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Quote: Originally posted by Kolchak Why did the police do this? Surely the Apple Store has a 24-hour service contract with Otis. Even if the contract covers only normal business hours, paying for an elevator mechanic to come in is less expensive …
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Software patents are stupid and are most certainly not necessary for the software industry. Patents where never meant for this use. By the way, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday on patent injunctions: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004663.…
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Uhhh... what the f***? MacBook Pro? Has Steve completely lost his mind now or what? That's sounds like something that would come from some third-rate Windoze clone manufacturer (i.e. "introducing the new Dell WinBook Pro"). PowerBook is a strong …
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Quote: Originally posted by red_kola Do you realise what a total twat you sound like? If you don't like the buttons, then don't download the FREE application. You'll be missing out on pretty much the coolest, most fun FREE application ever, but i…
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Quote: Originally posted by jasenj1 The UI is consistent with the current Google Earth on Windows. The check boxes and scroll thingies are standard Aqua widgets, I believe. (Does that indicate this is a Cocoa app?) Looks like a trashy Jav…
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Quote: Originally posted by Macfr3ak but I can't honestly believe IBM is so naive and Apple so stupid within only a few months till today. As much as I love RISC processors and the PowerPC in particular, there's no denying that even back in th…
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Quote: Originally posted by strobe Part of the whole trusted computing 'platform', if you will, is it has to be initialized from the beginning. If you wanted the kernel or a firmware driver to run within a trusted address space it would have to b…
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Quote: Originally posted by strobe HA! Just because Windows is a scum hole of viruses, worms, spyware, and trojans doesn't make Apple competent. Read THIS! Especially the part about AMT: That is certainly cause for major concern but i…
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Quote: Originally posted by strobe I don't trust Intel with their DRM crap or their competence. I would trust Apple's competence. They know they have an excellent security edge over Windows and they wouldn't use EFI if it were as half baked as…
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Quote: Originally posted by DaveLee [Edit: One thing that I was a little sorry to see was that the dev kits have a BIOS. If we are looking to a new direction, this may indicate it won't be as elegant as hoped.] There's no way in hell the real…
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Quote: Originally posted by melgross I tried to present enough information to be useful. If you want to debate it further that's fine. Otherwise, personal truce. OK. You've presented some excellent points I hadn't considered. So I'll just …
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Quote: Originally posted by melgross I'm sorry, but what you posted shows nothing. You haven't "shown" anything either. Quit this derogatory nonsense. Quote: Application level? And what is that supposed to mean? So you are saying that the…
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Quote: Originally posted by melgross I don't know what you've been reading. but do you know anything about the way the PPC as embodied in Apple's machines works? Yes. And if the Cell has a core processor that understands the PowerPC ISA there…
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Quote: Originally posted by melgross Moving to the Cell would be more disruptive than moving to x86. Apple was ready for that for years. That's not true according to what I've read. The Cell's core processor is a PowerPC processor. Presumably…
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Quote: Originally posted by cmatech You are right! It is not an argument for using x86. Nor is it an argument for using PPC. You missed the whole point: I and a whole heck of a lot of mac buyers/users don't care what is inside - as long …
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Quote: Originally posted by melgross Besides, if Apple wanted to go to a workstation chip, they could have gone to the Power 5 and next year the Power 6. Those are ackowledged to be in advance of everyone else's product. But they didn't. Perh…
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Quote: Originally posted by D.J. Adequate I can't image them shipping a machine that supports less memory, but I couldn't see them switching to Intel either. That's what we get for not keeping track of the weather down in hell. Quite clearly…
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Quote: Originally posted by kiwimac I'm so confused! Does this mean that Apple is using the X86 chip or another that is being made by intel? x86, that much is quite clear. Quote: Will this mean going back to 32bit chips? Probably not …
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Quote: Originally posted by zaz But? does intel mean full on x86, ISA and all?? It sure looks like it. Apple wouldn't be shipping Pentium systems to developers and delivering x86 development tools if this weren't the plan. Quote: Any reaso…
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Quote: Originally posted by melgross So why don't we all concentrate on figuring how this is going to be of benefit us, and how to explain it to those who aren't as knowledgable as we are? The easiest argument I think is that it gives Apple o…