"He did say that the low end would be making the switch first..."
This may have become a commonly held belief due to the last 6 months of rumour-mongering (and it may quite possibly happen), but no-one at Apple has ever said it would be the case.
Steve Jobs never said that. All that was 1) Intel-based products will be on the market by WWDC 2006, and 2) the migration will be completed by the end of 2007.
"Twelve years ago, I oversaw a PC Magazine feature on Unix on Intel. My team and I reviewed at Unixes from Consensys, Dell, Interactive, SCO, Univel, Sun, and NeXT.
...
Today, most of those companies are dead. Only two of them--Sun and SCO--are still in the Unix business.
"Graduates of Yale University, I apologize if you have endured this type of prologue before, but I want you to do something for me. Please, take a good look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at the classmate on your right. Now, consider this: five years from now, 10 years from now, even 30 years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to be a loser. The person on your right, meanwhile, will also be a loser. And you, in the middle? What can you expect? Loser. Loserhood. Loser Cum Laude.
"In fact, as I look out before me today, I don't see a thousand hopes for a bright tomorrow. I don't see a thousand future leaders in a thousand industries. I see a thousand losers."
There is no mac version. While Phoenix could be made to run on Mac without much trouble, we see no point in competing with Chimera. Chimera is the lightweight, standalone Mozilla browser solution for Mac OS X. We have received requests for a Mac classic version, and are considering the idea.
Not until Firebird 0.6 in May 2003 was the Mac was officially supported. If you're going to 'blame' a project for duplicating effort, don't blame Camino.
Also, an amusing aside: Dave Hyatt started both the Chimera and Phoenix projects. Now he works fulltime at Apple on Safari...
The Mac mini is a great little computer, but many people seem to be confused about upgrades to memory, AirPort, and Bluetooth.
Just in case you missed it from the Mac mini specs page:
Memory, AirPort Extreme and internal Bluetooth upgrades must be performed by an Apple Authorized Service provider; fees may apply.
This means that if you want to upgrade the RAM in a Mac mini and keep your warranty, you'll be paying someone. Same goes for AirPort, Bluetooth, hard disks, optical drives, and anything else you may want to shoehorn into one.
'DIY' is the name Apple has given to parts customers can install themselves. (It used to be 'CIP', or 'Customer Installable Parts', but this has changed). It's Apple's policy that, if you modify any non-DIY component, you have voided your warranty. From that page you've linked to, the manager seemed to have stated Apple's policy on DIY parts. In the case of the Mac mini, it was wrong.
On systems that memory is a DIY part (every other Mac except the mini), it would be correct -- you can install memory yourself, but if you break the computer it's not covered under warranty. This isn't the case with the Mac mini -- the moment you pop the top, you've voided your warranty.
I'm not saying this is a good thing. However this is the truth of the matter, and anyone stating otherwise is wrong.
(And yes, a lot of geeks don't care about warranty, and will install RAM themselves anyway. Good for them!)
* if you choose to upgrade the RAM on your own, you'll pretty much want to drop in 1 GB (+/- $180 at current prices; Apple wants $425) and be done with it. Feed the stock 256MB DIMM to your dog.
And void your warranty; memory is not a customer installable part in the Mac mini.
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Touché.
Google Auctions.
eBay, just like PayPal, are in a position of almost total dominance. Google are one of few companies in a position to compete with them.
If you can't join them, beat them.
This may have become a commonly held belief due to the last 6 months of rumour-mongering (and it may quite possibly happen), but no-one at Apple has ever said it would be the case.
Steve Jobs never said that. All that was 1) Intel-based products will be on the market by WWDC 2006, and 2) the migration will be completed by the end of 2007.
Check the keynote yourself.
It has not expired.
March 18th 2005, or three years from the date of purchase... whichever provides longer coverage.
Desk Accessories, launched with the Mac in 1984.
Here's the 'off of' node.
It's been a long-time goal of mine to be integrated into a kernel.
The article comes up here just fine. Also, another interesting article: Apple: Our biggest competitor is P2P.
Sure they were.
Besides, Apple of today is very much NeXT. Just look who's running it.
Make that three.
NeXT are still in the Unix business.
It's been tried. It failed.
Slashdot thinks the Revolution will be successful! Now it's doomed! Doomed!
Here it is.
I don't think you understand what FUD means.
...when you can rip your own DVDs, get a 512MB Memory Stick, then put the movie (or TV shows...) you want to watch onto it.
I know that's my plan; my import is here 4 months earlier, and ends up costing less than the local price!
Apple filed for a patent covering Spotlight back in January 2000 , which was awarded this year.
Apple didn't copy Longhorn at all.
Camino (then Chimera) was first released in January 2002. Firefox (then Phoenix) was first released in September 2002, and said this about the Mac:Not until Firebird 0.6 in May 2003 was the Mac was officially supported. If you're going to 'blame' a project for duplicating effort, don't blame Camino.
Also, an amusing aside: Dave Hyatt started both the Chimera and Phoenix projects. Now he works fulltime at Apple on Safari...
The joke doesn't get modded funny, but the explanation does!
You're my -v.
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Just in case you missed it from the Mac mini specs page:This means that if you want to upgrade the RAM in a Mac mini and keep your warranty, you'll be paying someone. Same goes for AirPort, Bluetooth, hard disks, optical drives, and anything else you may want to shoehorn into one.
'DIY' is the name Apple has given to parts customers can install themselves. (It used to be 'CIP', or 'Customer Installable Parts', but this has changed). It's Apple's policy that, if you modify any non-DIY component, you have voided your warranty. From that page you've linked to, the manager seemed to have stated Apple's policy on DIY parts. In the case of the Mac mini, it was wrong.
On systems that memory is a DIY part (every other Mac except the mini), it would be correct -- you can install memory yourself, but if you break the computer it's not covered under warranty. This isn't the case with the Mac mini -- the moment you pop the top, you've voided your warranty.
I'm not saying this is a good thing. However this is the truth of the matter, and anyone stating otherwise is wrong.
(And yes, a lot of geeks don't care about warranty, and will install RAM themselves anyway. Good for them!)