Posts by retiarius

sparing a full-quotation-reply-to-self, the easiest way for apple to satisfy all the constraints for: - apple video download store - ipod-as-video display/storage unit + remote_control - digital feed to (hd)tv is...

the apple brand has given us high quality digital audio via the ipod. as for video, the ipod photo dock with S-video out has been a non-starter for those 2-8 megapixel digital photos everyone owns. for apple to debut MTV-like...

for those who want specificity on apple/intel transition dates, see first paragraph of: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html also, the terms of the apple/ibm "custom sales agreement" (i.e....

factoids in determining mootness: - apple and microsoft cross-license each others patents. this can be verified by calling apple investor relations, who will recite material from previous 10Q and 10K reports. - u.s. is a...

from a marketing perspective, it might make more sense to turn it on for x86-only, both to make ye olde powerpc look bad, and to make up for inferior vector processing on intel. are most embarrassingly parallel ops in apple apps...

Quote: Originally posted by frawgz No. It has a Pentium 4 inside it, therefore it's not a PowerPC product. It's also a development machine, not a consumer product. granted, but if that's the physical form it takes, current g5...

isn't the first "powerpc product" really the $999 3.6gHz mactel transition kit? in the keynote, jobs infers that the development hardware is just a board that fits inside the g5 chassis, using existing power and peripherals. ...

much better now.

when the metricom ricochet network was in fuller bloom, a similar capability was offered by the ricoh rdc-i700 camera with wireless modem. it was meant to be a boon for press photographers on the go: <a...

thanx to the ghost of nikola tesla, gigawire should offer power transmission over the luminiferous 802.11b aether, as well.