Shrek
Sep 6, 02:06 PM
Originally posted by JamesDP
"Waaa! I want a 19" iMac!"
19 inch iMacs a possibility next year.
"Waaa! I want a 21" iMac!"
Where does it end?
Originally posted by Gaz
Wow imagine the an iMac with a 42" widescreen!!!! That would be great for DVDs.
Damn, I remember the first computer we got that had a 13" crt and that ways the bee's knee's. I've said it before; it's nice to wish but be satisfied with what you have. If you're not, you'll never be happy.
gareth
Originally posted by Shrek
Certainly I don't think that iMacs should have screens any bigger than 21". It just doesn't sound feasible for a system not geared for professional use.
Ya'll need some glasses. :p
"Waaa! I want a 19" iMac!"
19 inch iMacs a possibility next year.
"Waaa! I want a 21" iMac!"
Where does it end?
Originally posted by Gaz
Wow imagine the an iMac with a 42" widescreen!!!! That would be great for DVDs.
Damn, I remember the first computer we got that had a 13" crt and that ways the bee's knee's. I've said it before; it's nice to wish but be satisfied with what you have. If you're not, you'll never be happy.
gareth
Originally posted by Shrek
Certainly I don't think that iMacs should have screens any bigger than 21". It just doesn't sound feasible for a system not geared for professional use.
Ya'll need some glasses. :p
bond2
Sep 19, 01:44 PM
Everyone has been complaining so much about the current Macs being so far behind the Pentiums and AMD processors in speed. In actuality the new 1.25ghz Dual G4 is the 3rd fastest consumer PC in the market. It almost matches the fastest AMD processor and is just slightly behind Intels PIV 2.8 ghz machine. Check it out for yourself:
http://www.cpuscorecard.com/
http://www.cpuscorecard.com/
Doctor Q
Mar 28, 11:26 PM
I'm trying to find a website I remember. If I'm remembering correctly (which is in doubt), it showed videos of the results of an engineering contest. Contestants had to create a chair that could be shipped in a flat Fedex box and assembled after being opened. The videos showed the judges opening and assembling the entries and they could actually sit on the completed chairs.
Or something like that.
Does anybody have a better memory of this than I do, or know what the contest was or where to find it?
Or something like that.
Does anybody have a better memory of this than I do, or know what the contest was or where to find it?
Shrek
Sep 26, 02:08 PM
Originally posted by iwantanewmac
I think they will never make the imac so "fast" that soon.
There will be upgrades....but they way apple does it. :)
the 700 model goes to 800 and the 800 to 933 maybe.
1.25 is out of the question. you are all dreaming :)
Hold your expectations for Apple high and they will do their best, otherwise they'll do their worst.
When customers asked for a bigger screen for the iMac they listened and gave us a 17". Now were asking for a 1.25GHz iMac with a 19" screen by January 2003. If we hold our expectations for Apple high we may not get what we wanted, but we'll get a lot closer to it than just a 133MHz speed bump. ;)
I think they will never make the imac so "fast" that soon.
There will be upgrades....but they way apple does it. :)
the 700 model goes to 800 and the 800 to 933 maybe.
1.25 is out of the question. you are all dreaming :)
Hold your expectations for Apple high and they will do their best, otherwise they'll do their worst.
When customers asked for a bigger screen for the iMac they listened and gave us a 17". Now were asking for a 1.25GHz iMac with a 19" screen by January 2003. If we hold our expectations for Apple high we may not get what we wanted, but we'll get a lot closer to it than just a 133MHz speed bump. ;)
ryme4reson
Sep 16, 09:57 PM
Why wait, I mean if a new iBook comes out, then sell the one you have (EBAY ASAO) and buy the new one. I have always been able to maintain a top machine by doing this. I will even sell you or anyone else my airport card out of my 933 for 60 bucks. It has never been used. as I dont use my desktop as a portable, haha
jamesk7772mac.com
jamesk7772mac.com
tristan
May 17, 10:23 PM
FYI - from the MS Office for Mac website:
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Q. Will you re-release Office 2004 for Intel-based Macs?
A. No. There are no plans to re-release Office 2004. With Rosetta, Office 2004 runs well on Intel-based Macs.
Q. When will the next version of Office for Mac be available?
A. The next version of Office for Mac is under development, and we typically release a new version every two to three years. {continued}
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My commentary:
"Runs well": Yeah, right. Emulate *this* Bill Gates. (appropriate hand gesture)
"Two to Three Years": So a new version is under development now, which we can assume is Office '07, right? Maybe the Mac version of Office will be released four or five months after the PC/Vista version.
---
Q. Will you re-release Office 2004 for Intel-based Macs?
A. No. There are no plans to re-release Office 2004. With Rosetta, Office 2004 runs well on Intel-based Macs.
Q. When will the next version of Office for Mac be available?
A. The next version of Office for Mac is under development, and we typically release a new version every two to three years. {continued}
---
My commentary:
"Runs well": Yeah, right. Emulate *this* Bill Gates. (appropriate hand gesture)
"Two to Three Years": So a new version is under development now, which we can assume is Office '07, right? Maybe the Mac version of Office will be released four or five months after the PC/Vista version.
mystixman
Oct 30, 09:00 PM
Ok, Im a dumb newbie when it comes to building a computer, but would it be possible to get a normal MOBO, attach some G4 chips, and other Apple stuff, and have a workable Apple computer? I would like to make one with more than two cips, more room for DDR RAM, and more Hard Drives. I do computer animation and would love to have a MUCH faster machine. Anyone know?:confused: :confused:
nixd2001
Oct 12, 09:48 AM
Originally posted by MacCoaster
javajedi's Java and Cocoa/Objective-C code has been available here (http://members.ij.net/javajedi) for a couple of days. My C# port is available for examination if you e-mail me.
I was thinking of the x86 and PPC assembler produced for the core loops. I could bung the C through GCC and get some assembler on my windy tunnels, true, but I'm not geared up to do the Windows side of things.
javajedi's Java and Cocoa/Objective-C code has been available here (http://members.ij.net/javajedi) for a couple of days. My C# port is available for examination if you e-mail me.
I was thinking of the x86 and PPC assembler produced for the core loops. I could bung the C through GCC and get some assembler on my windy tunnels, true, but I'm not geared up to do the Windows side of things.
Rickay726
Jun 4, 11:26 PM
discounts off 3rd party stuff sounds awsome.
Marky_Mark
Apr 20, 05:39 PM
How terribly philosophical for eight in the morning. :p
It's 11.30 at night here. I'm knackered. :D
It's 11.30 at night here. I'm knackered. :D
JeffTL
Dec 31, 01:55 AM
Well, I use Microsoft's software (Office 2004) more than just about anything non-Apple, and you have to admit that there is NO WORD PROCESSOR that can parallel Word for Mac in terms of file format compatiblity, features, reliability, ease of use, and name recognition. OpenOffice doesn't even run on Aqua yet, and AbiWord is still a bit shaky. The one thing AbiWord has that I wish Word had is a Latin spelling dictionary -- and there are probably very few Latinists out there who feel the need to spellcheck their Latin with MS Word. Excel is as good as any other spreadsheet and PowerPoint's native files will work on Windows (unlike Keynote). I've never actually used Entourage but it looks to be better than Outlook. Virtual PC is nothing shameful, either.
Brettrix (http://brettrix.for.macosx.co.nz, if I recall correctly) by Angela Brett and Rob Rix truly does deserve its title of "Swiss Army Cuckoo of Tetrices" -- a better OS X Tetris is yet to be seen by these eyes.
And who can forget Photoshop Elements? Adobe's Mac software is pretty good -- Photoshop Elements 2 lets me do most of the stuff I did on Windows with Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.
Also there is Ambrosia. Beyond even such fine games as Deimos Rising, you have Wiretap.
Brettrix (http://brettrix.for.macosx.co.nz, if I recall correctly) by Angela Brett and Rob Rix truly does deserve its title of "Swiss Army Cuckoo of Tetrices" -- a better OS X Tetris is yet to be seen by these eyes.
And who can forget Photoshop Elements? Adobe's Mac software is pretty good -- Photoshop Elements 2 lets me do most of the stuff I did on Windows with Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.
Also there is Ambrosia. Beyond even such fine games as Deimos Rising, you have Wiretap.
nixd2001
Oct 17, 04:31 PM
Originally posted by Rocketman
This has always interested me. It seems that even though Apple only has about a 3% market share there is always a perceived or real shortage of chips for their computers. This indicates they are employing JIT methods on the limited supply of chips that do exist and often get bitten by it.
But it also means the fabs they use are a very small fraction of the volume of the pee cee marketplace. Probably even smaller in relative terms.
It is my understanding the PowerPC itself had higher yield per wafer and higher % yield, so that is not the issue.
It may be that because they are behind in the Mhz race they are trying to use chips closer to the technical limit of the process than Intel has to and thus there is a lower yield because of that.
The fact there is a 700mhz chip in Apples premiere product this year supports that theory.
Rocketman
I didn't follow this 700MHz logic. Can you expand please?
This has always interested me. It seems that even though Apple only has about a 3% market share there is always a perceived or real shortage of chips for their computers. This indicates they are employing JIT methods on the limited supply of chips that do exist and often get bitten by it.
But it also means the fabs they use are a very small fraction of the volume of the pee cee marketplace. Probably even smaller in relative terms.
It is my understanding the PowerPC itself had higher yield per wafer and higher % yield, so that is not the issue.
It may be that because they are behind in the Mhz race they are trying to use chips closer to the technical limit of the process than Intel has to and thus there is a lower yield because of that.
The fact there is a 700mhz chip in Apples premiere product this year supports that theory.
Rocketman
I didn't follow this 700MHz logic. Can you expand please?
tjwett
Sep 12, 03:11 PM
I just read an article on cnet that Intel just did a demonstration of a 4.5 ghz P4 that they overclocked to run at 4.7 stable. This thing looks like it could smoke anything in it's path. Hope Apple is whipping up something special soon...
mkrishnan
Oct 19, 06:37 AM
Unfortunately audio/video chat is still a good while away and when it arrives it's not known whether it'll reach the quality of ichat.
There's just something about it that doesn't make me like having two clients open...
Totally agree...and wish there was some good way to get MSN webcamming on my Mac. :( I also can't wait to try initiating a multi-person chat from Adium. That's another feature I used that drove me to MSN msngr or iChat periodically....
But the contact list is very nice, although I had to spend about 10-15 minutes massaging it to get it back on the screen at once. Some of the size adjustment sliders seem kind of goofy -- I find them very hard to control, and the size limitations are strange. So I wanted my contact list in a single full screen height column, with everyone showing, with no scroll bar. I had that fine in 0.63, and I got in 0.7, but I had to go to an 8 point font and get rid of the avatars / status icons to make it fit, because they couldn't size down beyond 12x12. Which admittedly is just a slightly cuter looking version of what I had with 0.63. But still nice.
There's just something about it that doesn't make me like having two clients open...
Totally agree...and wish there was some good way to get MSN webcamming on my Mac. :( I also can't wait to try initiating a multi-person chat from Adium. That's another feature I used that drove me to MSN msngr or iChat periodically....
But the contact list is very nice, although I had to spend about 10-15 minutes massaging it to get it back on the screen at once. Some of the size adjustment sliders seem kind of goofy -- I find them very hard to control, and the size limitations are strange. So I wanted my contact list in a single full screen height column, with everyone showing, with no scroll bar. I had that fine in 0.63, and I got in 0.7, but I had to go to an 8 point font and get rid of the avatars / status icons to make it fit, because they couldn't size down beyond 12x12. Which admittedly is just a slightly cuter looking version of what I had with 0.63. But still nice.
Gasu E.
Mar 22, 02:49 PM
I have a question for all of you World of Warcraft players.
When I play games, I don't like to have to interact with other players. I don't like to wait for games to start online. I don't like to be schooled by people who spend exponentially more time playing than I do. I like to play for whatever chunks of time I have and that's it. If I have 30 minutes to play, I want to spend it playing and enjoying myself. I don't want to spend 20 minutes waiting to get a group together.
With all this in mind, could I still play and enjoy World of Warcraft?
Sure, as others have stated, you can play WOW. But why? You could enjoy the scenary in this very large, simulated world. But the quests aren't terribly interesting. I'd say you might get something out of dabbling for a month or so, but ultimately there are other games that are better for solo play.
And if you do decide to play, avoid PVP servers...
When I play games, I don't like to have to interact with other players. I don't like to wait for games to start online. I don't like to be schooled by people who spend exponentially more time playing than I do. I like to play for whatever chunks of time I have and that's it. If I have 30 minutes to play, I want to spend it playing and enjoying myself. I don't want to spend 20 minutes waiting to get a group together.
With all this in mind, could I still play and enjoy World of Warcraft?
Sure, as others have stated, you can play WOW. But why? You could enjoy the scenary in this very large, simulated world. But the quests aren't terribly interesting. I'd say you might get something out of dabbling for a month or so, but ultimately there are other games that are better for solo play.
And if you do decide to play, avoid PVP servers...
SilvorX
Nov 2, 06:20 PM
hmm to me it says "A9 toolbar released for Mozilla Firefox" not camino :P
well I tried it out, it definately is a bit bulky, but not my cup of tea since the search box on firefox does the job well
well I tried it out, it definately is a bit bulky, but not my cup of tea since the search box on firefox does the job well
MacCoaster
Oct 12, 04:19 PM
javajedi: Well, well... I finally figured out GNUstep and ported your Cocoa program to it--works 100%. Funny thing it's slower than the Java one, but it might be the extra crap I put in there (menus, etc.). 10 seconds compared to 7 seconds with Java. But that's still faster than 70 seconds on a G4. I'll be making a pure C port if anyone hasn't.
Dreadnought
Jul 11, 03:29 PM
or only type rid2, I believe that get rid of only the second folding app.
Multimedia
Oct 10, 04:07 PM
Those stores are mostly for newbies. The majority of their employees came from Target and the Gap and never even touched a Mac before they got their jobs there. The geniuses are clockwatchers who don't really have a lot of enthusiasm for really trying to solve a customer's challenging problem. They lack curiosity and are quite full of themselves in a condesending sort of way � leaving long term Mac fanatics feeling unwanted and unwelcome. Sort of unfriendly has been my experience. IMHO.
I'd rather develop a friendship with Alabama (Backtothemac) who I know really cares about the little guy than those pompous "Geniuses" at the Apple Stores. They always strike me as intimidating and smug. I have been on the Mac since some of them were falling out of their cradle (1984). It's not pleasant to have to look at their young eyes not respecting long term Mac experience � misjudging change difficulties for ignorance.
I'd rather develop a friendship with Alabama (Backtothemac) who I know really cares about the little guy than those pompous "Geniuses" at the Apple Stores. They always strike me as intimidating and smug. I have been on the Mac since some of them were falling out of their cradle (1984). It's not pleasant to have to look at their young eyes not respecting long term Mac experience � misjudging change difficulties for ignorance.
Chundles
May 12, 01:24 PM
Who else is going...we can tease the people that can't come:)
Bless
That's OK, tease away. I'll be laughing at you when they open the Sydney Flagship store in two thousand and never....:( :(
I want a proper Apple Store, carn Apple, Sydney's a good city.
Bless
That's OK, tease away. I'll be laughing at you when they open the Sydney Flagship store in two thousand and never....:( :(
I want a proper Apple Store, carn Apple, Sydney's a good city.
Flyinace2000
May 31, 08:46 AM
I just got a call back for an interview at an Apple Store in VA. I say round two because this is the same store i worked at when i dissapeared from MacRumors last summer. This time as a Mac Genius.
According to a article at AppleInsider the 2004 paygrade from a Mac Gneius was between 15.08/hr and 22.62/hr. Do these numbers hold up?
According to a article at AppleInsider the 2004 paygrade from a Mac Gneius was between 15.08/hr and 22.62/hr. Do these numbers hold up?
Shrek
Sep 5, 12:48 PM
Originally posted by SilvorX
that'dd be WAYYYYYY to freaking expensive for the average mac user, probably would cost as much (if not more) as a powerbook or more
Not necessarily. You can be sure that as soon as the 15" iMacs are phased out the price of the 17" iMac will drop considerably, and a 19" iMac will be about the price of a 17" today. :) Don't get me wrong, but this is exactly how the tech industry works. ;)
that'dd be WAYYYYYY to freaking expensive for the average mac user, probably would cost as much (if not more) as a powerbook or more
Not necessarily. You can be sure that as soon as the 15" iMacs are phased out the price of the 17" iMac will drop considerably, and a 19" iMac will be about the price of a 17" today. :) Don't get me wrong, but this is exactly how the tech industry works. ;)
technocoy
Oct 18, 05:43 PM
I usually don't give a crap about windows.... used it... hate it still have to use it occasionally, I'm no developer, just a creative with a hankerin' for Macs, I happen to have the wonderfull benefit of working with clients like IBM, SonyEricsson, Motorola, Audi, etc.... I just thought since the question was still not answered as to whether or not the new IBM chip was being used in Macs, I would would be a nice fellow member and let you guys in on it. I didn't expect to be analyzed.... next time i'll be more prepared in how i present the info. Just letting you guys know to plan on a new processor in your macs in 2003/2004... and that it will be a 64bit IBM chip. I was excited to get the inside info, and since most people here have been very helpful and informative with me, i thought i'd share a little insider info that i just happened to be blessed with... I don't lie...
barely even ever post...
won't make the mistake again...
Later:D
barely even ever post...
won't make the mistake again...
Later:D
Santaduck
Mar 30, 02:21 PM
this is old news by...um... by almost a month I think, but I'm glad it was posted.
it should be loads of fun, I'm glad lucasfilm approved these guys =)
it should be loads of fun, I'm glad lucasfilm approved these guys =)
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