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Comment Re:Maybe it's just Intel (Score 1, Interesting) 47

The memory on Apple silicon is on-package, not soldered to the motherboard. Trying to move all of the different stages of the memory hierarchy closer to the CPU is how computer engineering has been solving the performance disparity for the past 30 years. Without a major revolution in memory performance, the future will likely have memory on-die.

Comment Re:And Apple's redesign is inferior (Score 4, Interesting) 108

The old app was single entry and worked like a single entry calculator. The new app is algebraic entry and works like an algebraic entry calculator.

Your example is for algebraic entry but I don't think I've ever seen an algebraic that supports C, only AC and backspace. I looked at all of my Casios, Sharps, TIs, and HPs and none of them support it. Can you provide an example that does?

Comment Re:"Top Priority" (Score 4, Informative) 55

When Howard Schmidt was asked about his time as security chief at Microsoft, having been named special adviser for cyberspace security to the White House by Bush, he said security was a top priority there. A couple of years later, Gates announced that Microsoft never viewed security as a priority and announced the entire company was going to drop their regular duties and spend a month on security training.

Comment Re:Why is this not easy? (Score 2) 22

Compile-time timestamps were a problem for me in the 00s and, apparently, still exist - I recall having to filter timestamps for custom fingerprints. Parallel compilation and data structures that don't guarantee ordering add to the problem and it wouldn't surprise me if some started throwing in UID's into the mix.

Comment Apple II walled garden? (Score 4, Interesting) 69

The IIGS was Apple's attempt to extend a dead-end like Commodore tried with the C128 but I don't know where you get that it was a walled garden. Of the big three 8-bit systems, the Apple II line was the only one that was open enough that people could make clones. Apple didn't like clones but neither did IBM; both went after cloners where they could with various degrees of success. And the IIGS didn't have as many clones as the earlier lines but that was because the 65816 was not compelling over the 680x0 or the 80x86. Maybe you're referring to the down-clock but it wasn't like speed made the thing any better - there were accelerators and they wstil didn't make it a competitive alternative.

I spent a long time in the Commodore 8-bit ecosystem, with a long stint as a service technician, and the after-market expandability was nothing compared to the Apple II line.

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