主题：【原创】说说苹果转向英特尔这件事 -- Highway
不过 Schedule 拖得厉害, 怕 VIA 已经无力好好做产品了. 龙芯不用说了, 那是 MIPS Code. PoewrPC 是 RISC 阵营中效能最高的大将, 不过其它的 ARM, MIPS, Motorola 与 Hitachi 所盘据的 Low Power / Mobile 山头短期 Intel 还攻不上来, 即使 Xscale PXA 已经推出一阵子了.
but it’s not a working sample, 连是不是只有 package 没有 die 的假货都不知道. 如果参展时也 "挤" 不出象样的东西, 那么 MP 一般也要再等三到六个月.
VIA Eden U with CN400 single chip 也是个搞笑的产品. 这公司不踏实, 虚得太厉害了.
我接触到反应都挺正面、积极的，尤其是那些开发交叉平台应用软件的程序员。现在他们至少可以少一些担心字节顺序了。
一个好的多键鼠标才几十块钱。苹果也没有强制你一定要够买或使用他们的鼠标和键盘。
我在办公室就是用微软的5键光电鼠标，还有其他同事使用Logitech的blue tooth wireless mouse，效果都很好。
如果你一定要原装配套的苹果单键鼠标，那大概你是没缘使用苹果电脑了。
Apple现在为Developer提供Intel Pentium 4 Workstation，很不错的机器只要$999。可惜到时候你得退还，要不我也买一个来试试看。你去申请了吗？
我看了一些报道，说是当Jobs发布了这一消息，场下异常平静，居然没有一声Boo。看得出大家对Jobs还是比较有信心的，认为他这样做了，一定是有他的道理。
曾经用一台苹果作了一个poster，第一次用，搞到要吐血，现在是见苹果色变。说起来，化学实验室都是用苹果的，问为什么，他们说当年有一个开拓性的专业绘图软件ChemDraw只有苹果版，结果那一拨的化学家都?L依苹果神教，他们教出来的学生当然也都是苹果派的了。
首先，是由于IBM无法（或无心）交活儿，让Steve Jobs和苹果非常难堪、恼火。由于CPU的原因，苹果不仅无法再声称自己的桌面系统是最快的电脑，甚至还丧失了在便携式系统领域中传统优势。
而同时，由于苹果的iLife应用软件和iPod的流行，使其业务主流逐渐转向了基于其操作系统的增值开发，如外围设备、应用软件等，而不是操作系统自己。
对于大量的ISV如Adobe、Microsoft等，他们其实都在同时支持着PowerPC和Intel。苹果电脑改用Intel的处理器芯片对他们来说不仅不是坏事，反而是好事。这可以从Adobe的CEO最后的一句（玩笑）话里听出：“Steve, what took you so long?”
在大会上，苹果的工程师们有力地证明了这次的转变是经过充分准备的。至少苹果公司已经做了大部分他们需要做的，剩下的就是使ISV相信“It is just that easy.”
大会上，几乎所有的sessions和labs里都会提到转向x86的影响、对策。苹果公司还提供了数十台基于Intel Pentium 4（3.6 GHz，Hyperthread enabled）的PowerMac供大家体会和测试。我试用了一下（几分钟而已），觉得和我在办公室里的双处理器2.0 Ghz G5 PowerMac一样的snappy and smooth。其他试用过的人也基本上有同样的感受。
事实上，绝大部分的与会者都认同这次的转变对于“种苹果的”、“做苹果酱的”和“吃苹果的”都是利大于弊。第三方软件开发人员也似乎相信了苹果所说的，认为这次的转变不会太难。
另外，在大会开始前的几个星期里，有关的谣言已经传开了，大家都有了心理准备，只是等着证实而已（是事实还是谣言？其实大家都早已经对自己邻居的Centrino笔记本眼红了，心底里大概巴不得是真的了）
我个人猜测是苹果有意识地把这个消息透露出去的。否则如果猛地这么宣布，真有可能有人把手里的laptop给扔到台上去了。：）
当然，苹果电脑作为一个平台，这样的重大转变肯定会有人成为受害者。很有讽刺意味的是，最大的受害者大概是那些“die hard Apple supporters”。这些人从来没有想过把自己的软件移植到其他操作系统或平台，还使用PowerPC汇编和AltiVec来优化自己的程序。我的一个同事就很不幸的是其中一个。
至于那些为developers准备的Intel-inside PowerMacs，是要lease的。最后还给苹果也是正常，毕竟这些和最后定型的型号是不一样的，上面预装的操作系统肯定也是time－bombed。到时还不是废铁（铝）一堆？当然那个机箱很漂亮。
我们公司肯定会弄两台做测试用的，我个人并不需要。
另外，给铁手提个意见。“正文内容”编辑框里的字体能不能给弄得小一点？至少用Safari时，里面的字体过大。请参靠下面的screenshot：
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从laptop开始的。以前用过Windows，现在还同时用着GNOME。刚开始也觉得有些不便，但很快就习惯了。现在在laptop和desktop之间来回切换也从来不觉得有问题。
投文章ACS的主页上第一个是chemdraw for windows.
第二选项才是for mac.
AP
Apple's Jobs Tells Graduates About Dropout
Monday June 13, 9:14 am ET
By Justin M. Norton, Associated Press Writer
Apple's Jobs Tells Graduates That Dropping Out of College Spurred His Creativity
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Apple Computer Inc.'s CEO Steve Jobs told Stanford University graduates Sunday that dropping out of college was one of the best decisions he ever made because it forced him to be innovative -- even when it came to finding enough money for dinner.
In an unusually candid commencement speech, Jobs also told the almost 5,000 graduates that his bout with a rare form of pancreatic cancer reemphasized the need to live each day to the fullest.
"Your time is limited so don't let it be wasted living someone else's life," Jobs said to a packed stadium of graduates, alumni and family.
Jobs, wearing sandals and jeans under his robe, was treated like a rock star by the students, in large part due to the surge in popularity of Apple's iPod digital music player.
A group of students wore iPod mini costumes over their robes and several students shouted, "Steve, hire me!"
Jobs, 50, said he attended Reed College in Portland, Ore., but dropped out after only eight months because it was too expensive for his working-class family. He said his real education started when he "dropped in" on whatever classes interested him -- including calligraphy.
Jobs said he lived off 5-cent soda recycling deposits and free food offered by Hare Krishnas while taking classes.
He told the graduates that few friends could see the value of learning calligraphy at the time but that painstaking attention to detail -- including mastering different "fonts" -- was what set Macintosh apart from its competitors.
"If I had never dropped out I might never have dropped in on that calligraphy," Jobs said.
Jobs also recounted founding Apple in his parent's basement and his tough times after being forced out of the company he founded when he was only 30.
"I was a very public failure and I even thought about running away from the valley," Jobs said.
Instead, he founded Pixar Studios, which has released enormously popular films such as "Finding Nemo" and "Monsters, Inc."
"It was awful tasting medicine but I guess the patient needed it," Jobs said.
When he was diagnosed with cancer, Jobs said his doctor told him he only had three- to-six months to live. He later found out he had a rare, treatable form of the disease -- but he still learned a tough lesson.
"Remembering you are going to die is the best way to avoid the fear that you have something to lose," he said.
Before the ceremony, a plane rented by the Computer TakeBack Campaign, an environmental group, flew over the stadium with a banner that read: "Steve, don't be a mini player -- recycle all e-waste." The group is prodding Apple to improve its efforts to recycle obsolete electronics.
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Remembering you are going to die is the best way to avoid the fear that you have something to lose.
"还是会担心.万一没死成,怎么办?"
