No, since the MBU of microsoft makes such a ridiculous amount of money, they'll probably make MORE money if apple sells more OS X machines than they do Windows machines.
So does this mean that apple can rewrite vecLib to take advantage of future vector processors? With a fast enough interconnect (PCIe?) this would be a viable replacement for altivec.
First of all, that's not confusing at all. Second of all, any "average joe" user who can read can probably figure out how to do that, given the vast amount of support available online.
Third, how on earth can you have been programming for 20 years and not understand that? Do you program in VB or something?
I have also tested both, and one advantage of win2k rc1 (NT5) over mandrake is the fact that on my fairly new system, win2k had no problem with any of my hardware (scanner, cdrw, usb zip, etc..) where mandrake choked. I would still use mandrake to telnet into my school (they use some flavor of UNIX) if it would correctly format my 22GB harddrive. Admittedly, some of this might be correctable, but I couldn't figure out or find out any way to fix my problems wiht linux. Win2k, on the other hand was a breeze to install, and it has only been down when I physically moved my computer to my dorm room.
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No, since the MBU of microsoft makes such a ridiculous amount of money, they'll probably make MORE money if apple sells more OS X machines than they do Windows machines.
So does this mean that apple can rewrite vecLib to take advantage of future vector processors? With a fast enough interconnect (PCIe?) this would be a viable replacement for altivec.
parent is modded INSIGHTFUL??? I think it was supposed to be a joke....
First of all, that's not confusing at all.
Second of all, any "average joe" user who can read can probably figure out how to do that, given the vast amount of support available online.
Third, how on earth can you have been programming for 20 years and not understand that? Do you program in VB or something?
slashdot poster wonders how article is "news for nerds", film at 11!
Seriously, is it necessary to ask this question on EVERY SINGLE article?
Are you serious?
It's virgin in that it's LIFELESS. Why should it remain that way?
The ecological problems on earth are the REASON humanity should colonize, not a reason they shouldn't.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Progress is caused by problems.
Yours is a neo-luddism.
is a Virtual Kick in the Nuts!!
What about 6009 ?
"My life is a joke that no one gets."
I have also tested both, and one advantage of win2k rc1 (NT5) over mandrake is the fact that on my fairly new system, win2k had no problem with any of my hardware (scanner, cdrw, usb zip, etc..) where mandrake choked. I would still use mandrake to telnet into my school (they use some flavor of UNIX) if it would correctly format my 22GB harddrive. Admittedly, some of this might be correctable, but I couldn't figure out or find out any way to fix my problems wiht linux. Win2k, on the other hand was a breeze to install, and it has only been down when I physically moved my computer to my dorm room.