OS X Lion Now Available in the US Mac App Store

Post by microtonal » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 2:16 PM UTC

microtonal wrote: post #92

MatthewPhillips wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surely you're exaggerating. 8GB is necessary for a dev machine where you're going to be intentionally straining it. Most laptops nowadays come with 4GB. You're seriously saying those are "unusable" for you? What are you doing that requires 8GB of memory? Running multiple instances of SQL Server, AutoCAD, Visual Studio, and 2 or 3 games simultaneously?

Oh, some of our software barely compiles with 4GB of memory (unless you have enough time). E.g. large finite state transducers dumped as a big array of structs in C tend to blow up the compiler ;). Also, some people tend to work with large data sets or problems that just require lots of memory. E.g. I work on language generation, and generally the more memory the better. For me 8GB is the minimum for doing serious wo…

Post by jpr » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 2:19 PM UTC

tomstuart wrote: post #70

Nemisis7654 wrote: post #47

I have been a Windows user since I started using computers. I am thinking of purchasing a Macbook Air. As a young programmer (going into fifth year of college), would anyone recommend this laptop?

The (now old) 11" MacBook Air is the best laptop I've ever owned.

Post by ComputerGuru » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 2:19 PM UTC

masklinn wrote: post #98

mars wrote: post #40

i installed the developer preview of os-x lion some weeks ago. following are my first impressions. let me know how you think... performance: at first i thought lions performance sucks, but mdworker and kextcache processes are re-initializing spotlight right after installation which slows down the system and heats up the cpu. after two hours of fan-noise and heat the system seems to be fine and is running smoothly now…

> mail: the new mail is great. finally email conversations are grouped. Is it grouped with the email you sent as well? Because shitty threaded convos (all mails you received) have been available since forever ago.

Post by masklinn » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 2:21 PM UTC

microtonal wrote: post #101

microtonal wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, some of our software barely compiles with 4GB of memory (unless you have enough time). E.g. large finite state transducers dumped as a big array of structs in C tend to blow up the compiler ;). Also, some people tend to work with large data sets or problems that just require lots of memory. E.g. I work on language generation, and generally the more memory the better. For me 8GB is the minimum for doing serious wo…

So, someone asks "why would anyone need 8GB of memory". I describe one situation where I need that amount of memory. Can the downvoter please explain why this comment is objectionable? Edit: my question is not rhetorical, I really would like to know.

Post by MatthewPhillips » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 2:24 PM UTC

microtonal wrote: post #101

microtonal wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, some of our software barely compiles with 4GB of memory (unless you have enough time). E.g. large finite state transducers dumped as a big array of structs in C tend to blow up the compiler ;). Also, some people tend to work with large data sets or problems that just require lots of memory. E.g. I work on language generation, and generally the more memory the better. For me 8GB is the minimum for doing serious wo…

So, someone asks "why would anyone need 8GB of memory". I describe one situation where I need that amount of memory. Can the downvoter please explain why this comment is objectionable? Edit: my question is not rhetorical, I really would like to know.