Tiger Changes?
- Thread starter DanTekGeek
- Start date
texanpenguin
Registered Penguin
Things I'd LIKE to see, but I'm sure we won't:
I want to be able to have Safari ask me about every Cookie request, like Firefox can. I hate cookies, but I want the good ones.
I also want the operating system to fix the Hanging Disconnect problem. I have dialup and EVERY SINGLE TIME I get disconnected, I need to run "End Hanging Disconnect". I know it always gets palmed off on the telephone companies, but if Windows never ever gave me problems, neither should my Mac. It's embarrassing to apologise for my computer. If Tiger fixed this, I'd buy it the day of its release.
I want to be able to have Safari ask me about every Cookie request, like Firefox can. I hate cookies, but I want the good ones.
I also want the operating system to fix the Hanging Disconnect problem. I have dialup and EVERY SINGLE TIME I get disconnected, I need to run "End Hanging Disconnect". I know it always gets palmed off on the telephone companies, but if Windows never ever gave me problems, neither should my Mac. It's embarrassing to apologise for my computer. If Tiger fixed this, I'd buy it the day of its release.
I gotta support that request. 
... I think Windows simply - under any circumstances - tells the modem to interrupt, i.e. it doesn't correctly terminate the connection (and leaves the problem to the other end of the connection which will then eventually timeout). Here we have one way on the Windows side, that is both wrong and 'better for the user' and the right way on the Mac side, which is 'worse' for the user... My guess is that ISPs have long accepted the way Windows does it and that the Mac doing it the right way isn't really needed any longer, but maybe no-one at Apple did come around to change it, anyway. And then I don't think many people at Apple are actually _using_ those modems, unless they're using their Macs for faxing.
... I think Windows simply - under any circumstances - tells the modem to interrupt, i.e. it doesn't correctly terminate the connection (and leaves the problem to the other end of the connection which will then eventually timeout). Here we have one way on the Windows side, that is both wrong and 'better for the user' and the right way on the Mac side, which is 'worse' for the user... My guess is that ISPs have long accepted the way Windows does it and that the Mac doing it the right way isn't really needed any longer, but maybe no-one at Apple did come around to change it, anyway. And then I don't think many people at Apple are actually _using_ those modems, unless they're using their Macs for faxing.
pedz
Registered
fryke said:I gotta support that request.
Head scratching... that doesn't make any sense to me. A hang up on a modem is very easy to detect and taking down the connection, even if it is an IP connection, should be trivial. Any packet that is sent out after that should get a "no route to host" error. All that should happen instantly.
pedz
Registered
So, is the G4 a 32 bit processor only? The reason I'm confused is because inside IBM's AIX machines, the processors have been 64 bit capable for many years (much longer than the G5 has been out). AIX can run 32 bit and 64 bit apps on a 32 bit or a 64 bit kernel (and this is not "new" but two or three years old).
Did Motorola not make the leap to 64 bit processors or did Apple not make the leap to 64 bit programs until Tiger?
Did Motorola not make the leap to 64 bit processors or did Apple not make the leap to 64 bit programs until Tiger?
Viro
Registered
Tiger will be the first 64 bit OS released by Apple. All the CPUs in Apple machines before the G5 are 32 bit processors. The G5 is the first 64 bit CPU to be used by Apple.
The reason many computers these days haven't moved to 64 bits is because there simply isn't a need yet. 64 bit CPUs aren't faster than 32 bit CPUs. So there is just no need at the moment for 64 bit CPUs.
The reason many computers these days haven't moved to 64 bits is because there simply isn't a need yet. 64 bit CPUs aren't faster than 32 bit CPUs. So there is just no need at the moment for 64 bit CPUs.