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The Macbook can use more than 2GB, although not... 1,144 Views / 11 Replies  
The Macbook can use more than 2GB, although not more than 3GB

The reasoning behind the apparent 2GB limit, is that Apple suggests matched pairs for performance issues (particularly for the...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 21, 2007 at 09:49 PM, in Mac Notebooks
A 7200rpm typically has higher transfer rates,... 1,449 Views / 17 Replies  
A 7200rpm typically has higher transfer rates, but can have lower seek times also. The seek time for a hard drive is measured in milliseconds rather than the nanosecond access latencies of random...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 19, 2007 at 12:37 PM, in Mac Desktops
I'm looking to buy a Macbook, and can't do it... 1,642 Views / 14 Replies  
I'm looking to buy a Macbook, and can't do it direct from Apple.com (they can't guarantee to get it to me inside of a week,) so I'm pretty much forced to either get it from a different vendor who can...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 17, 2007 at 03:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yep. He's trying to use a "JBOD" array, which... 1,471 Views / 13 Replies  
Yep. He's trying to use a "JBOD" array, which isn't a genuine "RAID": it isn't redundant at all. It looks like the information you need to do so would be found in the Help for DiskUtility.

You...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 16, 2007 at 12:02 PM, in Mac Desktops
Update: Been to (2!) NYC Apple Store. Went... 931 Views / 12 Replies  
Update: Been to (2!) NYC Apple Store.

Went to SoHo store... guy wasn't an amazingly good demonstrator. Wanted me to know (multiple times) that Mac's don't get viruses. Great. How about you...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 15, 2007 at 10:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Need to buy a notebook, thinking of switching to Mac. Help me validate that decision 931 Views / 12 Replies  
I'm a long time PC user having worked with PCs since windows 3. Although I've used and grown very comfortable with their use and maintanance, I'm aware of their shortcomings, and my priorities have...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 13, 2007 at 10:44 PM, in Mac Notebooks
OSX server is a fine small workgroup product. As... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
OSX server is a fine small workgroup product. As I've said before. Moving into server hardware production and marketing beyond 2% of the market is a jump, however.

For a start, Apple would...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 31, 2002 at 01:53 PM, in macOS
You're talking about old technology. You're... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
You're talking about old technology. You're describing an NT4 domain, and a 4 year old Exchange Server product. Which is like talking about OS8 server.

pundit
Posted by pundit, on Mar 31, 2002 at 01:40 PM, in macOS
No... all the questions to find out if you are... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
No... all the questions to find out if you are experienced, or just talking about stuff you've never seen, or had to deal with. Its obvious that you don't and haven't.

You are the biggest troll...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 31, 2002 at 12:22 PM, in macOS
MySQL is used cos its free. The project is too... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
MySQL is used cos its free. The project is too small to warrant a real database product.

Also ever heard of the expression, 'no such thing as a free lunch...'

Got any actual references to back...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 31, 2002 at 02:35 AM, in macOS
No big point. People talk a lot of crap about MS... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
No big point. People talk a lot of crap about MS software thats unwarranted. A little mental sparring never hurt anyone, even though I'm well aware I'm not going to change anyones mind. I don't...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 30, 2002 at 10:48 PM, in macOS
<smiles> oops... you got me. 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
<smiles> oops... you got me.
Posted by pundit, on Mar 30, 2002 at 01:30 PM, in macOS
Can you hear yourself? You sound like a babbling... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Can you hear yourself? You sound like a babbling idiot. Oh, my bad, you're a drooling idiot.

Why don't you actually form some valid opinions about a product, instead.

pundit
Posted by pundit, on Mar 30, 2002 at 01:22 PM, in macOS
He also sold them HP servers and 50 HP... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
He also sold them HP servers and 50 HP workstations. They were unfamiliar as to how pricing worked. I guess they deserved it. This was the 90's too.

pundit
Posted by pundit, on Mar 30, 2002 at 12:34 PM, in macOS
Thats on the Client side. MS want every client... 813 Views / 13 Replies  
Thats on the Client side. MS want every client in the universe to be able to interact with .NET. As long as you buy their .NET server infrastructure.

pundit
Posted by pundit, on Mar 30, 2002 at 12:04 PM, in macOS
This is like discussing how generous MS would be... 1,342 Views / 99 Replies  
This is like discussing how generous MS would be for charging $50 for a Service Pack or Option Pack :)

pundit
Posted by pundit, on Mar 30, 2002 at 11:54 AM, in macOS
[QUOTE]Originally posted by x user: ... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
[QUOTE]Originally posted by x user:


[QUOTE]

Microsoft 'claim' 5 9s of reliability, actually... but I get your point.

Apple would need to (get a good server product working), in addition...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 30, 2002 at 02:20 AM, in macOS
Pretty true. We've always had. My computers... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Pretty true. We've always had. My computers better than your computer micro-wars in happy computer land.

The truth is Microsoft has achieved critical mass where its not going to go away.

A...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 30, 2002 at 01:05 AM, in macOS
Its OK, but the ports of Oracle and DB2 aren't as... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Its OK, but the ports of Oracle and DB2 aren't as fast as on Intel at least on 8-way machines. And you still have the licensing cost of Oracle if you choose Oracle. MySQL is a joke in terms of...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 11:47 PM, in macOS
UPS were major players advocating .NET. Given... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
UPS were major players advocating .NET. Given the money they spent with Microsoft, they are going NOWHERE. Especially when they get wined and dined AND dependent.

They haven't had 'breakthough'...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 11:42 PM, in macOS
Did you buy Novell stock or something? ;) ... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Did you buy Novell stock or something? ;)

Also, the subscription model hasn't happened yet. Why aren't companies abandoning ship as we speak?

Also, if you want to see an obscene licensing...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 11:12 PM, in macOS
They worry about things and 'solve' them by... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
They worry about things and 'solve' them by releasing a new version of windows and making things incompatible, IMO.

Politics isn't about shaking hands and kissing babies, its about mass-marketing....
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 10:54 PM, in macOS
Its not *the* cheapest solution, but is the... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Its not *the* cheapest solution, but is the cheapest solution when you are talking about database performance (for 90% of companies that employ databases.) No question about that. The only...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 10:51 PM, in macOS
You can have a consultant approach pretty much... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
You can have a consultant approach pretty much any project in a bad way. It doesn't mean the system they're working with is bad. IMO this was not the way to go. Do you disagree that you shouldn't...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 10:37 PM, in macOS
Yes you can do that. and Yes you can do... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Yes you can do that.

and

Yes you can do that.

I pulled the cable of my server... just now...

pundit
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 10:34 PM, in macOS
Well UPS chose an MS solution. That was pretty... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Well UPS chose an MS solution. That was pretty mission critical for them, and they looked at all possibilities, for something in the order of 8000 servers. Do you get your packages? I do.

Thats...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 10:32 PM, in macOS
Buy whatever you want. Buy linux. There you go.... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Buy whatever you want. Buy linux. There you go. I couldn't possibly be a Microsoft agent, since I mentioned the 'L' word.

In all seriousness... I don't think that MS would spend their time and...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 10:09 PM, in macOS
Thats not really how Metaframe is intended to be... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Thats not really how Metaframe is intended to be run; whilst you *can* use it to serve remote desktops, you should actually be serving remote apps. You run the remote app. It appears on your...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 10:01 PM, in macOS
The poweredges are massive and built like a tank.... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
The poweredges are massive and built like a tank. Full-length Serverworks LE motherboard, then there's the internal bay, and space for hotswap powersupplies behind that. Server chipset PC's are...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 09:53 PM, in macOS
BTW... I once knew a consultant who charged a... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
BTW... I once knew a consultant who charged a client (among other things) $16000 for an AFCO cabinet, that was worth about $4600, and it had warped at the base.

He bought his wife an SUV based on...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 09:36 PM, in macOS
Sounds like a plan. If you can isolate a lan,... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Sounds like a plan. If you can isolate a lan, you should anyway; you avoid shared broadcast traffic.

BTW unless you've not noticed, Intel servers aren't particularly expensive anymore. You were...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 09:22 PM, in macOS
If you're asking me would solitary windows... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
If you're asking me would solitary windows machines have worse uptimes than other platforms. Probably.

From personal experience, for a server, on average... maybe every 3 months or so is about...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 09:08 PM, in macOS
Hmmm... 2k will coexist with other domains. ... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Hmmm... 2k will coexist with other domains. Something to do with DHCP leases perhaps. Maybe a WINS problem?

Theres no technical reason why you'd have to switch to NT4. I'd say your consultant...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 08:56 PM, in macOS
Now who's the troll :) 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Now who's the troll :)
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 08:45 PM, in macOS
A Xeon is a multiprocessor certified Pentium... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
A Xeon is a multiprocessor certified Pentium processor.
A Tulatin is a revision of the Pentium III processor using 0.13 micron - allowing it to run at higher speeds at lower temperatures.

The...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 08:44 PM, in macOS
Your big problem is that you are closing the barn... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Your big problem is that you are closing the barn door after the horse has already ran right out.

NT4.0 has issues with roaming profiles. Windows 2000 Intellimirror however is the solution to...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 08:39 PM, in macOS
I don't get how you think I'm an MS troll. ... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
I don't get how you think I'm an MS troll.

Troll- An electronic mail message, Usenet posting or other (electronic) communication which is intentionally incorrect, but not overtly controversial...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 08:27 PM, in macOS
goMac That sounds like a horribly configured... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
goMac

That sounds like a horribly configured domain.

1) a $10000 Dell would have been either a) an extreme pimped out poweredge 2500 or b) more likely a 4600 on up.
I can tell you from...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 08:16 PM, in macOS
My condolances... IIS in general sucks- its just... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
My condolances... IIS in general sucks- its just 'bleh'. ASP is nasty and most people I know hate it.

I'm surprised they didn't move to Linux though. Most pro-hosts are.

pundit

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Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 07:59 PM, in macOS
Hey... maybe Microsoft could learn from Jack the... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Hey... maybe Microsoft could learn from Jack the Ripper; instead of using anticompetitive practices, they could just assasinate Larry and Linus ;)
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 07:22 PM, in macOS
lol... touche 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
lol... touche
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 07:19 PM, in macOS
I know a couple of engineers who worked for the... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
I know a couple of engineers who worked for the Chicago Mercantile who told me that Unix was good, but not foolproof (they worked on enough systems to know- and thats all they did), and regardless......
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 07:16 PM, in macOS
Life doesn't work like that though... You... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Life doesn't work like that though...

You decide how critical the system is and provide appropriate redundancy. The likelihood of 4 servers going down, within a few hours is infinitesimally...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 05:37 PM, in macOS
Nope, incorrect... I've never posted on ZDNet,... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Nope, incorrect... I've never posted on ZDNet, although I have browsed there... does that count? :)

I don't work for Microsoft, and am not payed to endorse their products.

There is nothing...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 05:23 PM, in macOS
The point isn't how stable a server is, its how... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
The point isn't how stable a server is, its how stable the service is. Thats the benefit of a cluster.

A load-balancing cluster provides not only redundancy but increased efficiency and load...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 01:07 PM, in macOS
OSX is never going to be a viable 'server' OS. ... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
OSX is never going to be a viable 'server' OS. You need a really good hardware supply chain for that.

They make a dual processor system, but a multiprocessor motherboard is a magnitude difference...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 01:00 PM, in macOS
Doesn't mean too much... windows servers come... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
Doesn't mean too much... windows servers come with built in clustering and have been designed to be used in clusters. Serveral of which I know to have been operating perfectly since inception.
...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 12:20 PM, in macOS
No... but you have to remember that they hold 93%... 1,850 Views / 135 Replies  
No... but you have to remember that they hold 93% of the desktop market and only 42% of the server market. Combined linux and (all flavors of) unix hold 41%. Linix had 27% and all the others about...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 12:10 PM, in macOS
You're right.. that was probably a bit strong... ... 1,141 Views / 64 Replies  
You're right.. that was probably a bit strong... Netware 6 is a nice product. AD management is too weak, until NetIQ gets products out of the door.

But... for Novell, the market trend has been a...
Posted by pundit, on Mar 29, 2002 at 12:17 AM, in macOS
Of course nobody *wants* to pay; I'm talking... 661 Views / 36 Replies  
Of course nobody *wants* to pay; I'm talking about 'ideal'.

September 11 changed mentalities in NYC, however.

pundit
Posted by pundit, on Mar 28, 2002 at 06:45 PM, in macOS
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