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  • That's probably why he posted it here. I won't be able to test my app's optimizations either until the Dual 2.0 ships. Someone try them, please?
    in Try Out New Apple G5 Compiler Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Chagi I'm a little torn myself, because note taking in school can easily be done on a Mac, but I'm not sure what my more advance programming courses will be using as a platform (I've heard Unix is a major core of it). …
    in PowerBook Performance Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by CosmoNut Early 2004:iBook redesign adding 1Ghz G3, USB 2, FW 800, Airport Extreme Full redesign of displays iPod update and size bump That sounds a bit boring for MWSF. The January MWSF is now the most importan…
    in What will be next? Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by giant Just to add, I'd like to see a range of benchmarks. I've read things here and there about cinema 4d's optimizations that make this benchmark less than indicative of overall performance. Precisely. Cinema4D …
    in PowerBook Performance Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Barto Yeah, but this is the first time ThinkSecret has missed one in a couple of years. Good point. They are normally spot on. Maybe Steve forgot his lines. He did have to deliver the keynote in French, after a…
    in No iPod acessories? Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • And don't forget Sydney (Australia Eastern Standard Time)... 6:00 pm. Just as Doctor Who starts. A Mac Expo and a sci-fi show together - does it get any better than this? Hey, who called out "nerd"?!
    in Paris Expo 2003 Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Using an iPod as a remote controlled stereo, eh. Only the dock would have to change to support this, which means existing owners could indeed be able to get in on the wireless remote thing to, so I don't know if this alone would qualify as a spec…
    in Special Edition iPod At Paris Expo Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by boy_analog Animosity is too strong a word: I just think that tablets at present are really uninteresting. I haven't seen the windroids dancing in the streets about their new Toshpaq uber-tablets. But maybe I'm not look…
    in Paris Expo 2003 Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by neutrino23 I guess I am one of those "idiots". I minimize the dock and hide it so that I rarely see it except when it intrudes on a window I'm trying to scroll. I keep a folder of aliases pointing to my applications an…
    in Paris Expo 2003 Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by boy_analog 2. Perhaps we will see a device that uses Inkwell ... hope it's not a tablet. Man, the undercurrent of animosity that some people have towards ideas they don't like... It's a bit like those who thought…
    in Paris Expo 2003 Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by MacsRGood4U I don't believe Paris Expo has ever introduced anything earth shattering in the past. Yes, I agree, but history is not necessarily a predictor of the future. The same could be said of WWDC developer co…
    in Paris Expo 2003 Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by ipete Tachyon- Developer tools for Panther! Case closed Well, maybe Tachyon has come back from the future to serve as the codename for another project. Tricky things, tachyons.
    in New hardware specific Panther release: Tachyon Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Aries 1B Ink Services: Apple is introducing a new Ink Services API in Panther so that developers can take advantage of Ink input for their applications and integrate Ink further into their software. Using the API, deve…
    in A sign! A sign of the Tablet! (Yeah, right...) Comment by michaelb September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by musicaltone Who cares anyway as the next rev. PBs are just gonna have minor speed bumps. Being kept for an expo suggests something more than a minor speed bump. On the other hand, it is a foreign expo. So it co…
    in CONFIRMED: no new PowerBooks @ Paris Expo Comment by michaelb August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Matsu Why not make a little connector and write a driver for mass storage that lets the iPod act as a digital wallet? just the ability to get "rolls" of film directly from a camera into the iPod. Hear, hear. This…
    in iPod 2.1? Comment by michaelb August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by thebimbo Yep I can faintly remember this. The Newton could produce dial tones and the Ozzy version had to have these removed - something about worries that they would screw up the phone system or something dumbass - or…
    in Supply of G5's in Australia subject to regulatory approval. Comment by michaelb July 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Placebo I'm hearing echos of Apple's bragging right when the G4 came out..."The Powermac G4 is so fast its exportability is limited by government law" As much as I'd like to say Australia is worried about the poten…
    in Supply of G5's in Australia subject to regulatory approval. Comment by michaelb July 2003
  • Snazzy brushed aluminum case: $150 FireWire 800 built-in: $100 Not having to use Windows XP and sort out DLL conflicts: priceless
    in Price comparision for Minimum Business machine. Comment by michaelb July 2003
  • Someone fill me in... Are After Effects and Shake competing products? Which is better?
    in The benchmark i've been waiting for (aftereffects on G5) Comment by michaelb July 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by KidRed The G5s already have 10.2.7, it's in the bench mark specs. They are bug testing panther now so I don't see why it would take 4-5 months to squash some bugs. Developer previews are not for bug testing. When…
    in Panther on G5 in August? Comment by michaelb July 2003