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Quote: Originally Posted by shadow I believe your comments on ZFS might be right but the statement that Apple encourages the use of FSRefs puzzles me quite a bit. I remember reading somewhere the opposite statement. SL FileManager is supposed to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kickaha Indeed - you have to not only ensure that it works with the new API (which may be fairly trivial), but also that older apps that use legacy, more direct-to-metal HFS accessors still work as well. That can be..…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Yes but we're not comparing the right product. HP and Dell are waiting for the same Xeon Nehalem chips that Apple is. I don't get what you are saying. The iMac is indeed a desktop computer, it wouldn…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Of course you know LBB but it still doesn't make sense to you nor many of us. Apple doesn't want a Mac Pro based on desktop Intel procs. That area is for the iMac which they've thinned down to the point wh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Can't. The desktop Core I7 stuff is single socket only. True but at least they're faster/cheaper than the Harpertowns. You won't have an 8 core option anymore, but at least you wont be worried about your…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mstone I agree. They need to upgrade the whole line and continue to differentiate the iMac and Mac Pro by putting more power in the Pro too. I guess at some point though even the lowest configuration is going to be ple…
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Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac There is no, repeat, no way that you can get a 130 watt TDP cpu in the iMac. Not.. going.. to.. happen. Core i7 will never see the inside of an iMac. Why should users have to wait until Intel release low p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by warnergt I call BS on this. Many of Apple's applications utilize all the cores. Even iPhoto uses all the cores. HD video can use 8 cores for hours at a time. With Parallels or Fusion, you can assign multiple cores …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cubert Sorry, but you lose. You are confusing application security flaws that can be exploited with system security flaws that can be exploited. The Safari RSS issue you cite is specific to that app. It is the secur…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Abster2core I know quite well what I am talking about. Please read my statement again. Hint: You can't prevent something that is non-existant, i.e., not happening. What's not happening? Infections? Those aren't h…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Abster2core I am sorry. I guess I should have asked somebody intelligent enough to answer the questions. By the way, they do not make a vaccine that prevents a non-existent virus in the Windows world. Anybody who…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kickaha Here's what I do: anyone who I want to SMS/MMS with, I make a new email address in their Contact list of their phone number, through their carrier's gateway. Right, and how many "average" people can do this?…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wheelhot Dude, there is a lot of nifty things that goes under the OS X hood that Windows does not have. For example, when you uninstall software from the mac, it really uninstalls, only leave some history and maybe …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I was thinking about that as an option, too. There would be localizations aspects that would not be found in localization.framework, but it seems like there is a lot of redundant data from app to app. It d…
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Oh and one more thing?lets remember that Apple has to REDUCE footprint while adding 64 bit binaries. Therefore the size reduction will not, in any way shape or form, come from reducing code size. Remember, 64 bit binaries are around 2x the same of t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism SL still contains the localizations, the apps would be much smaller if they were removed. Xslimmer is doing a very rudimentary job of reducing the code, while SL is reducing the code in other ways, though we …
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross That's stretching it. Why would Intel machines have PPC code in the first place? The installer installs PPC code into PPC machines, and Intel code into Intel machines. Are you thinking that it installs b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmjoe But, the question is if it's worth $45+ billion to do it though. That question isn't important when you look at the first question: can Apple afford it. Apple has around 16B in cash. Microsoft's offer is cash…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I believe MS' net profit was more than Apple's gross profit for the Q1-2008. MS may be losing a little marketshare and be hemorrhaging money in other areas but they are still very successful and too entrench…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bbarto The issue is the Airport Extreme Router. AirDisk is a very buggy feature, do a quick search of the support forms.This applies to both the 100mbps and the Gigabit N Routers. The issue is with the AirPort Extre…