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  • Actually, there are several interesting passages in the article from
    in Will Apple's G5 come from IBM? Comment by engpjp August 2002
  • I don't understand why there should be a difference between IBM's chip being "a Power4", and it being "a PPC based on Power4" - after all, Power4's two kernels ARE PPC kernels, right? What are the technical differences? engpjp [ 08-08-2002:…
    in Will Apple's G5 come from IBM? Comment by engpjp August 2002
  • Moki, While I respect your efforts in making the discussions of this board interesting, I fail to understand how you can correlate this with the convictions that you have aired (or "hinted at" - your preferred MOO?) in another thread on this vene…
    in 1.8GHz in 2003 - no G5, ever Comment by engpjp August 2002
  • I just saw a demonstration of OLED screens - OMG!!!!!! They display so much better, with an almost 80 degree viewing angle and vibrant colors, than "normal" screens. I was stunned! Now I know what people are excited about. If such a screen could …
    in The iFrame! What's feasible? Comment by engpjp August 2002
  • Most of the above (about 70%) has already been discussed previously in threads here on AI. It seems that it is "cucumber time" while we are waiting for the 13th .... (that's a Danish XPression, btw) Ensoniq nailed it: even a basic iFrame needs wh…
    in The iFrame! What's feasible? Comment by engpjp August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by moki: Without Apple's consent, all they can do is make a clone PC that can run OS X, and then tell people to go out and buy OS X for x86... oops, Apple won't be offering that as a retail package. Hmm... now what? …
    in *CONFIRMED* Mac OS X on x86 after this year! Comment by engpjp September 2002
  • The iPDA is now certified dead. iSync, iCal and iAddress shows that Apple's strategy is to implement a SOFTWARE PDA, using available hardware from suitable producers such as Sony-Ericsson. Unlike the old Apple, the new Apple doesn't try to make …
    in Apple PDA - Now a dead cert? Comment by engpjp July 2002
  • There are basically three options when you consider the iFrame concept: One, simply a picture display. With a small display, as discussed above, there are problems with ergonomics unless it were to be "grabbable". The price might conceivably be a…
    in iFrame? Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • This has been extensively discussed at MacRumors, and I believe it has also been touched upon in threads here on AI. To be brief: the iFrame (proposed by the IBM development dept. some twenty years ago) doesn't work in a real household or in a re…
    in iFrame? Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • What, no iTV??? :-)
    in Only two Digital Lifestlye Things left Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • "You're wrong. Anyone in science that needs a fast cluster doesn't buy macs. Overpriced and underperforming. Reality sucks huh? Trust me. I work in academia and people just buy what they need. There's no great cry in the night for a super softwar…
    in Project "Wolf" and "Presley" in July? Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • PS - Does anyone have any comments on the goulash of rumors presented by several French Mac-sites and quoted by MacRumors (among others) ? Its relevance for this thread lies in the following piece of carrot: - the core following of jaguar wil…
    in Project "Wolf" and "Presley" in July? Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • The arguments about "Who'd ever use that kind of pseudo clustering? REAL PROfessionals just buy REAL clusters if they need them" are totally invalid. One, anyone with a smidgeon of contact with the academic world knows that now, more than ever, …
    in Project "Wolf" and "Presley" in July? Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • Interesting - I thought a lot of you guys were all believers of the Power4 Lite as the next Messianic piece of silicon? :-) Let me repeat myself: Which G4? Which G5? engpjp PS I do believe things will look up - but not as quickly or a…
    in A few G5 tidbits Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • "... toss in a touch-sensitive screen"... Not so easy - it's a major development compared to iPod. And the engineering capabilities of Newton are long gone from Apple - the alternative, of course, might be to buy out-of-house capabilities, as the…
    in Yeah, it's MOSR, but... [iPDA?] Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • The central aporia in your argument has yet to be addressed: Which G5? Which G6? And, "Apple will get advanced hardware from IBM/Moto/nVidia/ATI ... " - Programmer, please don't make me cry. engpjp
    in Could this be the future? Oh, I wish... Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • TheSloth: Could you provide a link, or post a picture, of said diving computer? As far as the "thingy" is concerned, it's ergonomically all wrong. Think about the controls necessary for a webcam - where would you put them? Under the two finger…
    in Project "Glove" and "Lucida" in July Comment by engpjp June 2002
  • The year was 1995. The place was Düsseldorf, Germany. The thing I held in my hand was a tablet - and it worked! I had gone from Denmark to the annual Atari Computers exhibition, and there I happened to meet Atari's chief engineer who demonstrated…
    in New "Non-computer device" Coming at MWNY Speculates Forbes.com Comment by engpjp May 2002
  • I'm not only a Newbie but also an Arts person, and so I an very thankful to mistermacmike for the picture identifying the various parts on the motherboard. One thing bugs me, however. The semi-transparency of the motherboard seems to hint that th…
    in Is this a hoax? Comment by engpjp May 2002
  • You can get more stylish hi-fi equipment than B&O - if you spend more than USD40,000. You can get better-sounding hi-fi equipment than B&O even by spending only 1/3 of their price - if you listen. And I live in Denmark where they PROD…
    in High quality speakers Comment by engpjp May 2002