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  • Ok, let's go on the (possibly hypothetical) premise that OS X is not earth-shatteringly innovative. Now what? Either way (super-innovative or not), it's pretty damn cool, right?
    in OSX = NeXTStep Comment by spotbug May 2002
  • Two minuses for me: 1. The metal looks OK (that's just aesthetics - personal opinion), but the UI that comes with their metal look really, really bites. The Aqua equivalent is always better. If they could just take the Aqua version and metal-up t…
    in Brushed Metal? Discuss. Comment by spotbug May 2002
  • starfleetX, can you tell if Quartz Extreme is in there yet? If it's there, how do you know? Is it noticably faster? Thanks. The shots, etc. are awesome, by the way!
    in New Features in Jaguar (please post here rather than one thread per feature!) Comment by spotbug May 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by jakkorz: maybe Jaguar is "10.5" or a new version scheme is being considered by Apple. I think Apple will eventually (maybe not with Jaguar, but soon after) change the name of Mac OS X to something else entirely. Proba…
    in New Features in Jaguar (please post here rather than one thread per feature!) Comment by spotbug May 2002
  • What currently shipping models aren't supported? iBook and which others? TiBook is 32MB, AGP 4x so that's ok.
    in QUARTZ HARDWARE ACCEL!! Comment by spotbug May 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Matsu: wow! Classic really was a dinosaur, what with it's 1800+ years of service as the default mac OS. I suppose you already understood this, but I put the question mark in "198?" to indicate that I didn't kno…
    in mac os x without old? Comment by spotbug April 2002
  • Mac OS X 2.0 And why? Something like that should have an easy to identify version number. Imagine this scenario: "Which version is it that doesn't include Classic, again?" Answer: "Oh, um, 1.4, no wait 1.5, I think." Better to make it clear wi…
    in mac os x without old? Comment by spotbug April 2002
  • Usually these "OS X on wintel" questions are too general and everybody ends up answering their own versions of it. What exactly does "on wintel" mean? That Apple would try to sell such a thing? That's a harder question. If it simply means, does s…
    in OSX on wintel Comment by spotbug April 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Xaqtly: starfleetX is dead right with this one. We will not see OS X on Intel (or AMD for that matter) because Apple needs to sell HARDWARE to make money. Even after switching to x86, Apple could still require that yo…
    in OSX on wintel Comment by spotbug April 2002
  • "Yellow Box (Wintel)" = Cocoa on Wintel (yes, Wintel). This works through DLLs installed on the Wintel machine. Like the current Wintel Quicktime. "Star Trek" = x86-based Macintosh (including x86-based Mac OS). Not Wintel based. This is a Mac tha…
    in OSX on wintel Comment by spotbug April 2002
  • OS X is a hard switch for an OS 9 expert. I can't remember where I read it (DAMN!), but Apple has said that OS X's way of doing things is easier for new users. From the context (WISH I COULD REMEMBER WHERE I READ THIS!!!). it seemed like they had…
    in WTF happened to our OS? Comment by spotbug April 2002
  • Just here to point out the obvious: You can by a regular (non-computer) DVD player for the price of Jaguar.
    in OS X 10.2 DVD playback on PowerBook G3 - Firewire Comment by spotbug August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by BRussell: But now I'm curious - has anyone used the QT6 mpeg2 component to decode a copied DVD and then used QTPro to encode as mpeg4? I bought QT Pro, but decided not to purchase the mpeg2 bit. However, expecting App…
    in space shifting DVD's and how to encode them Comment by spotbug August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by BRussell: I've never had any trouble using DVDBackup. Oh yeah, I should have mentioned, it's the re-encoding that seems to bugger the audio sync. I've never had any problem with playing a .vob (mpeg2 with ac3 audio)…
    in space shifting DVD's and how to encode them Comment by spotbug August 2002
  • Ah, the dreaded audio sync problem. Couple different solutions: 1. Use a Linux or Windows box. Apparently, this problem is for Macs only. or 2. Encode the audio and video tracks separately. Believe that the audio is correct (this is, 99…
    in space shifting DVD's and how to encode them Comment by spotbug August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Scooterboy: That's what they did with iTools. Apple bundled iTools membership with every Mac sold. Yeah, I totally agree (I even started a thread about it, but it disappeared ). iTools was never free. Apple mad…
    in why not bundle .mac with jaguar? Comment by spotbug July 2002
  • Yup, this cures all ails.
    in why not bundle .mac with jaguar? Comment by spotbug July 2002
  • Erm... is this a (supposed) rumor, or just wishful day dreaming?
    in New product, maybe MWNY or MWSF, !Productive! Comment by spotbug June 2002
  • I wish iTunes would remember state between launches. I still shutdown my Mac every night (sleep on my B&W G3 is not deep and it's flakey in OS X). If I'm shuffle-playing my 5 days worth of music, it plays from a different spot in a different…
    in iTunes "Smart Alphabetization" Comment by spotbug June 2002
  • In the SI prefix system which we all know... 1 kiloX is 1000 X's 1 megaX is 1000 kiloX's 1 gigaX is 1000 megaX's However, in computing, we have... 1 kilobyte is 1024 bytes 1 megabyte is 1024 kilobytes 1 gigabyte is 1024 megabytes. This i…
    in I was promised 80 gigs Comment by spotbug September 2002