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  • [quote]Originally posted by Spart: What do people have against the current Finder? What is so wrong that they would actually wish to use the POS from OS 9 (something I wouldn't wish upon anyone.) I like Jaguar's Finder. My only complaints: the …
    in Possible to port OS 9 finder to OS X? Comment by engpjp January 2003
  • Again.... while journaling and metadata have no connection technically, they are inextricably linked in Apple's work on extending HFS+. I don't have sufficient expertise, however, to judge whether it is a good move for Apple to hang on to the HF…
    in 10.2.2 out in three weeks. Comment by engpjp October 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Kickaha: Probably nothing. Journaling and metadata aren't tied together... Ever since Rhapsody was promised (as the successor to OS 7.5 then), Apple has been working on adding journaling AND metadata to their filin…
    in 10.2.2 out in three weeks. Comment by engpjp October 2002
  • I have long moaned about the return of tabbed windows, and hopefully it will pop up in 10.3 - on tidBits today, they describe a feature in 10.2 (kinda like edge-sensitive desktop scrolling, except that here partly-covered or out-of-sight windows *mo…
    in 10.3 Prophecies Comment by engpjp October 2002
  • Try running MagicMac, which is an Atari ST EMULATOR with an extra UI shell on top - THEN you will see fast. Compared to OS9 on a PM Dual-G, that is. When the MagicMac runs on a 233MHz PB. You were saying about OSX? It is dog slow. I found it d…
    in is there any hope of X speeding up? Comment by engpjp September 2002
  • Barring the report which set off this thread (and all the "me-too" articles), there is NO valid documentation that the current Classic or Carbon, Quartz, I/O Kit, not to mention the new, upcoming technologies, have x86 code-compliant counterparts. E…
    in OSX on Intel? No really, its "marklar" Comment by engpjp September 2002
  • It's not THAT much of the OSX code base which derives from the x86 subterrainian world....
    in OSX on Intel? No really, its "marklar" Comment by engpjp September 2002
  • "I never intended to marry her anyway..." engpjp
    in "Family Pack"... What they haven't told you yet... Comment by engpjp August 2002
  • As far as I know, OSX has an abstraction layer separating it from the FS drivers (or whatever?) - you can find them in a folder somewhere in System. However, DaveGee, you wrote: "- BFS (the Be File System) is fully journaled, which means that d…
    in Pinot - Blanc or Gris? Comment by engpjp August 2002
  • OpenDoc was based on the idea of a modularized approach to applications. OSX includes that in a limited sense, as Services, but the business model of OpenDoc led it to be abandoned: there was no incentive for large companies to develop for it, sinc…
    in iWeb? Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • I have a G3 Series (PDQ version) PowerBook. I bought it because it has a RageLTPro graphics chip whereas the previous model only had a Rage Plus. Unfortunately, 101.5 does NOT support RagePro or RageLTPro graphics chips, though
    in Mac OS X 10.1.5 Released Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • I guess it'll be difficult to answer this question except by presumption, but here goes: When 10.1.5 is said to be using RagePro graphics chips to accellerate graphics, does that then include the RageLTPro which is used by WallStreets? The la…
    in 10.1.5 build 5S57 Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • How would such Bluetooth-enabled pens be powered? solar? or wind? MY cell phone is always low on charge when I really need it - methinks it wouldn't be any different with such a pen... now, if power could be transferred wirelessly! Having said…
    in INKWELL! Comment by engpjp August 2002
  • PS - Hopefully it's a vastly updated InkWell API we will be seeing. It's old and, in spite of the mythical qualities ascribed to it, not bleeding edge anymore.... [ 05-06-2002: Message edited by: engpjp ]
    in INKWELL! Comment by engpjp May 2002
  • Why would Apple add InkWell API's to their OS in order to "support" Palm units? They are only useful on hardware that runs OSX, and no Apple hardware provides "off-the-rack" pen input. Does it herald a development of iPod into something... Newto…
    in INKWELL! Comment by engpjp May 2002
  • Safari speed is inconsistent when compared to Chimera. Rather slower on some sites, it's about the same on most and SLIGHTLY faster on a few.... What's with the name? Why not call it "Spelunking"? engpjp [edit:] I meant, Spelun-King [ 01…
    in Safari Comment by engpjp January 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by PB: Exactly, and don't forget that the OS is a jaguar...This is why the tour is not in Siberia The metaphor doesn't hold at all - so the browser is really a hunt for the browser's operating system (Jaguar)…
    in Safari....haha.... Comment by engpjp January 2003
  • Hi, I have a 30GB Travelstar with fluid bearings in my WallStreet, bought last November. Two days ago, it suddenly went from being almost totally silent (bar clicks when moving its heads), to giving off a cyclic (1/2 sec) buzz loud enough to annoy m…
    in IBM Travelstar 40GNX Comment by engpjp November 2002
  • What about range? I have a friend (even though he is a PC buff) who has been trying to get WiFi to work, both in his company and for several other friends and colleagues. According to him, two out of five systems/constellations managed to work, b…
    in Is Airport Worth it? Comment by engpjp August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Amorph: He also opined that he had one more computer (read: platform) left in him. That quote is from an infamous behind-the-scenes book about the history of Apple (the title evades me at the moment) and is ascribed t…
    in and you will see why 2004... Comment by engpjp March 2003