May 2, 2009 22:07
AugustH Wrote:Just saw this on TUAW and thought it might be of interest. Full title is "Why the hackb00k is a failure"
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/04/27/road-test...is-a-fail/
Oh, I can think of many circumstances where this would not worth the effort of doing, but I could argue against an 8core install in other cases too.
I installed MacENC and all the NOAA ENC charts for the Puget Sound/Gulf Isl area. So far so good. Have not tied it into GPS yet -just tried firing it up and see what would happen. It is significantly quicker than my dual 2.0 G5 desktop, and actually feels a little quicker than my 1.8 intel macbook; although I don't know how much of that is just due to a bloated system and/or pushing a 1024x800(approx) vs the smaller 1024x628 dell screen.
At this point I'd say the jury's out, but would also call it promising.
Regards,
Shane
When I grow up I want to be Peter Pan.