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Mac OS 10.4.8 Imminent?

kainjow said:
I thought the difference between little/big endian was that the byte order was flipped, not the bit order. So 01 in BE/LE would always be 1, 10 - 2, etc. Or am I wrong?
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You are correct!!! 10 will always be 2. 01 will always be 1. Endianness swaps the bytes, not the bits. Binary addition would be hell if the bits were swapped... Plus then writing bit-operators and using bit-masks in C would just be a pain in the arse when it came time to compile that game for 5 different platforms.
 
Kitrik said:
You are correct!!! 10 will always be 2. 01 will always be 1. Endianness swaps the bytes, not the bits. Binary addition would be hell if the bits were swapped... Plus then writing bit-operators and using bit-masks in C would just be a pain in the arse when it came time to compile that game for 5 different platforms.
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The bits ARE "swapped", but the whole processor is "swapped" so nobody notices- until you start looking at multibyte values.
 
They'd better start shipping the portables with more roomy hard drives soon...

These software updates are getting HUUUUUUUGGGGGE!:(
 
SPUY767 said:
10.4.9.1
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Nup, guess you missed the InvisiText™

10.4.9.1 implies it's a new version of 10.4.9, if it's a brand new build it'll be 10.4.10 and if anybody wants to argue....

POW!! Right to the moon!!
 
ju5tin81 said:
They'd better start shipping the portables with more roomy hard drives soon...

These software updates are getting HUUUUUUUGGGGGE!:(
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Just because the update is 100Mb (or whatever) does not mean that it needs 100Mb more disk space. If Apple want to update an executable then the updater contains the whole thing. So if the updater contains a new executable that is 10Mb and the existing one is 9.5Mb then you only need 0.5Mb more space.
 
That's why you should never boast about how right you are in a public forum...someone is bound to correct you as in the case in Big Endian vs Little Endian.
 
Apple won't use 10.4.10, it doesn't look elegant.

Instead, they'll stop at 10.4.9 and any changes after that will be called a "Security Update".
 
bradc said:
Luckily none of you have a Mac Pro with build 8K1079. It is complete *****. Build 8K1079 is horrible, hell-half of System Preferences doesn't work, Rosetta can't keep PPC apps open, can't plug in some USB devices, can't restart without holding power button down, the curtain of death happens.....a lot. So many problems with build 8K1079 that we don't/can't use it at work here.
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I have a Mac Pro with that build. I've had no serious problems. The only odd thing is that sometimes when I when I go into date/time preferences dialog and try to change something in there the color wheel spins for a couple of minutes and then the controls in there don't work right. All the other system preferences appear to work normally. I've had no other problems. Even iTunes 7 works fine.

Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to an update. OS upgrades are always cool.
 
kidtwist said:
I have a Mac Pro with that build. I've had no serious problems. The only odd thing is that sometimes when I when I go into date/time preferences dialog and try to change something in there the color wheel spins for a couple of minutes and then the controls in there don't work right. All the other system preferences appear to work normally. I've had no other problems. Even iTunes 7 works fine.

Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to an update. OS upgrades are always cool.
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Ditto here. I have that build and the only problem I have experienced was yesterday, where I couldn't open Photoshop. It just bounced one time in the Dock and nothing else. I had to restart the machine. But, in the 2-3 weeks I have had my Mac Pro that's the only problem I found.

Anyway, 10.4.8 looks really interesting :)
 
XtraSmiley said:
So as a new MB user, in which everything works fine so far, this update means nothing to me?
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first off, WELCOME...second off, just an FYI, all Mac users are required by law to be excited about every update the comes along, and should rush out on a drop of a dime to install it. It's just something you have to do, or your membership to the Mac community gets revoked. :cool:

All joking aside.....I really wish support for Blackberry 7130e as a USB modem would be built in. I have the Verizon software for Windows....and the Mac version (made for Verizon by Smith Micro) does not support the Blackberry yet 8(

I gotta boot into Windows or use Parrallels...yech...


-Compufix
 
Safari

I have not even downloaded any update yet but I have to say that safari is snappier in anticipation.
 
As is true with all updates a few precautions are wise

Every update I see people come on Apple Discussions claim that the update fried their computer. Nothing can be farther from the truth. Without certain precautions data corruption, directory issues, font issues, incompatible drivers, will make an update look bad on the surface. That's why I wrote this FAQ to prevent most upgrade problems. Please everyone take a look at it before you upgrade and decide for yourself when you are ready and finished with those precautions:

http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
 
And installed!

No issues the first 30 secs.... :D
 

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i downloaded 10.4.8 and it wouldnt boot! i got a dark grey screen instead of the blue appple screen. Then i did it again but reset pram. then it just sat at the apple screen loading for a few minutes, so i restarted. Same thing, but it reset by itself, o then the 3rd time i let it stay and it worked. i hope it ends up being ok. I only downloaded it because i was hoping for apertre 1.5, but of course its nto out yet
 
I just tested a PPC version of halo in time demo and i noticed a 8.31fps boost. Not to signifigant but its progress.

EDIT: i just tried the UB version time demo and there was absoultly no improvement. Going to double check it with cinebench.
 
tmphoto said:
Lucky you.
5D, not so much.
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How so. I have shot tethered from 5D to Macbook (RAW & JPG). What software are you using?

I have not tried yet with C1Pro but works with canon remote capture software.
 
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