good value for the money, but the MacBook Pro is competitively priced if you're looking to do more than just crunch numbers. It's the accessories where they get ya, (three HUNDRED dollars for a 1 GB SODIMM?!?!) but those can be purchased elsewhere pretty easily.
I didn't realize Office 12 was coming out for OS X. Good on Microsoft for keeping consistent with Apple's brushed-metal/aqua UI.;)
Yeah, no kidding. I think that MS is taking a cue from Apple that people like pretty interfaces. I don't think that this is a bad thing at all, as this philosophy seems to extend to making the whole experience more pleasant. I've been writing software for a week now on the new Visual Studio 2005 and I actually feel good using it... this is quite a contrast with the continuous anxiety attack called VS 2003.
A dual-core CPU provides twice as many computations per second while using less than twice the power. It follows that for running multiple applications, or single applications optimized for multiple cores, a dual-core processor is a better choice for preservation of battery life, especially if it supports a power-saving mode in which one or both cores are underclocked. In the emerging multi-core age, performance-per-watt is going to be the name of the game. Soon all performance-intensive software will be optimized for multiple cores.
After some research I must ashamedly admit that it is actually impossible for a set to contain itself. This is actually an axiom of set theory, which explains why I couldn't prove it from the ones I knew...
I'll stop now.
Those are sonot sets. ("...there is no set of all sets...")
The reason you can't just define collections to be sets all willy-nilly is that if you could, you could define the set of all sets that don't contain themselves--does it contain itself?
It is true that there are sets that contain themselves. It is true that they have to be infinite.
...would be a device that tested whether you were over the limit but didn't affect the operation of your car.
Think about it: how many adults are going to pay $600 for something that restricts the use of their car, good idea or not? But I'd personally pay that much for something that TELLS ME if I'm about to break the law.
Such a device would be a powerful educational tool for people--they'd actually learn what.08 means in terms of their subjective experience! A lot of people have several drinks and think "oh, I feel good to drive," but if they had an easy way to check this against "reality" (their BAC) they might develop a much healthier attitude about it.
Trying to restrict the use of somebody's car is kind of a silly idea for a lot of reasons (say they're waiting for their friend to pick them up and want to use the heater while they listen to music, for example) but I feel like increased awareness and some kind of concrete reality-check couldn't hurt and would probably save lives.
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This will increase performance. If you look at the specs, this is on 4 platters compared to the 3 platters of the 500GB 7200.9. That means a 12.5% increase in areal density, which should give a corresponding increase in transfer rate. It won't change your life, but that's a sizeable increase for the release of a single product.
:)
But the real reason to get excited about it is that this drive is just the first desktop drive to take advantage of perpendicular recording. I doubt that it's anywhere near its theoretical limits in this incarnation.
Not that I'd be upset if transfer rates suddenly went up 20x, but then I'd probably have to listen to you complain about how your life is miserable because your CPU won't keep up with the data you're reading from disk, and won't somebody just come out with a 256-core chip already, SHEESH.
One more note: please, it's 2006. Can we let go of BSOD jokes yet? I've seen maybe 10 BSODs in the last five years with W2K and XP systems. Any time I see a BSOD reference I think "here's a guy stuck in 1998 who thinks Linux will rule the desktop because it's more stable." I know that a) he wasn't joking and b) he seems to like MS, but it's time to find a new representation of all things wrong with Windows.
Well, the last BSOD I saw was at the Visual Studio 2005 launch in Chicago, filling several huge projection screens. If Microsoft can't do a few hours of presentations without one of those things coming up, it's still something of an albatross for Windows. A rapidly disappearing albatross, to be sure, but still an albatross.
I'll take that "be[t]".
I would be very happy to know nothing about this issue, but I managed to run into the problem without even inserting a Windows XP CD. I repartitioned the drive with Boot Camp, then, when asked if I wanted to install XP now or later, said, "Later." Result: kernel panic, and a partition that I was never able to boot from again.
I was eventually able to get the disk to mount while booting off an external drive, (NOT easy) and recover my files. I had to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X, though. Not, overall, a very fun experience. And don't even get me started on those Genius Bar guys--virtually everthing I was told about this problem was wildly inaccurate at best. (example: It is impossible to boot from an external USB drive, because USB would be too slow, so Apple won't support it)
It's mildly offensive to claim that anybody affected by this problem is an idiot, when some of us are experienced techies and spent the better part of the weekend worrying about this. I'm glad you didn't have any problems, but that doesn't mean you know anything about corrupt swapfiles, kernel panics, etc. The only user error here is the assumption that "Beta" implies "Won't screw up your system." The only thing that would make this kind of problem reasonable is if Boot Camp was only available in a sealed metal box with a biohazard symbol and the words "MAKE BACKUPS BEFORE YOU USE THIS" written 500 times all over it.
Of course, why do people think l33t sp33k was invented in the first place? The failing public school system?
You don't need to pick them up--they fly, geez.
Look, while the full substance of everything you are referring to is true, and I agree with all of the implications of both the article and your summary, web pages with that light-blue sky/fluffy clouds background simply cannot have any scientific integrity and that's that.
Between 1995 and 2001, I took almost all of my math courses at home on the computer through EPGY at Stanford. It's good to see that they're still trying keep ahead of the times, although I wish that more places of learning would pick up on the idea.
I'm glad that somebody remembers how to kill Zeromus these days...
The difference is actually a lot closer when you factor in little things like the iSight, or the screen brightness. (supposedly improved yet again) As stated in another post, Apple's profit margin is high, but probably no higher than 10% or so. It was definitely a debate whether or not the G4 laptops were a good value for the money, but the MacBook Pro is competitively priced if you're looking to do more than just crunch numbers. It's the accessories where they get ya, (three HUNDRED dollars for a 1 GB SODIMM?!?!) but those can be purchased elsewhere pretty easily.
Yeah, no kidding. I think that MS is taking a cue from Apple that people like pretty interfaces. I don't think that this is a bad thing at all, as this philosophy seems to extend to making the whole experience more pleasant. I've been writing software for a week now on the new Visual Studio 2005 and I actually feel good using it... this is quite a contrast with the continuous anxiety attack called VS 2003.
A dual-core CPU provides twice as many computations per second while using less than twice the power. It follows that for running multiple applications, or single applications optimized for multiple cores, a dual-core processor is a better choice for preservation of battery life, especially if it supports a power-saving mode in which one or both cores are underclocked. In the emerging multi-core age, performance-per-watt is going to be the name of the game. Soon all performance-intensive software will be optimized for multiple cores.
After some research I must ashamedly admit that it is actually impossible for a set to contain itself. This is actually an axiom of set theory, which explains why I couldn't prove it from the ones I knew... I'll stop now.
Yikes! No, that last sentence was supposed to be "It is not true that they have to be infinite." A set can contain itself and nothing else, natch.
Those are so not sets. ("...there is no set of all sets...") The reason you can't just define collections to be sets all willy-nilly is that if you could, you could define the set of all sets that don't contain themselves--does it contain itself? It is true that there are sets that contain themselves. It is true that they have to be infinite.
I, for one, welcome our copy-protected unattended-macroing orcish overlords.
I wonder if this would help advance any photon-based quantum computer implementations. Any thoughts ?
Here's one: stop hotboxing your spaceship.
Think about it: how many adults are going to pay $600 for something that restricts the use of their car, good idea or not? But I'd personally pay that much for something that TELLS ME if I'm about to break the law.
Such a device would be a powerful educational tool for people--they'd actually learn what .08 means in terms of their subjective experience! A lot of people have several drinks and think "oh, I feel good to drive," but if they had an easy way to check this against "reality" (their BAC) they might develop a much healthier attitude about it.
Trying to restrict the use of somebody's car is kind of a silly idea for a lot of reasons (say they're waiting for their friend to pick them up and want to use the heater while they listen to music, for example) but I feel like increased awareness and some kind of concrete reality-check couldn't hurt and would probably save lives.