How does a Macbook Pro handle every application opening at once? (PIC)

What’s your guess? If you accidentally open every application on your Macbook Pro at one time, will it crash or can it handle the load? It’s running 10.4.10 with 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 3 GB of DDR2 SDRAM. After 12 minutes of churning along and in internal temp of over 160 degrees F, this is what happened…[...] Thanks to jefseb for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

TheBrain21: This was on Facebook AGES ago

condormcs: i’d try it on Ubuntu, but i’m afraid it doesn’t have any programs….

jefseb: Just because your seeing finder windows, a lot of the apps are opened without any new document appearing…like photoshop. So, not every app has a window open. Only the dock icons count.

ThreeDee912: Accidentally? How do you accidentally open all the apps on your Mac? Even if you did, you could just force quit many of them before they completely startup.

ElPachuco: Check out this guys Mac Pro. He tries max out the cpu at 4 minutes in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06_IPNnziqI

Shenaniganz08: Yawn I can do this on a windows xp system too

http://www.flickr.com/gp/11157441@N03/o42S50

gcodori: It opens them the same as any other C2D laptop…just twice as EXPENSIVE.

stankinaz: forget mac for get PCs . . . . It all about intel. It’s too bad that it took apple a long time to realize the beauty of intel. And there is nothing ironic about this. PC people have known about intel’s dominance in performance for years, especially what apple was using years ago – what apple used before intel was strictly garbage. Humble PC people knew this too.

rodo1532: the icons panel freaks me out

fotodevil: Apparently a lot better than my Dell Inspiron 6000 (my work computer) is handling having IE, Firefox, and Yahoo Messenger open at once. I’m about to throw this computer at the wall.

How Much Money Is There In the “Mac News” Game?

[...] the granddaddy of all Mac sites is the Unoffical Apple Weblog (TUAW), with an approximate value of $23,534,026. It seems that reporting on Apple can potentially generate more money than Apple itself! (Hopefully this news doesn’t start contributors to those sites demanding raises, if not company jets).[...] Thanks to sepultura for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

KrazyA1pha: It looks like we broke it.
Here’s a better website valuation tool: http://www.dnscoop.com/

blinkgreen: sweet. mine is worth $99

thought it’s probably worth so much less than that

arctic: macenstein.com your site is valued at: $112

tymekpavel: I could write a program that just generates a random number between 1 and a billion and call it an “appraisal.”

seanseason: This valuation calculation is ridiculous.

JohnnyRad: Woo hoo!! According to CyberWire, a site i run is worth $85…where do i cash in?!

HypocriteDigg: No Shit. Why do you think anti-Apple zealot blogs like Gizmodo and Engadget keep posting about Apple even though all they do is bitch and whine about them? Because it attracts the anti-Apple zealot geeks.

toetagger: It’s not always inaccurate, I ran cyberwyre.com and it came back with .02 cents.

wattznext: Theres another popular site dedicated almost completely to apple news and rumors. Its called digg.com

kkiran: Yeah, true! I started as a Windows Mobile Reporter (jus passion, no real commercial interests and never recieved a check from Google)!! I am an early iPhone adopter and got 2 checks worth $100 each… It still remains a passion for a student like me with a hint of mint!! http://windows-mobiles.com/iphone

OMGWTFROFLMAOx2: fanboys are big business

ATWF: Nice one.

gothicform: Dugg down. My own site was valued by that stupid site at being worth $126 us. It makes more than that every single day off about 40,000 page views.

will_hall: I would say the algorithm is working just fine. After all, cwire.org gives itself a whopping value of $112.

sfacets: Maybe if the games frikken’ supported Macbooks.

Analysis: Adobe CS3 may not work with Leopard

This story is more interesting for what it doesn’t say than what it does. Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen recently told Reuters that “CS3 hasn’t fully been tested under Leopard” but that “If it doesn’t work, we will make the necessary adjustments.” He also apparently said that Adobe had not received a final copy of Leopard for testing purposes.[...] Thanks to obeezy for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

ForbesBingley: Even if Adobe CS3 isn’t compatible with OS X 10.5, the required changes wouldn’t be anywhere near as major as when Adobe shifted the code base from the Motorola / IBM processor architecture to the Intel platform…

teknishn: Im burying this as inaccurate. First off, CS3 is a 1.0 release of sorts as it was a complete rewrite for universal binary. Second, Leopard is still in beta. There are still many things to sort out with the last build release, but I expect to see release candidates any day. And finally, I am running the latest 527 beta build of Leopard, and so far all my CS3 apps work without issue.

rossnyc: I am 99.100% sure photoshop will be fine by the time leopard is publicly available.

bittermang: If Company A’s $3000 software suite doesn’t work on Company B’s $2000 and up workstation, you’re going to have a lot of angry rich people. Which are the worst kind of angry people.

So I’m saying this is an unlikely situation.

basye: Personally I couldn’t care less about PS (although use it daily); it’s the other Adobe apps which have become essential to my work (AI, ID and DW) which will force me to wait to upgrade until Adobe gets their shit together.

streak: CS3 is such a mess of code, a person would be insane to guarantee it will work with Leopard final. Oh, did I say mess? Of course, I meant mass.

NoOneButMe: As for “He also apparently said that Adobe had not received a final copy of Leopard for testing purposes.” I’d assume its because there is no final build yet

mdowney00: Well I can attest that I haven’t had any issues with the latest beta (9A527). Doesn’t necessarily mean that everything works, but I have had zero problems.
What I find funny is that using apples own iPhoto ‘08 to edit photos, when you hit crop the picture disappears and you get a static filled image (think no TV reception) until you click in the box. You would think they would have made the ‘08 suite completely compatible with leopard since the programmers work at the same company.

Jobs: “It’s our job to stop them breaking in”

“We try to stay ahead. People will try to break in, and it’s our job to stop them breaking in.”[...] Thanks to obeezy for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

cdtoad: Look Apple 2 turns 30 some time this year and lets face it… the first game on that thing was “Little Brick Out” a game Steve Wozniak wrote for Atari & then rewrote for the Apple. Two seconds after it was released it was copied, pirated cloned bootlegged etc. People then put software protection on the games & software. Then people cracked that protection. It’s ALWAYS BEEN a cat & mouse game! Happy 30th Apple 2+ 48k

SmartITGuy: You morons keep buying their shit, and keep bending over to take their corporate control-all crap. All this does is encourage them to keep on their current path of total screw-the-customer-out-of-every-cent monopoly.
Kick them in their retarded monopolistic industrial nuts by buying only the knockoffs and clones for half the cost, hack those instead because their manufacturers are just happy to sell you something.
Maybe, just maybe if Jobs has one properly working neuron in his tiny little brain he will take the hint.

…Nah, instead you will keep buying their shit, digg me down, and keep on complaining, but still remain the sheep.

digitallysick: Wow if he is serious he can keep his damn iphone, id rather have the freedom to use the phone i pay for with the carrier of my choice.

antdude: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?com … for the direct link.

3szoom: There are some countries in Europe where it is illegal for a company to sell a locked phone because it is monopolistic……Imagine that

mcnearcj: A friend told me about this today. I laughed at him… because he’s really worried that his phone will be bricked (he’s using tmobile) I told him if they really do brick your phone you can at least jump in on the class action suit that will promptly follow.

selfdisplaced: i think apple’s main concern here is people selling the unlock. they are profiting off the coattails of ATT and Apple. i honestly don’t think it’s going to be apples intention to constantly watch this. they may release one update that breaks current unlocking, but after someone figures that out (and it will happen, rather quickly my guess), but that will be the end of them trying to stay ahead. i mean at least they tried, right?

rheaume: Haha wtf this comments section is like the twilight zone, am I reading endless anti-apple posts here or just dreaming?

jabberwolf: This has ALWAYS been Steve Jobs way.
Control control control.
And if you dont like it, then something is wrong with you because all the other cult members love me!!!

SirZRX: who cares?… it will get unlocked again and 3rd party applications will be developed and a special firmware will be releaser, anyways, i bought the phone at the apple store , i didn’t sing any contract or any agreement, is my phone, i paid for it, and i can whatever the fuck i want with it!. Now that we know that chipset in the iPhone supports A2DP bluetooth profiles, TV-OUT and the kernel it self support disk mode, dude i would kill for an iPhone SDK…. hell its about time.

nzezelj89: Apple = teh_gay with not allowing hackers to unlock a perfectly good phone, sure they have every right to stop them, but this is also a free market, meaning, if i feel lk using it on T-Mobile, i should be able to use it on t-mobile, like any other phone, and any international travelers, i might need to leave the country and use their network over seas, if Apple is that plain mean to not allow that, then how can they expect me to give them money for a phone locked only in the US and to a terrible monopoly like AT&T

MedHead: It would be really nice if these attempts by Apple didn’t come in the form of updates to iTunes. I don’t own an iPhone, yet I keep getting updates to iTunes to address the silly thing.

SONY does the same thing with the PSP. It releases a firmware update to address a custom firmware hack, and then requires any new games to use the updated firmware. I have to update to play new games, yet the updates rarely do anything but address the custom firmware. It’s not that much fun being collateral damage.

austin63: Well thank you captain cockface!

zachshmack: I still can’t believe Apple is *still* being so protective of their hardware after all these years. Did they never figure out that’s why they lost the OS battle long ago? They may have had some recent revitalization, but Apple’s going to plummet again if they’re not careful.

Go ahead, digg me down, Apple fanboys.

themoosejuice: JOBS: It’s our job to stop them breaking in
YOU: Stop who? Its legal to unlock phones now, the law was passed by congress
JOBS: F*** congress, what do they know, I’ll do whatever I want.

GPS (sorta) On the iPhone

Navizon uses cell phone towers to pinpoint your location (within a few hundred yards) and is able to push those coordinates to the Google Maps application. The result? Free GPS(ish) functionality on the iPhone.[...] Thanks to cambrown99 for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

dfbills: Navizon displayed my location within 30 feet of accuracy in NYC. wow.

JoeBaynham: Cool but will it work global? Hence Global Positioning System.

Other companies and Apple’s iTunes price war

NBC has gotten all the press in their big fight with Apple, but a few other companies are currently considering their options about what to do with iTunes pricing.[...] Thanks to obeezy for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

Best Buy to expand in-store Apple stores

Third time’s a charm: Apple and Best Buy are doing swimmingly together as of late, and Best Buy is looking to increase its in-store Apple presence to 270 stores by the end of 2007.[...] Thanks to verge for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

timusca: This is a great news! I don’t have an Apple Store within 3 hours of me, and CompUSA can kiss my ass!

Apple’s fight against iPhone unlocks may result in expensive bricks

Apple’s Steve Jobs said yesterday that the company would actively work against those who perform a SIM unlock on their iPhones. This isn’t surprising news, but we believe that the consequences for unlockers could be pretty high.[...] Thanks to FameMoney for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

across04: I believe Apple will make revisions to the hardware of new Iphones to render the current unlocking unusable.
They will leave the existing Iphones that have been unlocked alone. This way they can avoid the bad pr.
Then the hackers will have to try something else on the newer models.
Then it will once again be buyer beware.

twitrock: maybe they will give another gift card if they brick urs keep complaining!

mattakacas: After reading this story i am convinced that Apple, as a corporation, is extremely hypocritical. I dont know if any of you have seen these or not, but there are a series of Apple TV commercials that portay windows software as being extremely vulnerable to intrusion. Now look at how vulnerable their products are, the iPhone got hack by a teenager! Maybe the reason Apple PC’s arent hacked as much as IBM’s is because they ain’t worth hacking into

bworp: Of course Steve is going to fight the unlocks – ATT is paying him a cut of all ongoing data charges. That’s probably why they dropped the price of the iPhone. They saw the huge checks coming in from ATT and realized the real money is to be made from the data plans, not the initial sale. Check out this digg – the revenue share on the data plan was confirmed by ATT:
http://www.digg.com/apple/Apple_Gets_A_Cut_of_the_ …

shampoovta: That sucks, I feel your pain. Hang in there Iphone.

Your friend PSP.

1CHAMONIX: This is rediculous If you can Hack your iPhone you should know that you are at risk of damaging it. You should also know what you are doing so odds are you won’t screw it up. Even if this new software can kill your Moded iPhone it will probrably decrease the sales. Maybe not by alot but apple could feel some loss.

pw1388: I think the only way apple can stop the unlock iphone is do a itunes update that will search up your phone number on the at&t database and if your number is not in the database itunes wont work with that iphone or if itunes finds that any moding to the software it will not sync with itunes. or a firmware update is the most easist way. the iphone will become the new psp. its just going to be new firmware 1 week later hacked then 2 weeks later another update and 1 week later hacked its never going to stop. BUT SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE THE DAMN BLUETOOTH 2.0 A2DP WORK!!!!

DestroyFascism: Man buys car…rebuilds engine to custom specs adds sound system and body kit, enjoys and loves car….
Man buys iPhone rebuilds engine to custom specs adds sound system and body kit, enjoys and loves iPhone….Apple respond and smash his new engine, body kit and sound system to bits and destroy underlying structure rendering it useless…

Get the picture?

synagence: This can’t work in France …. i’m pretty sure its against french law to lock a phone to a network …. either that or it is legally allowable to unlock

thorspower: To my knowledge would they not have to change the law first that says unlocking your phone is legal. Last I checked its perfectly legal. If Apple is smart they do not decide to take this anywhere, cause it seems to me any one even with a a mediocre lawyer could take Apple for a run for their money and I mean seriously a run for their money. You can not stop someone from doing something legal just because it pisses you off. Watch for backlash on Apple that they have never had to deal with.

12340987: “Although Apple has less to lose by customers unlocking the device than AT&T, the company is bound by its contract to AT&T to do what it can to ensure that customers use the designated carrier.”

Is that legal considering antitrust issues and the fact that SIM unlocking has been made perfectly lawful? I mean, isn’t it illegal to not allow someone to unlock their phone?

livevil: Ahahahah! Apple fanboys, welcome to reality. Don’t digg the comments down because your in denial!

sspooner: Apple will not brick a device purposely, it’s not their modus operandi. Also, apple will never walk from a sale. An unlock solution that is viable is increasing their sales, they have no reason to shut that down. No other cellphone vendor “bricks” a device either. I think the conclusions of the article are poorly thought out.

toetagger: What next? Is apple going to tie their computers to certain ISPs? Why not? What’s the difference?
“If you want your computer to have all of its functionality, you must activate it with at&t DSL”. That’s what they’re doing with the damn phone. I wish consumers would just boycott it till they free it up.

phphreak: Apple has every right to protect their phones from hacking. They can roll out “security updates” can’t they? hint hint….

iPhone GPS Hack Tested and it Works!

Whoa, the iPhone just got assisted GPS. This AM, the Navizon GPS app showed up in Installer.app. After creating a username and login (get this: email NOT required), the free app started up, taking about 30 seconds to find my location by triangulation, and then pushing my location to the official Apple Map application for driving directions. Crazy.[...] Thanks to BLAM8 for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

andy2na: the new software update found my location within 2 seconds!

pathogenal: uses ip geolocating nothing more. Is gay and has a limited database

jgarland79: I had GPS working on my iPhone 2 months ago with a real GPS.
http://jgarland79.blogspot.com/2007/07/use-gps-wit …

tokahi: @Mehan “you can’t call it GPS if it does not use GPS satellites.”

Sure you can..in our example GPS stands for “Ghettofied Positioning System”

johnnybluejeans: Not only can it not find me, it crashes my iPhone every time, requiring a hard reset.

boyced: why do these apps not show up in my installer.app? do i need to add ’sources’? I have nullriver software as a source.

dognose: Nice try, but it was 20 miles off for me.

krete: Crashed my iphone. gg

tomis: This isn’t GPS, buried as inaccurate sensationalism.

lianos: Uhh …. I was really psyched to try this out, but it says I’m right on the N.E. corner of Yosemite National Park (which is in California), and I’m currently right by Harlem (which is New York City).

xxrealmsxx: Screw the iPhone I have wanted this for my Blackberry pearl for ages

ChristianBk: THIS IS NOT FREE. It’s free for the first 15 days… then you’re required to pay $25 or so dollars.

sunroom: I just tried it out and it was accurate within about 10 feet!

Of course, I’m on the Indiana University campus and there is a wireless access point every block.

funkytaco: It’s about 4 miles off. No wonder my cell reception here is terrible…

livejamie: Also availible for Windows XP, Windows Vista, OS X, Windows Mobile, Blackberries, Symbian S60s, UIQs and Any phone that supports Java (A good majority of them) — but then again nobody would have dugg an article that didn’t mention the iPhone would they?

The Steve Jobs Social Media Paradox

Sometimes there are enigmas that thrive in the face of the supposed natural order. So goes Steve Jobs and Apple’s incredible popularity in the social media realm.[...] Thanks to obeezy for providing this nice story on Digg.

What other users say about this:

ikepigott: It’s just another reminder that companies – even those with good reputations for playing nice – won’t reflexively reach through Social Media and engage customers as “partners.” Jobs has such a stranglehold on the faithful, he doesn’t need to.

WiseWeasel: I’d say that’s changing. Apple is getting less and less of a free pass on Digg and other sites as they enact more customer-hostile policies. Apple used to represent the best the technology sector had to offer, with a tight focus on the user, innovative, sometimes brilliant integration of technology, and empowerment of individuals through technology. This seems to have been supplanted by protectionist business tactics and priority of B2B partnerships over empowerment of end users in many incidents. I’d say Apple is certainly losing some of its luster as they grow, and they’re in danger of losing sight of what put them on the map in the first place. I’ll hold on to my stock for now, but there might come a day pretty soon when Apple operates the same way Microsoft or Sony does, and it’s time to find some new vendors with greater respect for their customers.

jquig99: Really interesting how we demand companies interact with us in a transparent manner – except Apple.