DISCOMUNICATION
May 2, 11:50 PM
Yeah, but they did about the same thing with the "switcher" ads a few years ago. People standing in front of a white background talking about the computer, but never showing it. What was the most memorable thing about those ads? A stoner chick that went "beep beep"?
ddtlm
Oct 7, 11:14 AM
I'd be more impressed with these "tests" if the pro-Mac cowards had used a top-of-the-line Athlon system (1.8ghz is available for duals, 2.13ghz is pretty much available for singles) or a top-of-the-line P4 (2.0ghz? haha!). The 2.0ghz P4 runs on the old 400mhz FSB whereas there is a 533mhz FSB P4 clocking at 2.8ghz available. They also make no mention of memory type used on any platform. For the P4, PC1066 RDRAM is tops, for the Athlon the new nForce2 with 2 channels of 333mhz DDR is tops (although I will admit that chipset still has a one-month ETA). OK, so maybe use the VIA KT400 for the Athlon, it's pretty good.
And what's his quote about a dual Xeon 2200 probably being top dog? Other than the fact you can get Xeons at 2.8ghz as well...
Anyway I think these tests are crap. But they will suffice so that "Macs are fastest!" freakos can keep them in mind and make vauge statements about how Macs and PCs are about the same speed in "tests". (Those people annoy me.)
And what's his quote about a dual Xeon 2200 probably being top dog? Other than the fact you can get Xeons at 2.8ghz as well...
Anyway I think these tests are crap. But they will suffice so that "Macs are fastest!" freakos can keep them in mind and make vauge statements about how Macs and PCs are about the same speed in "tests". (Those people annoy me.)
JSRockit
Sep 4, 02:03 PM
Basically...I meant there will be speed bumps soon...or Apple will wait and make new designs....but of course...I'm just speculating.
Kid Red
Oct 1, 08:12 PM
Originally posted by Haberdasher
Have you seen the ad for their DVD editor?
While I wretched at thought of using the editor itself, I did laugh when I looked at the ad itself-a kid makes a DVD for a family reunion, and when he makes it the father crys a lot and hugs his son, who basically just gets really embarrased. But when they show it at the reunion, the dad gets even more teary eyed, but the son won't give him a hug in front of everyone, so the dad has to randomly hug and cry with a lot of other family members.
Funny. :D
Yea I laughed a few times too, good ad. I wish Apple would get off the high and mighty clean and elegant simplicity ads and make real ones like this one. The iDVD spot was the best thev'e done.
Have you seen the ad for their DVD editor?
While I wretched at thought of using the editor itself, I did laugh when I looked at the ad itself-a kid makes a DVD for a family reunion, and when he makes it the father crys a lot and hugs his son, who basically just gets really embarrased. But when they show it at the reunion, the dad gets even more teary eyed, but the son won't give him a hug in front of everyone, so the dad has to randomly hug and cry with a lot of other family members.
Funny. :D
Yea I laughed a few times too, good ad. I wish Apple would get off the high and mighty clean and elegant simplicity ads and make real ones like this one. The iDVD spot was the best thev'e done.
MacBandit
Sep 13, 10:34 AM
What you need to realize is there are very few people out there that are actually complaining about there machine not being fast enough. Most people just use there computer for email these are the people that will replace there PC in 3 or 4 years not because it's to slow but because it's dead. Apples market share is not as dependent on the Mhz as one would think. The people that really desire the speed at least most of them know the difference between Mhz and overall system speed. Trust me on this one I have several friends with PC's well exceeding 2Ghz and when they came over and watched me using my new Dual Ghz/DDR there jaws hit the floor and they said in unison that they had to have one. We need to quit complaining about the could have beens and the maybes and help sell the awesome computers that we have right now. The more we b*tch about how slow these computers are the more newbies and pc people will pick up on this and not knowing what they're talking about believe it.
chibianh
Oct 22, 10:52 PM
Hi everyone. After a long hiatus, I'm back at folding again. Hopefully I'll be climbing the ranks in the MR team here soon! So watch out! :P
crazzyeddie
Feb 16, 12:01 PM
That sounds like a horrible waste of resources. Why don't you just use the native Mac OS X binary? The Intel SMP is in beta but is perfectly stable.
http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html
EDIT: And Parallels doesn't support SMP, so no you should not.
http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html
EDIT: And Parallels doesn't support SMP, so no you should not.
sunfast
Apr 3, 03:41 AM
Well for me it was very disappointing that Apple did not even acknowledge anything with regard to their Aniversary on their webpage or media... Maybe something this week...
That's a good point actually - it just needed a fancy pic for their rotation.
That's a good point actually - it just needed a fancy pic for their rotation.
SiliconAddict
Mar 16, 03:57 PM
Still up and running and I did delete my cache as well. I'll try it again when I get home. Maybe our proxy is caching the page. :confused:
Harmonz
Oct 5, 08:07 AM
Dragon Burn has worked well for me.
dozens of DVD and CDs burned just fine.
No reservation in recommending.
I had a problem with my System and needed to back-up apps and files, having decided to reformat the drive. Toast kept getting an error message and failed to do the job. Dragon Burn got the job done. I suspect that the nod went to Dragon Burn on this because Toast had been on the system and perhaps became corrupt in someway, and I could not find a way to correct that, no matter what I trashed and reinstalled. Dragon Burn was fresh to the system. Otherwise, I considered that Toast was making a call to the system that was rejected and Dragon Burn handled it differently. All useless speculation but such as it is.
No Hesitation to Recommend Dragon Burn.
dozens of DVD and CDs burned just fine.
No reservation in recommending.
I had a problem with my System and needed to back-up apps and files, having decided to reformat the drive. Toast kept getting an error message and failed to do the job. Dragon Burn got the job done. I suspect that the nod went to Dragon Burn on this because Toast had been on the system and perhaps became corrupt in someway, and I could not find a way to correct that, no matter what I trashed and reinstalled. Dragon Burn was fresh to the system. Otherwise, I considered that Toast was making a call to the system that was rejected and Dragon Burn handled it differently. All useless speculation but such as it is.
No Hesitation to Recommend Dragon Burn.
abc123
Nov 7, 08:43 PM
using this for a day i've noticed a few other improvements, i haven't gone looking for them though.
links from other applications now have the option to open in tabs and not new windows (or was that there all the time and i just overlooked it?), also using the find function if the words are not found the text box turns red which is kind of nice.
links from other applications now have the option to open in tabs and not new windows (or was that there all the time and i just overlooked it?), also using the find function if the words are not found the text box turns red which is kind of nice.
celebrian23
May 30, 07:22 PM
I would love to work at an apple store but the closest one is 30 minutes away on a good day- I'd be spending half my salary on gas :eek: 9 bucks an hour sounds a lot- and it is for a high schooler, but with those darned taxes once you get out of the part of your life where your parents basically pay for anything, it's not a huge amount :p
Rower_CPU
Feb 25, 02:17 PM
Terry Tate is a fine way to go. Kudos! :D
srobert
Jan 28, 10:37 AM
Agreed. Most TV's - and I dare say even HDTV's aren't designed for tasks like web browsing. I can't read small text off my tv screen with my pb hooked up, can you?
Hob
Before I sold it, I had an extra G4 tower hooked to my TV. I created a different login called "TV". I maxed the OS font size (16 pt), enlarged the icons, removed un-necessary stuff from the dock and enlarged the default type size in my browser. I also adjusted the display calibration so it looked nicer on the TV (A MUST DO!). Change the color Display Profile to NTSC (PAL if you live in europe). It wasn't perfect but it was definitly better than the default configuration. YOu might also want to adjust options for each game on your TV account to use the lowest screen resolution configuration available so it's easy to read the menus and displayed type.
Hob
Before I sold it, I had an extra G4 tower hooked to my TV. I created a different login called "TV". I maxed the OS font size (16 pt), enlarged the icons, removed un-necessary stuff from the dock and enlarged the default type size in my browser. I also adjusted the display calibration so it looked nicer on the TV (A MUST DO!). Change the color Display Profile to NTSC (PAL if you live in europe). It wasn't perfect but it was definitly better than the default configuration. YOu might also want to adjust options for each game on your TV account to use the lowest screen resolution configuration available so it's easy to read the menus and displayed type.
King Cobra
Sep 25, 05:13 PM
I can't stand car anlg.s either, because I really don't have even a solid ground knowledge on cars, specs, etc.
>oops, i am the poster who started the car analogies in the first place on macrumors:p :eek: ;)
I knew you were famous for starting something in public, pops! :D :p
>oops, i am the poster who started the car analogies in the first place on macrumors:p :eek: ;)
I knew you were famous for starting something in public, pops! :D :p
markoibook
Feb 15, 01:30 PM
I've only been using this software for the past week, but it is absolutley brill. Just can't wait to get a Mac mini now, and then hook it up to the TV for parties!
seamuskrat
Aug 28, 07:43 PM
Let me say as a current college professor and Mac user and as a Mac user since 1984, that choosing just because of Mac friendliness is a poor methodology.
In general, Many schools will tolerate Macs on the netowrk. As long as your program does not require a PC for testing, or intentionally lock out Macs, consider it 'friendly' Most schools have small pockets of Mac lovers that are hard core but its not advertised or official university policy. My school (part of the Cal State System) has many Macs, but officially, they are not liked at my campus. That said, they are well supported but you will never see any evidence of this on websites, or tech documents.
Just don't miss out on a great school for something that you may be able to overcome. Ask more guided questions about if they have VLANs, how they authenticate? Is it C, JAVA, MAC address based. etc. Most people will say NO MAcs because they don't know or feel its more trouble.
I'm still in High School, but I'm applying to college:) Oh and if they are not Mac friendly they are not on my list at all.
In general, Many schools will tolerate Macs on the netowrk. As long as your program does not require a PC for testing, or intentionally lock out Macs, consider it 'friendly' Most schools have small pockets of Mac lovers that are hard core but its not advertised or official university policy. My school (part of the Cal State System) has many Macs, but officially, they are not liked at my campus. That said, they are well supported but you will never see any evidence of this on websites, or tech documents.
Just don't miss out on a great school for something that you may be able to overcome. Ask more guided questions about if they have VLANs, how they authenticate? Is it C, JAVA, MAC address based. etc. Most people will say NO MAcs because they don't know or feel its more trouble.
I'm still in High School, but I'm applying to college:) Oh and if they are not Mac friendly they are not on my list at all.
EricNau
Dec 20, 03:58 PM
I've got one going right now that will take my G5 close to 5 days to complete. Ususally it's more in line with what you see, running at about 10 minutes per step/percentage point.
Is that one over 5MB? Should I enable those? Are there any benefits?
Is that one over 5MB? Should I enable those? Are there any benefits?
applemacdude
Jan 29, 09:22 PM
Yay Im on the list...
bousozoku
Jan 1, 04:27 AM
Perhaps, if the project supported more than Windows machines, it would be possible to help.
It appears that the software behind it does work on Mac OS X, though. Maybe they just need to update the information on their FAQ page.
It appears that the software behind it does work on Mac OS X, though. Maybe they just need to update the information on their FAQ page.
themadchemist
Mar 2, 11:44 PM
at the very least, if you were not a mod, you would be a G3
...and maybe even higher
...my guess is that 604e at the very highest reasonable level is at 15,000, and G3 at 20,000 but i would assume much lower for those levels and maybe G4 is at 20,000
...and G5 at 50,000 or 100,000 since it would be no fun for someone to reach that and have nothing to loook forward to
it could be that G5 is set at a million to make it unattainable:p
note: maybe arn has not decided yet what to give people beyond a 601 and there is no set level for the next level
Maybe one should receive his/her G4 and G5 status 6 months after it is reached in post #'s or, in other words, "announced."
That way, it would be a fairly accurate depiction of market conditions. :D
...and maybe even higher
...my guess is that 604e at the very highest reasonable level is at 15,000, and G3 at 20,000 but i would assume much lower for those levels and maybe G4 is at 20,000
...and G5 at 50,000 or 100,000 since it would be no fun for someone to reach that and have nothing to loook forward to
it could be that G5 is set at a million to make it unattainable:p
note: maybe arn has not decided yet what to give people beyond a 601 and there is no set level for the next level
Maybe one should receive his/her G4 and G5 status 6 months after it is reached in post #'s or, in other words, "announced."
That way, it would be a fairly accurate depiction of market conditions. :D
shadowfax
Oct 9, 02:04 AM
they'd BETTER come out with new displays by MWSF. i can't imagine not doing so. or at least serious price breaks... or maybe moderate ones. the 3/2 or 16/9 ratio screens are coming in. apple started that, and i have seen sony trinitrons with movie screen ratio, and even dell is planning on releasing a 3/2 laptop early next year, i think. my bet would be that apple is going to make a 17/19 inch 9/16 flat panel, and i think that would be worth biding my time for. however, thos 17 inch apple LCDs you can get now are just excellent displays. so waiting, i would think, just depends on how soon you need it. if you don't need it, i would just wait for MWSF... what do you have to lose?
Platform
Feb 2, 03:58 AM
Skype (http://www.skype.com/) is now out of beta :)
Rower_CPU
Jul 16, 06:35 PM
A year and 3/4s for me. #2423 :D
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