<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Folks,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If you have questions on high performance computing topics including: DRM software for clusters, compiler and processor strategies including best directions to take in a multi-architecture cluster design, optimizing code for G5 and Intel processors, available schedulers etc. especially in the wake of WWDC announcements, please visit the seminars site on the Apple Science website.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There is a live webcast <B>today</B> at 1pm (EST) that you can tune into very easily:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/">http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There is an archived seminar titled "Third-party HPC Solutions for Mac OS X" that may be good homework before tuning to the live webcast at:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/tigerforhpc/apple/index.html?s=203">http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/tigerforhpc/apple/index.html?s=203</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><TABLE width="480.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 480.0px"><TBODY><TR><TD colspan="4" valign="middle" style="width: 480.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#76797C" face="Lucida Grande" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Logistics—</SPAN></FONT></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 6.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV></TD><TD valign="top" style="width: 82.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#76797C" face="Lucida Grande">Date:</FONT></DIV></TD><TD valign="top" style="width: 10.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#76797C"><BR style=""></FONT></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle" style="width: 382.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande">Thursday, June 16, 2005</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"> </FONT></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 6.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV></TD><TD valign="top" style="width: 82.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#76797C" face="Lucida Grande">Time:</FONT></DIV></TD><TD valign="top" style="width: 10.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle" style="width: 382.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande">10:00 am PDT, ~75 minutes (</FONT><A href="http://timezoneconverter.com/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0024F8" face="Lucida Grande">Time Zone Converter</FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande">)</FONT></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 6.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV></TD><TD valign="top" style="width: 82.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#76797C" face="Lucida Grande">Prior Setup:</FONT></DIV></TD><TD valign="top" style="width: 10.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle" style="width: 382.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande">CAST:STREAM player 2.0 (or higher). Prior </FONT><A href="http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/tigerforhpc/apple/ssi-OnlineEventCastStreamSetup.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0024F8" face="Lucida Grande">software installation and setup</FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"> required.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"> </FONT></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle" style="width: 6.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV></TD><TD valign="top" style="width: 82.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="text-align: right;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#76797C" face="Lucida Grande">Registration:</FONT></DIV></TD><TD valign="top" style="width: 10.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle" style="width: 382.0px; padding: 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px 5.0px"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande">Required. </FONT><A href="javascript:nextpage()"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0024F8" face="Lucida Grande">Register Now</FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande"> </FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#76797C" face="Lucida Grande" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Presenters—</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">•</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande">Matt MacInnis, Market Manager, Science and Technology Markets, Apple Computer, Inc.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#76797C" face="Lucida Grande" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">What you'll learn—</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">•</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande">Why should I buy a cluster based on Mac OS X Server v10.4 "Tiger"?</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">•</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande">Why should I upgrade my cluster to Tiger Server?</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">•</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande">How can I build a computational grid with Xgrid in Tiger and Tiger Server?</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 12px; "><BR style=""></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; 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