Posts by Gary54

is not about promoting a thriving developer community. It's about channeling more profits into Apple's own coffers.

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnny Mozzarella it took a decade to get 20,000 apps on apple.com/downloads. The Mac app store will probably hit the 20,000 mark in less than a year. That's progress! If my grandmother can figure out...

Quote: Originally Posted by Onhka It is obvious that you don't think at all. IMO. "Sometimes I sets and I thinks. Sometimes I jus' sets! A computer is just a thing to play games on after all .. right?

I think that like many of the dev's have expressed it will have the effect of *dumbing down* the overall software pool with all the limitations and restrictions of what they will permit and won't. Nothing which requires an admin password...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Have you ever used a shotgun? You still have to point it at your target, hence aiming. The difference is you don’t have to be as exacting as with other firearms. Many small pellets ... with the...

that if they announced XServe would not be available past Dec 31, it would be gone from the Apple Store by 6pm Pacific time on January 3. Unless of course someone is waffling about it. Or being lazy. Who buys orphaned hardware unless...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jensonb Evidently you havent used Final Cut Express recently. It's massively deprecated. If memory serves the stable build is something like two and a half years old. At this stage, it's so outdated it...

Quote: Originally Posted by jamsk So we can expect to see Final Cut Prosumer in the next release? Final Cut Express was the pro-sumer line. Why do they need another?

needs to be more multi-processor capable/aware. What the hell good is a 12 core computer when your own top of the line video editing software doesn't make use of it?

The XServe is still listed for sale on the Apple Store. Together with the same banner about being discontinued Dec 31, 2010 I still think that decision was short sighted. True they might sell one XServe for every _______ thousand...