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Going To Boot Camp
An anonymous reader writes "PC World has first impressions of what it's like to run Windows with Boot Camp, the recently announced official dual-boot software for the Intel Macs." From the article: "Back in Windows, I got right down to business and installed a few games to put the graphics and sound support to the test. The quick and dirty verdict on performance? Most impressive. Doom 3 and Far Cry both ran smoothly with high-end graphics options turned on. In both cases, I had to tweak visual settings manually, since the games automatically set themselves to very low settings. Far Cry, for example, autodetected very low settings, but it ran without a hitch when I bumped the resolution up to 1280 by 720, with all visual quality options set to 'High.'"
In both cases, I had to tweak visual settings manually, since the games automatically set themselves to very low settings. Far Cry, for example, autodetected very low settings, but it ran without a hitch when I bumped the resolution up to 1280 by 720
Has this idiot never played FarCry before? Of course it starts out at a default, low resolution. And of course you can set it higher, if you want.
I mean, if the game had started out at 1600x1200, he'd be making the inverse of this same "complaint". What a moron.
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I use Linux.
Windows is the standard. I'd rather have the GUI of Windows than the Mac. On the Mac you can resize windows by dragging only one corner; if a (non-brushed-metal) window's title bar is off the screen you can't move it at all; there's no way to tab through windows in all applications without a shareware program; and even if you have three monitors you can have the menu bar on ONE of them. That's right, you have to move your mouse 3,840 pixels to the left to choose something in the Edit menu.
Oh, sorry. Where are my manners? OMG EXPOSE IS RULES AND SPLASHY EFFECTS ARE THE BESTEST
Let's not forget... an overpriced bright white box.
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OMG!!! LOLOLOLOL!!! That's the funniest thing i've ever read!!! Don't worry, you're fitting in just fine a Slashdot... YOU FUCKING STUPID FAG!
KW!
... said the Apple users with a superiority complex.
As someone who was use to just upgrading cheap PCs to do my bidding, when it came time that I wanted to buy a new computer I looked around for a while. I thought about PC's but my girlfriend and I both love film editing so after some time and research I decided to invest in a iMac G5. Why? They had neat 'personal' features and from my testing and reviews were good at performing with Photoshop Final cut etc etc... I bought it in early December. 32 days later, Apples web site was back up and what did it show? After I made the leap from PC to MAC, MAC make the leap to PC. I'm bitter. Really bitter. This should only now be coming out (The Intel MACs). Because my investment went to almost nothing within a month. Fuck you Jobs. [J]
*stares at 2048x1536*
People still run 1280? No wonder all these websites are tiny...
Self-referential Sigs are cool on /. these days...
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Does that mean that now that it's possible to run Windows on a Mac that Microsoft will expect everyone who buys a Mac to pay their tax reguardless of whether the buyer actually plans on using Windows on it?
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ahh yes, the apple fag smugness.
O RLY?!
Attention deficit disorder is a complicated issue, spanning several major... HEY LET'S GO RIDE BIKES!
I just see the Boot Camp as the final nail for the idea of a consumer level linux desktop system.
Now you want to run Windows XP on it because you didn't do your research well enough and now you regret ditching your PC.
Sorry people, but stare beyond the coolness of the logo for one minute & treat a computer, ANY computer, as a device for gaming, communications, graphics & multimedia, or whatever else you want to use it for - then go decide which platform or OS best fulfills the jobs you want it to do - then go install Linux, XP, Mac OS X, whatever the hell you want to...
I'm no Microsoft fan by any stretch of the imagination but you Apple users strike me as the biggest bunch of hypocrites ever! You've spent the past few years on Slashdot looking down your noses at the superiority of Mac OS X over Windows but now, all of a sudden, Windows XP is good enough for you now you CAN run it...
I've never used an Apple machine because I've never had the need to - and if I had any inclination to try one or buy one in the future then that inclination has now been completely killed by the fact I see now that the Apple user community is mostly just a bunch of elitist snobs.
Yes, but it will be a "special elitist Windows" signed by Steve Jobs fair hand - it will NEVER be the mainstream Windows XP used by we "PC peons".