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Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.6.5 Build 10H571 to Select Developers
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No real problem. Akamai is a BIG network of over 70000 servers. The Akamai Network can transport up to 20 percent of the entire internet traffic on any day you choose. Even Apples massive update orgy should require under 1 percent of the entire available bandwith. So that gives you an idea, how big the Akamai network is. They have the biggest load balancer/data distribution network, if you exclude single protocol solutions like BitTorrent.
Akamais technology:
http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/index.html
More about Akamai (including a customer list):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologies
I was under the impression that iTunes for windows was going to support AirPrint. If true, that would mean you would have to not only have a PC running on your wifi but iTunes running in the background but if you did you could wirelessly print from your iPad/phone/touch.
i'll bet that theyl use CUPS - it provides for printer hosting and authentication. It has a Ghostscript module for Postscript support.
www.cups.org
Apple is single handedly responsible AFAIK for developing CUPS into what it is today. I doubt they would throw all that away.
Apple is single handedly responsible AFAIK for developing CUPS into what it is today. I doubt they would throw all that away.
Its all done with CUPs and Bonjour. See my previous postings on how to do this with CUPS on a Linux system.
Any word on the Airport Extreme Printer Servers working with this?
Edit: never mind, just thought about that - the answer is not possible
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I am so sick and tired of people repeating this lie. Google DOES NOT sell your personal data to advertisers. People who say this do not understand how Google's advertising model works and are clearly misinformed.
Why in the hell are they working on 10.6.6 when they can still fix/add/change it to 10.6.5. this seems retarded to me.
If you worked in the industry you would know that 10.6.5 is past the point in the development cycle where they can add new features. They're only fixing showstopper bugs at this point.
I am kind of hoping when they decide to release this slew of updates they are doing it from their shiny new data centre. Nothing tests a data centre like massive amounts of guaranteed traffic.
As for the timing.... lets just say update tuesday looks promising.
Sure and do you want them to release an OS 9 version as well??
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Tuesday does sound like the day to peg. It's exactly a week after releasing the GM. The GM is rock solid, iTunes 10.1 is fine. I have no idea about how 10.6.5 is, but I'm sure it has to be polished by this point. 10.6.6 will drop before the new year, undoubtably. Leaving 10.6.7 and 10.6.8 to be the last Snow Leopard updates, and then Lion will take the world by storm. It will be interesting, but thanks for that Akamai explanation. That's really interesting.
Tuesday does sound like the day to peg. It's exactly a week after releasing the GM. The GM is rock solid, iTunes 10.1 is fine. I have no idea about how 10.6.5 is, but I'm sure it has to be polished by this point. 10.6.6 will drop before the new year, undoubtably. Leaving 10.6.7 and 10.6.8 to be the last Snow Leopard updates, and then Lion will take the world by storm. It will be interesting, but thanks for that Akamai explanation. That's really interesting.
isn't airprint already here? it's hooked up to my mac wiredly and my mom can do it wirelessly on her MBP
coming soon....yawn
This build has been "coming soon" since forever.
It better be a well polished and stable build after all this time.
This build has been "coming soon" since forever.
It better be a well polished and stable build after all this time.
Not sure about 4.2 being rock solid. There seems to be quite a bit of chatter about wifi disconnection issues in 4.2. Don't know how wide spread it is but several forums seem to be mentioning it.
Software updates are almost irrelevant for the data center
Software updates (and most Apple downloads) come from Akamai's CDN (Content Distribution Network) of distributed cache machines. These file servers are located throughout the world at the local ISP and regional hubs.
I'd say "Nothing tests a data centre like massive amounts of guaranteed transactions".
It's the read/write stuff that has to go completely to and from the central databases that is the most difficult load - especially when there's a human at the far end watching the latency.
Software updates (and most Apple downloads) come from Akamai's CDN (Content Distribution Network) of distributed cache machines. These file servers are located throughout the world at the local ISP and regional hubs.
I'd say "Nothing tests a data centre like massive amounts of guaranteed transactions".
It's the read/write stuff that has to go completely to and from the central databases that is the most difficult load - especially when there's a human at the far end watching the latency.
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Actually, with a firmware update it's possible.
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Actually, with a firmware update it's possible.
Anxiously awaiting the final release(s).
I also wonder if 10.6.5 will fix the Dock bug that causes newly installed apps to show up with a prohibitory icon, until the Dock process is restarted.
I also wonder if 10.6.5 will fix the Dock bug that causes newly installed apps to show up with a prohibitory icon, until the Dock process is restarted.
