Re: [G] Mac future

On Tuesday 21 February 2006 09:33, Chris Placzek wrote: > Do I think OS X will run on a PS3? Im not exactly the person to ask. > But my opinion, it should reasonable. There is plenty of processing > power, and it is PPC. One possible way I see of going about this is to > install Linux on it. Th

Re: [G] Mac future III

At 10:54 AM +0100 02/21/2006, Peter Udbjørg wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] But then again, more of my friends are buying=20 used Macs for themselves and new PCs for their=20 children -- because that's what the kids have at=20 school. A whole new level of Oops. My kid is not going to get a new

Re: [G] Mac future III

Just to reinforce the comment on corporate purchases and their price focus--the vast majority of corporate purchasing departments consider only first cost, that is, what the box costs off the shelf. Apple has tried with some success to show such limited-vision people (especially companies tryin

Re: [G] Mac future II

On Feb 21, 2006, at 2:33 AM, Peter Udbjørg wrote: I have come across speculations here on the G-list. Speculations, not rumors, that is. Something to the effect that equal instructions set = equal opportunity for virus writers. No matter if X is Unix and Longhorn/Vista/Whatever is somethin

Re: [G] Mac future

Do I think OS X will run on a PS3? Im not exactly the person to ask. But my opinion, it should reasonable. There is plenty of processing power, and it is PPC. One possible way I see of going about this is to install Linux on it. There are Linux versions for the Play Station Portable, as wel

Re: [G] Mac future

On Feb 21, 2006, at 6:53 PM, Peter Udbjørg wrote: This Dvorak guy should go and boil his head. Apple with windoze = apple down the tubes. I do not foresee Jobs doing such a stupid thing. Relax, he's been doing this song and dance thing for years, I consider Dvorak good entertainment and on

Re: [G] Mac future

Den 20. feb. 2006 kl. 21.42 skrev G-List: Subject: Re: [G] Mac future Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dvorak: Will Apple adopt Windows? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185221,00.html Holding my ears . . Tom Meade Pacific Palisades This Dvorak guy should go and boil his head.

[G] Mac future III

Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:11:11 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [G] Mac future At 12:35 PM +0100 02/20/2006, Peter Udbj=F8rg wrote: Found this laying in my "drafts" folder in Mail. Amazing

[G] Mac future II

From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [G] Mac future Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:58:41 -0700 First of all, thanx for a well-written answer to my speculations. However, I think I need to add a bit to your otherwise eloquent musings: [...] And what about viruses? Rumo

Re: [G] Mac future

On Monday 20 February 2006 21:36, Chris Placzek wrote: > As a side note, the Sony PS3 is capable of 218GFlops. It has a 7 core > PPC Cell processor. If Im doing the math correctly, the PS3 is getting > 31 GFlops per core, whereas the XServe cluster is getting 5.5. > > If you think I have a point,

Re: [G] Mac future

As a side note, the Sony PS3 is capable of 218GFlops. It has a 7 core PPC Cell processor. If Im doing the math correctly, the PS3 is getting 31 GFlops per core, whereas the XServe cluster is getting 5.5. If you think I have a point, youre incorrect. Chris P Bob Whiton wrote on 2/20/06, 1:21

Re: [G] Mac future

On Monday 20 February 2006 17:19, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Or simply insane 789.html> bwahahahaha! love it! coldfire -- G-List is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Dri

Re: [G] Mac future

On Feb 20, 2006, at 2:05 PM, void wrote: On Monday 20 February 2006 14:24, Tom Meade wrote: Dvorak: Will Apple adopt Windows? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185221,00.html Holding my ears . . Tom Meade Pacific Palisades Dvorak is such a windbag. Look at this drivel. Dvorak does

Re: [G] Mac future

On Monday 20 February 2006 14:24, Tom Meade wrote: > Dvorak: Will Apple adopt Windows? > > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185221,00.html > > Holding my ears . . > > Tom Meade > Pacific Palisades Dvorak is such a windbag. Look at this drivel. > From the Mac to the iPod, it's the graphic u

Re: [G] Mac future

On Feb 20, 2006, at 3:35 AM, Peter Udbjørg wrote: Work with the developer/hacker/user community for a year or two, to build a base of ad-hoc supported systems. Then, as the market- share begins to explode, jump in with both feet. (Dylan McDermond) Hey! Those were NOT my words! I believe t

Re: [G] Mac future

Dvorak: Will Apple adopt Windows? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185221,00.html Holding my ears . . Tom Meade Pacific Palisades -- G-List is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished

Re: [G] Mac future

At 9:58 AM -0700 02/20/2006, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 20, 2006, at 4:35 AM, Peter Udbjørg wrote: Isnt this almost the same as licensing clones? NO, because the clones were legal. Apple can and will take measures (hardware and legal) to ensure that their OS remains on their systems..see t

Re: [G] Mac future

PeterH5322 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Then why hasn't the Linux market share exploded? If you're operating a "cluster" of, say, 2,048 fast PowerPCs: 1) you're NOT going to be buying 2,048 Macs, rather, you're going to be buying board-level PPC solutions, of which there are several, and Ac

Re: [G] Mac future

On Monday 20 February 2006 06:35, Peter Udbjørg wrote: > Now, that the Intel Macs are here, what does Bruce think about the > future of Mac now? Many people are itching to impement OSX on x86 > boxes, simply because they want a good operating system on lower > priced boxes? Isnt this almost the

Re: [G] Mac future

At 12:35 PM +0100 02/20/2006, Peter Udbjørg wrote: Found this laying in my "drafts" folder in Mail. Amazing what accumulates there, eh? :) On january 13, this discussion ended thus (An excerpt follows): "...Watch your revenues crash as you yank the rug out of over half of your revenues. App

Re: [G] Mac future

On Feb 20, 2006, at 8:10 AM, PeterH5322 wrote: Then why hasn't the Linux market share exploded? If you're operating a "cluster" of, say, 2,048 fast PowerPCs: 1) you're NOT going to be buying 2,048 Macs, rather, you're going to be buying board-level PPC solutions, of which there are seve

Re: [G] Mac future

On Feb 20, 2006, at 4:35 AM, Peter Udbjørg wrote: Now, that the Intel Macs are here, what does Bruce think about the future of Mac now? No different, actually, OS X is still the incentive to buy Mac hardware. That excerpt was from another endless fanboi discussion over Apple selling OS

Re: [G] Mac future

>Then why hasn't the Linux market share exploded? If you're operating a "cluster" of, say, 2,048 fast PowerPCs: 1) you're NOT going to be buying 2,048 Macs, rather, you're going to be buying board-level PPC solutions, of which there are several, and 2) your're NOT goign to be buying 2,048 MacO

[G] Mac future

Found this laying in my "drafts" folder in Mail. On january 13, this discussion ended thus (An excerpt follows): "...Watch your revenues crash as you yank the rug out of over half of your revenues. Apple becomes an iPod only company. The stock tanks, shareholders revolt, and Steve Jobs rues the