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オモチャのようなMacMiniですが、Snow Leopardで提供されたほとんどのソフトは64ビットでも起動します。週末なのでいろいろをMacMiniの動きをAO流に覗いてみました。AO自身決してアップル信者とは思っていませんが、なるほどアッパレ〜、Appleと感心してしまいます。これを知らない多くのPCユーザ、不幸なことでありましょう。より多くの人にSnow Leopardを体験していただきたいと... Appleのホームページには

The 64-bit transition.

The entire computing industry is moving from 32-bit to 64-bit technology, and it’s easy to see why. Today’s Mac computers can hold up to 32GB of physical memory, but the 32-bit applications that run on them can address only 4GB of RAM at a time. 64-bit computing shatters that barrier by enabling applications to address a theoretical 16 billion gigabytes of memory, or 16 exabytes. It can also enable computers to crunch twice the data per clock cycle, which can dramatically speed up numeric calculations and other tasks. Earlier versions of Mac OS X have offered a range of 64-bit capabilities. Now Snow Leopard takes the next step in the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit.

Built-in applications are now 64-bit.

Nearly all system applications — including the Finder, Mail, Safari, iCal, and iChat — are now built with 64-bit code. So not only are they able to take full advantage of all the memory in your Mac, but the move to 64-bit applications also boosts overall performance. Together with other refinements and improvements in Snow Leopard, this means that just about everything you do — from launching applications like QuickTime to running JavaScript in Safari to opening image files — will feel faster and more responsive.

Ready for the future.

The 64-bit support in Snow Leopard makes Mac OS X completely ready for whatever computing enhancements might arrive in the future. For example, Snow Leopard is ready to support up to 16 terabytes of RAM — about 500 times more than today’s Mac computers can accommodate. That may sound like more RAM than you’ll ever need, but who can predict the requirements of high-performance computers in the future? Mac OS X Snow Leopard comes prepared for anything.

気分はもうスーパーコンピュータの世界で〜す。タマリマセンね、ホント最高のOSと自信を持って世界のPCユーザらにもお勧めで〜す！ 知らぬは一生の恥とならないようにと...


注　"6"と"4"のキーを押しながら起動すると64ビットで立ち上がります。

iPhoneの一人勝ちが日に日に明白になる今日この頃です。おまけにSnow Leopardも明後日登場、9月にはアップルの発表も控えています。それらの要因のせいでしょうか、Nokiaが慌てフタメイているように見えてしまいます。 昨日の発表ではWindose搭載ネットブックまがいに参入、今日の発表ではインドの会社とツルんで、モバイルペイメントを大々的に進めるとか、また5800の派生で5530や5230などなども発売になるとか例によって中途半端なノキア流が報じられています。焦る気持ちも十分分かるのですが、一つの製品に魂を込めるような基本を忘れてはいけませんね。マイクロソフト流のコピーでしょうか。となると長い将来には消えてしまうかもと... 別に消えても大して問題にならなくなるでありましょう。いやいや、将来が見物ですね。別件で今日登場したOpera10.00RC(9月1日にオフィシャルになる)も実に良いで〜す。Operaの地道にコツコツと精魂を込める戦略、何故かAOの好みと... 早速MacMiniとAA1用Opera10b3をアップさせました。10.00になってからはAA1(英語環境)での日本語の表示も抜群に美しくなっています。

これはやはりと思わせる大々発表です。BBCに『Google to launch operating system』とあり、

Google is developing an operating system (OS) for personal computers, in a direct challenge to market leader Microsoft and its Windows system.
Google Chrome OS will be aimed initially at netbooks, the low-cost portable computers that have turned the PC world upside down.
Google said netbooks with Chrome OS could be on sale by the middle of 2010.
"Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS," said the company in a blog.
The news could also be a blow to the open source Linux operating system, which had taken an early lead on netbooks, but then lost out to Microsoft's elderly Windows XP.
For Microsoft the news comes just months before it launches the latest version of its operating system, called Windows 7.
'Back to basics'
"We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds," said the blog post written by Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Google's engineering director Linus Upson.
Both men said that "the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web" and that this OS is "our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be".
To that end, the search giant said the new OS would go back to basics.
"We are completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates.
"It should just work," said Google.
Google already has an operating system for mobile phones called Android which can also be used to run on netbooks. Google Chrome OS will be aimed not just at laptops but also at desktops for those who spend a lot of time on the web.

ホント、「Windoseなんかはもういらない」が現実に、それも時間の問題となりそうで〜す Googleの挑戦、流石です。大した根性と 　常識的に眺めて、過去そのような挑戦者が登場しなかったのが不思議と... GoogleのターゲットはWindowsとなります。昔からMacの世界には所詮マイクロソフトなど眼中にありませんでした。打倒マイクロソフトを鮮明に発表したGoogleOS、今後が更に楽しみと心から拍手喝采を...

追　おそらくはAndroidの延長、つまりLinuxベースとなるでしょう。そのような方向性がより自然と...

追2　もしかして、先々OperaOSも出現する可能性があるのでしょうか? その気になればそれ程難しくない時代で〜す。流れはブラウザーOS、オープンソース、Cloud computing、Wimaxあたりかと...