What computer was Steve using at the Keynote? MacPro?

[elvtnedge]

Im dying to know as I wish apps opened that fast and flawlessly on the mac mini 1.66 w/ 2 gigs ram that I have.

 

[Luis]

Probably an Octo-Core Mac Pro with 16gb Ram and an Xserve cluster attached to it!

 

[TimJim]

yeah it was a mac pro...dont know which.

 

[FF_productions]

Obviously a Mac Pro. He was testing a 64 bit app vs a 32 bit app.

And i'm sure it was an Octo with wicked fast internet.

 

[twoodcc]

i'm sure it was a mac pro with 16 GB of RAM

 

[darkcurse]

It's called pre-caching, opening all the applications you might use before the keynote actually starts to make sure that it remains in RAM/cache. Try it yourself. Reboot your machine and open something like Firefox and see how long it takes. Now quit the application and try launching it again. You'll notice it loads faster

 

[Luis]

It's called pre-caching, opening all the applications you might use before the keynote actually starts to make sure that it remains in RAM/cache. Try it yourself. Reboot your machine and open something like Firefox and see how long it takes. Now quit the application and try launching it again. You'll notice it loads faster

But it still loaded things incredibly fast, just like that image with like a gazillion pixels...

 

[brandon6684]

I'm pretty sure Steve always uses a Mac Pro(previously PowerMacs) for Keynotes, unless demoing a new machine.

 

[darkcurse]

Yeah probably haha. But I'm saying you can achieve the same effect. Sort of using pre-caching like if you wanna "demo" your "new" mac to your friends/colleagues But I think all keynotes are definitely pre-cached as part of the pre-keynote setup procedures as it makes for a more consistent "performance". Uh, it doesn't matter how many gazilion pixels a picture has if it has been opened before it will open much faster the next time (assuming not a very long time has passed between consequent opening's)