That they never should have introduced it to others? Yeah, great solution, buddy. Not if they need the professional-grade tools available elsewhere that have never been so on the Mac. JCS, like every engineer I have ever had the pleasure or displeasure working with, you have the same attitude. You fail to realize that the machines are not here to give you something to do, they are here to solve problems.
That is it, nothing more. The less I have to do to manage a problem and solve the issue, the better. That is the concept behind what Apple is attempting to do with Xgrid. Use Xgrid, pay 1 software engineer to create the parallel software needed to solve the financial model and I am done with it. No special support, no extra troubleshooting, configuration, etc…. Guess what? Engineers are expensive, the costs are repeated every year.
They have personalities and get sick. They have bad days. Here is something else for you. The premium in the price of equipment is irrelevant if the solution works trouble free. I will use whatever technology provides me with the simplest solution that solves my problem NOW.
But, I do sympathize with you on this, I am 37 and started my computing tenure on a DEC teletype machine connected via baud to a mini-computer pain in the ass to troubleshoot when something went wrong, but when you are 12, that is a challenge. JCS, first of all, where are you getting this stuff about me or anyone else calling this new?
You keep bringing that up but no one said it was. No one called browsing a new concept when Apple introduced Safari. But you probably think Safari is just another version of Konqueror. Grid computing is going to move to ordinary users. Apple has always tried to bring things that used to be hard to ordinary people. A mouse, no that will never be useful. Nor will plug and play.
Who needs that. Home movie making? No one will want to do that. Downloading music? No one is saying they did. But they made it easy and put it to use with normal people. They are going for the same thing with grid computing. Why make something, or improve something, as the case may be, and not try and make some money off of it? It was an example of how reworking an OS can change how an application works, and yes, the 32 bit apps can address 8 gigs of ram.
Did you stop to think that grid computing has other uses than 3D rendering? The simple fact that you have to install something on another computer to make it work makes it harder than what a lot of people will want to work with. The idea here is having a few computers around the house that work together.
What do codecs have to do with this? Noday said this was. What, is Apple not allowed to do anything unless they do it first? Maybe they should just stop making software all together. Or no more keyboards.
No one called it new. Get over it already. Firstly, shame on the people who turn everything into a Mac vs PC debate. I agree wholeheartedly with JCS on this. Grid computing is serious business. All such organizations already employ IT staff who could take care of it a matter of days. Apple has no place in the server arena either where functionality and reliability are main issues. Grid business as well as the server business are full of technically very impressive and mature solutions.
Anyone who thinks Apple could have something to offer in this arena by making good looking interfaces all of which functionally are ugly to the bone is either too ignorant or affected by some sort of zealotry.
So ultimately its upto the end-user to parallellize their stuff and make sure it runs efficiently on your grid … which is why the parent poster was asking you what it had to do with anything. The ease of configuration, of course, is the coolest thing about XGrid, as Linux-based cluster take much longer to get going and this is what separates it from the pack.
So any your effective CPU power is killed by the sheer amount of time it takes for sending messages between these machines. XGrid is a nice system, but trying to smack talk it as the best thing ever for grid computing is totally laughable. Linux boxes require a bit more set-up, but then again, the price.
That has got to be the single most ignorant comment I have ever read on these boards…. Besides, grid computing is just the next step in networking — another thing the eggheads thought users, content creators, and lone developers had no use for. Do I understand you correctly that you want grid computing to stay reserved for IT engineers only or must be done only under their supervision? Oh well … slashdotters I suppose … cant be expected to actually read anything before posting!
I just want you to know at least one person can realize the truth. Whoa…I apologize: Sorry, man. It happens, you know.. I most certainly view a computer as a tool — I just view the Mac as not a superior tool.
Xgrid makes it possible for an organization to step into. What extra hardware do you think is required for a Network of Workstations not running XGrid? Why make something, or. The kind of thing XGrid is designed for — not iMovie. What, is Apple not allowed to do anything unless. Regardless, my point was that this is already available for not IT people.
It is already easy. Apple did not invent the simple NOW network of workstations. If anyone did, it was Sun. It does not automagically make your code a parallel code. It does not automagically speed up iMovie. What if you build a home audio studio with a few Macs one of the many things they are superior tools for. Not many musicians know much about grid computing, but the need for the power is there. It seems like what you are trying to say is that Macs just should not have the ability to do this stuff.
Actually, there are good reasons you might not, since in some situations a bit binary is slower than a bit one of the same code. Nothing can touch a Mac for a lot of things. Again, why do you think this is an embaressingly parallel task? Macs are NOT better at this stuff then other platforms, however.
They also have a tendency to believe marketing hype — from Apple. Are all Apple users like this? Certainly not. How to pronounce xgrid? Alex US English. David US English. Mark US English. Daniel British. Libby British. Mia British. Karen Australian. Hayley Australian. Natasha Australian. Veena Indian. Priya Indian.
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