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- Failing to cross the great divide
- Last weeks series on the tendency of political and technological groups to barricade themselves among their friends drew this example - by "defconvegas" in reply to "Mactels carbon footprint" I wonder who came up with ACP and ACPI ACP...
- Tags: General, Media bias/incompetence, Unanswered questions
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- Failing to cross the great divide
- Last weeks series on the tendency of political and technological groups to barricade themselves among their friends drew this example - by "defconvegas" in reply to "Mactels carbon footprint" I wonder who came up with ACP and ACPI ...
- Tags: General, Unanswered questions
- Blog posts 2007-05-00
- Intel-based Macs fall short in benchmarks
- Intel-based Macs fall short in benchmarksYep bad performance was perdictable..And you have to spend a whopping $1700 for a slug of a machine. How foolish Jobs must think the droves of mac faithful are. Guess what,,,he is right. The thing is going to sell. despite it being saddled with a...
- Tags: Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Processors, Photoshop Action, Apple iMac, Intel Corp., Apple Inc., min, Apple Macintosh, Steve Jobs, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-01-23
- Apple's x86 Move: reality and the party line
- An August 19th, 2005 Computerworld newsletter had an article by Michael de Agonia which caught my eye. Here's a bit from what I thought was an excellent expression of the official Apple line on this: While the timing of IBM's Power news raised some eyebrows,...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., IBM Corp., Agonia
- Blog posts 2005-08-22
- IBM details new PowerPC chips
- IBM details new PowerPC chipsGimme gimme that PowerbookMy 1st gen TiBook is on its last legs (or at least is annoyingly slow compared to G5 machines). I'm still holding out on buying a new one, as I don't see the current PowerBook line as much of an improvement. We all...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, Notebooks, chip, IBM PowerPC, IBM Corp., Apple Inc., Apple PowerBook G5
- Discussion threads 2005-07-08
- AMD's new FX chip is faster, pricier
- AMD's new FX chip is faster, pricier5.0GHzHoly sh!t... never knew they could get that kind of boost.I'd pay for the dual cores....right now, but there is so few things I use that could take advantage of it that I wouldn't see any noticable performance gain.64 bit and multi-task is taking...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, AMD Athlon 64, Apple Inc., chip, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-06-27
- PPC vs. Intel: Top 500 shows who's right
- The latest listing of the top five hundred super computers was released in today. Number five, behind two other PowerPC based machines, an Itanium, and NEC's custom earth simulator, is the MareNostrum machine at the Barcelona Supercomputer Center. It runs Linux on a cluster of 4,800 PPC 970 CPUs running...
- Tags: R/Max, Linpack
- Blog posts 2005-06-22
- PPC vs. Intel: Top 500 shows who's right
- The latest listing of the top five hundred super computers was released in today. Number five, behind two other PowerPC based machines, an Itanium, and NEC's custom earth simulator, is the MareNostrum machine at the Barcelona Supercomputer Center. It runs Linux on a cluster of 4,800 PPC 970 CPUs running...
- Tags: Linpack, R/Max, R/peak
- Blog posts 2005-06-22
- Developers get taste of Intel-based Macs
- Developers get taste of Intel-based MacsNow I plan to buy a MacI would rather purchase one that has a PPC 970 over the intel clone.I still think the Mac will be more fluid with the RISC processor. My AMD chip only runs at 2200 MHz and still runs circles...
- Tags: Desktops, God, Apple Macintosh, chip, Intel Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-06-10
- Could Apple loss be IBM's gain?
- Could Apple loss be IBM's gain?Question:Will Intel have to devote a great deal of expense to create chips for Apple?If this is true for IBM:An order for Mac chips falls somewhere between the two. Extensive development is needed for one customer, but is production really high enough to beat Moore's...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, IBM Corp., Apple Inc., chip
- Discussion threads 2005-06-09
- Will Apple switch to Intel?
- There's a report, apparently in today's Wall Street Journal but summarized on the Mac Observer and by Reuters, to the effect that Apple has been negotiating use of Intel CPUs. As part of the report, there's speculation that Apple could abandon the PowerPC for Pentium and the usual less than...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-05-23
- Will Apple switch to Intel?
- There's a report, apparently in today's Wall Street Journal but summarized on the Mac Observer and by Reuters, to the effect that Apple has been negotiating use of Intel CPUs. As part of the report, there's speculation that Apple could abandon the PowerPC for Pentium and the usual less than...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-05-23
- Can HP's 'Arches' Superdome server save Itanium?
- Can HP's 'Arches' Superdome server save Itanium?The Itanic hasn't sunk yetJust as the "Big Lie" will be believed if you repeat it for long enough, the Itanic will rise someday. The chip is a winner in terms of design features (although the "wasted space" for the x86 processing "core" keeps...
- Tags: Processors, HP Superdome, Hewlett-Packard Co., chip, Intel Itanium, IBM PowerPC, Intel x86, Intel Corp., server
- Discussion threads 2005-03-31
- Torvalds switches to a Mac
- Torvalds switches to a MacWOW, finally!Some REAL news! ;)InterestingI got an Athlon64 last year to replace home computer #1, and I am seriously considering replacing computer #2 with a Mac. I really want a Mini, but the G4 is kind of keeping me away. I'm in no hurry though,...
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Processors, Operating systems, UNIX, hardware world, processor, Apple Macintosh, Linus, IBM PowerPC, Intel Corp., Linux, Torvalds
- Discussion threads 2005-03-09
- Cell chip: Hit or hype?
- Cell chip: Hit or hype?Cost of memoryYou say, "Cell comes with an integrated memory controller for high-performance XDR memory from Rambus--which means that the current design works exclusively with this pricey stuff.". I pretty much agree with the rest of your article but I don't understand how you can...
- Tags: Processors, IBM Corp., Ars Technica, Cell, chip, PC
- Discussion threads 2005-02-09
- Apple on G5 PowerBook: Not so fast
- Apple on G5 PowerBook: Not so fastWell darn the bad luck!At least Apple is realitic in meeting the customers demands in that they refuse to put out crap. Good on Apple, quality is always worth the price and the wait.3% of the market is not the first priority for IBM.[b]ZDNet[/b]:...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, Apple PowerBook G5, chip, Apple Inc., IBM PowerPC, Microsoft Xbox, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-02-01
- IBM to use dual-core Opteron
- IBM to use dual-core OpteronUmmm, what's wrong with their CPU?Dual core IBM chips are available, why don't they use them?they dothey sell everything... whatever the customer wants.Really?Um, so I can run WIndows on their G5 CPU?Now that was just pathetic!You know well enough that Microsoft decides what Windows runs on...
- Tags: Operating systems, Processors, Microsoft Windows, IBM PowerPC, IBM Corp., chip, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Corp., dual-core
- Discussion threads 2004-09-09
- IBM plans profusion of new blade servers
- IBM plans profusion of new blade serversGo with DELL or HP and get better service/performance and support cheaperHP and Dell are way better in the server area and they work without all of IBM locked in crap.Opteron Blades NOW!!!We want 'em. Would love to ditch the Intel crap we...
- Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, blade server, blade, IBM Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., server
- Discussion threads 2004-03-08
- IBM pushes Linux on Power processors
- IBM pushes Linux on Power processorsHow about prices - Linux on Power vs. Mac on Power (G5)? NTNTLinux = Power5's make for a VERY sensible value proposition.Linux has been available for Power4's for a while. I believe the IBM R&D was with the aim to run code for the Power5...
- Tags: Processors, Desktops, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows NT, processor, Apple Macintosh, IBM POWER5, Linux, PPC, MacG5, compiler, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-01-21
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