You carry 3 cell phones and a PDA? Wowza. How do you hold your pants up?
Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -----Original Message----- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC? Also, whilst we can discuss the potential for OS differences, I don't see such differences in my personal experience - certainly not as much as what these guys are reporting. I have this much gear at home: http://www.adopenstatic.com/temp/homenetwork.jpg and I think that's a reasonably representative sample of various machines. Cheers Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 19 December 2008 4:48 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC? > > Whilst the OS is different, there isn't that much difference in memory > management algorithms and CPU schedulers. It's the same basic research > and theory that goes into that fundamental level stuff. > > On top of that there are bigger differences - approaches to building > OS functionality. But that /shouldn't/ affect how quickly Photoshop > applies a filter. The filter code is from Adobe in both cases, and the > actual work is done by the CPU, with stuff stored in RAM, and rendered by a GPU. > > Cheers > Ken > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, 19 December 2008 3:46 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC? > > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The only difference would be in the OS. > > > > Right, and that's completely, totally different. MacOS is a Mach > > microkernel supporting a BSD layer supporting tons of Apple custom > > stuff. NT is pretty much its own beast. They've got nothing in > > common except the command-line FTP client (Copyright by The Regents > > of the University of California, doncha know?). Different kernel, > > different scheduler, different network stack, different graphics > > subsystem, different video drivers. More than likely, the > > application > > -- and the runtime libraries it depends on, and the compiler it was > > built with -- have some major differences between platforms, too. > > > > I'm not disagreeing with your suggested scientific approach to > > things -- indeed, I think you're right on in questioning whether > > it's really a platform different, and not just a broken installation > > -- but dismissing the OS difference so casually is highly bogus. > > :-) > > > > -- Ben > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6ODE1Mjk5ODAwOn BqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
