December 4, 2003 2:56 AM PST
New and Noteworthy: G5 speed demon; Moore's law ending?
Speed demon Australia's Age decided to put a G5 to a real-world test: give it to the image department. "[A member of the image centre's] view supports an anecdote making the rounds of Melbourne's graphics houses, about the operator who liked to have a coffee while her machine rendered an image. She had reprocessed a particular page four times before she realised the machine was so fast, the job was done before she could turn around - no time for coffee." More.
More. More. Troubleshooting Mac OS X 1... Screen Spots on computers other than the PowerBook G4 15" (FireWire 800) Troubleshooting the Power ... Third-party Disk Utility C... Odds and Ends: Symantec updates; PowerBook "chirping"; Suitcase and WindowShade; Knowledge Base Updates Utilities Updates: AirPort 3.0.4; Drag'nBack; TelnetLauncher New and Noteworthy: Positi... More from New & Noteworthy
The end of Moore's law A CNET story covers a recent paper from Intel researchers that predicts a "fundamental limit" to transistor scaling will be reached by approximately 2018. More.
Previously we noted:
- Troubleshooting Mac OS X 10.3.x: Sparse disk image data loss; VPN issues; Bluetooth menu issues
- Screen Spots on computers other than the PowerBook G4 15" (FireWire 800)
- Troubleshooting the Power Mac G5 (#6): Optical out quirks
- Third-party Disk Utility CDs, Panther compatibility, and the Panther FireWire problem
- Odds and Ends: Symantec updates; PowerBook "chirping"; Suitcase and WindowShade; Knowledge Base Updates
- Utilities Updates: AirPort 3.0.4; Drag'nBack; TelnetLauncher
- New and Noteworthy: Positive G5 review; Music at Your Fingertips
