Comments on: Apple’s Photocasting. First Make It Work. Then Make It Work Better. http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/01/19/photocasting-first-make-it-work-then-make-it-work-better/ Simon Brocklehurst's Technology Blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:23:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/01/19/photocasting-first-make-it-work-then-make-it-work-better/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Asam Bashir Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:51:21 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=104#comment-463 No its not confirmed yet but really its just a matter of getting a Mactel in your hands for long enough to play with. I think they've only been shipped to developers so far, and MacBook Pro showing shipping after 15 Feb on Apple Stores. There is normally a key combination to drop into the bootloader. In Open Firmware, it was hold cmd-opt-o-f but this does not work on the new EFI machines. Holding these key combinations in PPC Macs drops you into Open Firmware command line where you can then fiddle around. Basically, it will happen when Mactels start shipping and people get their machines to play with. No its not confirmed yet but really its just a matter of getting a Mactel in your hands for long enough to play with. I think they’ve only been shipped to developers so far, and MacBook Pro showing shipping after 15 Feb on Apple Stores.

There is normally a key combination to drop into the bootloader. In Open Firmware, it was hold cmd-opt-o-f but this does not work on the new EFI machines. Holding these key combinations in PPC Macs drops you into Open Firmware command line where you can then fiddle around.

Basically, it will happen when Mactels start shipping and people get their machines to play with.

]]> By: simon http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/01/19/photocasting-first-make-it-work-then-make-it-work-better/comment-page-1/#comment-462 simon Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:51:31 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=104#comment-462 Actually, on the topic of the current Mactels booting Windows, has the question been properly resolved yet? I hear conflicting opinions on this topic. Actually, on the topic of the current Mactels booting Windows, has the question been properly resolved yet? I hear conflicting opinions on this topic.

]]> By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/01/19/photocasting-first-make-it-work-then-make-it-work-better/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Asam Bashir Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:02:49 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=104#comment-461 Yeah sorry for confusion, thought you were talking about booting Mactels directly into Windows as primary OS, which it will be able to do once someone has figured how to drop into the EFI command line. Of course, VT support needed for running Windows as a virtual machine running at native speed. Yeah sorry for confusion, thought you were talking about booting Mactels directly into Windows as primary OS, which it will be able to do once someone has figured how to drop into the EFI command line.

Of course, VT support needed for running Windows as a virtual machine running at native speed.

]]> By: simon http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/01/19/photocasting-first-make-it-work-then-make-it-work-better/comment-page-1/#comment-460 simon Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:48:31 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=104#comment-460 Intel VT is to do with *Xen* being able to boot Windows. Prior to Intel VT, Xen was only ever going to be able to support Linux. At least I think that's right. I haven't looked at Xen for at least a couple of years. Intel VT is to do with *Xen* being able to boot Windows. Prior to Intel VT, Xen was only ever going to be able to support Linux. At least I think that’s right. I haven’t looked at Xen for at least a couple of years.

]]> By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/01/19/photocasting-first-make-it-work-then-make-it-work-better/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Asam Bashir Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:10:21 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=104#comment-459 (arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/imac-coreduo.ars) (arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/imac-coreduo.ars)

]]> By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/01/19/photocasting-first-make-it-work-then-make-it-work-better/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Asam Bashir Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:09:35 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=104#comment-458 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/performance.html) (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/performance.html)

]]> By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/01/19/photocasting-first-make-it-work-then-make-it-work-better/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Asam Bashir Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:01:35 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=104#comment-457 Not sure if VT implemented on the core duos that are shipping, anyway VT nothing to do with booting in Windows, thats to do with the new EDI Apple is using instead of BIOS, again that's not a problem since their are already Wintel machines with EDI. This isn't what Mac users are bothered too much about since we don't want to ever boot Windows, just run it under Mac OS X, since we NEVER reboot apart from the times an update requires it. Also explains why Apple needs to roll this out slowly, they need to have Xen working as the virtual machine monitor before you can even think about VMWare. Apple could make its own virtual machine monitor but I think it will support the Xen and BSD community as well, so needs to implelment it first in the open-source core of Mac OS X, which is Darwin. Apple very strong in supporting open-source as it has shown for Open-GL. Whilst Linux users dream, Apple and Mac OS X just does. Not sure if VT implemented on the core duos that are shipping, anyway VT nothing to do with booting in Windows, thats to do with the new EDI Apple is using instead of BIOS, again that’s not a problem since their are already Wintel machines with EDI. This isn’t what Mac users are bothered too much about since we don’t want to ever boot Windows, just run it under Mac OS X, since we NEVER reboot apart from the times an update requires it.

Also explains why Apple needs to roll this out slowly, they need to have Xen working as the virtual machine monitor before you can even think about VMWare. Apple could make its own virtual machine monitor but I think it will support the Xen and BSD community as well, so needs to implelment it first in the open-source core of Mac OS X, which is Darwin. Apple very strong in supporting open-source as it has shown for Open-GL. Whilst Linux users dream, Apple and Mac OS X just does.

]]> By: simon http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/01/19/photocasting-first-make-it-work-then-make-it-work-better/comment-page-1/#comment-456 simon Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:08:35 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=104#comment-456 The Xen 3.0 looks like it could be pretty good, I have to say. I'm assuming that the support for Intet VT made it into the final release (which means that it should be able to boot Windows). I haven't seen any comparisons with Xen 3 and VMWare (or Solaris Containers or User Mode Linux), so I don't know how they all compare. The Xen 3.0 looks like it could be pretty good, I have to say. I’m assuming that the support for Intet VT made it into the final release (which means that it should be able to boot Windows).

I haven’t seen any comparisons with Xen 3 and VMWare (or Solaris Containers or User Mode Linux), so I don’t know how they all compare.

]]> By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2006/01/19/photocasting-first-make-it-work-then-make-it-work-better/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Asam Bashir Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:11:02 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=104#comment-455 Perfection is a direction rather then an end. Nothing will ever be perfect because individuals will define it in different ways, the key is to direct the users towards towards perfection. Seen Xen and the art of Virtualization? Apparantly, this is the missing link that Apple is going to implement in its next update of Darwin in the same way FreeBSD 7 is being modified to do the same. (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/) Perfection is a direction rather then an end. Nothing will ever be perfect because individuals will define it in different ways, the key is to direct the users towards towards perfection.

Seen Xen and the art of Virtualization? Apparantly, this is the missing link that Apple is going to implement in its next update of Darwin in the same way FreeBSD 7 is being modified to do the same.

(www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/)

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