shambolic
Sep 11, 08:15 AM
I'd just arrived at work on the 14th floor of the old New York Telephone building across the street from the North tower of the WTC. Heard engine sounds and a bang. My colleague turned to me and asked "what the hell was that?" to which I responded, quite accurately by my standards, "well, it sounded as if a plane hit a building".
We were then instructed to get out of the building, going down the stairs rather than taking the elevator, and stood out on West Street to see the building ablaze. The buzz on the street was that there was a bomb. A few minutes later we were told to go back inside. We just about managed to return to our office and hook up the TV in our conference room in time to see the second plane hit, with a simultaneous shudder going through our own building.
"That tower's leaning!" exclaimed a co-worker, and that was it... even though the boss wasn't in yet, we all decided we were getting out of there ASAP... well, apart from one colleague who we had to practically drag out as he had a report due that day.
So we got onto one of the last uptown subway trains after the planes hit and were well clear before the towers fell. The rest of my morning was spent walking around midtown Manhattan hearing second-hand tales of the day's further attacks (Pentagon, Pennsylvania, etc), and worrying about what my family (in England) must be thinking, given that they knew I worked right by the WTC.
I remember spending that night on the couch at my sister-in-law's place in Brooklyn (as I couldn't figure out how to get back to Staten Island once I was in midtown) and the news reports were just numbing - at one point they were saying there could've been tens of thousands killed. For a while, it seemed life would just never return to normal. I've never been more happy and relieved to see my wife as I was the next day when she picked me up.
Four years later, we're still exiled from our old building (which I believe was the closest building to Ground Zero that didn't collapse), working from Brooklyn instead, but my company survived and so did everyone I know, so I have to be thankful for that...
We were then instructed to get out of the building, going down the stairs rather than taking the elevator, and stood out on West Street to see the building ablaze. The buzz on the street was that there was a bomb. A few minutes later we were told to go back inside. We just about managed to return to our office and hook up the TV in our conference room in time to see the second plane hit, with a simultaneous shudder going through our own building.
"That tower's leaning!" exclaimed a co-worker, and that was it... even though the boss wasn't in yet, we all decided we were getting out of there ASAP... well, apart from one colleague who we had to practically drag out as he had a report due that day.
So we got onto one of the last uptown subway trains after the planes hit and were well clear before the towers fell. The rest of my morning was spent walking around midtown Manhattan hearing second-hand tales of the day's further attacks (Pentagon, Pennsylvania, etc), and worrying about what my family (in England) must be thinking, given that they knew I worked right by the WTC.
I remember spending that night on the couch at my sister-in-law's place in Brooklyn (as I couldn't figure out how to get back to Staten Island once I was in midtown) and the news reports were just numbing - at one point they were saying there could've been tens of thousands killed. For a while, it seemed life would just never return to normal. I've never been more happy and relieved to see my wife as I was the next day when she picked me up.
Four years later, we're still exiled from our old building (which I believe was the closest building to Ground Zero that didn't collapse), working from Brooklyn instead, but my company survived and so did everyone I know, so I have to be thankful for that...
LimeiBook86
Jan 16, 05:56 PM
If it is an iMac, or in fact, any G3, check to see if there is a firmware update that you need to run.
Also on G3's don't you have to install Mac OS X within the first partition (within the first 8gb)?
Also on G3's don't you have to install Mac OS X within the first partition (within the first 8gb)?
derbothaus
Apr 21, 12:00 AM
As we all know the main focus for mac's is not gaming, however with my Mac pro recently arriving with the 3.2 quad and a 5870 GPU; what kind of gaming performance increase will I notice vs my 2010 iMac i7 with the mobility GPU card in it? I really don't want to disrespect any of you guys by asking this question as this is not why I bought my Mac Pro, and this is not a "gaming" forum, however I do game a little and I could not find any benchmarks that put the two side by side.
Let's use black ops, and maybe crysis as a means for making a comparison and any other key games you can think of, btw all gaimg is done via boot camp with windows 7 ult.
Really depends on the res you play at now.
As the resolution gets larger the 5870 pulls ahead in a bigger way.
Couldn't find any DX10 benches but here is Battlefield BC 2 (1920x1200, 4AA, 8AF, High Quality, DX10)
5750: 25.6 FPS
5870: 52.3 FPS
3D Mark 06:
iMac 5750: 15344
5870: 23640
3D Mark11 Enthusiast settings:
FPS:
5750: 12.44
5870: 27.68
I don't have any problems playing anything at my 1680x1050 res. Including Metro 2033 (Much heavier than Crysis). I play Crysis maxed with 4xAA the only exception.
Let's use black ops, and maybe crysis as a means for making a comparison and any other key games you can think of, btw all gaimg is done via boot camp with windows 7 ult.
Really depends on the res you play at now.
As the resolution gets larger the 5870 pulls ahead in a bigger way.
Couldn't find any DX10 benches but here is Battlefield BC 2 (1920x1200, 4AA, 8AF, High Quality, DX10)
5750: 25.6 FPS
5870: 52.3 FPS
3D Mark 06:
iMac 5750: 15344
5870: 23640
3D Mark11 Enthusiast settings:
FPS:
5750: 12.44
5870: 27.68
I don't have any problems playing anything at my 1680x1050 res. Including Metro 2033 (Much heavier than Crysis). I play Crysis maxed with 4xAA the only exception.
volvoben
Jan 16, 10:43 AM
too bad about the lack of acd updates. i'm not ready to buy one myself, but a friend i work with was buying a new setup for herself, so I told her of the upcoming mac pro refresh and possible acds, but i just told her this morning to go ahead and head up to NH to get a tax free MP (she also gets edu because she takes a few classes every year). In good news she's buying a HP 30" monitor from IT at work for $900. She also claims that ebay has some HP 30"ers for $900 shipped, but i try to stay away from the fleabay these days. Still, it was tough to tell her to pay $800 for a 23" when she could get a 30" for $100 more. The HP is ugly, but she's a designer with a rather picky eye and she used it all day yesterday to test it and just loved the actual screen.
simsaladimbamba
Apr 29, 11:30 AM
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alcaponek
Apr 20, 04:55 PM
It's not me it's the dying man that makes the OS comparisons at every keynote. Well actually he only did when iOS was in a leading position...
The last Android vs. iOS comparison he made was something like: "We have 350k apps!". Well Android now has about 325k apps and grows by about 35k apps per month. I guess that comparison won't make it into his June keynote....
at least dont call him that ffs...
The last Android vs. iOS comparison he made was something like: "We have 350k apps!". Well Android now has about 325k apps and grows by about 35k apps per month. I guess that comparison won't make it into his June keynote....
at least dont call him that ffs...
opinioncircle
Nov 1, 08:32 AM
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benhollberg
Mar 18, 10:15 PM
Well it looks like there is a group there ready to camp out tonight.
I am here right now.
I am here right now.
mojohanna
Jan 28, 08:01 PM
It trickle charges after it fully charges. You could leave it plugged in 24/7 and it would be fine.
spicyapple
Oct 11, 08:35 PM
Sounds good. :) What about Numbers? I pray they don't dumb it down like Pages, please!
TeamMojo
Apr 14, 03:27 PM
My favorite are the aggressive comments here demanding that Apple unlock your phone because it is your property. Yeah, the phone is your property. But the network is not. It's AT&T's property. You pay for the service to use it.
If you don't like that, you can switch to a phone that is hackable, and violate the terms of your contract with AT&T. Or switch to another carrier. Or move to another country where there are different regulations regarding carriers. Or write your Representative or Senator. But don't whine that someone owes you something because of what you'd prefer.
If you don't like that, you can switch to a phone that is hackable, and violate the terms of your contract with AT&T. Or switch to another carrier. Or move to another country where there are different regulations regarding carriers. Or write your Representative or Senator. But don't whine that someone owes you something because of what you'd prefer.
bigandy
Aug 5, 10:30 AM
In scotland, there's loads of people called mac and macintosh.
Yup, just like me. :D
Yup, just like me. :D
skiltrip
Apr 19, 01:30 PM
Go to macsales.com. Check out their external drives.
Kingsly
Jan 16, 10:20 PM
I'm in the back! (wearing the Apple hat, of all things... :rolleyes: )
I really enjoyed meeting everyone in person, although we all only knew each other by our s/n's. :o
I really enjoyed meeting everyone in person, although we all only knew each other by our s/n's. :o
iRebound
Mar 11, 03:33 PM
Got here at 2:30 and I was 30something in line. Looks like it's at about 70 now
-DH
Apr 19, 02:44 PM
Regardless of the mic's quality, being that it is on-camera would mean that only the sounds very close to the camera would be picked up well.
On-camera mics are notorious for overall poor sound recording. If you want good quality audio recording, you'd need to mic the sound source(s) properly and with the right type of mic(s).
-DH
On-camera mics are notorious for overall poor sound recording. If you want good quality audio recording, you'd need to mic the sound source(s) properly and with the right type of mic(s).
-DH
Peterkro
Mar 10, 08:45 AM
For the same reasons, these people are also more charitable (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=628006) than liberals. Conservatives and religious people are far more charitable to both religious and secular causes as a percentage of their income.
You seem to have a strange idea of why the rich give to "charity" see here for instance:
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/01/opinion/oe-reich1
and don't forget the words of that great American President Richard Milhous (tricky dicky) Nixon:
"Let us remember that the main purpose of American aid is not to help other nations but to help ourselves".
(this applies as much to domestic as international "aid" )
You seem to have a strange idea of why the rich give to "charity" see here for instance:
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/01/opinion/oe-reich1
and don't forget the words of that great American President Richard Milhous (tricky dicky) Nixon:
"Let us remember that the main purpose of American aid is not to help other nations but to help ourselves".
(this applies as much to domestic as international "aid" )
cere
Apr 14, 06:59 AM
As far as the guarantees go, this is what I see at negrielectronics.com (http://negrielectronics.com/apple-iphone-unlocking-service-permanent-solution.html) right now:
Your iPhone is now unlocked permanently!
Unlocked. Permanent. 100% Guaranteed or your money back*.
Your order may require verification. Please look for an email from us to further verify your order. This is a high fraud item and we take every precaution and approach fraud very seriously.
*(If the unlock is not successful, please email us a video link showing your IMEI and the unlock being unsuccessful).
**To deter possible fraud, we also reserve the right to remotely lock your device by IMEI
That's awfully tempting...they accept major CCs. You could always dispute the charge...
This is what is scary about this new unlocking avenue. Obviously someone has access to Apple's DB and from this statement, it seems like the access they have allows the to lock it. This means they could lock anyone's iPhone at anytime, even factory unlocked units. Even the carriers do not have this level of access. I was told by the Rogers unlocking team, that they could unlock but could not relock any phones...only Apple had that access. These unlockers have greater access to the Apple systems than the carriers do (already obvious, since they can unlock multiple carriers and the carriers can only unlock their own).
Your iPhone is now unlocked permanently!
Unlocked. Permanent. 100% Guaranteed or your money back*.
Your order may require verification. Please look for an email from us to further verify your order. This is a high fraud item and we take every precaution and approach fraud very seriously.
*(If the unlock is not successful, please email us a video link showing your IMEI and the unlock being unsuccessful).
**To deter possible fraud, we also reserve the right to remotely lock your device by IMEI
That's awfully tempting...they accept major CCs. You could always dispute the charge...
This is what is scary about this new unlocking avenue. Obviously someone has access to Apple's DB and from this statement, it seems like the access they have allows the to lock it. This means they could lock anyone's iPhone at anytime, even factory unlocked units. Even the carriers do not have this level of access. I was told by the Rogers unlocking team, that they could unlock but could not relock any phones...only Apple had that access. These unlockers have greater access to the Apple systems than the carriers do (already obvious, since they can unlock multiple carriers and the carriers can only unlock their own).
MacRumors
Oct 8, 02:17 AM
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ABC News reports (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ZDM/story?id=2537247) on a T-Mobile press conference on Friday which discussed their future plans.
T-Mobile has spent $4.2 billion for new wireless spectrum licenses covering the U.S. The new spectrum will require new phones that T-Mobile has been working on with Motorola, Nokia, and Siemens for a mid-2007 launch.
For some reason, T-Mobile's Chief Executive Robert Dotson reportedly discussed "at some length about how Apple's and T-Mobile's visions seem to be aligned."
While Dotson declined to comment about any partnership between the companies, he spoke highly of Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
ABC News reports (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ZDM/story?id=2537247) on a T-Mobile press conference on Friday which discussed their future plans.
T-Mobile has spent $4.2 billion for new wireless spectrum licenses covering the U.S. The new spectrum will require new phones that T-Mobile has been working on with Motorola, Nokia, and Siemens for a mid-2007 launch.
For some reason, T-Mobile's Chief Executive Robert Dotson reportedly discussed "at some length about how Apple's and T-Mobile's visions seem to be aligned."
While Dotson declined to comment about any partnership between the companies, he spoke highly of Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
manowar
Nov 13, 06:52 PM
http://www.linnarsson.com/mac/rockingpaper.png
Here's my desktop :) The wallpaper is my own named Rockingpaper! :cool:
Awesome, i have all of those albums :D
Here's my desktop :) The wallpaper is my own named Rockingpaper! :cool:
Awesome, i have all of those albums :D
brendu
Mar 27, 08:06 PM
I would suggest looking into getting a SSD and maybe maxing the ram at 8GB. That would take care of your lag issues. Unless your looking at getting into serious gaming and then you may consider the newer laptop... Personally I would say invest in the Ram and SSD and save the rest of the money.
bryantm3
Jan 25, 09:11 AM
Originally posted by Sun Baked
Would also be nice if they had a $250 15" LCD and a $99 CRT monitor.
But Apple has always walked away from the low margin product -- though the $650-$699 eMacs for education are reaching down quite a bit.
Basically there isn't enough margin in the low end for Apple to sell there -- it's basically a loss-leader and/or break even (if they're lucky) product for the likes of a lot of other companies.
actually, the emacs for education (seeing as my dad is a teacher) are 750$ for a baseline emac. the 600$ ones are only for mass purchases for educational facilities
Would also be nice if they had a $250 15" LCD and a $99 CRT monitor.
But Apple has always walked away from the low margin product -- though the $650-$699 eMacs for education are reaching down quite a bit.
Basically there isn't enough margin in the low end for Apple to sell there -- it's basically a loss-leader and/or break even (if they're lucky) product for the likes of a lot of other companies.
actually, the emacs for education (seeing as my dad is a teacher) are 750$ for a baseline emac. the 600$ ones are only for mass purchases for educational facilities
bearcatrp
Feb 20, 03:42 PM
It looks like the Mac book pro's will get sandy bridge first. Probably a few months afterwards but there is no set date. Since the mini uses laptop parts, I'll be looking at performance of these. Should be pretty close.
MovieCutter
Apr 22, 02:50 PM
On the doc front: not sure. I've got a few feature ideas in my head but haven't had the motivation (sitting in a dull edit bay isn't conducive to creativity) to flesh them out. I have several friends who are freelancers who would join me to form a team and they all do different parts of pre/post production (budgeting, planning, grant writing, etc). So between us we have a few ideas, just takes time to research and form a treatment to present to potential investors and contributors. It'll be exciting though. I've been wanting to quit for a while, but knew about the end of the show so I waited for them to give me a severance.