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Expect a boatload of posts…

I’m clearing out my queue. Expect a bunch of posts after lunch.

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Dell Displays

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Steve Job’s Keynote

So last night I was looking at a Quicktime short. I was having some problems so I started Quicktime by itself (rather than as a browser plug-in). The app had an ad for the Steve Job’s Keynote at the recent … Continue reading

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No Open Firmware and 64 bit

Now that the word on Open Firmware going away is out, it makes me wonder about this decision. Frankly, I like Open Firmware a lot. Why wouldn’t they port it? Maybe this has to do with DRM. In the future, … Continue reading

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Mac OS X is a not a server OS

Mac OS X doesn’t do well against Linux according to this article. The MySQL performance is pretty bad. I kind of felt this might be the case, but I am surprised that the kernel developers still haven’t addressed this. Hopefully … Continue reading

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Jeri Ellsworth’s talk at Stanford

Steve told me about this, but we couldn’t go see it due to work. They do have a video of it up, and it is worth watching. Video of Talk Since Jeri is a she, that makes what she has … Continue reading

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Apple’s x86, interesting data

More news is coming out on the Apple OS release. Apparently, they are dropping Open Firmware for the x86 line. This is interesting news. I thought that porting Open Firmware was going to be a significant task that might cost … Continue reading

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Mac OS X Predictions

The news is still exciting so I’m going to make some predictions. Apple’s pen technology and tablet will finally happen. The resale value for Power PC based Mac’s will drop dramatically on the lower end. The decent higher end boxes … Continue reading

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