Wow, I've tried Snow Leopard and it's so much faster. Addressbook, iCal, and even Safari open in one bounce. I can't wait for the official release!
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if I install this will it update just like regular OS X, or with each new seed will I have to reinstall the whole thing?
Possibly incorporating their proprietary ProRes422 codec - or a derivative - somehow, which can encode HD quality video at SD quality filesizes. For streaming video window sizes ProRes422 would fit the bill for having reduced bandwidth requirements by 2/3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProRes_422
That must be it. <<sigh>> No OS upgrade love for any of us until the fall. Maybe I'll download the RC and see what it's like first.
TBH, if these are new features, it's just as well that Apple isn't selling on features alone. None of these mean a goddam thing to me. Really.
Performance, on the other hand makes for less pretty pictures
Performance, on the other hand makes for less pretty pictures
I think you will be pleasantly surprised. I know I was. BTW, there is no upgrade path for XP, in case anyone was wondering.That must be it. <<sigh>> No OS upgrade love for any of us until the fall. Maybe I'll download the RC and see what it's like first.
Getting Excited
Snow Leopard is really starting to look/sound great! I'm a little disappointed that Apple won't be supporting my iMac G5 which still has plenty of life left in it. But, that is progress. Besides, I've been looking to get a new iMac anyways. I think I'll wait until Snow Leopard comes out and then upgrade. Not only will the computer be faster, but the OS itself is going to be way faster. I'm not gonna know what to do with all of that speed!! 
Snow Leopard is really starting to look/sound great! I'm a little disappointed that Apple won't be supporting my iMac G5 which still has plenty of life left in it. But, that is progress. Besides, I've been looking to get a new iMac anyways. I think I'll wait until Snow Leopard comes out and then upgrade. Not only will the computer be faster, but the OS itself is going to be way faster. I'm not gonna know what to do with all of that speed!!
Actually, right now you can upgrade to an alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10. There's an OS that gets better with every release.That must be it. <<sigh>> No OS upgrade love for any of us until the fall. Maybe I'll download the RC and see what it's like first.
Why is the UI worth $100 and features, performance, speed, stability and security worth only $29
Because performance, speed, stability and security are pretty much a given when it comes to OSX!
I hope they do. Mine supports 2 finger scrolling so I don't think it'd be too much of a stretch to add in some additional gesture support.
My $200 netbook has hardware support for it, but my $800 whitebook doesn't?! Lame
It's amazing what you can really do with Synaptics' drivers as well.My $200 netbook has hardware support for it, but my $800 whitebook doesn't?! Lame
GCD vs. TBB vs. OpenMp vs. PyMP vs. CILK vs...yada yada yada
...the software engineers are in their political season again, found this at
Google search (Rhinocerus.net):
http://www.rhinocerus.net/forum/lang-functional/496883-alternatives-intel-tbb-cilk.html
It would be SO WONDERFUL if these concurrent vs. parallel technologies got
worked out for OpenCL (and highly accessible software packages like Python's
recent releases under Py 3.0...) see:
http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=OpenMp+python
ww
...the software engineers are in their political season again, found this at
Google search (Rhinocerus.net):
http://www.rhinocerus.net/forum/lang-functional/496883-alternatives-intel-tbb-cilk.html
It would be SO WONDERFUL if these concurrent vs. parallel technologies got
worked out for OpenCL (and highly accessible software packages like Python's
recent releases under Py 3.0...) see:
http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=OpenMp+python
ww
My $200 netbook has hardware support for it, but my $800 whitebook doesn't?! Lame
Paying more doesn't guarantee you get all the same features and more. You'll find a number of features on a Prius that you won't find on a Ferrari, for example.
It's all a matter of what it's built to do, what features were available at the time it was produced, etc.
I don't know what they did, but it's a welcomed addition. We use iChat tied into our own SSL encrypted XMPP server, and the video already was outstanding, even compared to Skype.
I can't think of another solution that's effectively free that allows 640x480 video under control of the company/user, while also allowing presentation of documents.
It's an amazing app!
