javajedi
Oct 8, 05:51 PM
Mac are the fastest in things like MP3 encoding, MPEG4/DIVX encoding ...[/B][/QUOTE]
1) DiVX performance on the mac absolutely blows.
2) After I read your little post I ran a simple benchmark comparing my $3500 top of the line PowerBook:
The P4 ripped and encoded a 6:20 song @ 128kbit/s in a total of 12 seconds. The same process (same song) @ 128kbit/s in iTunes took 47 seconds.
What does that say?
1) DiVX performance on the mac absolutely blows.
2) After I read your little post I ran a simple benchmark comparing my $3500 top of the line PowerBook:
The P4 ripped and encoded a 6:20 song @ 128kbit/s in a total of 12 seconds. The same process (same song) @ 128kbit/s in iTunes took 47 seconds.
What does that say?
P-Worm
Sep 22, 10:07 AM
Isn't it amazing that no matter what the topic of a thread is about it always seems to degrade into people getting mad at how expensive a Macintosh is? Not to change the subjedt or anything...Carry on.
P-Worm
P-Worm
Bendit
Oct 25, 11:51 AM
Camino hasn't had a major update in a LONG time. Camino should fold and just start partying a true Aqua port of Firefox to further optimize it on OS X.
Firefox and Camino have alot in common are replecating each others work.
Firefox and Camino have alot in common are replecating each others work.
iJon
Oct 8, 03:36 PM
Did anybody else notice this. I went to the Mac OS X part of version tracker and clicked on the Mac OS X Modem Update. It said in its list of computers that it was for teh Dual 1 GHz and the Dual 1.5 GHz mirrored doors. Just some typo, just thought of it being interesting.
iJon
iJon
Moxiemike
Sep 10, 01:28 PM
Originally posted by iGAV
Ahh yeah.... the early 90's was a particularly fine vintage for some things...... (like St Etienne, Ride, Belly etc :D ) but Quark certainly isn't one of them....... heh heh!!
Certainly the whole cut and paste thing in Indesign is much more intuitive, Quark really is clunky in comparison..... :)
Ah! Ride. Vapour Trail was an early nineties highlight. :D
I feel you on Quark. I do some work for an ad agency as a freelancer and they swear by Qaurk. So I have it in my machine (again. i keep trying to delete it)
It feels soooooooooo clunky. Like driving a low end car.
Though those guys are thinking of switiching to ID soon. hope they do-- and this might be the spur.
Think that maybe Quarks "OSX version by Xmas" plan is down the tubes, hence this giveaway coupled with the impending "no boot into 9" thing??
Ahh yeah.... the early 90's was a particularly fine vintage for some things...... (like St Etienne, Ride, Belly etc :D ) but Quark certainly isn't one of them....... heh heh!!
Certainly the whole cut and paste thing in Indesign is much more intuitive, Quark really is clunky in comparison..... :)
Ah! Ride. Vapour Trail was an early nineties highlight. :D
I feel you on Quark. I do some work for an ad agency as a freelancer and they swear by Qaurk. So I have it in my machine (again. i keep trying to delete it)
It feels soooooooooo clunky. Like driving a low end car.
Though those guys are thinking of switiching to ID soon. hope they do-- and this might be the spur.
Think that maybe Quarks "OSX version by Xmas" plan is down the tubes, hence this giveaway coupled with the impending "no boot into 9" thing??
Kid Red
Sep 17, 07:07 PM
Ok, I'll repeat the info I've received again. We will have power4 core macs by this time next year. Moto will have the last G4 in jan but doubt it will be called a G5 when everyone knows it's a G4. It should, however, be on a new mobo. The last bump was supposed to feature it but they had major heat issues which may explain the ports in front of the towers.
We WILL have this IBM power4 core mac nexy year according to a very creditable source.
We WILL have this IBM power4 core mac nexy year according to a very creditable source.
Timepass
Jun 5, 01:42 PM
Notice the requirements that you need for BitLocker to be enabled.
Still not as easy as FileVault, where all you do is check off a box in the System Preferences. A dialog like that is more likely to scare off your average user.
The actual Aero interface, like the buttons reminds me of Ubuntu+GNOME.
I'm not overly impressed so far. To me, it seems like all they did was spice up the GUI, and make it pester the living daylights out of you with all the access priviledges. It's almost like they're making up for all those years as a single user OS by having Vista annoy the hell out of you with all these popups and crap about having the correct priviledges.
I'll hold on to my final thoughts until I get to try the OS for myself. Right now, I'm not very impressed.
right but it is by far more secure that fileVault. The reason that is more secure is because the enqetion key is not stored on the harddrive. The key has to remain unencrypted to read the stuff. In theory I could still a drive lock with filevault and get into the files. Hard but very do able. Having the key stored on another peice of hardware is a great way to keep it safe.
Still not as easy as FileVault, where all you do is check off a box in the System Preferences. A dialog like that is more likely to scare off your average user.
The actual Aero interface, like the buttons reminds me of Ubuntu+GNOME.
I'm not overly impressed so far. To me, it seems like all they did was spice up the GUI, and make it pester the living daylights out of you with all the access priviledges. It's almost like they're making up for all those years as a single user OS by having Vista annoy the hell out of you with all these popups and crap about having the correct priviledges.
I'll hold on to my final thoughts until I get to try the OS for myself. Right now, I'm not very impressed.
right but it is by far more secure that fileVault. The reason that is more secure is because the enqetion key is not stored on the harddrive. The key has to remain unencrypted to read the stuff. In theory I could still a drive lock with filevault and get into the files. Hard but very do able. Having the key stored on another peice of hardware is a great way to keep it safe.
iShane
Apr 30, 09:50 PM
Go punch her. Right now.
HAHAHA!
Anyways. All I can say to the poster of this thread is "LUCKY!"
HAHAHA!
Anyways. All I can say to the poster of this thread is "LUCKY!"
mikemodena
May 18, 08:56 PM
Around 9:45 PM eastern during the Will and Grace: Say Goodnight Gracie series finale, Apple aired the Get a Mac ad where the PC crashes and restarts; at the end of the commercial the word "Mac" is displayed on the screen of a white MacBook instead of the iMac used in the commercials previously.
I saw it too, same time, same show.
I saw it too, same time, same show.
Ateazz
Oct 9, 01:57 PM
Hi guy's
A job has to be done so use the best software to do that.
In my case OS-X can't be beaten.
Look at "The Knowledgenavigator", not about speed but easy to use.
Make life easy, and Think different.
greetz
A job has to be done so use the best software to do that.
In my case OS-X can't be beaten.
Look at "The Knowledgenavigator", not about speed but easy to use.
Make life easy, and Think different.
greetz
gopher
Oct 9, 10:09 AM
I believe it to be a typo as well...but you never know!
IJ Reilly
Jun 15, 04:57 PM
wasn't it Mr. Gate investment in Apple that prevent them from going bankrupt?
In a word, no. In two words, hell no.
Why this bit of mythology persists, I'll never understand.
In a word, no. In two words, hell no.
Why this bit of mythology persists, I'll never understand.
Nermal
Oct 6, 02:49 PM
Other Web sites such as Westpac and Citibank -- which use browsers as a conduit for online transactions -- have similar restrictions.
Interesting, I use Westpac (although I'm in NZ, not Australia), and I haven't had any problems whatsoever with Safari.
Interesting, I use Westpac (although I'm in NZ, not Australia), and I haven't had any problems whatsoever with Safari.
Dreadnought
Jun 12, 12:18 PM
I use it now on my laptop and I can also monitor what my G5 is doing. Great app, has gone a long way from version 1, didn't even recognized it when I started it the first time!
Applespider
Jun 12, 07:33 AM
Phones are what Apple needs to get into to leverage iTunes. Motorola just did not understand the concept and even Jobs didn't look too keen on it.
Leave the phones as they are; just build a mini-Java iTunes client (since more and more phones support Java) that lets you specify a playlist of x size to pull over from your regular computer iTunes. Oh look... now iTunes is available on every phone on any network. Forget buying songs over the phone (it's too long-winded and I don't want my album purchases showing up on my phone bill) just let me hear what I've already got.
My k750 takes good enough pictures for quick snaps and I've got the odd song on it to use as an alarm/ringtone but there's no way it's replacing my camera/my camcorder or my iPod. And while I can use it as a Bluetooth modem, it's not replacing my ADSL2+ broadband connection either.
Leave the phones as they are; just build a mini-Java iTunes client (since more and more phones support Java) that lets you specify a playlist of x size to pull over from your regular computer iTunes. Oh look... now iTunes is available on every phone on any network. Forget buying songs over the phone (it's too long-winded and I don't want my album purchases showing up on my phone bill) just let me hear what I've already got.
My k750 takes good enough pictures for quick snaps and I've got the odd song on it to use as an alarm/ringtone but there's no way it's replacing my camera/my camcorder or my iPod. And while I can use it as a Bluetooth modem, it's not replacing my ADSL2+ broadband connection either.
job
Nov 4, 04:16 PM
Here's a Classic..
Ah, those were the days..spamming the night away with KC and Alpha.. ;) :p
spam (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6808)
Ah, those were the days..spamming the night away with KC and Alpha.. ;) :p
spam (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6808)
Phobophobia
Jun 20, 08:49 PM
The only 'risk' they were taking by bringing back Jobs was the risk of actually having a successful company.
Change is not risky. Not changing is what's risky.
Change is not risky. Not changing is what's risky.
macgeek2005
Apr 17, 01:04 AM
whaa??? explain everything. I didn't understand a word of your first post.
d.perel
Mar 18, 04:01 PM
Echoing a comment I saw elsewhere, why doesn't someone just hire this guy. It probably costs more for Apple to sue each person than it would be to hire them and keep them busy fixing these problems internally.
This is one of those nuts who thinks he is for the common good, and has already won lawsuits against movie companies challenging his dvd-decryption software (software doesn't decrpyt and distribute movies illegally, people do) :mad: I bet he is VERY careful not to cross the line, and he probably has a great lawyer ;)
This is one of those nuts who thinks he is for the common good, and has already won lawsuits against movie companies challenging his dvd-decryption software (software doesn't decrpyt and distribute movies illegally, people do) :mad: I bet he is VERY careful not to cross the line, and he probably has a great lawyer ;)
RBMaraman
Sep 17, 07:12 PM
Well, considering they just started shipping, I don't think anyone has one right at this darn minute.
BlueSky
Sep 10, 07:59 PM
well.. I am looking for history of changes and events, merge mail, merge email and more..
Paul
Paul
Cappy
Sep 20, 08:59 PM
Originally posted by avkills
Microsoft has not beat Apple as far as a 64bit consumer OS goes. Name one consumer chip that is 64bit. Thank you. Carry on.
And your point is? There really isn't a need for 64bit cpu's let alone OS's for most consumers. AMD is essentially responsible for putting the pressure on the industry to move toward 64bit as soon as it is.
For consumers a 64bit cpu and OS is nothing more than bragging rights...at least for a few years.
Originally posted by avkills
Also, I think NT is limited to 4 processors unless they have updated that recently. Clustering is not the same as a multi-processor machine. Unix scales better than NT, just deal with it. Apple could easily make a rack server that had 16 processors, with a kick arse OpenGL card and teach SGI a lesson. They don't have the market for that though...yet!
-mark
I'm not sure where you get your info but keep dreaming. You fail to mention what cpu's they would use. I don't think your going to see current G4's in 16 processor servers ever. It's just not designed to do it. That's not to say it cannot be done...just that it would be a waste of manpower and money to do it and not be very efficient at it no matter the market.
Microsoft has not beat Apple as far as a 64bit consumer OS goes. Name one consumer chip that is 64bit. Thank you. Carry on.
And your point is? There really isn't a need for 64bit cpu's let alone OS's for most consumers. AMD is essentially responsible for putting the pressure on the industry to move toward 64bit as soon as it is.
For consumers a 64bit cpu and OS is nothing more than bragging rights...at least for a few years.
Originally posted by avkills
Also, I think NT is limited to 4 processors unless they have updated that recently. Clustering is not the same as a multi-processor machine. Unix scales better than NT, just deal with it. Apple could easily make a rack server that had 16 processors, with a kick arse OpenGL card and teach SGI a lesson. They don't have the market for that though...yet!
-mark
I'm not sure where you get your info but keep dreaming. You fail to mention what cpu's they would use. I don't think your going to see current G4's in 16 processor servers ever. It's just not designed to do it. That's not to say it cannot be done...just that it would be a waste of manpower and money to do it and not be very efficient at it no matter the market.
LimeiBook86
Mar 9, 01:23 PM
Yeah, from what I've heard it's nothing special. Lots of bugs, and some users can't even get it to work. Still interesting though, but will probably only be as good as VirtualPC (and that isn't saying much).
Fishes,
narco.
Yeah, and I read on the 'Known Issues' that there is NO SOUND support........yet. Which means they will upgrade it with sound in a few months haha.
I'm not expecting it to be great but, I would like playing around with it :cool:
Fishes,
narco.
Yeah, and I read on the 'Known Issues' that there is NO SOUND support........yet. Which means they will upgrade it with sound in a few months haha.
I'm not expecting it to be great but, I would like playing around with it :cool:
Mitthrawnuruodo
Mar 18, 06:04 PM
Apple's "fix" for this is fairly simple. Send the files in an ecrypted form. In order to maximize caching, use a common key that all iTunes clients have built-in, sort of like DVDs and CES. The client can then decrypt with the common key and re-encrypt with the DRM key.Don't iTMS and iTunes already do this?According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairPlay#How_it_works), that's right...
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