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From: FUBHO	3/20/2012 9:45:50 AM
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AMD has been showing off its next generation APU Trinity and its specs are looking impressive. According to Tom's Hardware, Trinity could be almost 30 percent faster than Llano graphical performance could be even better, topping out at just over 56 percent. AMD lifted the kimono on the new processor and its Piledriver based core. Most of the testing was performed with 3Dmark and PCmark software, but there were some real world aspects to the demos too. A laptop system showed it was possible to game with 4x anti aliasing with high detail at a resolution of 1366x768 in Dirt 3. As you might expect the desktop version of the APU was even more impressive, capable of handling a resolution of 5040x1050 across three screens. There was no AA and detail levels were lower, but since this is an integrated GPU, that is not bad. AMD talked about how there will be an Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) version of both the desktop and notebook variants, allowing for increased battery life and a reduced energy bill. This will be part of AMD's attempt to push into the "it is not really an Ultrabook, it is something special" market. tomshardware.com Read more: news.techeye.net

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To: fastpathguru who wrote (5293)	3/20/2012 10:24:01 AM
From: FUBHO	of 9754

Another Crystal Clear Sign That OS X Is Going to Die Really Soon BY JESUS DIAZ MAR 20, 2012 6:00 AM http://gizmodo.com/5894679/another-crystal-clear-sign-that-os-x-is-going-to-die-really-soon If you had any doubts about the overwhelming importance of iOS and the imminent death of OS X—probably after Mountain Lion—take a look at the image above. Pay close attention. Read the titles of the entire Apple leadership team. See it yet? There's no VP for OS X or Mac technologies. Craig Federighi—who still is Apple's Senior vice president of "Software Engineering"—is nowhere to be found *on the Apple Leadership* page. Federighi replaced Bertrand Serlet—the father of OS X— after the latter left Apple back in March 2011 as "VP for Mac Software Engineering." A year later, Federighi is still not listed in Apple's Mount Olympus. Before Federighi, Serlet was in that list, one of the gods who ruled Infinite Loop. Just like Avie Tevanian was there before him—Tevanian was Senior Vice President of Software Engineering from 1997 to 2003, and Chief Software Technology Officer from 2003 to 2006. Now it's clear why Serlet left. The writing was on the wall back then, after the success of the iPad and the unstoppable tide of iOS. Scott Forstall and his leather pants won that battle. Actually, iPhone and iPad—especially iPad—won that battle. A battle that will end in the complete iOSification of OS X, helped by touch devices and new hardware designs that will eventually lead to a single operating system to rule them all. This is something that was even hinted by Tim Cook himself during the introduction of Mountain Lion**. And it makes sense. Steve Jobs knew more than a year ago that iPad is the future. The staggering sales numbers proved him right. The whole market is shifting because the market has spoken. That's why Microsoft is putting all its power into the tablet market. As is Google. What we are looking in this image is just a silent statement of this focus shift. Apple—and a very cute sad cat.

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To: SonnyListon who wrote (5310)	3/20/2012 11:16:28 AM
From: fastpathguru	of 9754

I just find the sorts of arguments you and Neolib make that significant numbers of people are going to dump laptops and desktops for Tablets, to be utterly preposterous. I'm sure there are a lot of people who would like to be able to do so, but when reality bites and they realise just how many compromises one has to make with a tablet as their prime computing device, it just ain't going to happen. It is the silliness of your arguments that annoy me. Who's even arguing about making a tablet "their prime computing device?" AFAICT, just you. * Tablets are awesome for content consumption and light content creation like social networking. * Tablets are twice as portable and usable on-the-go as a laptop. * Tablets are selling like hotcakes. Who is saying that Tablets are currently the best form factor for all jobs? NOBODY. Even neolib promotes large phone-style devices over "tablets" even in the mobile arena, let alone working at a desk. You've been whining about the same crap for about a year now. Get a clue: THE WORLD HAS MOVED ON. People love tablets as a gadget that's better than a PC or laptop for casual use, not because they think tablets are better at everything than PCs are. Whatever eventually does replace PC's and laptops for non-casual use will not look like today's tablets. It will be much COOLER than today's tablets. fpg

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