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THE MIX
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Macpower
Two processors in one chip
make new iMacs ‘
two to three times faster ’
Jeremy Turnage
FOR THE GAMECOCK
2006 is set to start
out with a bang for
Apple Computer,
as Apple. CEO Steve Jobs
announced the initial roll
out of the first Intel-based
iMac at last week’s Macworld
Conference & Expo.
In his annual keynote
address at the San Francisco
based conference, Jobs
touted the power of the
new Intel iMacs as “two to
three times faster” than the
current generation of iMacs
with the IBM/Motorola
PowerPC processor. Jobs
then proceeded to explain to
the audience the benchmarks
between PowerPC-based
iMacs and the Intel-based
iMac. The numbers show
a considerable difference
in power between the two
computers.
Many probably wonder
what kind of Intel processor
has the ability to outperform
the PowerPC processor.
Intel’s new Core Duo
processor is set to be standard
on every new Mac. The Core
Duo processor is actually
two processors on one chip.
What does this mean for
the user? In theory, one
processor can be dedicated
to running the Mac OS X
Tiger operating system,
while the other processor
can be dedicated to running
software. This kind of chip
allows for maximum power
and ability at all times.
The question on many
computer users’ minds has
been “What does this change
do for me?” Computer
enthusiasts and analysts
wonder, “What does this
change do for Apple?”
Power has certainly been
an issue with Apple for the
last several years, as Intel
and AMD-based Windows
PCs have been burning
through Macs in processor
numbers. Apple executives
were themselves aware of
this fact, and viewed it as a
thorn in their side.
At last year’s Worldwide
Developers Conference, J obs
noted the promise he made
two years prior at the same
conference where he said
the company would deliver
a 3.0GHz G5 computer
within 12 months. Those
12 months came and went,
but Apple was never able to
deliver on that promise. Jobs
also noted that the future
of PowerPC architecture
looked too hazy for Apple,
and so the alliance between
Intel and Apple was born.
Jobs also promised everyone
that the roll-out of these
new Macs would begin in
June 2006. With last week’s
MacWorld announcement,
the new Macs have arrived
almost six months earlier
than expected.
Apple hopes that users
of the new iMac will notice
a considerable difference
in performance. The new
iMac is being released in
two different models: a 17
inch model with a 1.83GHz
Intel Core Duo processor,
and a 20-inch Model with
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Paul Sakuma / The Associated Press
Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini brings a silicon wafter filled with microprocessors to Apple
Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs during the MacWorld conference in San Francisco.
Hello,
my name is
Isaac
Adelman
Third-year
music education
student
WHAT WAS YOUR MOST EM
BARRASSING MOMENT?
“You can’t truly embar
rass me.”
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR
THE FUTURE?
“I plan on going to
graduate school in music
education.”
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE AC
TIVITY OUTSIDE OF CLASS?
“Playing Dungeons
and Dragons with my
friends.”
IF YOU COULD BE A SUPER
HERO, WHAT WOULD YOUR
POWERS AND NAME BE?
“The SMB, and I
would be dead sexy.”
IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY ANI
MAL AS A PET, WHAT WOULD
IT BE?
“The lionfish, because it
is deadly and beautiful.”
DO YOU CURRENTLY WORK
ANYWHERE?
, HELLO • 10
Please put away the iPod? Thank you
Alexis Arnone
THE MIX EDITOR
Everyone has seen
someone doing it. Whether
it was in an elevator or during
a class lecture, the person
sitting right next to you has
probably done it. In fact, you
probably have as well. You’re
probably doing it right now.
You’re listening to your iPod
while you read this article,
aren’t you? Well, stop. It’s
rude. This little “How To”
is going to teach you the
appropriate occasions to
participate in the craze and
highlight some of the not
so-proper times to have the
little buds sticking out of
your ears.
The Good:
Walking to class: The walk
from the Coliseum up to the
Humanities Building can be
pretty rough. Battling the
crowds and traffic is brutal
enough, not to mention
trying to make it there
in the approximately 15
minutes you have between
two classes. But the bright
side is that this walk is the
perfect opportunity to stick
your earphones in and click
on the iPod . Listening to a
little Jon Bon Jovi can keep
your feet tapping and give
you a bit of an energy boost
while you’re singing out
loud to “You Give Love A
Bad Name.” Don’t worry;
people probably are staring
at you.
The Bad:
During class: Refraining
from listening to your iPod
in class should definitely
be a no-brainer. Yet look
around — we bet someone
in your class right now is
listening to one. (You have
no room to talk; you’re
reading this article and are
probably about to start on
the crossword puzzle, if you
haven’t already.) You go to
class to LEARN, enough
said. So take the earphones
out and pay attention to
that lecture on the Battle
of Gettysburg. You can
listen to Kanye West’s
“Gold Digger” later. And
if you decide to ignore this
rule and listen to your iPod
during class anyway, turn
it off when a professor asks
you to. Never respond with
“But I’m paying attention!”
or anything of the sort.
The Good:
When you’re eating alone:
Sitting in the Russell House
chowing down on your Taco
Bell chicken quesadilla is a
great time to memorize the
lyrics to Eminem’s “When
I’m Gone” for your next
rap battle. Nobody is going
to think you’re weird for
sitting down to enjoy a nice
meal in solitude while you’re
plugged into your iPod. Go
1P00 • 10
Special to THE GAMECOCK
Good occasions to indulge in your iPod include the daily
walk to class, solitary meals and work-outs at the gym.
Japanese energy healing technique gains followers, attention
Julie Oeardorff
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
CHICAGO — When
Katerina Siciliano hosted a
spa party for five friends in
her cozy Mt. Prospect, 111.,
home, she enlivened the
event with some unusual
guests: a trio of reiki body
workers.
To the partygoers, who
drank mimosas, nibbled on
salmon and received pink
goodie bags, the unfamiliar
practice of reiki energy work
sounded like a mystical form
of massage therapy.
Dubious Zaneta Balut, 26,
became the first enthusiastic
convert when she emerged
from one of the bedrooms
looking astonished.
“She barely touched me,
but it was like I was holding
a weight or someone on my
shoulders,” Balut told the
others, who were gathered
around the food in the
kitchen. “At the end, I felt
like it was all new inside.
Everything bad was flowing
down through my feet and
out my fingertips.”
Or, as Chicago’s Grace
Gianakopoulos, 35, put it
after her treatment, “Wow.
I’m so ready for a nap.”
Wild and crazy, it wasn’t.
But like most spa parties, the
theme was one of relaxation
and self-care. And stress
relief is exactly what the
Japanese healing technique
of reiki is designed to
promote. Reiki, meaning
“universal life energy,” is a
form of energy transfer from
the practitioner to the client.
Designed to stimulate the
body’s own healing ability,
its gentle treatments are said
to enhance physical, mental
and spiritual health and take
place with the recipient lying
fully clothed on a padded
table.
Using the same meridians,
or energy channels, as
acupuncture, proponents
say the reiki practitioner
harnesses energy from the
universe, places her hands
on the client’s body — or
slightly above it — and
then channels positive and
negative energy to or from
the client. Some people feel
a warm, tingling sensation.
Others feel nothing.
Although the Glen-Ellyn,
Ill.-based Reiki Council
says millions of people in
the United States have .
been exposed to reiki,
scientific studies are lacking
and the modern medical
establishment still scoffs at
the notion that energy work
can treat disease or even
promote relaxation. Reiki’s
healing effect, many doctors
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KRT Campus
Paula Battaglio uses a reiki
technique on a guest at a
party in Mt. Prospect, III.