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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) I need your input apple people. Post 44787 by ora on Wednesday 10th of December 2003 08:05:16 PM

12-10-2003

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Yeah jeromaet, true. Jaguar (10.2) was tcsh but panther is bash.
Yahoo group looks cool, but also try macosx.com (great discussion site) and apple discussion (on apple site under support) if you have questions.
I've got the older 12" powerbook (867mhz) and i really like it. If you go for the ibook you'll want to get as much RAM as possible (640mb like i have). Problem with this is that in the machine you get 2x128mb and you have to throw one away to upgrade! You can avoid this, though, by getting the machine off the applestore website which allows free customization, so you save money. Also, i would HIGHLY recommend upgrading the hard drive to at least 40gb (is only �20 extra, prob same in $). I only have 40gb, and its almost full (half music half program and documents), and its harder to upgrade laptop hard drives later.
On the ibook, you only get vga/svideo/composite outs, no digital outs, so you can't use the newer flatscreens. You don't get bluetooth either, but on the other hand, no portable is going to last that long, and wont keep up with games/video programs for very long, so why spend the extra on the powerbook. I got mine while the ibook was still G3, so it was a different decision.
Personally, i think you get a slightly better product all round with the powerbook because they always pay more attention to building the 'pro' rather than 'consumer' machines.

Last, and most important: The powerbook is a Rev B machine (2nd version of that model) while the ibook is Rev A (first ever G4 powerbook), and the Rev A machines nearly always have bugs. My powerbook is Rev A (867 not 1Ghz), and has well known heat and warping problems that are not present with the Rev B machine (my mum has one). I've had other Rev A machines before (original iMac, original G4 tower) and they've been the same. I'd be worried about the same happening with the new ibook, those portable G4 chips run very hot, and that plastic case is more insulating than my aluminum one.

Goodl luck choosing and have fun with whatever mac you get. Come visit on macosx.com.

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modinfo(1M)                                               System Administration Commands                                               modinfo(1M)

NAME

       modinfo - display information about loaded kernel modules

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/modinfo [-c] [-w] [-i module-id]

DESCRIPTION

       The modinfo utility displays information about the loaded modules. The format of the information is as follows:

       Id Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name

       where  Id  is  the  module ID, Loadaddr is the starting text address in hexadecimal, Size is the size of text, data, and bss in hexadecimal
       bytes, Info is module specific information, Rev is the revision of the loadable modules  system,  and  Module  Name  is  the  filename  and
       description of the module.

       The module specific information is the block and character major numbers for drivers, the system call number for system calls, and unspeci-
       fied for other module types.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -c              Display the number of instances of the module loaded and the module's current state.

       -i module-id    Display information about this module only.

       -w              Do not truncate module information at 80 characters.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Displaying the Status of a Module

       The following example displays the status of module 2:

       example% modinfo -i 2
       Id   Loadaddr   Size Info Rev Module Name
        2    ff08e000   1734   -   1  swapgeneric (root and swap configuration)

       Example 2: Displaying the Status of Kernel Modules

       The following example displays the status of some kernel modules:

       example% modinfo
       Id Loadaddr   Size Info Rev Module Name
        2  ff08e000   1734   -   1  swapgeneric
        4  ff07a000   3bc0   -   1  specfs (filesystem for specfs)
        6  ff07dbc0   2918   -   1  TS (time sharing sched class)
        7  ff0804d8    49c   -   1  TS_DPTBL (Time sharing dispatch table)
        8  ff04a000  24a30   2   1  ufs (filesystem for ufs)
        9  ff080978   c640 226   1  rpcmod (RPC syscall)
        9  ff080978   c640   -   1  rpcmod (rpc interface str mod)
       10  ff08cfb8  2031c   -   1  ip (IP Streams module)
       10  ff08cfb8  2031c   2   1  ip (IP Streams device)

       Example 3: Using the -c Option

       Using the modinfo command with the -c option displays the number of instances of the module loaded and the module's current state.

       example% modinfo -c
       Id    Loadcnt Module Name                            State
         1          0 krtld                            UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
         2          0 genunix                          UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
         3          0 platmod                          UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
         4          0 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi              UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
         5          0 cl_bootstrap                     UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
         6          1 specfs                           LOADED/INSTALLED
         7          1 swapgeneric                      UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
         8          1 TS                               LOADED/INSTALLED
         9          1 TS_DPTBL                         LOADED/INSTALLED
        10          1 ufs                              LOADED/INSTALLED
        11          1 fssnap_if                        LOADED/INSTALLED

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Evolving                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       modload(1M), modunload(1M), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          1 Oct 2002                                                         modinfo(1M)

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