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Mac OS X: BEEEEFCAAAAKE!! (2/15/01)
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Well, that'll teach us not to whine. Remember last week, when we noted that for a general-purpose, consumers-love-it operating system, Mac OS X packed some pretty hefty system requirements? While plenty of Mac users are harping on the minimum RAM (128 MB, as opposed to the earlier promised 64 MB), we zeroed in on the disk space that Apple claims is necessary to install and run its zaftig new OS: 1 GB of space available on the boot drive. We noted that Microsoft only requires that much disk space for Windows 2000 Server, whereas a basic install of Windows Me needs less than half that amount. Of course, there's also the fact that Microsoft's system requirements are written by hellbound lying sacks of... uh, but we digress.
Anyway, the point. Well, the point is, in the week since we noted the seemingly expansive chunk of hard drive necessary to house Mac OS X, Apple apparently heard our complaint, and did something about it. For you see, faithful viewer Phillip (Right Eye) Hall had the perspicacity to notice that, sometime in the intervening eight days since our report on Mac OS X's disk-hungry appetite, Apple made a subtle unannounced change: now, if you load up the "Mac OS X Requirements" page, you'll notice that suddenly Mac OS X needs 1.5 GB of disk space. Leon's getting larger!
So much for running Mac OS X on our rev. A iBook; technically, yeah, we could do it-- who needs applications and documents anyway, right? We're hard-pressed to imagine just what could happen this late in the development process that suddenly tacked an extra 50% onto the disk space requirement. Maybe Mac OS X's just nervous; it's going to greet a critical public in a month's time, so is it so far-fetched that maybe it's been stress-eating and porking up a little? Something tells us that a certain operating system we know has been mixing Snacky Cakes and Weight Gain 4000-- or maybe Apple just did it to spite us. Who knows? All we can say is, if the extra 500 MB is for a slew of high-quality QuickTime movie trailers, we sure hope Apple makes it an optional install.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 2/15/01 episode: February 15, 2001: Despite disappointing box-office receipts, Apple is already shooting a sequel to the Cube. Meanwhile, Mac OS X's system requirements are apparently increasing even as you breathe, and if you can't make it to Tokyo for the keynote next week, how's Croydon grab you?...
Other scenes from that episode: 2865: The Cube 2: Son Of Cube (2/15/01) Let's face it-- it's rare for a sequel to surpass the quality of the original. In fact, we're not even going to rattle off the short list of movies that have successfully pulled off that stunt, because every time the Star Wars vs. The Empire Strikes Back debate arises anew, things get really tense around the AtAT studios, and frankly, we just don't need that right now... 2867: Blimey, The Keynote Live (2/15/01) Bummed because you won't be in Tokyo next week to bask in the Blinding Glory of Steve at the Macworld Expo keynote? Despondent because as of yet we know of no one who's announced a webcast of the momentous event?...
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