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From: RobertB 

In article ,
 "Robert Comer"  wrote:

> > Duhh, that's a plus, my friend.
>
> Not to my wallet it's not!  I foresee myself buying a Mac eventually, maybe
> soon, but the Intel Mac's have to get a bit cheaper for a decent config...

How cheap is cheap? You can get a Mini for six or seven hundred. But you'll
need a screen, keyboard and mouse to go with it. I recently bought a new 20"
core2duo iMac. Not dirt cheap, but it's compact, quiet, has a great screen, and
is fast as hell. I think they're selling for around $1500-1600 now.


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> Bob Comer
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> "RobertB"  wrote in message
> news:missinglink-04E398.10490920122006{at}news.barkto.com...
> > In article ,
> > "Robert Comer"  wrote:
> >
> >> > So what's not to like? 
> >>
> >> You need Apple Hardware!
> >
> > Duhh, that's a plus, my friend.
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bob Comer
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >> "RobertB"  wrote in message
> >> news:missinglink-24F3A8.13221319122006{at}news.barkto.com...
> >> > In article ,
> >> > mike  wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:04:02 -0500, RobertB

> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >In article
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> >> >> > mike  wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:25:04 -0500, RobertB
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >In article
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> >> >> >> > mike  wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >>
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmac4ever.com
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> >> >> >> >> 2Fn
> >> >> >> >> ews
> >> >> >> >> %2F
> >> >> >> >> 274
> >> >> >> >>
85%2Fzettabyte_sur_leopard%2F&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=
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> >> >> >> >> TF-
> >> >> >> >> 8&p
> >> >> >> >> rev
> >> >> >> >> =%2
> >> >> >> >> Flanguage_tools
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> ===
> >> >> >> >> Parmis the few innovations of
Leopard, one read these last
> >> >> >> >> months,
> >> >> >> >> several rumours on the integration
of a new filing system, the
> >> >> >> >> ZFS,
> >> >> >> >> which presents a revolution in the
field of the storage of data.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> This rumour seems to be confirmed,
since one sees finally
> >> >> >> >> apparaitre in
> >> >> >> >> the utility of discs of Leopard,
an option to create images and
> >> >> >> >> partitions in this format. On the
other hand, it is not known
> >> >> >> >> yet
> >> >> >> >> if it
> >> >> >> >> will be right another supported
system, or if it has the role to
> >> >> >> >> replace
> >> >> >> >> the HFS+ for the disc system.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> ZFS amongst other things
integrates functionalities of advanced
> >> >> >> >> safeguards which could be used
very well by Apple for Time
> >> >> >> >> Machine
> >> >> >> >> for
> >> >> >> >> example. This known as, it is a
sympathetic innovation, but that
> >> >> >> >> still
> >> >> >> >> does not say to us what Steve
wanted to hold secret signal.
> >> >> >> >> ===
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >>  /m
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >What's the source, so I can read it in
the original?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> At the top of the google translated page is
the link to the
> >> >> >> original.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>  /m
> >> >> >
> >> >> >OK. I found it. What's Zettabyte File System anyway?
> >> >>
> >> >> Some more info:
> >> >>
> >> >>
http://loop.worldofapple.com/archives/2006/12/17/zfs-file-system-makes-
i
> >> >> t-t
> >> >> o-m
> >> >> ac-os-x-leopard/
> >> >>
> >> >> ===
> >> >> Back in May of this year it was rumoured that
Apple's File System
> >> >> Development Team had contacted Sun Microsystems to help in a
> >> >> translation
> >> >> of the Zettabyte File System to Mac OS X.
> >> >> Zettabyte File System makes appearance in Mac OS X
10.5, Disk Utility
> >> >>
> >> >> With the most recent Build of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard,
ZFS has appeared
> >> >> to
> >> >> have finally made an appearance, as per the rumours.
> >> >>
> >> >> Sun Microsystems describes ZFS as the "last
word in File Systems," the
> >> >> file system is well known for being incredibly
resilient to data
> >> >> failure, having immense capacity and being the first
128-bit file
> >> >> system.
> >> >>
> >> >> Lets look at ZFS's ability to keep data safe,
everything on ZFS is
> >> >> "copy-on-write" meaning that the file
system never overwrites live
> >> >> data
> >> >> and it leaves no windows of vulnerability. Also on
ZFS, everything is
> >> >> transactional meaning that a file copy will either
completely fail or
> >> >> be
> >> >> a complete success not half and half leaving you
with a mess to clean
> >> >> up.
> >> >>
> >> >> Finally the most important feature of data integrity
os check summing
> >> >> and everything on ZFS is checksummed meaning zero
data corruption.
> >> >>
> >> >> The Zettabyte File system is also incredibly
scalable adding value to
> >> >> users of both server and home environments. ZFS has
a data storage
> >> >> capacity of 256 quadrillion zettabytes and a maximum
file size of 16
> >> >> exabytes (that's 17179869184 terabytes).
> >> >>
> >> >> Overall ZFS offers the following key advantages:-
> >> >>
> >> >> Pooled storage - No requirement for a volume manager
when extra
> >> >> volumes
> >> >> added, the volume is simply added to a pool creating
a vdev (virtual
> >> >> device), a collection of vdevs makes up a zpool,
which in essence is
> >> >> the
> >> >> storage available to the file system.
> >> >>
> >> >> Snapshots - Read-only point in time of the file system
> >> >>
> >> >> Clones - write-able copy of a snapshot
> >> >>
> >> >> RAID-Z - Makes use of copy-on-write; rather than
overwriting old data
> >> >> with new data, it writes new data to a new location and then
> >> >> overwrites
> >> >> the pointer to the old data
> >> >>
> >> >> Detects and then corrects data corruption
> >> >>
> >> >> Incredibly fast due to intelligent pre-fetching, and dynamic
> >> >> striping....
> >> >> ===
> >> >
> >> > So what's not to like? 

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