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  • [quote]Originally posted by hir: There's no way AAC will replace MP3. none. the inconvenience of having GB's of MP3 to AAC outweighs the minimal gains achieved in the conversion. For the ipod, expect to see the ultimate utilization of the firewi…
    in Next step for the iPod Comment by *l++ June 2002
  • As belle said, AAC support does not mean you have to throw away your MP3s, only that you should rip to AAC from now on. Also, if you have an older machine (slower G3) forget about AAC. It is much too resource intensive.
    in Next step for the iPod Comment by *l++ June 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by hmurchison: Doesn't bother me. AAC doesn't have any built in Copy Protection mechanisms to make me mad so I'm fine with it. Now I just need a program to Batch Convert my Gigs of MP3's to AAC. That would be a bad idea.…
    in Next step for the iPod Comment by *l++ June 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Programmer: People keep quoting this, but it is bullsh!t !!! The 10-15% quote refers to overall system performance resulting from a doubling of memory bandwidth. Since the measured tasks were not memory bound, thei…
    in Faster G4 - MOTO 7470 Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • I can't access the content of that ftp server in either port or passive mode.
    in Project "Glove" and "Lucida" in July Comment by *l++ June 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Carol K: I am new to the Mac world and have just purchased a G4 Sawtooth 350Mhz. I want to upgrade the processor and ask that anyone with knowledge of which vendors sell these upgrades and/or any advice for upgrading th…
    in Mac G4 Upgrade Help Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • Well programmer said it first It just took so damn long to write !
    in G4 and current I/O Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by tiramisubomb: Numbers are confusing, and block diagrams are easier to understand. I have looked thru the PM G4 block diagram in Apple Dev Notes and notice a few things that just don't piece together. Perhaps some of u …
    in G4 and current I/O Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • RAID 5 is expensive if you do it in software. I don't think this is much of an issue with spindle synchronized drives and hardware parity computations.
    in Xserve RAID Comment by *l++ May 2002
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    in Xserve RAID Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • The problem of ATA vs SCSI is that ATA drives do not come in faster than 7200 RPM models, while SCSI come in 10K and 15K RPM models. More importantly, a SCSI drive can process requests out of order. If requests for 4 different blocks of data com…
    in Xserve RAID Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • If you only have a single device on the bus, you will probably not see the difference between USB 2.0 and Firewire (400Mbps). If you don't, you will start encountering a number of issues depending on configuration with USB 2.0. USB runs at the s…
    in Firewire Vs. USB 2.0. Is it really better? Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • What is really interesting in the article is that the Matrox series of cards will work with MacOS X. The high-end cards will be the first workstation quality graphic cards for the Mac. Also at $229 for the low end, those cards might be a great …
    in New blip on the G5 radar??? Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • A server blade could very well run OS X on x86 (or even Darwin x86, with no display, but remote graphical management from a Mac). The question becomes, what do you gain running OS X vs Linux on the blade.
    in Death Of Classic == Change In Processor? Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Matsu: Doesn't Apple own the trademark "Firewire" does this mean that the IEEE trade association paid Apple some cash, or has worked out a modest licensing fee? I know that Sony (iLink) and Creative (SB1394) both gave i…
    in Any WWDC-News on GigaWire/Firewire 2? Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • There most probably is, but as attendees are under NDA, it may take some time for any piece of information to percolate.
    in Any WWDC-News on GigaWire/Firewire 2? Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • I hope it will work with the Radeon 8500 (64 MB) Then I would have an upgrade path for my AGP 2x Sawtooth G4.
    in Quartz Extreme: what does this mean for iBooks? Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • Was there a webcast when he introduced the original iMac, 3 months before MWNY ?
    in No Webcast? This would imply no new products. Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • in Big news probably await us at WWDC 2002 Comment by *l++ May 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by giant: I've never personally paid any attention, but when the new iMac came out all of the finacial sites were writing about how apple's stock always dips after any big announcement. ...And how it rises before. No on…
    in Big news probably await us at WWDC 2002 Comment by *l++ May 2002