Re: G3's, G4's, Altivec, DVD's, iBooks, and TiBooks

[Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br>]

On Oct 25 2001, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> >	But, OTOH, if it were possible to use the machine as well as
> >	with other operating systems like MaOS X, then the iBook would
> >	be indeed more attractive than the x86 portables.
> 
> You can even triple boot Linux, MacOS and MacOS X ;)

	Heh, that's a possibility, indeed :-), but I was implicitly
	thinking of running only Linux on my future iBook, whenever I
	happen to have the money for it. :-)

	OTOH, playing DVDs with Linux is not yet nice even with a
	powerful (x86) machine (although it is getting better fast and
	my hopes are high).

	The 2 movies that I have are displayed with nasty interlaced
	lines. The latest Xine (0.9.2) can play them with a software
	deinterlacer, but when it is on, the subtitles get distorted
	and hard to read. Videolan only plays with the images
	interlaced. :-(

	So, I guess that the solution would be to be a bit more
	pragmatic right now and play DVDs with MacOS 9/X, while using
	the rest being done with Linux.

	That is, assuming I get that sweet iBook, of couse. :-)


	Still dreaming of the future laptop, Roger...

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