Win 8 comes on the heels of GOOG’s blunder on the MMI acquisition… No wonder why GOOG is not participating in the ralye ! …
- Samsung seeking another OS
- HTC contemplating the acquisition of webOS
- LG will probably move to Min8
- Alibaba’s developing own OS
- Baidu forging alliances with China carriers
Android will go the Research in Motion way as MMI is a money losing proposition …
Nicu 8:49 pm on September 13, 2011 249 days ago Reply
haha, I have a present for you, Caruso !
http://9to5mac.com/2011/09/13/mac-mini-vault-provides-collocation-of-140-mac-minis-for-a-high-density-data-center/
caruso2323 1:27 pm on September 14, 2011 248 days ago Reply
LOL … I saw it and immediately thought of your reaction…
I am planning buying my FOURTH macmini … The THUNDERBOLT along with a SECOND Cinema Display … Planning THUNDERBOLT all the way !… And eyeing for thunderbolt’ed 4TB … That is the future …
As for the disbelivers (including JPWatkins) … Here is more support for unified OSX Platform :
Epstein: “Down the road, Mac OS and iOS will merge into a single platform or OS X will adopt enough iOS-like characteristics that Apple will finally be comfortable with slapping it on a touch-enabled device… At that point in time, Apple will be able to offer a computing solution that is infinitely more versatile and capable than the company’s current solutions. A solution like Windows 8.”
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I missed my bet about the advent of Retina Display’ed MacBook Airs … But everyone (including MSFT) is openly talking about it ! …
Nicu 4:22 pm on September 14, 2011 248 days ago Reply
I plan to cash many options during October and buy a Mac Pro after they put in the new procs, 2×8 cores + 2×27″ displays + 2x512GB SSD RAID … it will probably approach €15k or $20k (with taxes) so I will have to work to convince my wife that I “need” it
JPWatkins 1:05 am on September 15, 2011 248 days ago Reply
If they do a 2 for 1 like the Android sellers, let me know. I’ll the the second MP off your hands for you
JPWatkins 6:08 pm on September 14, 2011 248 days ago Reply
Caruso,
You don’t get it. It’s already a unified platform — OS X. iOS is just a subset for mobiles. As to all Macs moving to ARM. Just not enough computing power. It’s not even a possibility without 64 bit plus there’s the shear computing power issue. In essence, they will converge, but they will not become one (have to go now.)
caruso2323 11:40 pm on September 14, 2011 248 days ago Reply
JPW ,
I am talking about Lion the same that runs on your mac would run IMHO on a iPad 3 or 4 by 2013, and NOT a SUB-SYSTEM …
Have you not heard about Apple experimenting the running of the full-blown version of Lion on iPad2 … (perhaps a mod ed iPad2)
This will spell game over for the Android platform on tablets…
Only guys like NICU will be using Trucks in the post-PC era … LOL
JPWatkins 12:57 am on September 15, 2011 248 days ago Reply
My point is that this is essentially already true (with one caveat.)
The core of iOS essentially already is Lion (or Snow Leopard, at least.) The thing is the two should not be “the same” as they have different UIs (although this is a minor thing that can easily be duplicated (but not used) on the Mac, but would be silly to put on iOS devices) and different uses (this is the sticking point.) OS X and iOS will further harmonize, but it would be pretty silly to make them one in the same (at least not much more than they already are.)
A finger interface is not suitable for most serious work. A mouse interface is not useful for most mobile and casual work. But more importantly—typical ARM chips are not suitable for serious computing work, and typical intel chips are not suitable for use in mobile devices.
Using a System on a Chip is a great strategy though. I think we will see Apple using Intel processor designs on custom SOCs. OS X and iOS will further harmonize, but I don’t think they will merge anytime soon.
On the other hand, Apple has been working on some very cool technologies like CLANG and Grand Central Dispatch that might make yeild some tricks to allow the two platforms interoperate in a pretty seamless way. Since iPads and MBAs seem to be trending toward a convergence in the “Highly mobile/Computationally intense” space, it seems like this would be the first place we would see the nature of the overlap when it occurs.
caruso2323 4:57 pm on September 14, 2011 248 days ago Reply
Nicu,
If I was your wife… I would convince you to buy a macmini quad-core i7 with a Thunderbolt break-out dock which provides all the expansion capabilities (Graphic cards, 3g, USB3 HD etc…) …
Think about its PORTABILITY ! … That combined with a wireless keyboard and trackpad plus an iPad to be used as Front-end … In a car, you can power it with AC … Since you are the TSLA expert, perhaps you could figure out a portable battery + inverter to power it while on the go…
caruso2323 6:06 pm on September 14, 2011 248 days ago Reply
Nicu, I know that you may counter your wife argument by saying a MacBook Pro would do same at equivalent cost … But, but, BUT : unless you buy the expensive MacBook Pro 17in, you will not get 1080p resolution ! … Actually the macmini resolution can go up to 2560×1440 (matching the Cinema Display resolution) … Which is quite useful when you are at home …
Nicu 8:40 pm on September 14, 2011 248 days ago Reply
Mac Pro, not MacBook Pro, 2 Xeon processors with 8 cores each
We already have two MacBook Pros
Senator Gronk 5:17 pm on September 15, 2011 247 days ago Reply
And by “8 cores each” you mean “6 cores each.” Unless you’ve got friends that I don’t… ; )
Nicu 6:25 pm on September 15, 2011 247 days ago Reply
I’m waiting for the refresh; Intel publishes its roadmap
Senator Gronk 9:51 pm on September 16, 2011 246 days ago Reply
Should have read closer, didn’t realize you were in the future tense… ; )