This shows application downloads from the top 50,000 App Store applications in real time at the 2010 WWDC. It is displayed on 30 synchronized Apple Cinema LED Displays. It takes 10,800 apps to completely fill all of the displays which are sorted into colors. Also, the “hyperwall” is run by 30 Mac Pro Towers with Mac OSX Leopard EVGA NVIDIA GTX 285 Graphic cards!! This is really amazing! I want these displays in my house hahaha! Comment on what you think. Hit the share button to share it on Twitter etc. Thanks!!
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Technical Specifications
Size and weight1
Height:
9.56 inches (242.8 mm)
Width:
7.47 inches (189.7 mm)
Depth:
0.5 inch (13.4 mm)
Weight:
1.5 pounds (.68 kg) Wi-Fi model;
1.6 pounds (.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model
Display
9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously
Wireless and Cellular
Wi-Fi model
Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
Wi-Fi + 3G model
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900,1800, 1900 MHz)
Data only2
Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
Location
Wi-Fi
Digital compass
Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
Cellular (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
In the Box
iPad
Dock connector to USB cable
10W Power Adapter
Documentation
Environmental Status Report
iPad embodies Apple’s continuing environmental progress. It is designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:
Arsenic-free display glass
BFR-free
Mercury-free LCD display
PVC-free
Recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure
Capacity3
16GB, 32GB, or 64GB flash drive
Processor
1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip
Sensors
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
Audio Playback
Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
User-configurable maximum volume limit
TV and Video
Support for 1024 x 768 with Dock Connector to VGA adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Composite A/V Cable, 576i and 480i with Apple Composite A/V Cable
H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
Mail attachment support
Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)
Languages
Language support for English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Russian
Keyboard support for English (US) English (UK), French (France, Canada), German, Japanese (QWERTY), Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting and Pinyin), Russian
Dictionary support for English (US), English (UK), French, French (Canadian), French (Swiss), German, Japanese, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting, Pinyin), Russian
Accessibility
Support for playback of closed-captioned content
VoiceOver screen reader
Full-screen zoom magnification
White on black
Mono audio
Battery and Power4
Built-in 25Whr rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system
Input and Output
Dock connector
3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
Built-in speakers
Microphone
SIM card tray (Wi-Fi + 3G model only)
External buttons and controls
Mac system requirements
Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later
iTunes 9.0 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
iTunes Store account
Internet access
Windows system requirements
PC with USB 2.0 port
Windows 7, Windows Vista; Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later
iTunes 9.0 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
iTunes Store account
Internet access
Environmental requirements
Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)
iPad Accessories
iPad Keyboard Dock
The Keyboard Dock is a dock for charging your iPad, integrated with a full-size keyboard. The dock has a rear 30-pin connector, which lets you connect to an electrical outlet using a USB Power Adapter, sync to your computer, and use accessories like the Camera Connection Kit. And an audio jack lets you connect to a stereo or powered speakers.
iPad Case
The iPad Case not only protects the iPad, it can be used in various positions. So it’s easy to type, look at photos and slideshows, or watch movies.
iPad Dock
The iPad Dock lets you dock and charge iPad. The rear 30-pin connector lets you connect the iPad Dock to an electrical outlet using the USB Power Adapter, sync to your computer, and use accessories like the Camera Connection Kit. And an audio jack lets you connect to a stereo or powered speakers.
iPad Camera Connection Kit
The Camera Connection Kit gives you two ways to import photos and videos from a digital camera. The Camera Connector lets you import your photos and videos to iPad using the camera’s USB cable. Or you can use the SD Card Reader to import photos and videos directly from the camera’s SD card.
iPad USB Power Adapter
The 10W USB Power Adapter lets you charge your iPad directly through an electrical outlet. And the 6 foot long power cable allows you to charge it from an even greater distance.
In 2001, Apple released the first desktop major release of their Mac OS X operating system, the successor to Mac OS 9 and the “Classic” Mac OS line, with “Cheetah”. The Unix-based operating system was a major overhaul to the Mac computing system by introducing the power and security of UNIX and a collaboration of several projects made by NeXT Computer, Inc. where Steve Jobs was CEO before returning to Apple in 1997.
Since then, Mac OS X has evolved with several releases (marked 10.1 -- 10.5) named after “big cats”, those being Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, and Leopard, bringing thousands of new features, limitless enhancements to the Mac user experience, newer software that accomplishes tasks for todays computing demands, and powerful under-the-hood security and design technologies that make Mac OS X the world’s most advanced operating system, according to Apple.
Introducing the Seventh “Big Cat”; PowerPC R.I.P
Snow Leopard is the seventh major release of Mac OS X. The upgrade to Mac OS X focuses on improving performance, efficiency, and reducing its overall system footprint compared to it’s predecessor “Leopard”. Snow Leopard brings numerous refinements globally around the OS, which I will cover later in the review.
Although Snow Leopard brings an overhaul “under-the-hood”, it meant for Apple to take a risky decision to abandon support for all PowerPC CPUs in order to speed up the efficiency of 64-bit Intel-based applications and to reduce the footprint of the operating system by removing all PowerPC code from the system kernel, extensions, and default applications.
Refinements from Leopard
Apple has claimed that Snow Leopard is meant to be a “refined” update to an already-amazing operating system rather than introducing or reinventing it with dozens of new features and options. The first thing users can notice is a much faster and advanced Finder. Finder was re-written from scratch entirely in Cocoa, a request from more advanced Mac users for years, and including Snow Leopard’s newest technologies, including 64-bit support and Grand Central Dispatch. You will also experience faster wake up time from sleep mode, and shut down times, by up to 2x.
From my experience, the Finder loads file icons almost twice as fast as Leopard Finder. It no longer takes a while to load all JPEG and PDF icons from photos, meaning browsing them is a breeze with this new Finder. Apple also included an enhanced icon view that lets you thumb through a multipage document, listen to an music file, or watch a QuickTime movie.
Time Machine, Apple’s easy-to-use backup technology found since Leopard, has also been refined making backups up to 80 percent faster and reducing the time it takes to complete your first initial backup. These results can be experienced with a Time Capsule, but can vary with a USB or FireWire connected external hard drive.
Via Apple.com: QuickTime X is the next-generation media technology that powers the audio and video experience in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It includes a completely new QuickTime Player application with a clean, uncluttered design, a new trimming interface, and easy uploads to YouTube and MobileMe. And it delivers more efficient media playback, HTTP-based live streaming, and greater color accuracy.
New Technologies Under-the-Hood
Mac OS X has always been a very impressive operating system since it’s first introduction 2001, with a powerful UNIX foundation and a breeze of security technologies that makes the Mac a very immune operating system to most viruses, spyware, and malware. Snow Leopard continues to improve this amazing foundation with new technologies that take advantage of the future of computing that is already occurring today.
First off, the transition to 64-bit. The entire computing industry is moving from 32-bit to 64-bit, and has been for quite a few years now. For those with no quick knowledge of 64-bit, it allows your computer to address up to a theoretical 16 exabytes of memory. The wonders of 64-bit can best be found from a 64-bit written application (Finder, iCal, Address Book, Mail) and with a computer that has more than 4GB of RAM. Amazingly, 64-bit is backwards compatible with all of your 32-bit apps and system preferences, meaning you don’t need to buy a separate version of the OS, unlike Microsoft’s Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Grand Central Dispatch, or GCD in short, has been the talk of the town in the Mac community when talking about improvements to the operating system.
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