Comments on: Maccast 2009.06.08 – WWDC Keynote Wrap-up http://www.maccast.com/2009/06/09/maccast-20090608-wwdc-keynote-wrap-up/ For Mac Geeks by Mac Geeks Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:28:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim Helliwell http://www.maccast.com/2009/06/09/maccast-20090608-wwdc-keynote-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-97426 Kim Helliwell Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:34:47 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2009/06/09/maccast-20090608-wwdc-keynote-wrap-up/#comment-97426 I think you missed the obvious reason for the 6 gigs recovered after installing Snow Leopard: since SL only supports Intel machines, the binaries are not universal binaries but Intel only, so they are of course smaller. I think you missed the obvious reason for the 6 gigs recovered after installing Snow Leopard: since SL only supports Intel machines, the binaries are not universal binaries but Intel only, so they are of course smaller.

]]> By: Victor Cajiao http://www.maccast.com/2009/06/09/maccast-20090608-wwdc-keynote-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-97377 Victor Cajiao Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:36:47 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2009/06/09/maccast-20090608-wwdc-keynote-wrap-up/#comment-97377 Ben thanks for the clarification. Doing things 2 hours after the keynote, one tends to fly by the seat of the pants a bit. Ben thanks for the clarification. Doing things 2 hours after the keynote, one tends to fly by the seat of the pants a bit.

]]> By: Jim http://www.maccast.com/2009/06/09/maccast-20090608-wwdc-keynote-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-97376 Jim Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:02:50 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2009/06/09/maccast-20090608-wwdc-keynote-wrap-up/#comment-97376 The echo problem appears to be a local problem. A reboot fixed the problem. Sorry about that. The echo problem appears to be a local problem. A reboot fixed the problem. Sorry about that.

]]> By: Jim http://www.maccast.com/2009/06/09/maccast-20090608-wwdc-keynote-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-97373 Jim Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:17:54 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2009/06/09/maccast-20090608-wwdc-keynote-wrap-up/#comment-97373 Great remote coverage of WWDC although there was quite a bit of echo. Regarding the footprint reduction in OS X, one possibility is stripping the application binaries. Currently in Leopard, they are universal Mach-O (fat) binaries that contain runtime for both ppc and x86 code. With Snow-Leopard, they'll have to store ppc (assuming PowerPC is supported), x86 (32-bit) and the new x86_64. All Core 2 based should be running x86_64. They can reclaim the disk space by stripping the architectures that are not needed during the install/upgrade. The "ditto" command can be used to achieve this. This does pose a problem for people who still use a mix environment, however. For example, one can't just drag and drop an Application installed from one architecture and expect it to run on another. For Apple to include PowerPC support in Snow Leopard, the OS X install DVD would exceed the size of a dual layer DVD (8G). It's this reason I'm thinking they will not include PowerPC support. I am hoping they support PowerPC though as I still have a Mac Mini and PowerBook that still runs great. Great remote coverage of WWDC although there was quite a bit of echo. Regarding the footprint reduction in OS X, one possibility is stripping the application binaries. Currently in Leopard, they are universal Mach-O (fat) binaries that contain runtime for both ppc and x86 code. With Snow-Leopard, they’ll have to store ppc (assuming PowerPC is supported), x86 (32-bit) and the new x86_64. All Core 2 based should be running x86_64.

They can reclaim the disk space by stripping the architectures that are not needed during the install/upgrade. The “ditto” command can be used to achieve this. This does pose a problem for people who still use a mix environment, however. For example, one can’t just drag and drop an Application installed from one architecture and expect it to run on another. For Apple to include PowerPC support in Snow Leopard, the OS X install DVD would exceed the size of a dual layer DVD (8G). It’s this reason I’m thinking they will not include PowerPC support. I am hoping they support PowerPC though as I still have a Mac Mini and PowerBook that still runs great.

]]> By: Ben http://www.maccast.com/2009/06/09/maccast-20090608-wwdc-keynote-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-97371 Ben Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:08:12 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2009/06/09/maccast-20090608-wwdc-keynote-wrap-up/#comment-97371 I believe that the line 6 demo for the guitar was the iPhone was the controller, not the engine for the emulator. Victor said that iPhone said was doing the amp emulations. I believe that the line 6 demo for the guitar was the iPhone was the controller, not the engine for the emulator. Victor said that iPhone said was doing the amp emulations.

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