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Saturday, July 20, 2002 |
The need for speed not satisfied
Speed-Crazed Mac Fans Unfulfilled. Where is the long-lusted-after, next-gen Macintosh with a mach-speed CPU? Nowhere to be found at the Macworld Expo, that's for sure. Michelle Delio reports from New York. [Wired News]
This story about the lack of CPU speed in current Apple offerings compared to the rest of the computing world is definitely the growing issue coming out of Macworld Expo. Apple not only continues to fall behind, but it keeps working on adding enhancements to Mac OS X that may or may not make the system run faster on the current batch of G4 processors. The combination of an OS that drags on all but the fastest and most RAM-loaded systems in conjunction with processors that are way behind the competition in the MHz numbers will make it harder in the future to keep winning new Windows converts.
Of course, all that most people here about OS X is the positives and the lack of responsiveness of the operating system is something you discover after you have bought into the Apple way and you start using the operating system. At that point, they've got you...
7:53:30 AM 
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Script helps rip CDs to MPEG-4 audio
Make Mine MPEG-4 v1.0. - This script assists in ripping CD tracks with iTunes 3 and encoding them with QuickTime 6 Pro as MPEG-4 audio files. The tracks are then added to your iTunes Library. [AppleScript Info]
7:46:39 AM
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First GIF and now JPEG
JPEG Patent Claim Sparks Concern. An Austin software company's claim that it owns a patent for the compression technique used in JPEG images is raising techies' hackles. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
The consensus I am seeing among the sites covering this news is that the Austin company really has a weak claim and it would be best to ignore the whole thing. Until I read or hear differently, it is nothing more than an interesting legal story for now...
7:44:08 AM
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Something weird happened here
I noticed last night that although I am sure I posted some news on Thursday, it no longer appears on the Mac Net Journal page. Clearly, something went haywire with my Radio 8 installation to cause the posts to go missing, but I sure can't find the source of the problems.
Anyway, posts over this weekend will be sparse until I return Sunday from another bird book research trip. Have a great weekend!
7:41:28 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Rob McNair-Huff.
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