Really? Where'd you heard that? Maybe I should be paying more attention to the unofficial forums...
If it's true, this is great news! I'd be so happy even if Jack only posted one or two new 'shows' a week; anything is better then nothing, and it'd be totally understandable with 'the intern' and all.
I've been feasting on Random Episodes for weeks now to help with the withdrawal symptoms, and honestly the quality of the stuff that Jack has put out daily for so long is amazing. Most people couldn't write three long pieces like that each day and still be funny, informative, and entertaining.
Kudos to Jack, and I can't wait for the big return from hiatus.
I have ranted very briefly on the speed of Jaguar on my iBook here.
Anyway, on my late 2001 iBook 600 (with 640MB RAM), the WWDC Jaguar Dev Seed is a little quicker, but it's not by leaps and bounds. This is no 10.0 to 10.1 style boost, at least not at the moment.
It's better, but it don't expect too much. The new Finder is much faster though...
Now for the random screenshots...
Startup Disk. The only place where the OS is refered to as "10.2", thus feeding the "10.5" rumours.
Lots of new Jaguar Stuff. New System Preferences, About This Mac, iChat, Terminal, About QuickTime...
You forgot "to its fullest extent." Read the Quartz Extreme specs again, and pay special attention to the word 'recommended.' Look it up if you need to.
If you're implying Quartz Extreme will work, but perform poorly, on non-Radeon/GeForce>2 hardware you are incorrect. Older cards just use plain 'old' Quartz. It's the video RAM that the recommendation speaks of, suggesting 32MB. I know for a fact that Quartz Extreme doesn't work on lesser cards; I'm using Jaguar on my late 2001 iBook right now.
If you're not implying that, sorry, please disregard this post.:)
I'm going to cop a karma hit for saying this, but this is the one thought that truely sticks out in my mind when I look at Rhythm Box. It is a direct rip-off of iTunes, and they don't even try to hide it. "Takes its inspiration from Apple's iTunes"? More like "steals all of it's ideas completely from Apple's iTunes". This is about as 'innovative' as Microsoft. This is open source innovation?
Honestly, how can someone look at Rhythm Box and then say with a straight face that the open source community has/does not steal ideas from closed companies?
I've spoken about Rhythm Box on IRC many times before expressing these feelings. I'm not some troll, look over what I've posted in the past. This has just been the first time I've seen RB mentioned on Slashdot somewhere, so I thought I'd rant. But honestly, Rhythm Box is the biggest copy job I've seen for quite some time.
You then have to pay for a remote control to use the Xbox to play DVDs, because Microsoft crippled the hardware not to play DVDs unless you own the remote.
Used it to avoid DVD licensing costs, because a company like them couldn't afford to pay it. How quaint.
Oh, there is no doubt Nintendo have something planned, which would go far beyond a contingency plan should they decide to push into the online console arena.
The odd thing is that everyone believes that Nintendo are the furthest behind in the online console race. This is rubbish. The NES was online in Japan. The SNES was online in Japan. The N64 (via the 64DD) was online in Japan. The GameBoy was/is online in Japan (via a mobile phone adaptor). Every console Nintendo have released has seen networking in some form. Nintendo have more real, first-hand experience with networking consoles then either Sony or Microsoft could ever dream of.
Many people believe Nintendo only released the 64DD to 'beta test' online services on a small scale; you had to order the 64DD from Nintendo, and you had to subscribe to get one. Making the GameCube do the same won't exactly be a bold new world for them.
The GameCube has both a 56k modem and broadband adaptors in the pipeline. Just because Nintendo haven't been loud with vapour doesn't mean nothing is coming. They're just being typical Nintendo - quiet.
"...AOTC. Though I still think that's gotta be the lamest name it could have. "The Clone War" would have been much better"
At the very end of the movie, Yoda says "Begun this Clone War has".
The title 'The Clone War' would be have been more fitting for Episode 3 then 2, however it obviously will not be the title now due to itbeing too damn similar to 'Attack of the Clones'.
Lucas has said that Episode 3 is going to be dark, so I'm guessing the name will be more like 'The Fall of the Jedi' or something. The simple fact of the matter is that Lucus uses pretty simple Episode names.
"I'm not sure you could plop a windows user down infront of a Mac and have them be able to to figure their way around so well."
So, you started a word processor, and told someone to use it? That's hardly having to "figure their way around".
I put my 13 year old sister in front of my iBook booted into OS X, with nothing running. Within 3 minutes she had connected to the Airport Base Station, opened OmniWeb, and was feeding her addiction at NeoPets. I have no doubt in the world she'd have found AppleWorks had she wanted to word process. I thought it was impressive for a total newbie to the Macintosh.
That is using a computer. Sitting down in front of a word processor that had already started is not proof of easiness.
I highly doubt she'd have got as far had I booted up Mandrake and dumped her at a default KDE or GNOME setup. Look, Linux is a good OS, but it's got a long way to go before it becomes an easy desktop OS.
Yay, AbiWord has finally gone final. It's come a long way since I last played with it 2 years ago. However, that doesn't mean you have to karma whore with the borderline off-topic, guaranteed upvote gaining, "Lunix is easier the da MAC!!1" comments.
I streamed the Mac World Tokyo 2002 keynote via a 56k dialup connection without any problems. Sure, the window was little bigger then a postage stamp, however the audio was perfectly understandable.
It's not a perfect solution, but if you've got no other way to watch, you've got nothing to lose in giving it a try. You may be somewhat surprised at how decent it is...
I've been planning on buying a GameCube for quite a while now, infact I pre-ordered (May 17th launch in Australia, I don't want one enough to spend $AU1000 importing, blah blah etc) several months ago.
As far as I recall, the launch price for the GameCube in Australia is going to be $399. Whenever I've told people that price, then compared to the $799 Xbox, people would be shocked. Then they'd realise they could get a GameCube and a couple of games for the same price as a gameless Xbox. I know first-hand of a couple of people that have held back and waited for a GameCube because of this.
All well, there'll be two interesting things to observe from this: Nintendo's reaction, and early Xbox adopters' reactions.
I wonder if Nintendo will drop their GCN launch price now? To be honest, I don't think they have much of a choice if they want to remain competitive. As for the Xbox owners: They get what they deserve! Err, seriously though, I bought a Nintendo 64 on March 7th 1997 (a week after the launch in Australia) for $399. 3 months later, the price dropped to $299. Nintendo had a very quiet promotion of "free game for early adopters". It's where my copy of Mario Kart 64 is from.
You can't download IE for OS X at Apple's website, however you can use the application Pacifist. It can open an extract files from.pgk's.
It's documents explain how to extract single files from the OS X CD. Just grab IE, put it into/Applications, and then run Software Update to get the update.
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Really? Where'd you heard that? Maybe I should be paying more attention to the unofficial forums...
If it's true, this is great news! I'd be so happy even if Jack only posted one or two new 'shows' a week; anything is better then nothing, and it'd be totally understandable with 'the intern' and all.
I've been feasting on Random Episodes for weeks now to help with the withdrawal symptoms, and honestly the quality of the stuff that Jack has put out daily for so long is amazing. Most people couldn't write three long pieces like that each day and still be funny, informative, and entertaining.
Kudos to Jack, and I can't wait for the big return from hiatus.
Besides, wasn't the "i" mean to stand for "Internet" back in the day. InternetPod? InternetTunes? InternetPhoto? They're not really fitting...
Anyway, I personally prefer the name 'FireWire' over 'iLink'. I just find it amusing that the non-Apple name is the one using the i[Noun] rule.
I find it amusingly ironic that Apple, the makers of the iMac, iBook, iPod, and many iApps call the technology "FireWire", yet Sony call it "iLink".
Err, XP does support FireWire right now.
Now for the random screenshots...
Startup Disk. The only place where the OS is refered to as "10.2", thus feeding the "10.5" rumours.
Lots of new Jaguar Stuff. New System Preferences, About This Mac, iChat, Terminal, About QuickTime...
Aqua Blue Beachball. The new spinning cursor.
Anyway, if you want to know anything specifically, post here...
If you're implying Quartz Extreme will work, but perform poorly, on non-Radeon/GeForce>2 hardware you are incorrect. Older cards just use plain 'old' Quartz. It's the video RAM that the recommendation speaks of, suggesting 32MB. I know for a fact that Quartz Extreme doesn't work on lesser cards; I'm using Jaguar on my late 2001 iBook right now.
If you're not implying that, sorry, please disregard this post.
I'm going to cop a karma hit for saying this, but this is the one thought that truely sticks out in my mind when I look at Rhythm Box. It is a direct rip-off of iTunes, and they don't even try to hide it. "Takes its inspiration from Apple's iTunes"? More like "steals all of it's ideas completely from Apple's iTunes". This is about as 'innovative' as Microsoft. This is open source innovation?
Honestly, how can someone look at Rhythm Box and then say with a straight face that the open source community has/does not steal ideas from closed companies?
I've spoken about Rhythm Box on IRC many times before expressing these feelings. I'm not some troll, look over what I've posted in the past. This has just been the first time I've seen RB mentioned on Slashdot somewhere, so I thought I'd rant. But honestly, Rhythm Box is the biggest copy job I've seen for quite some time.
You then have to pay for a remote control to use the Xbox to play DVDs, because Microsoft crippled the hardware not to play DVDs unless you own the remote.
Used it to avoid DVD licensing costs, because a company like them couldn't afford to pay it. How quaint.
Err, the Virtual Boy doesn't really count. I think Nintendo pretends it doesn't exist nowdays.
Perhaps I should have said every successful Nintendo console...
As I've ranted elsewhere, Nintendo have more experence with making consoles network and play with each other then either Microsoft or Sony.
Nintendo have had online gaming since the NES days.
Oh, there is no doubt Nintendo have something planned, which would go far beyond a contingency plan should they decide to push into the online console arena.
The odd thing is that everyone believes that Nintendo are the furthest behind in the online console race. This is rubbish. The NES was online in Japan. The SNES was online in Japan. The N64 (via the 64DD) was online in Japan. The GameBoy was/is online in Japan (via a mobile phone adaptor). Every console Nintendo have released has seen networking in some form. Nintendo have more real, first-hand experience with networking consoles then either Sony or Microsoft could ever dream of.
Many people believe Nintendo only released the 64DD to 'beta test' online services on a small scale; you had to order the 64DD from Nintendo, and you had to subscribe to get one. Making the GameCube do the same won't exactly be a bold new world for them.
The GameCube has both a 56k modem and broadband adaptors in the pipeline. Just because Nintendo haven't been loud with vapour doesn't mean nothing is coming. They're just being typical Nintendo - quiet.
"...AOTC. Though I still think that's gotta be the lamest name it could have. "The Clone War" would have been much better"
At the very end of the movie, Yoda says "Begun this Clone War has".
The title 'The Clone War' would be have been more fitting for Episode 3 then 2, however it obviously will not be the title now due to itbeing too damn similar to 'Attack of the Clones'.
Lucas has said that Episode 3 is going to be dark, so I'm guessing the name will be more like 'The Fall of the Jedi' or something. The simple fact of the matter is that Lucus uses pretty simple Episode names.
This is totally offtopic, but I've tried e-mail with no reply, so:
What is up with Artificial Cheese?
No updates since last year, and of right now I can't even access it.
Some people did find the site interesting. If you've killed it off, at least a little note on the front page saying as much would be nice...
"I'm not sure you could plop a windows user down infront of a Mac and have them be able to to figure their way around so well."
So, you started a word processor, and told someone to use it? That's hardly having to "figure their way around".
I put my 13 year old sister in front of my iBook booted into OS X, with nothing running. Within 3 minutes she had connected to the Airport Base Station, opened OmniWeb, and was feeding her addiction at NeoPets. I have no doubt in the world she'd have found AppleWorks had she wanted to word process. I thought it was impressive for a total newbie to the Macintosh.
That is using a computer. Sitting down in front of a word processor that had already started is not proof of easiness.
I highly doubt she'd have got as far had I booted up Mandrake and dumped her at a default KDE or GNOME setup. Look, Linux is a good OS, but it's got a long way to go before it becomes an easy desktop OS.
Yay, AbiWord has finally gone final. It's come a long way since I last played with it 2 years ago. However, that doesn't mean you have to karma whore with the borderline off-topic, guaranteed upvote gaining, "Lunix is easier the da MAC!!1" comments.
/me slaps himself
Sorry, I meant MWSF. The iMacG4 introduction.
I streamed the Mac World Tokyo 2002 keynote via a 56k dialup connection without any problems. Sure, the window was little bigger then a postage stamp, however the audio was perfectly understandable.
It's not a perfect solution, but if you've got no other way to watch, you've got nothing to lose in giving it a try. You may be somewhat surprised at how decent it is...
I saw 'GIS' and thought "Hurrah! New Geeks in Space! Woo!".
Then read the whole thing.
*sigh*
Err..
Windows Media Audio
and
Windows Media Video.
Nintendo responded by dropping the GameCube's launch price to $AU329.
Hurrah, etc.
And As the Apple Turns will be covering it tonight.
Anyone with a Mac and a sense of humour should be reading AtAT daily.
Microsoft are going to give $250 of Xbox "products" as a "gift" to early adopters. How nice of them.
I wonder if "products" are going to be full games/controls/accessories...
Err, I have no idea why I typed $799. The Xbox is $649 in Australia.
Excuse my error.
I've been planning on buying a GameCube for quite a while now, infact I pre-ordered (May 17th launch in Australia, I don't want one enough to spend $AU1000 importing, blah blah etc) several months ago.
As far as I recall, the launch price for the GameCube in Australia is going to be $399. Whenever I've told people that price, then compared to the $799 Xbox, people would be shocked. Then they'd realise they could get a GameCube and a couple of games for the same price as a gameless Xbox. I know first-hand of a couple of people that have held back and waited for a GameCube because of this.
All well, there'll be two interesting things to observe from this: Nintendo's reaction, and early Xbox adopters' reactions.
I wonder if Nintendo will drop their GCN launch price now? To be honest, I don't think they have much of a choice if they want to remain competitive. As for the Xbox owners: They get what they deserve! Err, seriously though, I bought a Nintendo 64 on March 7th 1997 (a week after the launch in Australia) for $399. 3 months later, the price dropped to $299. Nintendo had a very quiet promotion of "free game for early adopters". It's where my copy of Mario Kart 64 is from.
I wonder if Microsoft will do the same now?
You can't download IE for OS X at Apple's website, however you can use the application Pacifist. It can open an extract files from .pgk's.
/Applications, and then run Software Update to get the update.
It's documents explain how to extract single files from the OS X CD. Just grab IE, put it into
%systemroot%\system32\winmine.exe
Paste that into run (in Windows, obviously).
I see no reason why an exploit couldn't do that.