G5 Optimized LAME

LAME is my perferred MP3 encoder, but it’s kind of slow, even on my dual-cpu G5. Now, the G4 and G5 processors have a special instruction set called Altivec which should, in theory, speed up certain tasks. Photoshop, Final Cut Pro and even Apple’s own iTunes take advantage of this. LAME does not, but I [...]

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MacWorld 2004

What’s MacWorld without Microsoft, Adobe or even Apple? Kind of boring. But it was close, in Boston, so I took a swing over. As you can see, there wasn’t much there. They only used about 1/3 of the available floor space, but a lot of people still showed up. SpyMac, a Apple rumor site, had [...]

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Off to MacWorld

I’m off to MacWorld Boston. Just the expo this year.

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