howard
Dec 8, 10:14 AM
i'd like to try it out some more but have a few questions.
1. can you import from mail.app and back to mail.app?
2. can you get hotmail via a script or something like you can with mail.app?
1. can you import from mail.app and back to mail.app?
2. can you get hotmail via a script or something like you can with mail.app?
After G
Mar 31, 02:13 PM
Apple is being pretty sneaky these days. You never know what could show up on Saturday.
Or even better, "next Tuesday".
Or even better, "next Tuesday".
Hemingray
Sep 12, 07:35 PM
Yeah, and an Apple employee told me 8 months ago that there would be G5's in July. I'm not holding my breath anymore.
peter2002
Oct 31, 09:59 AM
Buy the Microtel at Walmart. It has a 800MHZ C3, Lindows, 10GB, etc. and is only $199. For less than $1000, you can a decent supercomputer for less than a 1 Mac.
Peter
Peter
princealfie
Mar 20, 12:10 PM
Just play oblivion with the pc version on a imac or mac pro with boot camp. The ps3 version isn't really all that.
Felldownthewell
May 30, 11:48 PM
...But the Mac users spend hours chatting through online forums, mainly about the inefficiencies of the PC world.
Yes, but PC users spend hours chatting to some guy in Bangalor named Bob Smith from Bhubaneshwar...our way of time wasting is so much cooler, if not as profitable for the 3rd world...
Yes, but PC users spend hours chatting to some guy in Bangalor named Bob Smith from Bhubaneshwar...our way of time wasting is so much cooler, if not as profitable for the 3rd world...
pcypert
Mar 16, 08:47 PM
I'm going to give it another shot. Didn't do much for me on the Playstation, bu then I got it at the same time as FF7 and the original Resident Evil (and Parrapa the Rappa :) ) so it didn't get much play time...
Paul
Paul
Dagless
Mar 20, 08:16 PM
I think Microsoft is using hard drive capacity against the PS3. 120 GB vs. 60 GB. What are you going to choose? Ignoring BluRay (and it's likely consumers will ignore BluRay), this may appear to be the better buy at quick glance especially with an online media store behind it.
I hope this would mean a price drop on the Premium box, but I'm guessing not :(
If the Elite went at a 399 price point and the Premium takes the 299 price point, it would be a glorious day :) But, it's not going to happen anytime soon. "Late-summer or fall" at best doesn't help me.
At this stage a larger HDD size would be nothing more than icing on the cake for MS. I find it hard to imagine the PS3 catching up any time soon. When numbers are neck and neck and theres pressure on 3rd party devs - then we'll see how low these big guys can go.
I hope this would mean a price drop on the Premium box, but I'm guessing not :(
If the Elite went at a 399 price point and the Premium takes the 299 price point, it would be a glorious day :) But, it's not going to happen anytime soon. "Late-summer or fall" at best doesn't help me.
At this stage a larger HDD size would be nothing more than icing on the cake for MS. I find it hard to imagine the PS3 catching up any time soon. When numbers are neck and neck and theres pressure on 3rd party devs - then we'll see how low these big guys can go.
nixd2001
Oct 13, 06:48 PM
Originally posted by ddtlm
snoopy, nixd2001:
I'm sure you both realize that most applications that run in 32 bits now simply do not need any more bits, and so they will continue to be 32-bit for quite some time and possibly "forever". 64-bitness will only speed up certain applications, in particular those that need more than 4GB of RAM. Native 64-bit integers are also useful for a handful of tasks but I don't think thats a big deal.
AMD's Hammer is said to be faster in 64-bit code, but that is only because it gets more general purpose registers (8) that way as opposed to the pathetic 4 x86-32 has.
Yep.
I'd expand the 4GB of RAM to 4GB of address space though. Mapping files in to memory is probably the other big gain from such a large address space. Along with some more esoteric "tagged address" applications, but we don't need to go there :D
snoopy, nixd2001:
I'm sure you both realize that most applications that run in 32 bits now simply do not need any more bits, and so they will continue to be 32-bit for quite some time and possibly "forever". 64-bitness will only speed up certain applications, in particular those that need more than 4GB of RAM. Native 64-bit integers are also useful for a handful of tasks but I don't think thats a big deal.
AMD's Hammer is said to be faster in 64-bit code, but that is only because it gets more general purpose registers (8) that way as opposed to the pathetic 4 x86-32 has.
Yep.
I'd expand the 4GB of RAM to 4GB of address space though. Mapping files in to memory is probably the other big gain from such a large address space. Along with some more esoteric "tagged address" applications, but we don't need to go there :D
Corrosive vinyl
Mar 19, 12:23 PM
what kind of crazy thing could he do to get a judge to complain about him to the BAR... hahaha! Any Laywer knows where to draw the line, well, almost any. I agree that sometimes videogames go too far... but I just don't play them. ;)
mc68k
Jul 18, 10:12 PM
no work machines -> no points for me
the main folding contributors are 32 dell dimension 4700
i also do RC5 for xlr8yourmac, i'm ranked 19th overall (http://stats.distributed.net/participant/psummary.php?project_id=8&id=423409) for the project
i prob have about 40+ macs on RC5, plus the local frys and compusa :)
the main folding contributors are 32 dell dimension 4700
i also do RC5 for xlr8yourmac, i'm ranked 19th overall (http://stats.distributed.net/participant/psummary.php?project_id=8&id=423409) for the project
i prob have about 40+ macs on RC5, plus the local frys and compusa :)
jefhatfield
Oct 10, 11:45 AM
Originally posted by benixau
Dear lord,
If you have any heart for 25 million of your wiser men, please make apple use the power4 chip at lightning speeds, and please lord, do it soon. It is becoming hard for us mac men to defend ourselves.
PS. If you could give me a brand new top of the line mac while your at it i wouldnt mind either.
Edit: There is no blasphemy intended here
it reminds me of that janis joplin song...imagine the music in the background ;)
when motorola was stuck at 500 mhz for 18 months, then i started becoming very vocal about dropping them on the high end stuff and going to ibm when there were rumors that they can make a faster chip
but motorola has climbed, though somewhat slowly, out of their pit, and are doing ok
sure, it may be many months ahead when the pcs hit 3.5 ghz+, but i think motorola will deliver a 2 ghz chip sometime next year
and really, after 2 ghz, does anyone think speed will be a top five factor in why one buys a machine?
when i was a computer salesman in 1999, speed and price were the top two issues...and while price will remain a top issue until all computers get really cheap, i think speed will diminish in its importance for the average consumer
many seem to like the dual 1.25 ghz machines and we know apple will speed bump their whole line of powermacs early next year, if not sooner
a lot of the complaints about apple's speed on their machines sound like a lot of benchmark stats reading and not real world usage
most of us do email, internet, word processing, spreadsheets, and light graphics most of the time in the majority of users in the field...of the many machines i sold, i did not come across one high end graphics user or audio professional who needed more than our store was able to provide them
Dear lord,
If you have any heart for 25 million of your wiser men, please make apple use the power4 chip at lightning speeds, and please lord, do it soon. It is becoming hard for us mac men to defend ourselves.
PS. If you could give me a brand new top of the line mac while your at it i wouldnt mind either.
Edit: There is no blasphemy intended here
it reminds me of that janis joplin song...imagine the music in the background ;)
when motorola was stuck at 500 mhz for 18 months, then i started becoming very vocal about dropping them on the high end stuff and going to ibm when there were rumors that they can make a faster chip
but motorola has climbed, though somewhat slowly, out of their pit, and are doing ok
sure, it may be many months ahead when the pcs hit 3.5 ghz+, but i think motorola will deliver a 2 ghz chip sometime next year
and really, after 2 ghz, does anyone think speed will be a top five factor in why one buys a machine?
when i was a computer salesman in 1999, speed and price were the top two issues...and while price will remain a top issue until all computers get really cheap, i think speed will diminish in its importance for the average consumer
many seem to like the dual 1.25 ghz machines and we know apple will speed bump their whole line of powermacs early next year, if not sooner
a lot of the complaints about apple's speed on their machines sound like a lot of benchmark stats reading and not real world usage
most of us do email, internet, word processing, spreadsheets, and light graphics most of the time in the majority of users in the field...of the many machines i sold, i did not come across one high end graphics user or audio professional who needed more than our store was able to provide them
jefhatfield
Nov 29, 12:42 AM
hi john123,
i saw a post or two from kela after you left
eyelikeart is still one of the top posters
and i hope to hear from an incarnation, at least a more polite one, of spikey
monkeybusiness has not been around for awhile and you were still heavily here when anonymous poster and anonymous coward left the fold
blakespot does not come around much anymore
but it's really great to see you back
i have had to get used to new waves of posters every three months or so, but if you give the new high end contributers a chance, you may find that you like them
i saw a post or two from kela after you left
eyelikeart is still one of the top posters
and i hope to hear from an incarnation, at least a more polite one, of spikey
monkeybusiness has not been around for awhile and you were still heavily here when anonymous poster and anonymous coward left the fold
blakespot does not come around much anymore
but it's really great to see you back
i have had to get used to new waves of posters every three months or so, but if you give the new high end contributers a chance, you may find that you like them
Dreadnought
Jun 12, 05:37 AM
Cheers! (B)
SilvorX
Oct 13, 09:22 PM
Originally posted by arn
anonymous source:
17" iMacs
40, 60, 80 GB
800, 933, 1GHZ
1GB Ram
Don't know how likely... we'll see soon enough.
arn
that'dd be pretty nice, but idd say mwsf also
anonymous source:
17" iMacs
40, 60, 80 GB
800, 933, 1GHZ
1GB Ram
Don't know how likely... we'll see soon enough.
arn
that'dd be pretty nice, but idd say mwsf also
realityisterror
Jun 2, 01:31 PM
It is back online and see if you can spot the changes.
uhh... not quite...
Digg is down due to metropolitan network issues that took down
several of digg's upstream network providers this morning. The metro
network is being repaired and digg will be back as soon as possible.
Last update: Friday, June 02, 2006 - 8:03AM
uhh... not quite...
Digg is down due to metropolitan network issues that took down
several of digg's upstream network providers this morning. The metro
network is being repaired and digg will be back as soon as possible.
Last update: Friday, June 02, 2006 - 8:03AM
vniow
Sep 4, 05:34 PM
Too bad the Formac isn't a wide-aspect ratio like the Cinema. :(
Dreadnought
Jul 16, 06:25 AM
I have a dual 1.8 and it gives about 100 to 150 points per dat per proc. I think you could match the same with the iMac. Have fun!
fowler.
Nov 15, 07:08 PM
I'm seriously ignorant to all of this, but is there anyway that I can change the size of the typeface in the address bar to something smaller, say a 10pt verdana, rather than this hugemongous 12pt lucinda boo shiet?
/run on sentence.
/run on sentence.
zap2
Mar 17, 10:39 AM
So with all the lack of Wii games for a while, I've come to the conclusion I want an XBox 360. Fund are limited(of course:( ) but I have enough for Xbox 360 Premium, 1 games and maybe 3 months of Xbox live(or a wireless bridge for online play)
But with this Zephyr talk I'm afraid I'll buy the XBox 360, then the new one will come out, and the 20Gb one will lower its price. I don't have an HDTV, so the HDMI thing isn't huge, 120Gbs isn't need, I'll only have game demos on my harddrive, and I like white more. So its not that I want the new xbox 360, I just don't want to pay 400 for something that will be 300 dollars soon.
So do you guys think I should go buy one now(tomorrow maybe?) or wait it out. Or I could buy one at costco, so if a new one comes out in 90day I'd be covered.
But with this Zephyr talk I'm afraid I'll buy the XBox 360, then the new one will come out, and the 20Gb one will lower its price. I don't have an HDTV, so the HDMI thing isn't huge, 120Gbs isn't need, I'll only have game demos on my harddrive, and I like white more. So its not that I want the new xbox 360, I just don't want to pay 400 for something that will be 300 dollars soon.
So do you guys think I should go buy one now(tomorrow maybe?) or wait it out. Or I could buy one at costco, so if a new one comes out in 90day I'd be covered.
ShaolinMiddleFinger
Feb 1, 04:47 PM
Good God! I just searched for my first post and it had to deal with a Apple PDA! Nowadays I can't even stand reading posts or threads that have the letters, PDA, in them.
What can I say, though, it's fun here.
What can I say, though, it's fun here.
zap2
May 25, 05:39 PM
The big changes were on the inside of the Macs... next up are some drop dead sexy Macs with even better chips in them. I think a simliar design of a Mac will allow user to slow get ready for break out new intel Mac
nixd2001
Oct 14, 07:36 PM
Originally posted by MacBandit
Here's an excerpt from a thread that we were discussing it in recently. I may be wrong but I think this is what you thinking of.
It is the sort of thing I was thinking of. I hadn't realised the MIPS core had been tweaked that much, but I guess they've got the volume behind it to make it worth it.
I'd wager good beer that IBM won't go that route though (the catch is you've got to work out how to get the beer if I'm wrong:D ) It sounds like too much compilication for a more general purpose CPU than the hassle is probably worth.
Hopefully, we'll find out more details before the week is out. The memory bandwidth side of things is sounding on track though!
Here's an excerpt from a thread that we were discussing it in recently. I may be wrong but I think this is what you thinking of.
It is the sort of thing I was thinking of. I hadn't realised the MIPS core had been tweaked that much, but I guess they've got the volume behind it to make it worth it.
I'd wager good beer that IBM won't go that route though (the catch is you've got to work out how to get the beer if I'm wrong:D ) It sounds like too much compilication for a more general purpose CPU than the hassle is probably worth.
Hopefully, we'll find out more details before the week is out. The memory bandwidth side of things is sounding on track though!
matticus008
Mar 19, 01:29 PM
But can a user be considered to be a party to that agreement if they have not used iTunes to access the store - does the purchasing process still involve an agreement approval stage using this software? Presumably not.
Yes. By signing up for an account to use the iTunes Music Store, you are bound to their terms of service. Those terms only appear in the official iTunes client because that's the only source for the music. Just because those terms don't pop up on the screen if you use this PyMusique thing doesn't mean you aren't responsible for knowing. For example, if you do not receive a bill in the mail for your credit card, you are still responsible for making the payment and paying any late fees--it is your responsibility as the borrower to make the appropriate payment on time. By using the service, you are implicitly agreeing to the terms of service and use, including Apple's rights to prosecute (should they choose to) for your violation of those terms (i.e. using a non-approved client application). This is enforceable; whether Apple chooses to do anything about it remains unclear.
Also enforceable is the DMCA violation (and yes, it is a violation, because you are BYPASSING technology designed to secure DRM). Even though you paid for the songs, you also paid for the license for that song (which includes DRM), and you are breaking encryption by bypassing it. Walking through a hole in a fence is still trespassing, whether you made the hole or not. Again, from a legal perspective, this is a punishable violation.
I'm not saying that I like having my digital music locked down more vigorously than a CD I buy. But there are logical reasons for doing so. Namely, that the digital version, if un-DRMed, can be copied and transmitted with no special software or effort. If I want to share a CD, I have to burn a copy (requiring hardware and software) or extract the audio digitally and transmit it. Digital music does all that for you, and Apple's DRM gives you appropriate fair use rights. The DRM is designed to prevent casual copying that results in lower license sales.
You don't own the music you've bought, and you don't have any legal right to redistribute it because your license does not allow it. Should you be able to use it on any type of device you choose? Yes. Does DRM prevent that from happening? Often, also yes. Can you choose a different format that works with all devices (standard MP3 imported from a CD)? Yeah, but not on purchased iTunes music. Until DRM and file format technology becomes standardized, you have to deal with "early adopter syndrome" in a volatile market, which can result in purchases not being universally compatible (betamax/VHS/laser disc/DVD anyone?). Make a choice that works for you.
By purchasing AAC with Apple's DRM, you are choosing a file format with known and public limitations that will only work with a specific combination of hardware and software. You chose the delivery platform; you can't buy Windows software and then complain that it doesn't work on your Mac without buying it again. That's the way business works. Of course it would be fantastic if buying a license of Office for my PC gave me a corresponding license for all the other computer platforms I use, but that's not the case. Even say, Dreamweaver, which gives you Mac and PC installers, is only licensed to be used on one of the computers. I can install it on both, but that doesn't make it right or legal, even if I think that Macromedia is horrible (which I do).
In conclusion, breaking or bypassing DRM, while understandable on a basic level for getting compatibility with everything, is against the law. Using tools to do this which violate the iTMS terms of service is also a legal violation. The best way out of this situation is to support a universal standard that ensures compatibility with all devices and file formats. DRM isn't going away, and it shouldn't. But it should also not work against honest customers who just want iTunes songs to play on their Rio. Long post, my apologies.
Yes. By signing up for an account to use the iTunes Music Store, you are bound to their terms of service. Those terms only appear in the official iTunes client because that's the only source for the music. Just because those terms don't pop up on the screen if you use this PyMusique thing doesn't mean you aren't responsible for knowing. For example, if you do not receive a bill in the mail for your credit card, you are still responsible for making the payment and paying any late fees--it is your responsibility as the borrower to make the appropriate payment on time. By using the service, you are implicitly agreeing to the terms of service and use, including Apple's rights to prosecute (should they choose to) for your violation of those terms (i.e. using a non-approved client application). This is enforceable; whether Apple chooses to do anything about it remains unclear.
Also enforceable is the DMCA violation (and yes, it is a violation, because you are BYPASSING technology designed to secure DRM). Even though you paid for the songs, you also paid for the license for that song (which includes DRM), and you are breaking encryption by bypassing it. Walking through a hole in a fence is still trespassing, whether you made the hole or not. Again, from a legal perspective, this is a punishable violation.
I'm not saying that I like having my digital music locked down more vigorously than a CD I buy. But there are logical reasons for doing so. Namely, that the digital version, if un-DRMed, can be copied and transmitted with no special software or effort. If I want to share a CD, I have to burn a copy (requiring hardware and software) or extract the audio digitally and transmit it. Digital music does all that for you, and Apple's DRM gives you appropriate fair use rights. The DRM is designed to prevent casual copying that results in lower license sales.
You don't own the music you've bought, and you don't have any legal right to redistribute it because your license does not allow it. Should you be able to use it on any type of device you choose? Yes. Does DRM prevent that from happening? Often, also yes. Can you choose a different format that works with all devices (standard MP3 imported from a CD)? Yeah, but not on purchased iTunes music. Until DRM and file format technology becomes standardized, you have to deal with "early adopter syndrome" in a volatile market, which can result in purchases not being universally compatible (betamax/VHS/laser disc/DVD anyone?). Make a choice that works for you.
By purchasing AAC with Apple's DRM, you are choosing a file format with known and public limitations that will only work with a specific combination of hardware and software. You chose the delivery platform; you can't buy Windows software and then complain that it doesn't work on your Mac without buying it again. That's the way business works. Of course it would be fantastic if buying a license of Office for my PC gave me a corresponding license for all the other computer platforms I use, but that's not the case. Even say, Dreamweaver, which gives you Mac and PC installers, is only licensed to be used on one of the computers. I can install it on both, but that doesn't make it right or legal, even if I think that Macromedia is horrible (which I do).
In conclusion, breaking or bypassing DRM, while understandable on a basic level for getting compatibility with everything, is against the law. Using tools to do this which violate the iTMS terms of service is also a legal violation. The best way out of this situation is to support a universal standard that ensures compatibility with all devices and file formats. DRM isn't going away, and it shouldn't. But it should also not work against honest customers who just want iTunes songs to play on their Rio. Long post, my apologies.