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    Image of Nitesh Singh Nitesh Singh
    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    Not to troll, but the "worlds most advanced operating system" (according to them) doesnt support GPU-accelerated video yet? #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Craig Cabrey Craig Cabrey
    11/17/09

    @Nitesh Singh: No, Apple just doesn't open the APIs up for public use. #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of jonathan.eatherly jonathan.eatherly
    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    Dell mini 10v hackintosh here. Big increase in speed! Mine is not running youtube or vimeo in hd well but southpark studios can do hd fullscreen now.
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    Image of RoseHizang RoseHizang
    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    this update does absolutely NOTHING for macs. read the release notes, the improvements are for windows and linux only.
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @RoseHizang: [gizmodo.com] #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of George_P George_P
    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    This post is erroneous. the Flash plugin does not support the Intel GMA950 graphics chipset that the Wind (and many other netbooks) run. The chipset does not even have the hardware to support it. So, it is probably in your head that you saw performance. Supported chipsets are Nvidia 8/9/100/200 series and the newer ones from ATI (don't remember the exact models). #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @George_P: Read the post. I didn't say it's hardware acceleration, I said the improvements are most likely through better CPU usage. #flash101hacktintosh
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    11/17/09

    @Danny Allen: Hi Danny. Do we have information from Adobe that the new version improves the CPU usage when no hardware acceleration is supported by the GPU? Tests will have to be run to measure whether there is an actual improvement or not. We have the same MSI model/specs (U100 with 2GB ram). I tested it on both Win7 and MacOSX and didn't see any difference compared to the previous version of Flash. #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of ImAmac93 ImAmac93
    11/17/09

    @Danny Allen: I realize this doesnt have a ton to do with this topic but I just ordered a dell mini 10v to install OSX on and and it had the option to upgrade the CPU to the 1.66 atom 280 from the 1.60 270 for $25 would there be a noticeable difference in performance on flash and such? or is the difference insignificant? #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @ImAmac93: I'd get the upgrade for sure, but I doubt you'll get much difference in performance. Honestly, I wouldn't be basing any hardware buying decisions on a lil' extra CPU usage...wait and see if Apple lets Adobe give Mac Flash 10.1 GPU-acceleration...then buy an Nvidia Ion-based netbook ;) #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of ImAmac93 ImAmac93
    11/17/09

    @Danny Allen: but would a nvidia ion based netbook be as compatible with snow leopard as the dell mini 10v? I was under the impression that the 10v was still the best bet for hackintosh hardware support and functionality.. #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @ImAmac93: Maybe "best bet for ease of setup", but if you're buying today (or black friday) I'd still grab a netbook with Ion. The Ion-powered HP Mini 311 Hackintosh has everything working but sound at the moment ([myhpmini.com]), and that may have been fixed already. #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    Is performance improved at all on old PowerPC Macs? #flash101hacktintosh
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    Danny Allen promoted this comment Nintenboy01 was starred Nintenboy01 was unstarred
    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @Nintenboy01: Flash 10.1 beta is only available for Intel-based Macs, I believe, sorry. #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of chocolatebanana chocolatebanana
    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    So this doesn't really have anything to do with hackintoshes, but rather any slow PC and any operating system in general, yes? #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @chocolatebanana: "But this is good news for hackintoshes, and netbooks in general." This would suggest so, yes? #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of ricky.leverence ricky.leverence
    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    It runs like crap, here.

    MacBook Pro, late 2006 (ATI x1600). I go to watch a Youtube video and I'd say about half of the frames drop.
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @ricky.leverence: Think it's the ATI chipset. See the AnandTech story. #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of JackTheTripper JackTheTripper
    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    I have the same wind model. This is great news. I'll try it tonight. #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Turael Turael
    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    I wish I could get 2gb of Ram in my Dell mini10v. All the 'this is how you tear apart your machine' videos apparently don't account for having a card reader on your motherboard. I got all the way down to the final step of removing the motherboard and it won't come out due to some unseen connection. :/ #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/17/09

    @Turael: That final step is a little touchy. You might have missed a screw or you might just be coming at it the wrong way. Mine was a little tough coming out, but you have to figure out the right angle to lift it out from. You also have to make sure that you pulled out the wireless card. if that card is still in, it will not lift out. I was actually able to just lift mine up and replace it without having to take out the whole mainboard, making it easier. #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Turael Turael
    11/17/09

    @Nathan Obbards: You know. The wireless card must have been the issue in reality. Which I WISH I could have removed. Dell had a lot of the case screws in extremely tight. I couldn't remove the damn WiFi card screw to save my life without being in danger of stripping the little screw. :( #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/17/09

    @Turael: Well, here's my stance, if you strip the screw, tough luck but it doesn't matter, if you don't now you can add RAM and hackintosh :). One trick with tough screws is to put just a tiny drop of superglue on a screwdriver head that will fit in the screw and quickly get it in the head, let it dry for a second, then try unscrewing it. It gets you a more solid bite on the screw, but also lets you pull it out. Make sure you have a decent set of small screwdrivers when you try though.

    If you don't feel comfortable with doing that, I'm sorry I can't help more or another way. #flash101hacktintosh
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    11/18/09

    @Nathan Obbards: ooh the super glue tip sounds like a winner. Considering I hoped that part wouldn't matter and did every step up to removing the motherboard (getting the keyboard/palm rest off etc.) that isn't such a problem. Thanks for the tip! I got over disassembling hard to open things when I added ram to a 1st gen mac mini.
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/06/09

    In reply to Reality Check
    I wouldn't say Windows 7 is doomed to be forgotten because it's adoption rate is so low at this point. You have to remember to take into consideration the difference between Mac and PC users.

    Mac users tend to be more technologically savvy consumers who will go out of their way to upgrade, whereas many Windows users are just run of the mill folk that really don't give two shits about what OS they're on. They upgrade when they buy a new computer. As time goes on we'll see the numbers grow as people buy new machines with 7 preinstalled.

    As far as Windows XP though, that will probably continue to be high with all the netbooks out there. #osmarketshare
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    11/06/09

    @Benguin: I think the language is ambiguous, but I think he's saying that Vista is the one that's doomed to be forgotten. #osmarketshare
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/06/09

    @Sunfire-: Ah. Well thanks all of you for pointing out my failure of comprehension. Haha. #osmarketshare
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    11/06/09

    @Benguin: Haha, in your defense, there are a ridiculous amount of commas in that sentence. #osmarketshare
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    Image of MANCREEP MANCREEP
    11/06/09

    @Benguin: I disagree. I think the heading of the article was spot on: REALITY CHECK. These Apple Fanboys have been bouncing off the walls about how they have 30%+ of the OS market share and how windows is going downhill. Well, knock knock? Who's there? 92%. 92% who? Well, allow me to reintroduce myslef---my name is HOV, nigga*, H-to-the-O-V. #osmarketshare
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    Image of Aphex Ninja Aphex Ninja
    11/06/09

    @Benguin: I whole heartedly agree. Coming from working for apple tech support I can tell you that most mac users are up to date on their systems and know what's coming out and when it's coming out.

    Microsoft as a whole is much much larger than apple, and thus the sheer amount of computers to compare could be completely throwing off the comparison. #osmarketshare
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/06/09

    @MANCREEP: I don't think I've ever heard anybody ever claim that OS X had anything even close to 30%. I'm glad you're so proud of your OS's market share though.

    @Bs Baldwin: But what percentage of Windows users are coders and programmers? Definitely not the majority. I never said all Mac users or all Windows users, but by and large in my experience it's the Mac users who have been more aware of the state of tech. #osmarketshare
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    11/10/09

    @Benguin: not so much proud, as "down to earth" would be a much better description. and if you havent hear that claim, then you prolly havent hung around some serious Apple freaks. unfortunately, i suffer thru it all day. lol. #osmarketshare
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    11/06/09

    In reply to Reality Check
    Poor Millenium Edition... #osmarketshare
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    Image of Paul Anderson Paul Anderson
    11/06/09

    In reply to Reality Check
    Where is the Linux share? #osmarketshare
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    FigNinja promoted this comment Paul Anderson was starred Paul Anderson was unstarred
    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    11/06/09

    @Paul Anderson: Well there's 2.21% not accounted for. I'm guessing it's in there. #osmarketshare
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    Image of ID Ron Burgundy ID Ron Burgundy
    11/06/09

    In reply to Reality Check
    Yesterday I spent quite a few hours in Windows 7 testing all of my apps, custom-built programs, and other things. It was nice, and surprisingly fast. It "feels" faster than Snow Leopard, which is quite surprising to me. Though, I did have a few problems in Win 7; especially with connecting my Apple wireless keyboard, and having my display settings saved after a shut-down.

    I'm no fanboy either way, but seeing the worldwide market share is interesting.
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    Image of Ryanrule Ryanrule
    11/06/09

    @Identity (reclamation): If you want to use an apple bluetooth keyboard, you need the driver from the bootcamp cd.

    Apple does not distribute this driver, because in their eyes, FUCK YOU! #osmarketshare
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    Image of ID Ron Burgundy ID Ron Burgundy
    11/06/09

    @Ryanrule: Oh believe me, if it was only a driver thing, that would have been simple. Getting the driver was the easy bit. Insert Bootcamp dvd and ... Boom! #osmarketshare
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    Image of Ryanrule Ryanrule
    11/07/09

    @Identity (reclamation): Well I use that keyboard on my windows 7 box. Had to get it off a torrent. #osmarketshare
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/06/09

    In reply to Reality Check
    I honestly don't think the XP usage value is going to change much. Companies already bought their volume licenses for XP, and I don't think they'd want to shell out cash for a flashier OS.

    Honestly, Vista and Windows 7 aren't really necessary in the business environment. They look and feel great, but they offer almost nothing "functional" as far as business is concerned. #osmarketshare
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    Image of bradydoll001 bradydoll001
    11/06/09

    @Xagest: You are completely wrong about that. Windows Vista and 7 have much greater security and more importantly they have a greater ability for management. Using Group Policy you are able to lock down and control Windows Vista and 7 machines to a much greater level than you could with XP. There may not be anything specific to end users, but for IT they are significantly easier to manage.
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    Xagest promoted this comment bradydoll001 was starred bradydoll001 was unstarred
    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/06/09

    @bradydoll001: I guess it depends on the work environment. In many companies, each employee owns 1 workstation (usually a laptop), so stuff like user groups isn't all that useful (only 1 user). Because XP is being pushed to netbooks and such, security patches are still strong.

    Ah well, we'll see how it pans out. #osmarketshare
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    Image of rDub rDub
    11/06/09

    @Xagest: What industry are you in that uses all laptops? Some small start ups might sport that happy situation but most big companies are still rocking the old school desktops.

    I have 3 pcs (all running xp) a linux dev box and a mac pro under my poor crowded desk ... only place i use a lap top is in the lab

    but hey ... that's just me #osmarketshare
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    11/06/09

    @rDub: IBM. We all have Thinkpads with XP on it. #osmarketshare
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    11/06/09

    @Xagest: and @SSgtTEX: Ahh well thats really good to know ... i happen to currently work with the military, thus my situation. It's been a while since i worked for a purely civilian company so this is all good news to me! I will gladly make the switch to a laptop when they let me! #osmarketshare
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/06/09

    In reply to Reality Check
    This chart lacks the truly important number: how many people are still running Amiga? #osmarketshare
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