New iMac models?

External Since: Nov 28, 2007 Posts: 33

In article <slrnfs14c2.3ag.foo.DeleteThis@ID-256592.user.individual.net>,
Ian Gregory <foo.DeleteThis@prdetfanaaeextna.invalid> wrote:

> On 2008-02-23, Richard Maine <nospam.DeleteThis@see.signature> wrote:
> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger.DeleteThis@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In article
> >> <Mencken-C062F8.11593023022008.DeleteThis@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
> >> Ockham's Razor <Mencken.DeleteThis@pdx.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> > > Could this mean that they are about to release new iMac models?
> >> >
> >> > Perhaps. It might be the only way to overcome the short comings of
> >> > Leopard.
> >>
> >> What are you talking about?
> >
> > Sounds like trolling to me.
>
> That much is obvious.
>
> I do have a related question though. Apple's update server
> collects all necessary data to determine the hardware and
> OS version of all systems using it. Statistics about the
> number of machines running Tiger, Leopard etc could clearly
> be auto generated. I realise that Apple is under no obligation
> to make any such statistics public, and there are probably a
> number of reasons not to, but does any one know if they do?

Unless they collect some sort of unique machine identifier, the stats
would probably be biased towards more recent OS versions since early
adopters likely check for updates at more frequent intervals (also,
machines without internet connections wouldn't be included and those
probably include some of the oldest systems in use, though I suspect the
percentage of machines without some sort of network connection, even if
only intermittent, is not terribly significant).

André

External Since: May 01, 2007 Posts: 289

Lewis wrote:
> In article <Mencken-1F20E3.16131323022008 DeleteThis @news.dsl>,
> Ockham's Razor <Mencken DeleteThis @pdx.net> wrote:
>
>> In article <michelle-11BC47.13511023022008 DeleteThis @news.west.cox.net>,
>> Michelle Steiner <michelle DeleteThis @michelle.org> wrote:
>>
>>> In article
>>> <Mencken-C062F8.11593023022008 DeleteThis @sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
>>> Ockham's Razor <Mencken DeleteThis @pdx.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Could this mean that they are about to release new iMac models?
>>>> Perhaps. It might be the only way to overcome the short comings of
>>>> Leopard.
>>> What new hardware would overcome the supposed shortcomings of Leopard?
>> Macfixit is a recurring litany of people having problems with Leopard.
>> Perhaps it just doesn't "click" with existing Apple computer
>> architecture and that hardware needs some modification.
>
> Macfixit is designed to draw out people who have issues, and you don't
> know enough about there issues.
>
> As an example, I was recently reading a complaint about Leopard being
> unstable, but it turned out the person was running it on a 400Mhz G4 and
> had hacked the installer. He'd also stripped out all the 'extra stuff'
> to 'conserve space'.
>
> As I told him, if you're running your customized leopard on your
> unsupported hardware, you have no cause for complaint if something
> doesn't work.
>
> There's a lot of those sorts on MacFixit.

I think a lot of the old CSMA trolls are there, along with some of their
bretheren. They get taken seriously there.