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 Tue 7 Jun 2005, 18:15
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i've might have worked myself up a bit here... was drunk when writing my first angry-post  ...hung over when writing the next... now I'm getting closer to equilibrium... ...but I'm thinking like this: During this coming year, instead of having software developers optimizing their code for the G5, getting the maximium performance and stability out of our hard/soft combos, they will shift focus to the coming x86 architecture. Right now we have great machines, functioning nicely indeed (except for teh funny sounds when scrolling ) But haven't many of us thought about the 64bit architecture? About how our G5's will get better and better the more 64bit OSX and software becomes? The power of the G5 will probably never get properly tapped. And in a couple of years PPC code will get downprioritized and we won't have access to the latest software. At least not optimized. And I don't know if a recompile is enough; all code written for altivec will either have to be lost or added (depending on if you're developing for x86 or PPC) and altivec is an integral part of the G4/G5 performance. Yeah, yeah, now let's make some music.
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 news Apple goes Intel. Why? Mon 6 Jun 2005, 20:42 BobbiStyle Hi Peeps
Had a Mac since 1987. Always for Muzak..... Mon 6 Jun 2005, 20:42 vaal Everyone needs to relax, it's going to be just... Mon 6 Jun 2005, 21:07 BobbiStyle Hi Vaal
I agree about the IBM "lack", w... Mon 6 Jun 2005, 21:24 maxryzone can someone explain in clear terms what this all m... Mon 6 Jun 2005, 21:31 vaal No, absolutely nothing is wasted, it won't aff... Mon 6 Jun 2005, 22:12 Jsegura Apple cannot marry with anybody. If IBM, that by t... Mon 6 Jun 2005, 23:02 lepetitmartien I didn't put everything into the news, I tried... Mon 6 Jun 2005, 23:25 indebttome Let's remember this, as well - although OSX is... Tue 7 Jun 2005, 00:13 abcdaniel this is CRAP! Longevity, come on!
it won... Tue 7 Jun 2005, 00:15 lepetitmartien Just wrote something really stupid, it'll run ... Tue 7 Jun 2005, 00:19 abcdaniel Yeah, really, f*** it. New versions, new versions,... Tue 7 Jun 2005, 06:05 vaal QUOTE (abcdaniel @ Jun 7 2005, 00:05)At this ... Tue 7 Jun 2005, 08:30 abcdaniel Isn't mr Steve known for being a bit** to work... Tue 7 Jun 2005, 10:25 coldharbour Yeah well, at the moment PPC is looking pretty goo... Tue 7 Jun 2005, 11:27 abcdaniel QUOTE As Steve said, it won't be nothing like ... Tue 7 Jun 2005, 12:35 chidders Er... Am I missing something?
When this move to I... Tue 7 Jun 2005, 12:48 coldharbour QUOTE (abcdaniel @ Jun 7 2005, 11:35)Just as ... Tue 7 Jun 2005, 13:07 vaal QUOTE (chidders @ Jun 7 2005, 06:48)Er... Am ... Tue 7 Jun 2005, 14:40 lepetitmartien The big problem we face is altivec, it'll need... Wed 8 Jun 2005, 00:31 coldharbour QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Jun 7 2005, 23:31)The... Wed 8 Jun 2005, 10:36 stratology "- No one will be able to say macs are crap b... Wed 8 Jun 2005, 17:02 lepetitmartien An interesting article on Ars Technica, not far fr... Wed 8 Jun 2005, 17:03 stratology Ars Technica was always one of the best sources I ... Wed 8 Jun 2005, 17:18 jeffca Hey, Guys!
If you read between the lines of S... Wed 8 Jun 2005, 19:15 lepetitmartien It's clear Steve decided that enough was enoug... Thu 9 Jun 2005, 03:12 lepetitmartien here is the post of a friend on Gaygeeks.org
QUOT... Thu 9 Jun 2005, 19:30 lepetitmartien And Apple posted in its news a link for the column... Fri 10 Jun 2005, 16:23 abcdaniel Oooh, then maybe OSX will go 64bit! And maybe ... Sat 11 Jun 2005, 18:53 lepetitmartien Uh, OS X is partly 64 bits, G5 are 64 bits (with a... Sun 12 Jun 2005, 03:48 abcdaniel Yeah, I at least am approaching the limit where th... Sun 12 Jun 2005, 08:20 lepetitmartien The 64 bitness of an OS is at multiple levels, OS ... Mon 13 Jun 2005, 01:39
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