[Radiance-general] MacBook Pro - Apple and Intel

[Kirk Thibault]

Greg - thanks for the explanation and your dedication to staying  
ahead of the curve and supporting all of the RADIANCE user communities.

 From what I read leading up to this release, it was clear that Apple  
wanted to finally move its laptops to the next level, hence the Intel  
chipset.  I have a feeling that, as with most things Apple, there  
will be issues - but the Apple faithful (me included) are willing to  
be beta testers and see the bugginess as a badge of honor in some  
convoluted way (paying money to be a beta tester will do that to your  
rationalizing psyche I suppose).  It is weird to mention Apple and  
Intel as complements, but I think all Mac users (again, me included)  
realize Apple's shortcomings, even if we tend to defend the brand to  
the death.

As Rob said:

> Dual core laptop?  Yes, please...

I imagine that a 17" version of the Intel dual core laptop can;t be  
far behind, given the performance-oriented, graphics-driven market  
the new platform will benefit.....  Wouldn't it be interesting if  
Apple offered a 17" HDR display laptop someday? [wink]
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Kirk L. Thibault, Ph.D.
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On Jan 11, 2006, at 4:49 AM, Giulio Antonutto wrote:

> please just wait until april... you know, apple release 1.0 is  
> always a
> little buggy....
> just my suggestion, based on previous past experiences :-)
> ciao!
> G.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radiance-general-bounces at radiance-online.org
> [mailto:radiance-general-bounces at radiance-online.org] On Behalf Of Rob
> Guglielmetti
> Sent: 11 January 2006 05:20
> To: Radiance general discussion
> Subject: Re: [Radiance-general] MacBook Pro - Apple and Intel
>
> Greg Ward wrote:
>
>> Hi Kirk,
>>
>> Radiance should definitely be recompiled for the Intel platform, and
>> I will endeavor to supply binaries for both architectures in the next
>
>> release.  Photosphere can be cross-compiled using Xcode 2, and I will
>
>> be testing that just as soon as someone I know picks up one of the
>> new Intel-based Apples...
>>
>> P.S.  I'm kicking myself a bit for having bought a new PowerBook last
>
>> Summer.  Hopefully, Rob Guglielmetti held off with his Christmas
>> purchase.  Everyone said that the iBooks would be the first to
>> switch, but apparently not.
>
> Yup, and very glad I did (thanks to you and another friend who told me
> to wait).  I'm gonna order one very soon, I think.  Thanks for the
> detailed response to Kirk's question; I'm ready to take the plunge!
> Dual core laptop?  Yes, please...
>
> Rob Guglielmetti
> www.rumblestrip.org
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