The 'Save RAM and shutdown' feature of the iBook (and new iMac? Someone confirm please) is incredibly useful. It means (according to how much RAM you, and how many apps you got open) you can boot in a few seconds, and you're presented with exactly the same screen as you had when you shutdown (eg the documents you were working, the browser you had open are just there).
It will become even more useful when (if rumors prove true) Apple integrates this RAM-saving feature into its multi-user system. Each user could have their own RAM file, so they could 'instantly' carry-on where they left off. No more quitting applications and restarting them after logging on/off, you just go back to where you were.
The new iMac is pretty good, but the OS 9 demo was interesting as well. If you plug in a USB/Firewire device that your computer doesn't have drivers for, it automatically downloads the correct driver. Cool! It's a shame Linux seems to be almost deliberately obtuse when you need to add new hardware. I think I'll get a tangerine DV iMac.
I can't wait for the ability to plug-and-play RAM, and extra processors, while the computer's still on...
REALbasic is far better than VB in every respect (better interface, more robust, object oriented). Its certainly not designed by a focus group, but by one person. And version 2, out soon, will compile for Window, Mac and even Palm Pilot!. (no, you don't have to buy three versions) And its easy to extend the language. And it can import VB projects. Incidently, the option to have REALbasic compile for Linux has been hotly debated on the User Group mailing list....
Its one or two dollars now, but whats to stop them upping the cost in the future? I think Apple should have the cost tied to inflation (or something silmilar) to stop them charging 5, 10 or 50 dollars in the future. As for it being just greedy capitalism, well thats just rubbish. Nobody here would be arguing if Apple didn't spend 7 years of R&D to produce FireWire. Obviously, everyone should vote Communist, but it doesn't mean a developer shouldn't reap some rewards. If they didn't, what would be the incentive? And how could the costs of development be returned? Some people on here are being a little naive.
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The OS X Server version is already running - http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Workbench/2000-0
The 'Save RAM and shutdown' feature of the iBook (and new iMac? Someone confirm please) is incredibly useful. It means (according to how much RAM you, and how many apps you got open) you can boot in a few seconds, and you're presented with exactly the same screen as you had when you shutdown (eg the documents you were working, the browser you had open are just there).
It will become even more useful when (if rumors prove true) Apple integrates this RAM-saving feature into its multi-user system. Each user could have their own RAM file, so they could 'instantly' carry-on where they left off. No more quitting applications and restarting them after logging on/off, you just go back to where you were.
The new iMac is pretty good, but the OS 9 demo was interesting as well. If you plug in a USB/Firewire device that your computer doesn't have drivers for, it automatically downloads the correct driver. Cool! It's a shame Linux seems to be almost deliberately obtuse when you need to add new hardware. I think I'll get a tangerine DV iMac.
I can't wait for the ability to plug-and-play RAM, and extra processors, while the computer's still on...
They provides ample evidence that voting Communist is the only way to a sane society
If apple don't follow Compaqs lead NOW they'll be left behind
REALbasic is far better than VB in every respect (better interface, more robust, object oriented). Its certainly not designed by a focus group, but by one person. And version 2, out soon, will compile for Window, Mac and even Palm Pilot!. (no, you don't have to buy three versions) And its easy to extend the language. And it can import VB projects. Incidently, the option to have REALbasic compile for Linux has been hotly debated on the User Group mailing list ....
Its one or two dollars now, but whats to stop them upping the cost in the future? I think Apple should have the cost tied to inflation (or something silmilar) to stop them charging 5, 10 or 50 dollars in the future.
As for it being just greedy capitalism, well thats just rubbish. Nobody here would be arguing if Apple didn't spend 7 years of R&D to produce FireWire. Obviously, everyone should vote Communist, but it doesn't mean a developer shouldn't reap some rewards. If they didn't, what would be the incentive? And how could the costs of development be returned? Some people on here are being a little naive.
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I'm sure there is somewhere else where you can discuss your disturbing problems
Wilbur and Orville.
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