alhedges
Apr 16, 11:04 AM
Although the Flurry article spins this as being positive for ios/android gaming, I'm not really sure that the numbers support that interpretation. Last year, they included only iphones and ipod touches in their data and found that they had 5% of the market. This year, they added iPads, android smartphones, and android tablets (huge market that...), and found that the numbers only went up to 8%. I don't really find that to be very impressive.
Meanwhile, consoles, all of which are ~5 years old, increased their market share from 71% to 76%. In other words, consoles' market share increased almost twice as much smartphone/tablets' did, even though the ios/android data now includes a lot of devices that weren't counted previously.
And - to reiterate what a lot of other posters have said - touchscreen gaming is can be excellent for puzzle-type games, such as angry birds. It does a good job with accelerometer based games, such as doodle jump. But it is kludgy and inferior for most other type of games, including FPS games, and it will remain so until there is some sort of standardized controller with actual buttons and joystick(s).
Meanwhile, consoles, all of which are ~5 years old, increased their market share from 71% to 76%. In other words, consoles' market share increased almost twice as much smartphone/tablets' did, even though the ios/android data now includes a lot of devices that weren't counted previously.
And - to reiterate what a lot of other posters have said - touchscreen gaming is can be excellent for puzzle-type games, such as angry birds. It does a good job with accelerometer based games, such as doodle jump. But it is kludgy and inferior for most other type of games, including FPS games, and it will remain so until there is some sort of standardized controller with actual buttons and joystick(s).
Garbag3man117
Jan 18, 01:59 PM
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macnfab
Jun 23, 10:26 AM
Yes, last night a friend who works for AT&T sent me a text and told me pre-orders only 24th-28th and the launch date for first come, first serve is now the 29th:mad: I don't know that this applies to anyone outside of at&t ... but the source is good.. and this sucks!!!!
Catfish_Man
Oct 24, 06:23 PM
The whole resolution independance thing terrifies me. I just know we'll see some vendor or Apple have these annoying huge UI's that we can't shrink back down to their proper size. I mean the reason we buy this huge monitors is to shrink the UI and maximize free space right???
You're confusing size in inches with size in pixels. The problem you're worried about won't happen.
You're confusing size in inches with size in pixels. The problem you're worried about won't happen.
discounteggroll
Apr 29, 11:18 AM
starts the drumroll....
excited to see what the outcome of this is!
excited to see what the outcome of this is!
Jshwon
May 20, 12:45 PM
Do you have pictures? Curious about the refinish! How much did it cost you to do?
I'll be posting the pictures later on tonight. I'm currently at work and don't have access to them. As regards the finish I did it myself and it really helps. As you know the chrome scratches extremely easy.
I'll be posting the pictures later on tonight. I'm currently at work and don't have access to them. As regards the finish I did it myself and it really helps. As you know the chrome scratches extremely easy.
OrganMusic
May 1, 03:03 PM
Nice -- i think this MBP 1,1 in question was bought used (through macofalltrades) but was once under applecare as well. I think that might tip the scales in his favor a bit as well.
ghost187
Apr 18, 10:52 AM
Please I beg you to stop with these September iPhone rumors. These are the most ridiculous "rumors" I ever heard, and they all belong on page 2. The only reason I tolerate them is because it helps Apple sell more iPhones, by making people think iPhone 5 isn't coming for a while, though it is just around the corner.
Bobthemonkey
Sep 14, 04:27 PM
at least they had the good grace to reply to you in what seems like a non-automated manner.
its more than some companies would do
its more than some companies would do
TheWitePony
Jul 25, 05:57 PM
I am trying to get my printer to work on my powerbook. It is a HP Officejet k60. On the HP site they don't have any drivers for MacOS, but they do have one for Linux. Will the Linux driver work on my Mac? I have tried installing it, and my Linux is a little weak, but when I try to run the make command it tells me I don't have a compiler installed. Now when I had Linux on my PC I rememeber I had to run the setup utility to install all the developer tools. Is this a similar issue? Is there a compiler on the CD that came with my Mac? If not, where can I download one?
Am I going about this in the wrong way? I thought that OSX was supposed to eliminate the need to install drivers and such. Cause my PC can use this printer withouut any drivers at all installed. In fact, HP recommeds that you just let XP do its thing and not install a thing from the CD that came with it cause it was pre-XP drivers. Shouldn't OSX be able to do the same? I mean I can see it in the Print Center, but it says "Driver not installed" right beside it and it won't let me add it.
I'm sorry, this is probly a retarded question, but I have had my Mac for less than a week now. And with school around the corner I kind need this printer working pronto.
Am I going about this in the wrong way? I thought that OSX was supposed to eliminate the need to install drivers and such. Cause my PC can use this printer withouut any drivers at all installed. In fact, HP recommeds that you just let XP do its thing and not install a thing from the CD that came with it cause it was pre-XP drivers. Shouldn't OSX be able to do the same? I mean I can see it in the Print Center, but it says "Driver not installed" right beside it and it won't let me add it.
I'm sorry, this is probly a retarded question, but I have had my Mac for less than a week now. And with school around the corner I kind need this printer working pronto.
vixapphire
Jan 25, 10:12 AM
I just had an Art Director for a Stop Motion Animation Movie Company leave our shop. We ran a bunch of 3x6 foot fine art prints for her for the Sundance Film Festival (we are in Utah).
She and her art team created the posters digitally from a series of still photos taken with a Nikon D-300. The still photos were of painted sets and set characters. The paints they used were very pastel-like and bright. They then pushed these prints and added text in RGB format in Illustrator and Photoshop.
Their display was a Dell 30" high Color.
We showed them proofs on a calibrated high gamut HP LP3065 and then on an ACD 23".
Our printers for this job are fully calibrated (closed loop color) HP Z3100, Colorspan Displaymaker, and HP DesignJet 130 both with EFI Designer XL RIPS with full Spectrophotometer Support.
The art director was highly bummed that the InkJet Prints would not match her Dell or our HP LP3065 (both very wide gamut). She had no background in Color Management and no understanding of RGB versus CMYK, if you can imagine this!!
She kept moaning that she needed to find a way for the print to match her display. We kept telling her to refer to the ACD 23 for a more realistic expectation as to how the prints would look in final form.
It was amazing to me her lack of understanding of color gamut and how cmyk printing cannot match today's HC or High Gamut Monitors.
I offer this to this thread as there are a lot of people complaining that Apple's ACD's are "out-of-date," etc.
Actually, they are not: they are simply technology that is very targeted at a group of professionals that Apple use to covet as its "own:" print professionals and print-based photographers.
While Apple has moved past this market heavily into entertainment and broadcast video, their monitors have remained focused on this area. Surely they will update them. But for now, please understand why Apple's ACD's remain as they are and that they still have a large user base that actually needs and prefers these gamut specs.
I am of the belief that a creative shop should have many monitors as we do: some high gamut and some standard SWOP gamut, like ACD's.
We moved far beyond print a long time ago: we focus now on Video, CMS-based web development and broadcasting, and Flash. High Gamut is great for this (though not without its risks even for this market as many end-users have older, low gamut LCD's).
But to call Apple's ACD's out of date is just pain misinformation and lack of knowledge on a complex and tricky subject.
great post; very interesting. i currently own a 23" ACD but have been entertaining the idea of upgrading to a 30", and the HP has been high on the list because of its high contrast, multiple inputs and attractive price compared to the ACD30.
are you saying that using the adjustment controls on the HP, one cannot balance the color to match that of the ACD? or is it just that at its "default" values out of the box, it gives a hyped picture?
She and her art team created the posters digitally from a series of still photos taken with a Nikon D-300. The still photos were of painted sets and set characters. The paints they used were very pastel-like and bright. They then pushed these prints and added text in RGB format in Illustrator and Photoshop.
Their display was a Dell 30" high Color.
We showed them proofs on a calibrated high gamut HP LP3065 and then on an ACD 23".
Our printers for this job are fully calibrated (closed loop color) HP Z3100, Colorspan Displaymaker, and HP DesignJet 130 both with EFI Designer XL RIPS with full Spectrophotometer Support.
The art director was highly bummed that the InkJet Prints would not match her Dell or our HP LP3065 (both very wide gamut). She had no background in Color Management and no understanding of RGB versus CMYK, if you can imagine this!!
She kept moaning that she needed to find a way for the print to match her display. We kept telling her to refer to the ACD 23 for a more realistic expectation as to how the prints would look in final form.
It was amazing to me her lack of understanding of color gamut and how cmyk printing cannot match today's HC or High Gamut Monitors.
I offer this to this thread as there are a lot of people complaining that Apple's ACD's are "out-of-date," etc.
Actually, they are not: they are simply technology that is very targeted at a group of professionals that Apple use to covet as its "own:" print professionals and print-based photographers.
While Apple has moved past this market heavily into entertainment and broadcast video, their monitors have remained focused on this area. Surely they will update them. But for now, please understand why Apple's ACD's remain as they are and that they still have a large user base that actually needs and prefers these gamut specs.
I am of the belief that a creative shop should have many monitors as we do: some high gamut and some standard SWOP gamut, like ACD's.
We moved far beyond print a long time ago: we focus now on Video, CMS-based web development and broadcasting, and Flash. High Gamut is great for this (though not without its risks even for this market as many end-users have older, low gamut LCD's).
But to call Apple's ACD's out of date is just pain misinformation and lack of knowledge on a complex and tricky subject.
great post; very interesting. i currently own a 23" ACD but have been entertaining the idea of upgrading to a 30", and the HP has been high on the list because of its high contrast, multiple inputs and attractive price compared to the ACD30.
are you saying that using the adjustment controls on the HP, one cannot balance the color to match that of the ACD? or is it just that at its "default" values out of the box, it gives a hyped picture?
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Duke Leto
Apr 21, 03:21 PM
I made a project in C that was a "command line tool" in XCode. It uses GLUT/OpenGL, so it does have a user interface. It works fine, and I can run it from Terminal, but I was wondering if there was any way to allow it to run from Finder.
I did create a new target (a Cocoa application), and I included the linked frameworks and removed the prefix header and it compiles and runs. However, it won't work from Finder. I think that the problem is that my program relies on a file named "Input" that it assumes is in its directory. I tried using
FILE* data = fopen("../../Input", "r");
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I did create a new target (a Cocoa application), and I included the linked frameworks and removed the prefix header and it compiles and runs. However, it won't work from Finder. I think that the problem is that my program relies on a file named "Input" that it assumes is in its directory. I tried using
FILE* data = fopen("../../Input", "r");
TantalizedMind
Oct 9, 03:32 PM
jersey shore reference? :D
Kool Aid Man! Looks like this thread is FUBAR already. W/E.
Kool Aid Man! Looks like this thread is FUBAR already. W/E.
rick snagwell
May 1, 11:34 PM
LOL....oh well
MacSedgley
Aug 8, 01:29 PM
Next step: Microsoft announces they've acquired Parallels, Inc.
Good point - however, a 'top secret' virtual machine inside leopard would mean they have wasted their money.
Does anyone really give a toss about Virtual PC being dead? It was pretty crap anyway.
Good point - however, a 'top secret' virtual machine inside leopard would mean they have wasted their money.
Does anyone really give a toss about Virtual PC being dead? It was pretty crap anyway.
collisos
May 6, 02:32 PM
Lockbox is good because it stores all your passwords and information.
Pandora is amazing for music. Crackle is cool for movies. Shazam is helpful for music too.
Angry Birds (all 3), Plants vs. Zombies, Fruit Ninja, Mega Jump, Tiny Wings, Bloons Tower Defense 4.
Flixster is good for movies, yelp is good for restaurants. Whatsapp is a nice messaging app. Alarm clock is self explanatory, groupie is a cool social networking app along with skype. Otherwise it is all your preference. I recommend browsing the top lists for each category and going from there.
Pandora is amazing for music. Crackle is cool for movies. Shazam is helpful for music too.
Angry Birds (all 3), Plants vs. Zombies, Fruit Ninja, Mega Jump, Tiny Wings, Bloons Tower Defense 4.
Flixster is good for movies, yelp is good for restaurants. Whatsapp is a nice messaging app. Alarm clock is self explanatory, groupie is a cool social networking app along with skype. Otherwise it is all your preference. I recommend browsing the top lists for each category and going from there.
twentytwo22
Mar 11, 11:45 AM
Any update on the line size at the Gateway?
sharkdrive
Oct 25, 01:08 PM
Hey, I want to be first in line for leopard at my apple store, so im wondering when you all plan to get in line at your various stores.
Me and a few of my friends are planning on getting in line VERY early. Just to ensure we are the "FIRST IN LINE". We have made our own custom Leopard T-shirts and website. (the link is below)
We will provide live coverage of the event all day long. You can check us out Tomorrow (friday) here: http://www.firstinlineforleopard.com/blog/
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=372235
There's already a thread started about it, but not a whole lot of people are talking for whatever reason...
joeloud, sorry.... just saw your link to the other thread. Thanks ! :) :)
Me and a few of my friends are planning on getting in line VERY early. Just to ensure we are the "FIRST IN LINE". We have made our own custom Leopard T-shirts and website. (the link is below)
We will provide live coverage of the event all day long. You can check us out Tomorrow (friday) here: http://www.firstinlineforleopard.com/blog/
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=372235
There's already a thread started about it, but not a whole lot of people are talking for whatever reason...
joeloud, sorry.... just saw your link to the other thread. Thanks ! :) :)
MacRumors
Oct 4, 08:37 AM
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MacTelChat has found hidden references in iPhoto 6.0.5 (http://www.mactelchat.com/articles/237-iphoto-6-0-5-shows-evidence.html) that show Apple is preparing iPhoto for integration with Google Maps. It appears as though a hidden button in the interface would allow hidden GPS attributes about a photo to link with Google Maps and show where in the world a picture was taken.
This news comes as AppleInsider revisits a patent application (http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2103) discovered in September by MacNN (http://www.macnn.com/blogs/?p=98) for a "multi-functional handheld device." According to the patent, the device could contain a multitude of hardware features, including:
- Microphone
- Force Sensing
- Camera
- GPS
- Cellular radio
AppleInsider also notes that Apple may be behind a survey conducted in the spring, which asked users to "rate their preference of form factor designs for a next-generation Internet handheld device."
MacTelChat has found hidden references in iPhoto 6.0.5 (http://www.mactelchat.com/articles/237-iphoto-6-0-5-shows-evidence.html) that show Apple is preparing iPhoto for integration with Google Maps. It appears as though a hidden button in the interface would allow hidden GPS attributes about a photo to link with Google Maps and show where in the world a picture was taken.
This news comes as AppleInsider revisits a patent application (http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2103) discovered in September by MacNN (http://www.macnn.com/blogs/?p=98) for a "multi-functional handheld device." According to the patent, the device could contain a multitude of hardware features, including:
- Microphone
- Force Sensing
- Camera
- GPS
- Cellular radio
AppleInsider also notes that Apple may be behind a survey conducted in the spring, which asked users to "rate their preference of form factor designs for a next-generation Internet handheld device."
Coleman2010
Apr 14, 10:46 PM
Just an update......... it worked for me in my hotel room !
Unfortunately two issues
It takes anywhere from 1 to 10 tries to make it connect
And
My hotel wireless is too slow to keep a channel without skipping (but that is not the iPads fault)
So thanks for the help by the way !
If the hotel wifi is slow that's probably why it took a few trys to connect. I tried it at a Starbucks and McDonalds WiFi and it worked very well. The channels were clear and didn't skip/freeze.
Unfortunately two issues
It takes anywhere from 1 to 10 tries to make it connect
And
My hotel wireless is too slow to keep a channel without skipping (but that is not the iPads fault)
So thanks for the help by the way !
If the hotel wifi is slow that's probably why it took a few trys to connect. I tried it at a Starbucks and McDonalds WiFi and it worked very well. The channels were clear and didn't skip/freeze.
Hastings101
May 3, 09:38 PM
Not sure what he's talking about with duplicates, and yeah like the other guy said, you should be able to get any album art that you might lose. I think you're good to go.
Timisone
Apr 29, 07:16 AM
I wonder if we started pooling some money together as a bounty for the first team to jailbreak it, if it would motivate more people to work on it. I wouldn't mind throwing in $20-30.
Either way I know I'm going to donate some to whatever team puts their release out first, it's really cool that these guys put in all their free time to do things like this. I can't wait to play some snes games with the wii classic controller pro on my iPad :D
I hope superbrothers sword and sorcery is good, I just bought it and I'm hoping it's as good as everyone says it is.
Don't think the people that do this, do it for money. Think they do it for the fact they can do it. That is why I think the jbs are always free.
Either way I know I'm going to donate some to whatever team puts their release out first, it's really cool that these guys put in all their free time to do things like this. I can't wait to play some snes games with the wii classic controller pro on my iPad :D
I hope superbrothers sword and sorcery is good, I just bought it and I'm hoping it's as good as everyone says it is.
Don't think the people that do this, do it for money. Think they do it for the fact they can do it. That is why I think the jbs are always free.
Moustache
May 4, 07:07 PM
Thanks,
I already did the PRAM reset but still issues, I didn't try SMC yet.
Will tell you guys.
Thanks
E
I already did the PRAM reset but still issues, I didn't try SMC yet.
Will tell you guys.
Thanks
E
rirawin
Apr 7, 12:16 PM
Father Christmas and the Easter Bunny are now working on the jailbreak, not sure of ETA.
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