Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Feb 2009 07:05 UTC
Apple has always been about moving forward, about pressing customers to buy the latest and greatest. Product pacing has been high in Cupertino (except for the Mac Mini, obviously), and this is obviously a good thing if you're an Apple bean counter. Most Apple fans more or less accept this planned obsolescence without question, but the company may have just gone a little too far.
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RE: So....don't Upgrade....
by Thom_Holwerda on Wed 4th Feb 2009 14:15
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RE[2]: So....don't Upgrade....
by godawful on Wed 4th Feb 2009 19:48
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Isn't it possible that the reasoning for this limitation is due to performance? I can understand not wanting certain software to run on a core solo machine if it would be detrimental to the appearance of the software. Same as running certain versions of OS X on older hardware.. there are patches which prove it is possible, but it is hardly optimal.
Some will argue that this should be left up to them to decide, but, that's just not how the apple world works, and folks who buy into it accept that.
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RE: So....don't Upgrade....
by Cymro on Wed 4th Feb 2009 14:39
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You purchased your machine with some version of OSX and some version of iLife and maybe purchased some version of iWork and some other apps were happy as a clam.
Did they suddenly stop working?
Did they suddenly stop working?
What a waste of words your post was. Being able to run future software without arbitrary limitations placed on you by the manufacturer is something that you simply expect when you buy a new computer.
Since you're a fan of metaphors, it's like a buying a tower machine and finding later that the expansion slots are arbitrarily set not to work with cards newer than 2008.
If you can't take a simple feature like this for granted, then it's a big argument against buying a Mac and people are rightly annoyed.
RE[2]: So....don't Upgrade....
by Sabon on Wed 4th Feb 2009 16:41
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by apoclypse on Wed 4th Feb 2009 17:30
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Funny you should mention that because has happened before. I didn't here to many complaint when ATI and Nvidia moved to PCI express over AGP and only gave consumers the lowest performing parts for AGP. Yes the limitation Apple puts are artificial but as it has been pointe out easily worked around, so hey don't support it out of the ox, big whoop, there are ways to get it to work if you REALLY need to learn how to play Proud Mary from John Fogerty.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:33 UTC
Official Apple statement on PRISM and privacy: "Regardless of the circumstances, our Legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities. In fact, from time to time when we see inconsistencies or inaccuracies in a request, we will refuse to fulfill it." This is basically Apple re-publishing their earlier statement in a more official manner. You either believe it, or you don't.
Linked by Anonymous on 06/18/13 22:26 UTC
The open source Contiki operating system and its commercial Thingsquare distribution are making strides towards the connected home. According to a Computerworld article, a new LED light bulb manufacturer is putting small computers into their light bulbs. Each computer runs the Contiki OS, which gives each bulb an IP address and allows them to be controlled with a smartphone application. To connect the bulbs to the application, the bulbs use both Wi-Fi and the much lower power IEEE 802.15.4 mesh technology.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:25 UTC
"Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government. The legal filing, which cites the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech, is the latest move by the California-based tech giant to protect its reputation in the aftermath of news reports about sweeping National Security Agency surveillance of Internet traffic." Draining the ditch after the cow has drowned in it.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:45 UTC
"I can't find one person who has been using the Nexus 7 for an extended period of time, and hasn't seen a massive downgrade in performance. Just what kind of downgrade are we talking here? I cannot pick up my Nexus 7 without experiencing problems like a lag of ten seconds, or more, just to rotate the display; touches refusing to acknowledged; stuttering notification panel actions; and unresponsive apps." Fully and utterly agreed. My Nexus 7 was blazing-fast and awesome for a few months, and at some point, it just started sucking. Just like that. I've tried loads of ROMs, and nothing helps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:32 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
A new release of the hobby operating system MenuetOS! The release notes are a bit non-descript, but you'll have to take what you can get: "updates and improvements (picview, httpc, ehci, ...)".
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:58 UTC
"The Internet is one of the most transformative technologies of our lifetimes. But for 2 out of every 3 people on earth, a fast, affordable Internet connection is still out of reach. And this is far from being a solved problem. There are many terrestrial challenges to Internet connectivity - jungles, archipelagos, mountains. There are also major cost challenges. Right now, for example, in most of the countries in the southern hemisphere, the cost of an Internet connection is more than a month's income. Solving these problems isn't simply a question of time: it requires looking at the problem of access from new angles. So today we're unveiling our latest moonshot from Google[x]: balloon-powered Internet access." Insane.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:52 UTC
"MineAssemble is a tiny bootable Minecraft clone written partly in x86 assembly. I made it first and foremost because a university assignment required me to implement a game in assembly for a computer systems course. Because I had never implemented anything more complex than a 'Hello World' bootloader before, I decided I wanted to learn about writing my own kernel code at the same time. Note that the goal of this project was not to write highly efficient hand-optimized assembly code, but rather to have fun and write code that balances readability and speed. This is primarily accomplished by proper commenting and consistent code structuring." Just cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/14/13 21:03 UTC
Jon Rubinstein, former CEO of Palm: "Well, I'm not sure I would have sold the company to HP. That's for sure. Talk about a waste. Not that I had any choice because when you sell a company you don't get to decide that. Obviously, the board and shareholders decide that. If we had known they were just going to shut it down and never really give it a chance to flourish, what would have been the point of selling the company? I think the deal we had with Verizon really hurt us, but who knew that at the time? These things are all hindsight."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/14/13 20:46 UTC
"And so it is with Dell's Alienware X51 R2, a small form factor gaming PC in console digs. It's shaped similar to Microsoft's Xbox 360 Slim, and though it's slightly larger than either a 360 or PlayStation 3, the X51 R2 would be right at home in a living room setting nestled next to a large screen TV. Indeed, it's adept at running Steam's Big Picture mode, and if your primary objective is to play games in the living room, go ahead and consider the X51 R2 a hybrid game console." This is obviously not the only machine like this - still, these are very valid console alternatives even for those that don't like being hunched over with a cramped WASD-claw. Also, PC gamers among us: could you get away with the $699 model for gaming?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/14/13 17:32 UTC
From Bloomberg: "Microsoft, the world's largest software company, provides intelligence agencies with information about bugs in its popular software before it publicly releases a fix, according to two people familiar with the process. That information can be used to protect government computers and to access the computers of terrorists or military foes." The lid has officially been blown off.More News »
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You purchased your machine with some version of OSX and some version of iLife and maybe purchased some version of iWork and some other apps were happy as a clam.
Did they suddenly stop working? Do they no longer function? Do they no longer do what they did before the announcement of the new shiny toys?
What? No? Everything works as it did before? Hmm...so what's the problem?
It's called progress. They want to move forward and do neat new things that only work, or only work as they desire with dual-core machines.
So if you want the new versions of various things, you need to have a dual-core processor or upgrade hardware to meet the minimum requirements.
Really I don't see the problem. Nothing is dictating that you MUST upgrade.
It's no different than the 2G-3G iPhone. I don't hear 2G iPhone owners whining that they can't use iPhone 3G features because there is different hardware requirements that their 2G phones don't meet.
It's no different than certain new game version requiring a certain type/level of graphics hardware, or processor speed, or amount of RAM, etc, etc. You don't meet the new minimum specs? Upgrade hardware or don't buy the new shiny toy. I really don't hear gamers whining..I just hear them salivating over the opportunity/excuse to upgrade 6 months after their last major upgrade.
Heck, I don't hear console gamers complaining. XBox360? What about all those poor Xbox owners who spent all that money on games and controllers..they can't use the new XBox360 games..Should MS upgrade their machines for Free? Should Sony upgrade all the PSOne and PS2 owners hardware because they can't play the new PS3 games or use the new features in the PS3 on their older hardware? Should MS or Sony requie all new games also work on the older hardware platforms because those people spent money on them? NO!
Want a dual-core Intel and only have a core-solo? Then upgrade the processor and stop whining. Almost all core-solo machines have a dual-core upgrade path.
If you own a PPC, you KNEW Apple was moving to Intel, and you should have known this day was coming.
This is no different than when Microsoft stopped supporting true DOS apps, or Microsoft stopping support of Windows 3.x apps, or Microsoft ceasing support of Windows 95 apps, or Apple stopping support of System X.X, etc, etc, etc..it's called progress.
Do you blame the manufacturer of your DVD player (if you have one) because you can't play Blu-Ray discs? It still plays DVD's fine, but you want to use the new shiny toy..and can't..but you know the new shiny toy was coming, but you purchased the DVD player anyway...but...but...but...I should Always be able to use the newest shiny toy even if my original toy wasn't designed to do it...and the manufacturer never ever directly told me my toy wouldn't be able to use the newer shiny toys coming out a few years from now..WAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Grow up. Stop complaining. Either upgrade your hardware, don't partake in this round of upgrades, or 'show 'em' and install Windows or Linux an your machine.