justflie
Nov 13, 10:12 PM
I hate to say it but...
everything (yes, including safari) seems snappier. Yeah yea, I know an EFI update shouldn't affect other things but hey, I'm not complaining. And no, I'm not noticing a speed increase due to restarting the computer. I do that at least once a day (usually) to hop into windows for stuff. One quick question; my startup "dong" hasn't been happening for a couple of days. Any ideas on why?
everything (yes, including safari) seems snappier. Yeah yea, I know an EFI update shouldn't affect other things but hey, I'm not complaining. And no, I'm not noticing a speed increase due to restarting the computer. I do that at least once a day (usually) to hop into windows for stuff. One quick question; my startup "dong" hasn't been happening for a couple of days. Any ideas on why?
hana
Dec 2, 08:41 AM
Yeah... I tried to post about this last night in the ipod forum, but now I can't find it....
CNN made it sound like it could be done with all ipods....
(way to scare Mom & Dad & Auntie Non-Tech from buying ipods for the holidays, "I saw that CNN headline about how you can be tracked by anyone if you use an ipod, so I bought you this nice new Zune instead made by that company that makes Windows."
Interesting this is coming from the University of Washington.....
CNN made it sound like it could be done with all ipods....
(way to scare Mom & Dad & Auntie Non-Tech from buying ipods for the holidays, "I saw that CNN headline about how you can be tracked by anyone if you use an ipod, so I bought you this nice new Zune instead made by that company that makes Windows."
Interesting this is coming from the University of Washington.....
petedriscoll23
Mar 8, 01:40 AM
:cool:
cdd543
Apr 5, 07:07 PM
What's the point of such a thing...just dumb.
srexy
Mar 8, 01:03 PM
Been running 8gb in my late 08 2.53ghz MBP for 3 months now with no ill-effects.
If you use photoshop and any VM app at the same time it's easy to bump into your max ram. As I type I'm checking my activity monitor and I only have 165mb free/1.63gb inactive.
If you use photoshop and any VM app at the same time it's easy to bump into your max ram. As I type I'm checking my activity monitor and I only have 165mb free/1.63gb inactive.
bentoms
Mar 8, 07:18 AM
just got 4GB for my late 2008 macbook pro..
just ordered 8GB & will test this weekend..
good thing crucial have a 45 days returns policy :)
just ordered 8GB & will test this weekend..
good thing crucial have a 45 days returns policy :)
peharri
Nov 3, 12:58 PM
The original dispute you had with my statement was that W-CDMA did not leverage CDMA and GSM technologies. The quote from Wikipedia clearly states that W-CDMA does leverage the CDMA signalling method.
The original dispute I had with your statement was your assertion "W-CDMA is a mixture of CDMA and, to a lesser extent, GSM technologies."
This is false. There's no GSM in W-CDMA. It isn't a mixture of anything. I also made the point to explicitly point out that W-CDMA is a CDMA air interface technology, but not derived from IS-95. This was to clear up a common misconception and wasn't directed specifically at you.
However, whatever the case, there's no GSM in W-CDMA. There's GSM in UMTS, which uses W-CDMA, but none in W-CDMA. The parts of GSM that "do the same work" as W-CDMA does couldn't be less related.
As for the presentation from the IEEE, it jives with other literature I've read in my IEEE publications that I subscribe to and the IEEE is a very credible source in my book.
I'm sure it is, but it's nonetheless wrong if it implies what you suggested. The one thing I will point out though is that the alphabet soup in mobile phone standards leads common confusions of terms that have gone into this part of the industry too.
Just as "CDMA" is commonly used to mean "the IS-95 (or Qualcomm) implementation of CDMA", W-CDMA is frequently used to mean UMTS.
Nonetheless, that usage is wrong, and it's extremely easy to prove it's wrong. FOMA is not UMTS based (it has some things in common, namely the air interface standard and it's compatible with the same USIM cards, but the high level protocols themselves are completely different.) FOMA was the first W-CDMA system.
I promise you, W-CDMA is only the lowest layer of the UMTS system. It doesn't have any GSM in it, that's in the rest of UMTS.
The original dispute I had with your statement was your assertion "W-CDMA is a mixture of CDMA and, to a lesser extent, GSM technologies."
This is false. There's no GSM in W-CDMA. It isn't a mixture of anything. I also made the point to explicitly point out that W-CDMA is a CDMA air interface technology, but not derived from IS-95. This was to clear up a common misconception and wasn't directed specifically at you.
However, whatever the case, there's no GSM in W-CDMA. There's GSM in UMTS, which uses W-CDMA, but none in W-CDMA. The parts of GSM that "do the same work" as W-CDMA does couldn't be less related.
As for the presentation from the IEEE, it jives with other literature I've read in my IEEE publications that I subscribe to and the IEEE is a very credible source in my book.
I'm sure it is, but it's nonetheless wrong if it implies what you suggested. The one thing I will point out though is that the alphabet soup in mobile phone standards leads common confusions of terms that have gone into this part of the industry too.
Just as "CDMA" is commonly used to mean "the IS-95 (or Qualcomm) implementation of CDMA", W-CDMA is frequently used to mean UMTS.
Nonetheless, that usage is wrong, and it's extremely easy to prove it's wrong. FOMA is not UMTS based (it has some things in common, namely the air interface standard and it's compatible with the same USIM cards, but the high level protocols themselves are completely different.) FOMA was the first W-CDMA system.
I promise you, W-CDMA is only the lowest layer of the UMTS system. It doesn't have any GSM in it, that's in the rest of UMTS.
digitalbiker
Oct 17, 02:54 PM
Agreed.... but I think to most (at the time) the Mac OS wasn't even considered. Macs were "toys" only used by "artsy" folk :rolleyes:
The general view of the Mac has changed alot in ten years.
I don't know about that! The comment about people perceiving the mac as a "toy" or used by "artsy folk" isn't too far from today's perception of the mac.
Even Apple markets the mac primarily based on the strength of "Home Entertainment", "Fun movies", "music", "photo albums", and "graphic arts".
Business today is still miopicaly tied to Windows for applications and Linux for servers.
Macs are much more prominent with artists, graphics designers, video professionals, and hollywood than they are in the general business population.
The general view of the Mac has changed alot in ten years.
I don't know about that! The comment about people perceiving the mac as a "toy" or used by "artsy folk" isn't too far from today's perception of the mac.
Even Apple markets the mac primarily based on the strength of "Home Entertainment", "Fun movies", "music", "photo albums", and "graphic arts".
Business today is still miopicaly tied to Windows for applications and Linux for servers.
Macs are much more prominent with artists, graphics designers, video professionals, and hollywood than they are in the general business population.
sdiesel619
Jun 15, 04:27 PM
I just went to Best Buy too. All they would say is that they will hold me a iphone when available and that no one is guaranteed an iphone on launch day but that they should get enough to meet the preorders.
I asked if this included the white iphone, considering that Apple and At&t are not offering it, and I was told by the clerk who was helping me that he checked all the Best Buy employee news and email and that he has been told the white iphone will be available at launch.
So I ordered 2 white 32GB phones. Crossing fingers....
I did the same and went to BB before they opened. I was #1 and had no issues. I even questioned the offer for the white phone. I told them that I wanted the black 32gb. I gave them 50 for a GC and they put my name on a list for a 9am pick up time at BB the morning of the launch. They did a great job of organizing the whole thing!
I asked if this included the white iphone, considering that Apple and At&t are not offering it, and I was told by the clerk who was helping me that he checked all the Best Buy employee news and email and that he has been told the white iphone will be available at launch.
So I ordered 2 white 32GB phones. Crossing fingers....
I did the same and went to BB before they opened. I was #1 and had no issues. I even questioned the offer for the white phone. I told them that I wanted the black 32gb. I gave them 50 for a GC and they put my name on a list for a 9am pick up time at BB the morning of the launch. They did a great job of organizing the whole thing!
billystlyes
Apr 29, 10:21 AM
These articles about market share all the time are becoming so boring...
rasmasyean
Jun 25, 06:55 PM
I’m pretty sure the end-to-end processing of your movements will take a bit of time making the 30 vs. 60 lag negligible. And 60 Hz is used because it that’s where most people would not notice excessive blur with their own eyes...which are faster than the human body. In the extreme case where you can throw a punch and retract it so fast that it can’t be captured in 30 fps…you’d be better off replacing Bruce Lee in the archives rather than playing games. :D
Cougarcat
Oct 17, 03:51 PM
Definitely Will Happen:
•Mail and iCal updated to resemble Mobile Me
•Interface updated to resemble Mobile Me (more helvetica, less gloss)
Would Be Nice:
•Major focus on graphics performance. Perhaps of a way for an 3D App (i.e a game) to monopolize the CPU and GPU, like in Windows.
•Dropstack and tabs in Finder, to obviate the need for Path Finder (for me)
• New File System, whatever they started to work on after the ZFS licensing fell through.
• Bring back the normal audio/video controls in the Finder
• Tags
• iChat removed from the OS. New Mac and Windows versions with FaceTime, available immediately.
• Faster way to switch to Bootcamp in the Apple Menu (this was a feature in a beta, and they took it out.)
• Better-looking folder icons with COLOR that stand out.
• Resolution independence
• Quicktime X with 7's features; Quicktime 7 gone
Not Counting On It:
• Editable Apple Menu, like in days of old
• Copy and Paste in Finder
• A better looking, flatter bottom dock without the stupid reflections (I have mine set to the 2D version now)
• Blu-ray support
•Mail and iCal updated to resemble Mobile Me
•Interface updated to resemble Mobile Me (more helvetica, less gloss)
Would Be Nice:
•Major focus on graphics performance. Perhaps of a way for an 3D App (i.e a game) to monopolize the CPU and GPU, like in Windows.
•Dropstack and tabs in Finder, to obviate the need for Path Finder (for me)
• New File System, whatever they started to work on after the ZFS licensing fell through.
• Bring back the normal audio/video controls in the Finder
• Tags
• iChat removed from the OS. New Mac and Windows versions with FaceTime, available immediately.
• Faster way to switch to Bootcamp in the Apple Menu (this was a feature in a beta, and they took it out.)
• Better-looking folder icons with COLOR that stand out.
• Resolution independence
• Quicktime X with 7's features; Quicktime 7 gone
Not Counting On It:
• Editable Apple Menu, like in days of old
• Copy and Paste in Finder
• A better looking, flatter bottom dock without the stupid reflections (I have mine set to the 2D version now)
• Blu-ray support
diazj3
Apr 29, 03:32 PM
Well done by Jon Stewart... I agree that the iPhone bit lacked research, and I do agree that Gizmodo crossed a line by buying a stolen device. I see Stewart's critique more in the sense of Apple becoming a Big Brother type of company, systematically favoring short term profits over long term customer relations and the high end quality that characterized them, and using its recent somewhat dominant position to push their media tech agenda.
I understand it is a big corporation and thus it behaves like one.... but Apple's loosing a key aspect of what made them successful, and made me loyal to them: the didn't thought of themselves as such and made an effort to keep their soul. Now I wonder what's Apple long term strategy... becoming the next Microsoft? or keep the competitive advantage that made them successful by staying within some limits?
I understand it is a big corporation and thus it behaves like one.... but Apple's loosing a key aspect of what made them successful, and made me loyal to them: the didn't thought of themselves as such and made an effort to keep their soul. Now I wonder what's Apple long term strategy... becoming the next Microsoft? or keep the competitive advantage that made them successful by staying within some limits?
sesnir
Apr 5, 06:05 PM
Yeah... bending it in half? Eh.. ok. But taking off the back to do it? Fail. You can't remove the sturdiest part of the product and then say "hey look, it blended!"
Pointless anyway... it's just an advertisement.
Pointless anyway... it's just an advertisement.
Nickygoat
Sep 11, 07:45 AM
We have been forsaken. :(
All out for 367. Almost like an old England collapse at the end ;)
Kinda worried what McGrath and Warne will do to England in these conditions, but bring it on :D
All out for 367. Almost like an old England collapse at the end ;)
Kinda worried what McGrath and Warne will do to England in these conditions, but bring it on :D
MacHamster68
Apr 12, 09:15 AM
Gang rape
sorry?
i did only want to point out a tiny thing and that was , only because it is stated in the bible that its alright to rape a women if you marry her after and pay her father some money it might still be against the law in some countries
it might be part of the culture and religious believe of some christians , but in the UK and some other countries it is still against the law ..and most accept that law..
and if muslims have read the bible , i guess i know why they want to protect their women
we should make them understand that most of us do not live according the bible even if we are christians
and some christians should read the qu'ran too
same for the other religions out there , and then whoever reads what should get told how that is handled in reality ,that would i guess make life a bit easier among us humans
sorry?
i did only want to point out a tiny thing and that was , only because it is stated in the bible that its alright to rape a women if you marry her after and pay her father some money it might still be against the law in some countries
it might be part of the culture and religious believe of some christians , but in the UK and some other countries it is still against the law ..and most accept that law..
and if muslims have read the bible , i guess i know why they want to protect their women
we should make them understand that most of us do not live according the bible even if we are christians
and some christians should read the qu'ran too
same for the other religions out there , and then whoever reads what should get told how that is handled in reality ,that would i guess make life a bit easier among us humans
C00rDiNaT0r
Apr 28, 10:05 AM
They can't do anything with it. People lets get this strait Apple is not making anything special. All the parts are of the shelve its true they make it look nice but at the end of the day the hardware is no big deal, its more of the OS and the rest of the experience. Its like religion the words make no sense but the feeling people get been around others that think almost exactly like them that is what makes them come back. :p
haha true, their hardware are not special. But if you know what the real deal is made of, it can save you a lot of R&D to build a quality knock-off.
haha true, their hardware are not special. But if you know what the real deal is made of, it can save you a lot of R&D to build a quality knock-off.
daneoni
Apr 26, 01:20 PM
why is the screen so yellow??
Agreed. Looks ugly.
You're looking at it wrong.
Agreed. Looks ugly.
You're looking at it wrong.
Some_Big_Spoon
Oct 19, 02:53 PM
A consistent interface would be nice (and "Apple-like"), but I want increased functionality, efficiency, and for god's sake, some decent networking!! Call me a noob-hater-asshat, but why can't Apple get their networking in order? I know, I know, it's windows' fault, but it's not just pc>mac networking, it's mac>mac as well. Improve that and it's worth the upgrade to me alone.
dolph0291
Apr 12, 12:39 PM
Only question. Why?
Some say Apple need to buy Netflix. Have those of you even considered what Netflix charges for monthly streaming?
$8
Apple will never let customers eat that much for so little. The day Apple buys Netflix, DVDs would stop, and streaming would go up to $30 a month.
Promised.
With all due respect, it's not Apple that sets the pricing, it's the record companies and movie studios. We've all read countless articles about these companies dictating as many terms as they can to Apple. Those companies insisted on DRM, not Apple, and those companies also were against the "one price fits all" 99 cent song, but Jobs convinced them to keep the price low and caved on the DRM. Now the DRM is gone and the price is $1.29, the result of yet another negotiation. The point is, people talk as if Apple makes their own music and movies and then overcharges for them. They have to pay for it.
Supposedly Apple makes very little to nothing of what they charge for songs. Where they make their money is the gazillions of devices they sell to play the stuff on.
Some say Apple need to buy Netflix. Have those of you even considered what Netflix charges for monthly streaming?
$8
Apple will never let customers eat that much for so little. The day Apple buys Netflix, DVDs would stop, and streaming would go up to $30 a month.
Promised.
With all due respect, it's not Apple that sets the pricing, it's the record companies and movie studios. We've all read countless articles about these companies dictating as many terms as they can to Apple. Those companies insisted on DRM, not Apple, and those companies also were against the "one price fits all" 99 cent song, but Jobs convinced them to keep the price low and caved on the DRM. Now the DRM is gone and the price is $1.29, the result of yet another negotiation. The point is, people talk as if Apple makes their own music and movies and then overcharges for them. They have to pay for it.
Supposedly Apple makes very little to nothing of what they charge for songs. Where they make their money is the gazillions of devices they sell to play the stuff on.
bushido
Apr 29, 09:35 AM
In Stockholm and Frankfurt, I hardly see any iPhones. Also, I hardly see any iPads. I do however see a ton of MacBookPros but almost no MacBookAirs.
I find both places very style-centric (Stockholm especially), but also somewhat frugal. I don't think that iPhone will reach as large of a market share in Europe due to the high upfront cost of an iPhone (659€/799€ for 16GB/32GB).
Actually, it's running joke that you can identify an American by iPhone/iPad (aside from the loud inane conversation).
i'm from near frankfurt and i have yet to see a iPad out in the wild ... so much for portable :P but i seen one used at a friends house ^^
i see lots of iPhone's in my class tho, its kinda annoying to have a iPhone by now. we had to do a project for class recently and 4 of 5 out of my group had a iPhone 4 (with 2 of those having shattered screens - but that is another matter)
I find both places very style-centric (Stockholm especially), but also somewhat frugal. I don't think that iPhone will reach as large of a market share in Europe due to the high upfront cost of an iPhone (659€/799€ for 16GB/32GB).
Actually, it's running joke that you can identify an American by iPhone/iPad (aside from the loud inane conversation).
i'm from near frankfurt and i have yet to see a iPad out in the wild ... so much for portable :P but i seen one used at a friends house ^^
i see lots of iPhone's in my class tho, its kinda annoying to have a iPhone by now. we had to do a project for class recently and 4 of 5 out of my group had a iPhone 4 (with 2 of those having shattered screens - but that is another matter)
monaarts
Apr 12, 08:33 AM
Maybe this is news that the iPad 4 will be out this year instead of the iPad 3!!!
gugy
Nov 2, 06:21 PM
I hope this is true. I hate Cingular. Crappy service.
If iPhone comes is either Apple has their own service, or iPhone will be available for all carriers.
I was so scary by the original rumor that Cingular had the exclusivity for the iPhone. Glad is not the case anymore.
If iPhone comes is either Apple has their own service, or iPhone will be available for all carriers.
I was so scary by the original rumor that Cingular had the exclusivity for the iPhone. Glad is not the case anymore.
mackpro
Apr 11, 10:56 AM
Thank you all for your help so far! I'm getting closer to some conclusions thanks to you!
The speed of my internet connection has been brought up a couple times, I have a T1 connection and plenty of bandwidth.
I've quoted a few replies and have questions for some of you who have helped a lot already.
Please bear with me as I ask some questions:
For remote access, how will remote users be authenticated ? what bandwidth will they have available at their end and at the server end ? how many concurrent users will there be ? what availability do you need for remote access
For web browser access I would probably go for the Barracuda SSL VPN device.
1. I was thinking that I could set up FTP access to the data because the max concurrent users would be around 10.
2. If this is not possible what advantages does the Barracuda device provide?
You could get some sort of rack-mounted array that can support 48+ drives (assuming a bunch of 1TB drives in the array, although you could go with 2TB drives as well). You can link several smaller cases together and connect them to a Mac Pro with additional hardware that supports RAID. That assumes you want to go the Mac route for the software side. With Lion merging the serve OS that could make things a lot easier.
How many users are you planning on supporting? Are you planning on doing more than just hosting video files? Email? Calendar? Web services? (what sort of Internet connection you have plays in here as well). If it's just a couple users, your server probably doesn't need to be a high end Mac Pro. Still, look at what you are buying. This could easily be a $25,000 plus project. And don't forget the whole backup strategy which can be expensive in terms of equipment and more expensive in terms of disciplined time investment.
1. I'm wondering what type of rack-mounted array you recommend assuming I get a Mac Pro.
2. I'm looking at about ten users max, usually only a few. How much RAM do you recommend equipping the Mac Pro with assuming I get at least a quad-core.
http://www.activestorage.com/activeraid.php#tab5
fill it with 2tb drives and get a mac mini server or a mac pro server or eqv for remote (with a fat pipe if you don't have one already)
or use this (32tb option) for the storage either one of these or the active raid will do fine
http://www.g-technology.com/products...-es-pro-xl.cfm
http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-speed-fc-xl.cfm
� These look great, but I'm thinking I might be able to build something to meet my needs for less money. I have the skills to put a server together and set it up, this is just my first time creating a rig from the ground up. Thoughts?
The speed of my internet connection has been brought up a couple times, I have a T1 connection and plenty of bandwidth.
I've quoted a few replies and have questions for some of you who have helped a lot already.
Please bear with me as I ask some questions:
For remote access, how will remote users be authenticated ? what bandwidth will they have available at their end and at the server end ? how many concurrent users will there be ? what availability do you need for remote access
For web browser access I would probably go for the Barracuda SSL VPN device.
1. I was thinking that I could set up FTP access to the data because the max concurrent users would be around 10.
2. If this is not possible what advantages does the Barracuda device provide?
You could get some sort of rack-mounted array that can support 48+ drives (assuming a bunch of 1TB drives in the array, although you could go with 2TB drives as well). You can link several smaller cases together and connect them to a Mac Pro with additional hardware that supports RAID. That assumes you want to go the Mac route for the software side. With Lion merging the serve OS that could make things a lot easier.
How many users are you planning on supporting? Are you planning on doing more than just hosting video files? Email? Calendar? Web services? (what sort of Internet connection you have plays in here as well). If it's just a couple users, your server probably doesn't need to be a high end Mac Pro. Still, look at what you are buying. This could easily be a $25,000 plus project. And don't forget the whole backup strategy which can be expensive in terms of equipment and more expensive in terms of disciplined time investment.
1. I'm wondering what type of rack-mounted array you recommend assuming I get a Mac Pro.
2. I'm looking at about ten users max, usually only a few. How much RAM do you recommend equipping the Mac Pro with assuming I get at least a quad-core.
http://www.activestorage.com/activeraid.php#tab5
fill it with 2tb drives and get a mac mini server or a mac pro server or eqv for remote (with a fat pipe if you don't have one already)
or use this (32tb option) for the storage either one of these or the active raid will do fine
http://www.g-technology.com/products...-es-pro-xl.cfm
http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-speed-fc-xl.cfm
� These look great, but I'm thinking I might be able to build something to meet my needs for less money. I have the skills to put a server together and set it up, this is just my first time creating a rig from the ground up. Thoughts?
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