Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Thursday, September 4, 2003

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Politically incorrect observations about Mac OS X and Windows: "A few minutes ago, I had to hard-reset the TiBook I'm typing on. This happens at least once every week or two. |...] Meanwhile, my workhorse desktop machine running Windows XP has yet to bluescreen." [Jon's Radio]


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G5 Mac to power a top-10 supercomputer: "Previously noted in this Slashdot story, the administration of Virginia Tech has announced they're puchasing 1100 G5's (another story) in hopes to build a top-10 supercomputer by October 1. Tech will be spending $5.2 million over five years on the project, which should help it pull in more research money."