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Yes there is - "optimizing to the umpteenth degree" costs money. Lots of money - money that the company will seek to recoup by taking out higher prices. Thus, one often-overlooked fact regarding "bloat" is that bloat allows software companies to cut development costs and time - something that...

This theory can be expanded a bit. CD:s are dirt cheap these days, so there is really no substantial reason for software companies not to bundle software with various kinds of media, to enhance percieved value. And as long as installation isn't mandatory, why object? This also answers your...

Software bloat isn't a bug - it's a feature, despite everyone and their mothers complaining about "lack of optimization", etc. etc. =P "Bloating" software allows today's software companies to create software in a timely manner, despite steadily increasing complexity in software. Keep in mind...

No fan of Bill, but no, he never said that. It was more along the lines of: "640 kilobytes [of computer memory] ought to be enough for anybody." Which was probably true for most users at that time. Of course, the 640 kB limit lingered for far too long, providing countless fun hours of...

Hehe, or they could just make the case a bit larger (Say, 300%...) and stick compressor cooling in there =p Of course, battery life would be reduced to 10 mins, but hey, sometimes you have to give things up... ;) /GulGnu

People have suggested it is because AI is run by a collective of anonymous ops, unlike, say, Macrumors. Regards / GulGnu -Stabil som fan!

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/06/20030607162426.shtml Very interesting... The story is still up on its original site: www.appleinsider.com It might not be for long... Regards / GulGnu -Stabil som fan!

Ok - one last time - 64 bits does not in itself mean better performance in 99% of all programs - the last 1% or so being large databases, some encryption routines and similar programs. 64 bits does mean the ability to address more memory, above 4 gigs of RAM though. Plus, the architechture of...

Well, my 900MHz iBook just shipped from the factory, so I can't say how the switch went quite yet =P /GulGnu

Hehe, just wanted to say prices on the i-book dropped during the night with perhaps 130$. =P Plus I got a hefty student discount (around 200$). I think the price drop was a Europe-only (Sweden in this case...) thing because of the weaker dollar. So, I got somewhat less stingy and went for the...

Let's not take the auto comparisons too far - in the computer biz, marketshare does matter even more, as it plays into porting / coding descisions, which in turn translate into sales, that translate into marketshare, and so on... Apple needs to keep marketshare above a certain critical level...

Hi everyone! Haven't posted much lately, but just wanted to say I've just switched, and plunked down an order for the 12" 800 MHz Ibook. I hope it will be as good as you all say it is =P Regards / GulGnu -Stabil som fan!

Doesn't it stand for eXPerience? Or sumthing? Regards / GulGnu

Well, I'd hold off on judgement of the look of the GUI - usually that's the last thing to be finalized. What worries me about Longhorn is all that DRM goodness MS is stuffing it with... And if Apple goes all DRM too, well... Hopefully, by then Linux will be a useful desktop OS... Regards /...

"While I can believe the performance data, that is a really crappy article. For example: anyone notice that in once place: dual 1 GHz, other place: dual 1.25 " The 1 Ghz reference was to the previous test. The new one used a 1.25 Ghz chip.

"i'm not a economic geni-ass, didn't want to officially declare it anything but yes, a recession and a depression if you say so" Recession, maybe - depending on what definition you use. According to the most common one - two quarters of falling GDP in a row, it's not a recession. Using...

"Except for storing video, a 100GB hard drive could almost hold a lifetime's worth of data." Hehe, I wish =P I keep filling my 120GB drive all the time... =/ Regards / GulGnu -Stabil som fan!

Turns out the much-disputed looprumors photo of an apple logo at an intel conference was most likely true. (my jugement). The person who supplied the original photo has supplemented it with another one of Jobs actually speaking at the conference, as well as Job's Pixar moving to Intel hardware...

1. Dell is a follower, not a leader. 2. Dell's boxes are so huge that they could include a legacy hamster & wheel to turn the fan and no one would notice. 1. Since when is removing functionality that comes really cheap a huge step in the right direction? 2. Mmm. That's nice when it's...

"Let's be all happy someone is Making HISTORY here......by...2eh em" copyiing someone and describing it as a breaktrough... " Given the cheapness of floppy drives, and the amount of legacy drivers and software that was on floppy, holding off on eliminating the floppies was probably a wise...