foidulus
Oct 4, 09:44 PM
64 bit iPhoto and iWeb are pretty much a sure thing but wouldn't count on a 64 bit iMovie just yet. Apple still hasn't truly potted QuickTime to 64 bit. The 64 bit API that they have is pretty weak and even then most of the real work happens on a separate 32 bit thread. I would be shocked if we saw 64 bit video editing apps from apple before 10.7
Yaboze
May 5, 02:38 PM
I'm still noticing laggy animations, especially when launching apps sometimes or sliding to unlock, when the screen animates into place. It stutters sometimes.
It's just not as smooth as it used to be. I tried restarting, closing apps, etc. :(
It's just not as smooth as it used to be. I tried restarting, closing apps, etc. :(
Mal
Jan 3, 10:40 PM
what up 8 bit
I like. Umm, hate to be the one to do this, but link?
jW
I like. Umm, hate to be the one to do this, but link?
jW
kiljoy616
Apr 28, 09:26 AM
shouldn't have done that!
Right then why are you here?
Get off and you will not need to worry about it.
Sorry to hear they got cought but way to many for this kind of crime. :(
Got to be more subtle about things like this mostly with Apple the do go ballistics on this stuff.
Right then why are you here?
Get off and you will not need to worry about it.
Sorry to hear they got cought but way to many for this kind of crime. :(
Got to be more subtle about things like this mostly with Apple the do go ballistics on this stuff.
WaRrK
Nov 3, 02:44 AM
The Apple iPhone - From the team that brought you Duke Nukem Forever!! :rolleyes:
nanofrog
May 6, 01:42 PM
Cost Breakdown
1) Premium you pay for OS X operating system
2) Premium you pay for Apple Styling
3) Premium you pay for Apple Brand
Otherwise it's just a box, with high quality components just the same as any other high quality desktop box.
I own a new Mac Pro because I'm willing to pay those premiums.
Can it be justified as that much better than any other premium box? No.
If you're only looking at it from a hardware perspective, there's validity to this statement on the SP versions of the MP (i.e solely used to run Windows or Linux).
But once DP models or the necessity of OS X applications are added to the mix, this may not hold true (definitely doesn't with the necessity to run OS X based applications, as a Hackintosh isn't a good idea for a professional environment; home/enthusiast users are another story, as they presumably have the time to track down solutions and fix issues themselves).
1) Premium you pay for OS X operating system
2) Premium you pay for Apple Styling
3) Premium you pay for Apple Brand
Otherwise it's just a box, with high quality components just the same as any other high quality desktop box.
I own a new Mac Pro because I'm willing to pay those premiums.
Can it be justified as that much better than any other premium box? No.
If you're only looking at it from a hardware perspective, there's validity to this statement on the SP versions of the MP (i.e solely used to run Windows or Linux).
But once DP models or the necessity of OS X applications are added to the mix, this may not hold true (definitely doesn't with the necessity to run OS X based applications, as a Hackintosh isn't a good idea for a professional environment; home/enthusiast users are another story, as they presumably have the time to track down solutions and fix issues themselves).
inkswamp
Oct 17, 02:37 AM
My one and only hope for 10.7 is that Apple FINALLY brings OS X up to par with Windows when it comes to connecting--and staying connected--to network shares.
I've said this so many times but it has yet to materialize: OS X needs something more robust, similar to Window's drive mappings. I know we all love to look down our noses at how Windows still uses that anachronistic drive mapping system but here's the deal--it STILL blows OS X's approach out of the water.
Typical OS X user experience is this: I mount a network share. I work through the day but if there's any significant network connectivity issue, my mount point goes away and OS X alerts me that the network share is no longer available and I have to reconnect. IOW, OS X suddenly turns helpless on me and my mounted share just disappears because it's too dumb to know what else to do.
On Windows, you create static mount points (those drive mappings) that persist even when the connection is lost. If you have lost the connection and you (or a program) tries to access that mapped share, the OS automatically reconnects--completely transparently--and carries on as if nothing happened. Ironically, this is more Mac-like than the Mac.
Anyone who has gone through the experience of automating tasks on OS X, assuming the presence of a persistent connection to a given share, knows what kind of torment this can be. And it's really such a basic thing. Stay connected, and if you lose the connection, try to reconnect if a program or person tries to access it. Why can't we have that? It works great on Windows.
Fortunately, I've discovered how to make automounts on OS X which persist somewhat in the way I've described above but that functionality is buried down deep in the Unix internals of OS X and requires some serious geek cred to get working. Apple has yet to put a decent user interface on it.
I hope that arrives in 10.7. That's all I ask for. The rest will be icing on the cake.
I've said this so many times but it has yet to materialize: OS X needs something more robust, similar to Window's drive mappings. I know we all love to look down our noses at how Windows still uses that anachronistic drive mapping system but here's the deal--it STILL blows OS X's approach out of the water.
Typical OS X user experience is this: I mount a network share. I work through the day but if there's any significant network connectivity issue, my mount point goes away and OS X alerts me that the network share is no longer available and I have to reconnect. IOW, OS X suddenly turns helpless on me and my mounted share just disappears because it's too dumb to know what else to do.
On Windows, you create static mount points (those drive mappings) that persist even when the connection is lost. If you have lost the connection and you (or a program) tries to access that mapped share, the OS automatically reconnects--completely transparently--and carries on as if nothing happened. Ironically, this is more Mac-like than the Mac.
Anyone who has gone through the experience of automating tasks on OS X, assuming the presence of a persistent connection to a given share, knows what kind of torment this can be. And it's really such a basic thing. Stay connected, and if you lose the connection, try to reconnect if a program or person tries to access it. Why can't we have that? It works great on Windows.
Fortunately, I've discovered how to make automounts on OS X which persist somewhat in the way I've described above but that functionality is buried down deep in the Unix internals of OS X and requires some serious geek cred to get working. Apple has yet to put a decent user interface on it.
I hope that arrives in 10.7. That's all I ask for. The rest will be icing on the cake.
jeff1977
Apr 10, 09:23 PM
Nah.
$29.99! :)
$39.99 on smartcover.
$29.99! :)
$39.99 on smartcover.
wordmunger
Nov 13, 01:10 PM
Just one word, Justin:
PARAGRAPHS!
PARAGRAPHS!
jeffy.dee-lux
Dec 3, 03:30 PM
Despite "high hopes" for going green, the current reality of this is that about 45% of a U.S. Volt owners will be using a coal-powered car.
I don't think anybody here is arguing in support of Coal-fired power plants. We're just saying that this is another issue that needs to be addressed, but it would be foolish to wait for 100% renewable electricity before we start electrifying our fleet. A typical car spends 10-20 years on the road before it's retired. Even if every new car sold from today onwards were electric, it would take 20 years before we have a 100% electric fleet. Currently, expectations run from maybe 3-10% of the market (as in new car purchases) being electric (or at least plug-in) by 2020, depending on who you ask. Fleet electrification will be a very long process, and this can happen parallel with renewable electricity development.
Now, besides this argument, just looking at the current situation and ignoring future potential for improvements, you'll find that even a 100% coal-powered car is more efficient than an equivalent, efficient ICE car (not by a lot, but still better).
Cleanliness is another story, that depends on how you define it. CO2 goes hand in hand with efficiency, as its a direct product of fossil fuel combustion, so again, a 100% coal-powered plug in car is slightly better in this regard. The numbers I've run have shown that NOx and SO2 emissions actually go up with a 100% coal-powered plug in car vs a modern ICE. Those emissions have been drastically reduced in cars over the past 20 years to the point that they're actually quite clean. One thing to consider though is that in this case, these emissions cause local-scale problems, so displacing those emissions away from dense populations actually does help, at least in terms of urban air quality. SO2 can cause acid rain though, and that is maybe somewhere between a local, city-scale problem and a global problem. That said, I don't see why cleaning up coal power plants should be any less aggressive than cleaning up vehicle emissions has been in recent years.
Also, keep in mind that it's very difficult for the power supply from power plants to ramp up and down to meet demand, and as such, a lot of energy has to be burned off and wasted at night when demand is low. That's why some places charge a lot less for electricity at night. If most people use their car to get to work and simply charge up for 8 hours while they sleep, the overall emissions per kWh are reduced, and the numbers swing more in the favour of plug-in vehicles.
I don't think anybody here is arguing in support of Coal-fired power plants. We're just saying that this is another issue that needs to be addressed, but it would be foolish to wait for 100% renewable electricity before we start electrifying our fleet. A typical car spends 10-20 years on the road before it's retired. Even if every new car sold from today onwards were electric, it would take 20 years before we have a 100% electric fleet. Currently, expectations run from maybe 3-10% of the market (as in new car purchases) being electric (or at least plug-in) by 2020, depending on who you ask. Fleet electrification will be a very long process, and this can happen parallel with renewable electricity development.
Now, besides this argument, just looking at the current situation and ignoring future potential for improvements, you'll find that even a 100% coal-powered car is more efficient than an equivalent, efficient ICE car (not by a lot, but still better).
Cleanliness is another story, that depends on how you define it. CO2 goes hand in hand with efficiency, as its a direct product of fossil fuel combustion, so again, a 100% coal-powered plug in car is slightly better in this regard. The numbers I've run have shown that NOx and SO2 emissions actually go up with a 100% coal-powered plug in car vs a modern ICE. Those emissions have been drastically reduced in cars over the past 20 years to the point that they're actually quite clean. One thing to consider though is that in this case, these emissions cause local-scale problems, so displacing those emissions away from dense populations actually does help, at least in terms of urban air quality. SO2 can cause acid rain though, and that is maybe somewhere between a local, city-scale problem and a global problem. That said, I don't see why cleaning up coal power plants should be any less aggressive than cleaning up vehicle emissions has been in recent years.
Also, keep in mind that it's very difficult for the power supply from power plants to ramp up and down to meet demand, and as such, a lot of energy has to be burned off and wasted at night when demand is low. That's why some places charge a lot less for electricity at night. If most people use their car to get to work and simply charge up for 8 hours while they sleep, the overall emissions per kWh are reduced, and the numbers swing more in the favour of plug-in vehicles.
Kristine
Mar 11, 11:52 PM
click 4 big
http://www.abload.de/img/bildschirmfoto2011-03-z7fo.png (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=desktopmarch11l7ou.png)
Can you post original please?
http://www.abload.de/img/bildschirmfoto2011-03-z7fo.png (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=desktopmarch11l7ou.png)
Can you post original please?
sreedy
Sep 12, 11:09 AM
Surely there's some way we can still blow it? ;) :p
Not a chance....... this isn't some overpaid bunch of prima-donna footy players.......
Not a chance....... this isn't some overpaid bunch of prima-donna footy players.......
Yebubbleman
May 4, 07:58 PM
On the MacBook Pros the graphics connection was downgraded from PCIe x16 to PCIe x8 to get PCIe lanes for the TBolt controller.
Wait, seriously?! Not that I'm doubting your credibility ('cause I'm not), but mind linking me to your source on that?
Wait, seriously?! Not that I'm doubting your credibility ('cause I'm not), but mind linking me to your source on that?
KamaloPSU
Oct 25, 09:33 PM
As of right now, you cannot buy one for $159 each. Read the page: it says "currently unavailable."
I read the page smart@$$ and then ordered two. At that price they sold out. Clearly NOT one of the ones with half an ounce of common sense and CLEARLY one of the ignorant ones with a superiority complex. This is why us switchers don't like "Apple' people like you. :rolleyes:
I read the page smart@$$ and then ordered two. At that price they sold out. Clearly NOT one of the ones with half an ounce of common sense and CLEARLY one of the ignorant ones with a superiority complex. This is why us switchers don't like "Apple' people like you. :rolleyes:
Thomas2006
Oct 22, 11:37 AM
What has me curious is why the area where the calendar names appear is blurred. Seeing the "flippy triangle" makes me think that iCal will support calendar groups. Some uses for groups that I can see are:
1 - Eliminate clutter by only showing the calendars in that group when it is selected.
2 - they can be used as a source of calendars. For instance, you might create a group called "Work" with the source being an exchange server so anyone's calendar that you have rights to see will appear under the group.
3 - Improve backups, syncing, or sharing.
1 - Eliminate clutter by only showing the calendars in that group when it is selected.
2 - they can be used as a source of calendars. For instance, you might create a group called "Work" with the source being an exchange server so anyone's calendar that you have rights to see will appear under the group.
3 - Improve backups, syncing, or sharing.
wonderspark
Apr 29, 06:31 PM
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/ci.Motorola_DEVOUR_US-EN.alt
^^^ This thing looks sexy. I wonder what will be available by the time my iPhone dies!
^^^ This thing looks sexy. I wonder what will be available by the time my iPhone dies!
SevenInchScrew
Jul 20, 11:55 AM
There was already a very slim chance that I would buy Kinect anyway, but now at $150 it is a definite pass for me. I have practically zero interest in motion controls for my gaming needs, and when it costs that much, it gets even worse.
Shasterball
May 4, 09:18 AM
No i7 testing yet?
MattSepeta
Apr 12, 01:35 PM
I like the part of the law that gives fines, and I think jail time to anyone forcing a woman to wear one, but if someone actually wants to wear a veil they should be allowed to do it.
"She wants wearing it, right? RIGHT?!?!"
"She wants wearing it, right? RIGHT?!?!"
vendettabass
Aug 9, 02:37 AM
guys! just checking, when is the paris gig? I'm after a mac mini for university and I'm praying the mini's get updated!
Thanks!
Gareth
Thanks!
Gareth
mikes70mustang
Apr 5, 11:46 PM
The blender is more useful than the iPad anyway.
miniConvert
Dec 2, 05:24 AM
I agree with the report in that some cryptographic techniques should have been used to negate the possibility of this. It may be short range and 'almost' useless, but having a live RFID tag in one's shoe that'll respond to just anyone is a bit of a blunder. I think RFID is a great technology, it just needs to be used carefully.
As for the mobile phone arguments - yes a network can triangulate the approximate location of one of its subscribers, but any old Tom, Dick or Harry doesn't have access to this information!
As for the mobile phone arguments - yes a network can triangulate the approximate location of one of its subscribers, but any old Tom, Dick or Harry doesn't have access to this information!
iMacZealot
Jul 11, 10:15 PM
Who gives a damn if Magnesium burns? Some prestigeous car cockpits are made of brushed magnesium and they look gorgeous. Pretty much everything burns when powedered. And pure metals are very unelikely to be used, alloys are much better suited for any metal cases as they are even more durable. And if your current iPod did not yet spontaniously catch fire, an iPod in a magnesium case would not have either. Do you really hold your iPod over a bunsen burner on a regular basis? I would understand if they planned to make them out of Sodium. :D
I can't wait for Apple to replace the crappy plastic case by metal ones. Portable devices such as mp3-players, laptops, phones etc. should not be made of cheap scratchy plastic in my opinion. It's frustrating how my shuffle scratched within a few days of usage. But it's actually cool the shuffle has no display, I can trow it around without fearing to break anything.
If not metal, make the iPods like the black Macbooks. I torture mine and don't have a single scratch. Actually, there was one at the bottom once but I can't find it anymore. It's cursed I think...
I agree. I recently went to Asia for two weeks and I took my mini over my video, not just because the mini came with a charger, but it's better made. My video iPod scratched the first day I had it!
I can't wait for Apple to replace the crappy plastic case by metal ones. Portable devices such as mp3-players, laptops, phones etc. should not be made of cheap scratchy plastic in my opinion. It's frustrating how my shuffle scratched within a few days of usage. But it's actually cool the shuffle has no display, I can trow it around without fearing to break anything.
If not metal, make the iPods like the black Macbooks. I torture mine and don't have a single scratch. Actually, there was one at the bottom once but I can't find it anymore. It's cursed I think...
I agree. I recently went to Asia for two weeks and I took my mini over my video, not just because the mini came with a charger, but it's better made. My video iPod scratched the first day I had it!
Willis
Oct 14, 11:26 PM
Lincoln College... Its a Dell Superstore.... And guess what the only computers you can buy are from there... you guessed it...
Not an Apple in sight.
Not an Apple in sight.