TyleRomeo
Aug 30, 12:07 PM
Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
only thing that keeps me from believing it's a hardware thing, not a firmware thing, is that apple was well into aac research and use or whatever when they released the ipod. they had to see it coming
i thought that the current delay in not being able to use aac as a purely audio file was a licensing issue....
therefore, who knows when we'll see the firmware, and an update to itunes to encode with it...
bulls-eye!!!!!!!!!!
the iPod is nothing more than a toshiba HD and apple's iTunes software and little extras. if quicktime can do AAC, then iTunes can do AAC and soon iPod will do AAC. just wait for the firmware
tyler
only thing that keeps me from believing it's a hardware thing, not a firmware thing, is that apple was well into aac research and use or whatever when they released the ipod. they had to see it coming
i thought that the current delay in not being able to use aac as a purely audio file was a licensing issue....
therefore, who knows when we'll see the firmware, and an update to itunes to encode with it...
bulls-eye!!!!!!!!!!
the iPod is nothing more than a toshiba HD and apple's iTunes software and little extras. if quicktime can do AAC, then iTunes can do AAC and soon iPod will do AAC. just wait for the firmware
tyler
MrMacMan
Oct 21, 05:46 PM
Eye please think of it this way:
I now have my firewall Block your image.
http://forums.macrumors.com/avatar.php?userid=1045&dateline=1066399550
But please don't re-upload it!
'Eye: Okay, I will
Me: nooooooooo!'
:rolleyes:
I now have my firewall Block your image.
http://forums.macrumors.com/avatar.php?userid=1045&dateline=1066399550
But please don't re-upload it!
'Eye: Okay, I will
Me: nooooooooo!'
:rolleyes:
blvdeast
Nov 13, 05:06 PM
For tab browsing, either hold down the command key when you click on a link to open it in a new tab, or press command T to open a black tab
To save passwords, go to preferences and there is a Saved Passwords option, mess with it to get your passwords to work
If you highlight something and right click it there should be an option to Search Web for what you highlighted
Not sure what is meant by type ahead links, but you would want to see error dialogs just for the security of your browser. For example if you type in http://www.yahoo.com:http://www.macrumors.com, in explorer (I don't know if it is fixed or not) you would see the first URL but be in the second URL. So you would click on a like that sent you to www.goodsite.com:hackersite.com. You would only see the goodsite on the address bar, but be in the hackersite. If you type that in Firefox, it alerts you.
I'll take another look at the "polished" version when it comes out, but I recently went back to Safari after using Firefox for a while. The main problems for me were lack of single-window tabbed browsing, and passwords that weren't being saved.
Some Firefox features that I miss are type-ahead links, an extension to get rid of error dialog boxes, googlebar for searching with highlighted terms, better auto-completion of URL's (they stay out of the way), and probably a few more that I can't remember at the moment.
To save passwords, go to preferences and there is a Saved Passwords option, mess with it to get your passwords to work
If you highlight something and right click it there should be an option to Search Web for what you highlighted
Not sure what is meant by type ahead links, but you would want to see error dialogs just for the security of your browser. For example if you type in http://www.yahoo.com:http://www.macrumors.com, in explorer (I don't know if it is fixed or not) you would see the first URL but be in the second URL. So you would click on a like that sent you to www.goodsite.com:hackersite.com. You would only see the goodsite on the address bar, but be in the hackersite. If you type that in Firefox, it alerts you.
I'll take another look at the "polished" version when it comes out, but I recently went back to Safari after using Firefox for a while. The main problems for me were lack of single-window tabbed browsing, and passwords that weren't being saved.
Some Firefox features that I miss are type-ahead links, an extension to get rid of error dialog boxes, googlebar for searching with highlighted terms, better auto-completion of URL's (they stay out of the way), and probably a few more that I can't remember at the moment.
livingfortoday
Jan 21, 06:46 PM
Thanks, those links are exactly what I needed!
Peyton
May 3, 11:07 AM
You can get as granular with the analysis as you like I suppose.
Works for me.
Actually, just trying for more of a joke ;)
Works for me.
Actually, just trying for more of a joke ;)
Mr. Anderson
Sep 12, 07:10 PM
Originally posted by Shrek
I am a [B]BIG GREEN UGLY OGER, and I like my privacy. :p
um, that's ogre - and its starting to prove you lied about your age......I asked that question in all sincerity :rolleyes:
For the sake of marketing, Apple's PowerMacs should be called workstations, not desktops. I've argued this countless times before, BTW, and I can't understand why anyone won't get it through their thick skull!
Don't start arguing semantics here - regardless what they're called, they are the top end of the macs - that was the what I was refering to them as.
Everything I'm mentioning here is the way things are done in the PC world. If Apple truly wants to convert more PC users to the Mac, then they need to mimic how the PC world works as closely as possible to make 'switchers' more familiar and more comfortable making the switch. Of course, they should still use PPC hardware and still continue to be just as innovative as they have always been.
Ah, this is a dead end arguement - not really even worthy of a response - your profile has you listing a Dell as your computer - do you even use macs? Macs for most people are much easier to use than PCs, if you don't agree, well, you're entitled to your own opinion. Personally I would never want to see Apple try and be more like a PC, period.
So if you continue with your inflamitory remarks, this thread will be closed. Try and take a more rational approach to your responses, ok?
D
I am a [B]BIG GREEN UGLY OGER, and I like my privacy. :p
um, that's ogre - and its starting to prove you lied about your age......I asked that question in all sincerity :rolleyes:
For the sake of marketing, Apple's PowerMacs should be called workstations, not desktops. I've argued this countless times before, BTW, and I can't understand why anyone won't get it through their thick skull!
Don't start arguing semantics here - regardless what they're called, they are the top end of the macs - that was the what I was refering to them as.
Everything I'm mentioning here is the way things are done in the PC world. If Apple truly wants to convert more PC users to the Mac, then they need to mimic how the PC world works as closely as possible to make 'switchers' more familiar and more comfortable making the switch. Of course, they should still use PPC hardware and still continue to be just as innovative as they have always been.
Ah, this is a dead end arguement - not really even worthy of a response - your profile has you listing a Dell as your computer - do you even use macs? Macs for most people are much easier to use than PCs, if you don't agree, well, you're entitled to your own opinion. Personally I would never want to see Apple try and be more like a PC, period.
So if you continue with your inflamitory remarks, this thread will be closed. Try and take a more rational approach to your responses, ok?
D
dongmin
Aug 28, 06:58 PM
Originally posted by Over Achiever
Its funny how ya'll go who-hoo! for a 4 GB memory stick, and people balk at a 5 GB digicam. :D
Given that phones are getting more sophisticated and media-oriented, I don't think it'd be too hard to fill up the 4 GB: think music, photos, videos, games, etc.
Its funny how ya'll go who-hoo! for a 4 GB memory stick, and people balk at a 5 GB digicam. :D
Given that phones are getting more sophisticated and media-oriented, I don't think it'd be too hard to fill up the 4 GB: think music, photos, videos, games, etc.
MacBandit
Oct 19, 05:53 PM
Originally posted by Hemingray
I have a feeling we'll be seeing the El Capitan for another year at least. Otherwise, why would they bother rearranging the innards for the MDD's? We all know that the massive power supply and heat sink isn't being used fully by the current hardware sitting in there, so we'll at least be seeing that played out (I hope... :rolleyes: ).
Personally, I'd go with the El Capitan case for good and not complain. :) The handles are great, the flip-down side is invaluable, now all they need is a front-mounted USB and FW port and I'll be happy!
I agree it's a fantastic case. The new innards with easily removable carriers for everything is a god send. I do agree on the other hand that they could style it differently. Though I think they should stick with the basic design.
I have a feeling we'll be seeing the El Capitan for another year at least. Otherwise, why would they bother rearranging the innards for the MDD's? We all know that the massive power supply and heat sink isn't being used fully by the current hardware sitting in there, so we'll at least be seeing that played out (I hope... :rolleyes: ).
Personally, I'd go with the El Capitan case for good and not complain. :) The handles are great, the flip-down side is invaluable, now all they need is a front-mounted USB and FW port and I'll be happy!
I agree it's a fantastic case. The new innards with easily removable carriers for everything is a god send. I do agree on the other hand that they could style it differently. Though I think they should stick with the basic design.
Tiauguinho
Aug 29, 03:03 PM
Sorry to double post, but I was able to open the document.
Here is Page 13
Here is Page 13
gotohamish
Oct 27, 11:32 AM
Originally posted by Mike Ball
Most if not all the consumer prosumer digital cameras still stick with usb. If only they would stick a firewire port on their cameras, but there is one firewire enabled media card reader now available.
Personally I think apple have got to give the ipod an mp3 encoder so that it can record both from internal and external microphones. It's one of the main things that for all the talk of a digital lifestyle it's actually quite difficult to get some thing that will do this for you on a mac.
Yes there's archos but most manufacturers don't seem to have heard of macs when it comes to the digital recording of sound.
there's loads more than 1 fw card reader here in the UK.
Most if not all the consumer prosumer digital cameras still stick with usb. If only they would stick a firewire port on their cameras, but there is one firewire enabled media card reader now available.
Personally I think apple have got to give the ipod an mp3 encoder so that it can record both from internal and external microphones. It's one of the main things that for all the talk of a digital lifestyle it's actually quite difficult to get some thing that will do this for you on a mac.
Yes there's archos but most manufacturers don't seem to have heard of macs when it comes to the digital recording of sound.
there's loads more than 1 fw card reader here in the UK.
Hemingray
Sep 18, 07:23 PM
Here's a big reason to wait... According to MOSR, Apple is working on new battery technologies for their portable line:
For one, Apple is working on new battery technology for its PowerBooks and iBooks based on new ion-polymer techniques that will nearly double watt-hour capacity compared to existing Lithium Ion batteries.
Secondly, OS X tends to use more battery power than OS9 primarily because it is more disk-intensive. OS X is physically much larger than OS9 in a typcial installation, and includes an exponentially larger number of individual files. In typical usage, OS X must read and write a much larger number of files spread out much further across the disk, and a significantly greater total data rate, than OS9 because of this. As a result, the disk works harder and drains more power.
Apple's marketing doublespeak allows for some margin in interpreting this, because system configurations with large amounts of RAM installed will tend to do better in OS X than in OS9 - RAM drains power, but dramatically less than disk usage does. PBG4s with at least 384MB of RAM (512-768MB is optimal) can cache most system data and greatly reduce these small but numerous disk accesses which cause most of the battery life problems in X.
Apple is working to implement more all-encompassing memory caching to prevent unnecessary disk access not only for battery life savings, but also for greater system performance. Also, new processor power reduction features will be included in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, due out next year.
The new Macs that will not boot OS9 due out in January are probably desktops; it will be a few more months before Powerbooks experience this problem, and perhaps 6 months-plus for the iBook. By then, Apple's various solutions should be in place, and although battery life may not be optimal under OS X until a post-10.3 release, it should be getting closer with each new decimal release - and new battery hardware due out next year should close the gap sufficiently that Mac users will have nothing to complain about.
Read the full article over at www.macosrumors.com. I will definitely be waiting to buy my iBook for when they increase the battery life.
For one, Apple is working on new battery technology for its PowerBooks and iBooks based on new ion-polymer techniques that will nearly double watt-hour capacity compared to existing Lithium Ion batteries.
Secondly, OS X tends to use more battery power than OS9 primarily because it is more disk-intensive. OS X is physically much larger than OS9 in a typcial installation, and includes an exponentially larger number of individual files. In typical usage, OS X must read and write a much larger number of files spread out much further across the disk, and a significantly greater total data rate, than OS9 because of this. As a result, the disk works harder and drains more power.
Apple's marketing doublespeak allows for some margin in interpreting this, because system configurations with large amounts of RAM installed will tend to do better in OS X than in OS9 - RAM drains power, but dramatically less than disk usage does. PBG4s with at least 384MB of RAM (512-768MB is optimal) can cache most system data and greatly reduce these small but numerous disk accesses which cause most of the battery life problems in X.
Apple is working to implement more all-encompassing memory caching to prevent unnecessary disk access not only for battery life savings, but also for greater system performance. Also, new processor power reduction features will be included in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, due out next year.
The new Macs that will not boot OS9 due out in January are probably desktops; it will be a few more months before Powerbooks experience this problem, and perhaps 6 months-plus for the iBook. By then, Apple's various solutions should be in place, and although battery life may not be optimal under OS X until a post-10.3 release, it should be getting closer with each new decimal release - and new battery hardware due out next year should close the gap sufficiently that Mac users will have nothing to complain about.
Read the full article over at www.macosrumors.com. I will definitely be waiting to buy my iBook for when they increase the battery life.
combatcolin
Mar 26, 04:25 PM
I'm hoping the official announcement has them sticking WiFi in the system. I'm actually hoping my bro buys an Elite system and I'll have his old one for free. Then I'd buy a WiFi adapter after saving about �210!
Would be good, the wi-fi adaptor is quite expensive and you get it for free with the PS3 and Wii.
Would be good, the wi-fi adaptor is quite expensive and you get it for free with the PS3 and Wii.
Doctor Q
Oct 15, 01:03 AM
Originally posted by Rower_CPU
You should add an if statement to the effect of:if ($text= "spam") {
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You should add an if statement to the effect of:if ($text= "spam") {
nixd2001
Oct 17, 04:38 PM
Originally posted by MacCoaster
The Hammer architecture is also capable of symmetric multiprocessing as well. Power Macs will probably never be more than a dual PowerPC, whereas you can do quad, oct, etc. configurations of Itaniums, Hammers, etc.
Isn't the question for each camp here whether N-way (N>2) will actually be produced rather can be produced? 2-way has been part of Apple line up for a while now. 2-way has been possible in the PC space for quite a while, but still seems a bit esoteric when it comes down to the actual volume shipped.
For machines that ship in any quantity to be worth talking about for large mnfs, I don't think N>2 is going to figure in any x86 variants. They may exist as geek/specialist high end machines for prestige purposes, but I really don't see them clocking up the volumes...
The Hammer architecture is also capable of symmetric multiprocessing as well. Power Macs will probably never be more than a dual PowerPC, whereas you can do quad, oct, etc. configurations of Itaniums, Hammers, etc.
Isn't the question for each camp here whether N-way (N>2) will actually be produced rather can be produced? 2-way has been part of Apple line up for a while now. 2-way has been possible in the PC space for quite a while, but still seems a bit esoteric when it comes down to the actual volume shipped.
For machines that ship in any quantity to be worth talking about for large mnfs, I don't think N>2 is going to figure in any x86 variants. They may exist as geek/specialist high end machines for prestige purposes, but I really don't see them clocking up the volumes...
SilvorX
Oct 1, 12:43 PM
geesh...u kno that rumors arent ALWAYS true :P lol..this is one of those rumors that wasnt true lol...
iGav
Sep 20, 02:34 AM
Doctor Q I really wouldn't worry about the Dual 1.25 being obsolete anytime soon.....
There are far too many people that have hard on's for the latest and greatest...... and listening to them you'd believe that the current Mac's are good for nothing other than maybe emailing....... *and generally statistically these people have a G4 450.... ha ha*
*total envy though* that Dual 1.25 puppy you have must be like a rocket...... And it will last you years, exactly like what Duke said.......
Don't forget to post some thoughts etc on spped, smoothness and that multiple fan start up sequence..... :)
There are far too many people that have hard on's for the latest and greatest...... and listening to them you'd believe that the current Mac's are good for nothing other than maybe emailing....... *and generally statistically these people have a G4 450.... ha ha*
*total envy though* that Dual 1.25 puppy you have must be like a rocket...... And it will last you years, exactly like what Duke said.......
Don't forget to post some thoughts etc on spped, smoothness and that multiple fan start up sequence..... :)
Arcady
Oct 10, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by mirageMR
ok look. you're still getting two 256 chips for 40 bucks.
No, you are not. You are getting one 256 for $40. It is a ripoff.
ok look. you're still getting two 256 chips for 40 bucks.
No, you are not. You are getting one 256 for $40. It is a ripoff.
FunkyPurple
Sep 22, 08:07 AM
Anyone know if this software is any good? Toast is becoming a pain and I'm considering this as an option. DVD burning/updating shouldn't be this complicated. :( Is it worth it? If not is there a better software?
http://www.ntius.com/default.asp?p=dragonburn/dburn4_requirements
Thanks!
http://www.ntius.com/default.asp?p=dragonburn/dburn4_requirements
Thanks!
redeye be
Jul 20, 12:23 PM
I think the 2.5 years have passed, so it's time for another update!
BigPrince
Feb 17, 05:39 PM
I joined!!!! I couldnt get the terminal version to work, not that I tried hard, but it was frusterating and the directions seemed outdated for the console version so I downloaded the GUI and joined the MR team. WOOT WOOT. You guys should get the word out to more people, I had heard of things like this but never knew we did it and that it was a simple process to do.
dsharits
Mar 16, 09:59 AM
:D I'm thinking this is the beginning of an OS revolution. The months and years ahead could be very good to Apple - and for computing overall if OS X can become the mainstream Operating System and dethrone MS Windows...
It can't be, because Apple is a dying breed, remember? :rolleyes: :D
It can't be, because Apple is a dying breed, remember? :rolleyes: :D
Nermal
Feb 25, 03:11 AM
Firefox 1.0.1 is now out, I haven't downloaded it yet but hopefully it fixes some of the bugs in 1.0 :)
Edit: The menu bug is still there, so back to Safari for me.
Edit: The menu bug is still there, so back to Safari for me.
MacBandit
Oct 3, 06:58 PM
Originally posted by ddtlm
MacBandit:
You seem to have some serious misunderstandings about how that works. It is the fundamental nature of synchronous digital devices (such as all current processors) not to get faster or slower without a change in design or a change in clock speed.
Chip makers go to smaller manufacturing processes for several reasons, including the fact that die sizes are smaller which makes the chips cheaper to manufacture, that the chips can clock higher, and that the chips tend to produce less heat at a given clockspeed.
Die size itself does not dictate clock speed. It can influence it because errors are more common during the manufacture of larger dies, and it can influence it if the die is so large that signals cannot propigate as far as they need to during a single clock cycle. However simply adding something like an AltiVec unit to a G3 would not cause either of these to happen to any large degree since the die size is so darn small right now (20% or something the size of a P4).
Times change. The 750fx has little in common with the MPC7455.
You are wrong. IBM surely posseses chips that can make it to 2.0ghz, but the 750fx is not one of them. No two ways about it. It is not possible to take a 750fx chip to 2ghz, no matter how lucky you are. There is a limit which clock speeds of a design will approach and never exceed, no matter how many samples are tried. You can rest assured that the limit is less than 2ghz; it's probably in the low 1.x ghz range.
You may be right about the overall clock speed you seem to know a little bit about processor fabrication though you haven't indicated how. What I do know is that by shortening the distance a signal has to travel you have effectively shortened the time of travel which is the measurement of speed. Now when it comes to cpus and your taking about Billions of signals/second sortening the distance those signals have to travel also effectively increases the perceived speed of the processor.
MacBandit:
You seem to have some serious misunderstandings about how that works. It is the fundamental nature of synchronous digital devices (such as all current processors) not to get faster or slower without a change in design or a change in clock speed.
Chip makers go to smaller manufacturing processes for several reasons, including the fact that die sizes are smaller which makes the chips cheaper to manufacture, that the chips can clock higher, and that the chips tend to produce less heat at a given clockspeed.
Die size itself does not dictate clock speed. It can influence it because errors are more common during the manufacture of larger dies, and it can influence it if the die is so large that signals cannot propigate as far as they need to during a single clock cycle. However simply adding something like an AltiVec unit to a G3 would not cause either of these to happen to any large degree since the die size is so darn small right now (20% or something the size of a P4).
Times change. The 750fx has little in common with the MPC7455.
You are wrong. IBM surely posseses chips that can make it to 2.0ghz, but the 750fx is not one of them. No two ways about it. It is not possible to take a 750fx chip to 2ghz, no matter how lucky you are. There is a limit which clock speeds of a design will approach and never exceed, no matter how many samples are tried. You can rest assured that the limit is less than 2ghz; it's probably in the low 1.x ghz range.
You may be right about the overall clock speed you seem to know a little bit about processor fabrication though you haven't indicated how. What I do know is that by shortening the distance a signal has to travel you have effectively shortened the time of travel which is the measurement of speed. Now when it comes to cpus and your taking about Billions of signals/second sortening the distance those signals have to travel also effectively increases the perceived speed of the processor.
livingfortoday
Mar 9, 11:28 PM
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