Very nice, starman SVass, this isn't the first time that jerk has blown things out of proportion Ganesha, If only that idiot had guests comments enabled could that trash of his…

Need to code in assembly? Mac OS X has a framework for AltiVec programming and 10.4 will auto-optimize code for AltiVec.

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Don't quite know what you are asking, but here is the Tiger isync compatabilty list, that includes the 910.

One of the project I worked on last year was very CPU intensive. Without going into the gory details, I optimized the code to determine at runtime what kind of system it's on. The …

Quote: Originally Posted by macintologist Yea but this guy is making like Apple are outright liars which is so false. Isn't somebody here an expert and can refute his BS? …

1. You certainly don't need to write in assembly to call AltiVec when programming on a Macintosh. Apple makes it VERY easy to code. 2. As a real life scientist, I use single prec…

Yea but this guy is making like Apple are outright liars which is so false. Isn't somebody here an expert and can refute his BS?

go for it dude..you have nothing to lose..don't listen to all the little bltches here

Any interest? Any offers?

I don't believe that the speed increases Altivec promised have been realized.

iTunes Encoding (192Kpbs MP3) My 733 G4 peaks at 10.4x My friend Andy's 1.8ghz Dell peaks at 4.5x Yeah I know iTunes is an Apple program, but c'mon, my old iMac used to encode a…

Quote: Originally Posted by sek929 iTunes Encoding (192Kpbs MP3) Yeah I know iTunes is an Apple program, but c'mon, my old iMac used to encode at 4x. The AltiVec enhanceme…

Add me to the list of users who have recoded scientific apps and achieved significant performance gains over scalar code. The original rant is of dubious merit, even childish. -…

Well, there are a few mistakes right off the bat:he is focused on floating point operations only. A single Altivec unit will work on a vector of 4 (single precision) floating point…

Quote: Originally Posted by sek929 iTunes Encoding (192Kpbs MP3) My 733 G4 peaks at 10.4x My friend Andy's 1.8ghz Dell peaks at 4.5x Yeah I know iTunes is an Apple program, b…

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Quote: Originally Posted by Randman iBlog with .mac works fine. iBlog is the single most horrible blog app available! Moveable Type is supposed to be quite good, but much …

And how about a CD/DVD burner that can burn labels?

i use blogwave studio and post to .mac. prog seems ok so far.

Quote: Originally Posted by StonedRose WOuldn't it be good to see a "surf/skate" style iPod. Vans Checkered Old Skool That would be kinda cool.

I would just be happy if the dual 2.7s help drop the price of new or refurbed dual 2.5s closer to $1999. I'd buy one of those...

I like the peppermint color, Patty

Thanks All, Darn there goes my hope that WoW performance will get a jump.

Quote: Originally Posted by testudo Here! Here! 3GHz might allow apple to save a little face, but after a year if all they can do is bump RAM, bump the video card (the default f…