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Bonjour for Windows
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perhaps apple is making printers again, like the old days! Buy the printer, get it home, plug it in, no drivers to install, bonjour finds it automatically whether you're a mac or winsuckdows user. equals huge hardware sells. puts hp printers out of business.... ok...not going to happen. just a thought.
bbyrdhouse
macrumors 6502
Well, I have been running Tiger for 3 hours now without a single hitch.
Seriously though, I have to admit that things doo seem to be running more smoothly.
In 10.3.9 Safari seemed to hang up very often along with mail.app but so far there doesn't seem to be the same problem in 10.4
Seriously though, I have to admit that things doo seem to be running more smoothly.
In 10.3.9 Safari seemed to hang up very often along with mail.app but so far there doesn't seem to be the same problem in 10.4
bbyrdhouse
macrumors 6502
Mechcozmo said:
I believe that OS X for x86 went by the name "Marklar", if I am not mistaken.
Read this thread https://www.macrumors.com/pages/2002/08/20020830181129.shtml
dicklacara
macrumors 6502a
Mechcozmo said:
The question is not:
"Should OS X should run on x86?";
rather:
"Should Apple Applications run on WIndows?".
...reminds one of:
"Sex is not the answer!".
"Sex is the question!"
...the answer is "Yes!"
poundsmack
macrumors 6502
SiliconAddict said:
but the interface and configuration for trillian was made by a monkey with a poop hammer. what idiot built that thing? Yes, it works great for multiple chat programs but is has the worst POS UI I've ever come across. Ick. In comparison, iChat is pretty much a zero config setup. Even Gaim on windows is easy to use compared to T.
Bonjour is the first step, there is a lot going on this year with Apple.
I can't get this (Bonjour for Windows) to install on XP Pro - the installer says it's "interrupted" - any clues from those who know more about windoze than me? (i.e. the rest of the world!)
I think I've stopped all the various anti "stuff" I've got loaded into it - firewall and adware and registry guard type thingys - and I have all the latest updates so no idea what can be interrupting it and there's nothing on google or apple discussions to help...
I think I've stopped all the various anti "stuff" I've got loaded into it - firewall and adware and registry guard type thingys - and I have all the latest updates so no idea what can be interrupting it and there's nothing on google or apple discussions to help...
nms
macrumors member
poundsmack said:
as we're on the names bandwagon....again...
zero config....could be shortened to 0C or zc.....
rendezvous was shortened to rv...was it not
and bonjour......bj? 😀
i dont think apple thought ahead with this one 😛
"we can't use rendezvous, so i want you all to think of the first other french word that pops into your head"
"why do we have to use a french name"
"just DO IT."
*-2 seconds later-*
"bonjour?"
"bonjour? agreed. meeting adjourned."
I also doubt Apple is about to release iMovie or iDVD for Windows.nrd said:
Bonjour is a great way of having Macs and Windows machines network more efficiently. Printers should have the biggest advantage (I'm downloading now!).
As for "Apple is a hardware company" - that's a different thing. If Apple was simply a hardware company then they could sell Apple hardware running Windows. Apple is a hardware and software company, and there are many ways for Apple to find it's place in our computing world.
I would not be surprised to see iPhoto (exclusively for iPod owners?) or iChat+iSight sold for Windows - no more than that though.
Not sure why you say that. What makes Cocoa harder to port than Carbon? (especially since WebObjects runs on a subset of Cocoa on Windows).kainjow said:
Thanks.
poundsmack
macrumors 6502
GregA said:
find me the version of windows that runs nativly on apple hardware and I will buy it 😀 and if they tried to enter into the ubber congested x86 sellers market....well they would not make a tenth of what thye make now
Are you saying that current Apple hardware running Windows XP would make money, but that Apple hardware with an AMD chip running Windows XP would get them less than a tenth of what they make now?poundsmack said:
I prefer the PowerPC, but I don't think your logic holds.
Windows NT was available for PowerPC a few years back, and MS has a development platform running on Apple hardware now. if Apple asked MS to take over OS development on Apple hardware it'd happen pretty fast.
I hope that never happens - my whole point is that Apple is not just a hardware company, it is also a software company. They make heaps of money from their software, it's just that it's hidden as a bundle with the hardware.
poundsmack
macrumors 6502
i miss understood. i didnt think you were reffering to apple suporting ofther processors. i thought u were jsut talking about there current offerings, my mistake. but i still think current windows users will stick to dell, hp, compaq, gateway, etc...... since that is hat they are used to. most windows users I know think the mac and apple are inferior (since microsoft has led them like sheep) so to an extent it would be an awfully though sell. though SUN has been selling operon based machines for a while and doing quite well with it......but i dont think apple would have quite the same luck. but personaly i hope they never go that route.
Les Kern
macrumors 68040
As it is with a typical Windows experience, I downloaded Bonjour to test and gave up after too much time mucking around. I have a Sony Vaio all-in-one besides the Macs, with an HP laser printer that is "aware" of zero-config. Of COURSE the printer was never seen. To be thourough, I downloaded the drivers twice, the first time the files were corrupt. Then, after Bonjour wouldn't work, I downloaded the HP utility for network printers, THAT couldn't see it either. Hmm.. it HAS an IP number. The Mac? One click and I'm printing, as usual. To be sure I started up the OS9 version of the HP utility on the Mac. Sure enough, there it is. So I fired up a browser on the PC and entered the IP to check the configuration (Not supported on the Mac!). Oops. java error. Oops, java error. Oops, says not connected. I loaded! AHA! IPX was off! Turned it on. Bojour didn't work, but the HP utility did.
Set it up to print. Done. Total time on Mac: <1 minute. Total time on PC: about an hour. I've wasted enough time on it to go try to figure out why Bonjour doesn't work on the PC. Bah.
Set it up to print. Done. Total time on Mac: <1 minute. Total time on PC: about an hour. I've wasted enough time on it to go try to figure out why Bonjour doesn't work on the PC. Bah.