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Quote: Originally posted by MacRonin I corrected myself earlier... The proper number of CPUs from a 14 blade unit would be 28, more if Apple could get quad CPUs on a blade... And I beleive Pixar has leased a bunch of IBM Xeon blade servers…
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Quote: Originally posted by MacRonin Thank you for that correction, the blades share a common backplane which handles the Ethernet & Fibre Channel connections... So, even less things to connect, just fire it up and start rendering... Bu…
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Quote: Originally posted by MacRonin But I would like to see min. 14 CPUs in 6RU (rather than the 12 CPUs allowed with six 1RU Xserve Cluster units), if not 28 CPUs (quad CPUs per blade). And my Xblade server would have a built-in Fibre Channe…
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Quote: Originally posted by Wrong Robot I want to see a BiaB killer very much, I'm surprised there aren't other programs that at least, fake what BiaB does. It just goes to show how difficult it is to write a program that can play in practica…
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BiaB is one of the worst pieces of software ever written and a great program at the same time. Peter Gannon, who came up with the music generation AI is obviously very, very sharp, but he's also blind and has no idea what a good UI is. BiaB has s…
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I actually had the pleasure of checking out the Zayante offices a long time ago and they had some very interesting projects going on, but I'm not sure how directly they relate to Apple's products. The work they did for Kenwood was impressive, and…
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Quote: Originally posted by Mr Beardsley and some M-Audio BX-8 monitors. I have to warn against M-Audio monitors. I sold pro audio equipment for a little while and I gotta say the M-Audio can't make a decent pair of speakers to save their live…
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Quote: Originally posted by Matsu Soundblaster is the industry standard. Can I have some of what you're smoking?
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Quote: Originally posted by Whisper In general, PCI cards give better sound, but I don't think it's anything inherit to PCI or Firewire -- it's just that the companies tend to put their best D->A converters (which is definitely the most import…
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First of all don't go PCI. FireWire is easier to use, has all the bandwidth you'll need and if you ever get a notebook you won't have to buy a new interface. Stay away from Echo, and don't even think about a Soundblaster. You're not looking for a to…
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I don't think this article has any real inside information, it's just speculation. So maybe I'll speculate a bit. I think Steve Jobs wants to make a PDA/Phone. He wants to because he has a vision for how to make a device that's worlds better than…
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Quote: Originally posted by tompage Now that online music sales are taking off, digital music portfolios will graduate away from unprotected MP3s to either WMA or AAC. Once a user has a significant collection of one or the other, he or she is v…
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Quote: Originally posted by Aphelion From IBM's perspective, why not allow Apple to re-brand their Blade Center products? From Apple's perspective, why not allow IBM to offer sales and support contracts on Apple's high end enterprise hardware? …
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Quote: Originally posted by Gizzmonic The OS X GUI server tools are also pretty kludgy. Now most sysadmins will probably just use the CLI, but still it's very confusing. I'll second that. These days I'd rather toss the GUI tools altogether…
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Quote: Originally posted by Ensign Pulver How about this? "It's not JUST the hardware!" ... Besides, half the anti-Mac bias you claim is the sole problem comes from the perception (reality?) that Mac hardware is overpriced/underpowered. The…
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Quote: Originally posted by catbat 1. There's very little in the way of applications you'd want. Alias|Wavefront doesn't have any desirable software? 2. Current MIPS chips are less interesting, and lower performing than POWER. I h…
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Quote: Originally posted by JCG Yes Apple could compete in the markets that SGI does, and they do have the brand recognition that is required, and a good amount of the software to get them there. One thing they would gain is one less competator, …
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Quote: Originally posted by Lemon Bon Bon If Apple are to truly 'think different' then they need to produce more than jazzed up iMacs. Why does is keep coming back to new hardware? I think current Mac owners are just blind to what's really kee…
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Quote: Originally posted by rmendis Well, more than the enterprise market, I have thought that the high end graphics, media and publishing markets ought to be persued by Apple. Apple has considered making itself more like Sony - that is captur…
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Quote: Originally posted by Ensign Pulver My whole argument boils down to the basic fact that IT managers (perhaps wrongly) REFUSE to consider AIOs. Do they? I haven't seen any direct or even anecdotal eveidence of this. I think that right n…