Okay, Help me out here. Earlier posts stated that the lower end 970's will not be any faster than the current high-end Mac at running 32 bit apps.
(snip)
What I've heard is that the 970s will be almost twice as fast as the G4s (when compared at the same MHz), and that is not because the 970s are 64 bit. It's because of the overall design (FSB, Floating Pt Units, Branch Prediction, Etc., the list goes on) . . . errr, so my sources say, but they're a bunch of blue meanies anyway (ahh, too much yellow submarine I guess)
Despite the great fanfare surrounding the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984, the computer's sales fell far below expectations in its first year. Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple and champion of the Macintosh, had become general manager of the Macintosh group. The board of directors, led by Apple's president John Sculley, blamed Jobs for the Mac's dismal performance.
A highly publicized feud broke out between the two, and on May 31, 1985, Sculley removed Jobs as head of the Macintosh unit. Although Jobs retained the title of chairman of the board, he held little real power. Several months later, Jobs resigned to start a new company, called Next. Ironically, Macintosh sales took off after Aldus introduced PageMaker in the summer of 1985, launching an entire industry of desktop publishers, all of whom relied on Macs to run their software.
On June 1, 1890, some 45,000 census counters set out to count America's sixty million plus population. The census takers took along hole punches and recorded the results of their surveys by punching out designated spots on the card, like a train conductor punching a ticket. Later, those cards were counted by a tabulating machine invented by 29-year-old Herman Hollerith. In a test run, Hollerith's counting machine had proven dramatically faster than other proposed counting methods.
Hollerith founded the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896. Through a series of mergers and reorganizations, the company eventually became IBM.
On June 2, 1993, a district court judge dismissed Apple's suit against Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard for stealing the "look and feel" of its Macintosh interface. Apple had sued the two companies in 1989 for copying its point-and-click interface.
Thank you for pointing that out Leonis At least nobody needs to do the math themselves Starting to move next week so I may not be able to do the contdown then. Hey, maybe you'll even miss me being here counting down
Today it's only three weeks left for Apple to do the finising touches to the preview release of panther. It will probably be the best os that Apple has ever released. At least that is my hope and wish. I hope they don't let us down. Apple is entering the 64 bit era with powerful new computers. Major steps for a small computer company, and I think this will gain a lot of attention from the press and other people. And just imagine the orders coming in from all over the world. This is going to be huge.
Thank you for pointing that out Leonis At least nobody needs to do the math themselves Starting to move next week so I may not be able to do the contdown then. Hey, maybe you'll even miss me being here counting down
Don't know. Have to move my DSL and stuff. That will probably take a while I guess. Maybe a week or so. Have to call my DSL provider soon. Hopefully I will be back online some time before the WWDC.
Don't know. Have to move my DSL and stuff. That will probably take a while I guess. Maybe a week or so. Have to call my DSL provider soon. Hopefully I will be back online some time before the WWDC.
Heh you call yourself a MacFan ... Any self respecting fan would have postponed their move till **AFTER** the countdown was over.
The 'on this day' posts will be missed so hurry back.
so what are we going to see at WWDC??? things are boiling quite nicely at apple these days...
Panther (a given)
the PowerMac line needs an upgrade (likely chance of 970 PM coming at WWDC or right after)
but with price cuts to the PB line and bundle incentives with the iBook it seems we may also get laptop upgrades too (it is the year of the laptop ) so it seems likely we will get updated PB and maybe (much less chance) even updated iBooks
would apple really use WWDC to release all that??
that would seem insane, nice, but insane
WWDC--panther and PM to run panther....oh an one more thing is we will have an apple special event on July 4th weekend (and that is were all laptops are updated--new 15.4 and 12 and 17 PB and "surprise" new iBooks and updated iMacs too---every mac is now above 1 gig and all power line is 970....iMac and iBooks are either G4 or Gobi (if gobi gets altivec)...
it is fun to go insane before a show....when is the next macworld??
On what grounds did the Judge dismiss the Apple case against M$/HP?
You can't copyright an idea...but only it's form. Was it deemed M$ had something that was sufficiently different in look and 'feel'? (Well, guess they did...heh...looked and felt like crap...heh...heh...)
Netro. You just gotta keep the updates coming...can't you log on via a mate's house?
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Originally posted by NShirkey
Okay, Help me out here. Earlier posts stated that the lower end 970's will not be any faster than the current high-end Mac at running 32 bit apps.
(snip)
What I've heard is that the 970s will be almost twice as fast as the G4s (when compared at the same MHz), and that is not because the 970s are 64 bit. It's because of the overall design (FSB, Floating Pt Units, Branch Prediction, Etc., the list goes on) . . . errr, so my sources say, but they're a bunch of blue meanies anyway (ahh, too much yellow submarine I guess)
May 31 1985, Jobs loses job
Despite the great fanfare surrounding the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984, the computer's sales fell far below expectations in its first year. Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple and champion of the Macintosh, had become general manager of the Macintosh group. The board of directors, led by Apple's president John Sculley, blamed Jobs for the Mac's dismal performance.
A highly publicized feud broke out between the two, and on May 31, 1985, Sculley removed Jobs as head of the Macintosh unit. Although Jobs retained the title of chairman of the board, he held little real power. Several months later, Jobs resigned to start a new company, called Next. Ironically, Macintosh sales took off after Aldus introduced PageMaker in the summer of 1985, launching an entire industry of desktop publishers, all of whom relied on Macs to run their software.
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June 1 1890, Counting machines used in census
On June 1, 1890, some 45,000 census counters set out to count America's sixty million plus population. The census takers took along hole punches and recorded the results of their surveys by punching out designated spots on the card, like a train conductor punching a ticket. Later, those cards were counted by a tabulating machine invented by 29-year-old Herman Hollerith. In a test run, Hollerith's counting machine had proven dramatically faster than other proposed counting methods.
Hollerith founded the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896. Through a series of mergers and reorganizations, the company eventually became IBM.
June 2 1993, Apple suit dismissed
On June 2, 1993, a district court judge dismissed Apple's suit against Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard for stealing the "look and feel" of its Macintosh interface. Apple had sued the two companies in 1989 for copying its point-and-click interface.
Originally posted by Leonis
NETRO must be very bored
NETRO, keep it up! I think your WWDC countdown is awesome!
Originally posted by Leonis
NETRO must be very bored
Thank you for pointing that out Leonis
Today it's only three weeks left for Apple to do the finising touches to the preview release of panther. It will probably be the best os that Apple has ever released. At least that is my hope and wish. I hope they don't let us down. Apple is entering the 64 bit era with powerful new computers. Major steps for a small computer company, and I think this will gain a lot of attention from the press and other people. And just imagine the orders coming in from all over the world. This is going to be huge.
Originally posted by NETROMac
Thank you for pointing that out Leonis
Who else will bump this thread?
Originally posted by NETROMac
... Starting to move next week so I may not be able to do the contdown then
Originally posted by gar
Don't know. Have to move my DSL and stuff. That will probably take a while I guess. Maybe a week or so. Have to call my DSL provider soon. Hopefully I will be back online some time before the WWDC.
Originally posted by NETROMac
Don't know. Have to move my DSL and stuff. That will probably take a while I guess. Maybe a week or so. Have to call my DSL provider soon. Hopefully I will be back online some time before the WWDC.
Heh you call yourself a MacFan ... Any self respecting fan would have postponed their move till **AFTER** the countdown was over.
The 'on this day' posts will be missed so hurry back.
Dave
Panther (a given)
the PowerMac line needs an upgrade (likely chance of 970 PM coming at WWDC or right after)
but with price cuts to the PB line and bundle incentives with the iBook it seems we may also get laptop upgrades too (it is the year of the laptop
would apple really use WWDC to release all that??
that would seem insane, nice, but insane
WWDC--panther and PM to run panther....oh an one more thing is we will have an apple special event on July 4th weekend (and that is were all laptops are updated--new 15.4 and 12 and 17 PB and "surprise" new iBooks and updated iMacs too---every mac is now above 1 gig and all power line is 970....iMac and iBooks are either G4 or Gobi (if gobi gets altivec)...
it is fun to go insane before a show....when is the next macworld??
g
Originally posted by thegelding
so what are we going to see at WWDC??? things are boiling quite nicely at apple these days...
there is certainly boiling something at intel on the 23rd of june.
Screed
You can't copyright an idea...but only it's form. Was it deemed M$ had something that was sufficiently different in look and 'feel'? (Well, guess they did...heh...looked and felt like crap...heh...heh...)
Netro. You just gotta keep the updates coming...can't you log on via a mate's house?
Lemon Bon Bon
Originally posted by gar
there is certainly boiling something at intel on the 23rd of june.
"It will cost $637 and will be Intel's top offering for months."
In related news here comes the Clown Tree.