" BD+ is a dynamic encryption scheme that allows for changing encryption schemes midstream. Should the encryption be cracked, the BDA can update the encryption scheme and put it on all new discs, thus preventing a single crack from opening up the entire BD spec for the duration of its lifetime. "
but hey, dont let little things like facts stop you, please continue...
how many times your xbox crashed, bricked or had to be replaced? Compared to xbox horror stories, PS3 is currently performing as NASA equipment would.
Whatever happened with some pre-production versions running pre-production demos in kiosks, who really knows, but people that have PS3 are not experiencing those issues.
It took futureshop.ca 6 hours to sell 1,000 PS3's yesterday.... 6 hours! Thats terrible failure, Sony is going to call it quits, because there will be one kid that saw 999 left, and will not write an article on his blog, on how PS3's are not selling, and how he chuckled and passed on when he could have purchased one. Mainstream media will pick it up and PS3 will die away in pains...... or not? PS3 already had more revenues in Japan in last week of sales, than Wii, major failure for more available Wii at their home market.
Reason people saw PS3's at stores, is that Sony managed to ship more PS3's in one day of last week, than in complete November, according to Best Buy, and they continue to ship them.
People think sold out is cool, however it is major failure for any manufacturer of any, but highly niche goods. No availability means no sales, so as soon as Sony can stock 20 PS3's at shelves of every electronics store in the USA, sooner PS3 will be sucess, despite uneducated bloggers who have no clue on how industry works.
Same goes for Wii, which has weird shortages for an system that is basically an old technology, has no exotic components and is not even feature complete yet (no online support in any of current games). Fact that Nintendo tries to maximize profits and isnt shipping them via air, in smaller quantities, doesnt help either. I very much doubt that Nintendo likes their shortages either, despite media thinking it is cool.
Actually it didnt take long at all to completly replace VHS. In 4 years, DVD became more popular than VHS, and in 8 years, VHS tapes stopped production.
Similar things are happening with HDTV adoption, which is going up in great rates and only last year HDTV growth was 150%, and market value exceeds $25 billion already. Analysts predict 25% home in US to have HDTV by Feb 2007.
These are awesome rates, and lowering prices on HDTV's help. Today you can buy cheap LCD's TVs for the price of 32" CRT's only 5-6 years ago.
Now, coming back to the article, "marketing" company when to the forums to see who is liked more. Obviously, HD-DVD was produced and sold before Blu-Ray, even if for few months and has gathered bigger following. With PS3 and its recognition as high-quality Blu-Ray player (in fact, it is rated as the best BD player on the market today by hi-def magazines), things are changing quickly.
It is pretty telling that report came out 2 weeks after PS3 came out and is probably based on situation before it came on market, in order to make an impact before end of holiday season. One might wonder at conclusions made and think that they have been sponsored by big MS media machine.
Fact is that Blu-Ray has industry wide support from both large number of equipment manufacturers (Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic, Samsung, HP, Dell, Apple, Hitachi, TDK, Sun, LG, etc) and 7 out of 8 major movie studios (Fox, Disney, etc), while HD-DVD has a lot smaller number of backers (most Toshiba and Microsoft, and single movie studio).
welcome to the "bash the sony" world... All they did is fixed the priorities so games are shown in native resolution (1080i) and not be downscaled to 720p, which is what people complained about... and now same people are complaining their games are now upscaled. its getting ridicilous.
More important part of the update was: - support for bluetooth remote - support for 5-6 different USB steering wheels for PS2
what, you would rather them not fixing bugs? There are already patches inlcuded in the games, so installation is easy. I would consider patching both systems and games as huge improvements over previous consoles.
depends on what do you think as adequate - lots of gamers that have gamecube say new Wii games are actually not better graphically than latest Gamecube games. It is pretty obvious that Wii is not about latest graphics.
Maybe Gamecube was more powerful than PS2, however that was an failure - Nintendo trying to compete with Sony in graphics. Otherwise, whenever they played on their true strenghts - they did really well - just check how AWESOME DS Lite is doing, and its graphics are not in the same galaxy as PSP's. So in their basics, Sony and Nintendo cater to apsolutly opposite type of gamer, which is why they have been co-existing for quite an while now.
Nintendo always had such machine, and Sony always has had exact opposite... It has worked for both, realistically. I doubt anyone would claim "victory" if Sony released PS3 which is PS2 with new controller...
while fun of Wii cant be denied, posts like this make me laugh. Wii is horrible as anything else but games. Pictures? Unless you have SD card, only way to get your pictures to your Wii is by emailing it to your Wii. Music? Is there an media player in Wii?
On the other hand, PS3 has 4 usb ports and likes to work with external hard drives. On the music front, it supports SACD and has best audio and video output. Wii doesnt even play DVD's of any kind.
Sure, it is not its selling point, but claiming such nonsense as Wii having multimedia edge is just... funny. Wii has innovative controller in old package and thats about it...
Few points: 1. 1080i and 1080p are not the same or similar. You can not do 1080p over component, period. Fact that you can do 1080i means almost nothing. With 1080i, you dont get same picture as 1080p, even if your TV output it as such, it actually makes up those pixels that are missing from the source and obviously that never looks as good. You are simply missing half of the pixels from 1080p. 2. Most TV's dont output through VGA correctly (since it was meant for computer input, not movie, most TVs dont show it as full screen), nor will you receive proper and clean signal through VGA. Yes, thats why we all pay more for DVI based LCD's which is common knowledge by now. 3. While HDCP is not used right now, you can be assured that it will be used later on. That means that, to watch full resoultion HD movies, you will need to upgrade to "real" HD player in the future (3-4 years?). 4. Adding HD-DVD drive to the xbox does not make it same as PS3. If you want to have xbox with options same as PS3, you have to shell more than $800, and you are still left with 20 GB hard drive, and you have to pay for live.
But I am not discussing that - simply put, saying that quality hi-def components in xbox and ps3 is the same, when it comes to hi-def experience, is as if you were comparing $50 DVD Home theater system from korean no-name manufacturer to Pioneer $800 system and saying that you cant notice the difference, on your $3,000 TV set. PS3 is hi-def player, while xbox is cheap way to play HD-DVDs. There is an reason that PS3 costs $400 more to manufacture than xbox 360. Home theater crowd is estatic with PS3 (check avsforums.com) while nobody is giving an 2nd thought to xbox as an true HD-DVD player.
It is clear choice for Xbox 360 owners, that I agree completly with you. It is no brainer really. However, when you consider that 111 million buyers purchased PS2, and 7 million buyers purchased xbox 360, statistically there are hundreds of millions of buyers who have yet to get next gen console:-). While 30,000 HD-DVD players sold since introduction, and then 100,000 xbox addons sold is quite an large number, PS3 outsold those numbers by factor of 3 since it was launched (only 3 weeks ago).
I also agree on having both formats is great - it sure is. And who cares if HD-DVD, as an movie format, dies in 2-3 years? It was only $199 right? And by then, you probably got your moneys worth out of it. Main problem with survival of HD-DVD is that most of the film studios are backing Blu-Ray, so 2-3 years from now, if PS3 sales place a lot more Blu-Ray players on the market (and remember - it is hi-def), it is questionable if those same movie studios will feel incentive to spend money of HD-DVD releases...
It is all about future proof technology, which is why PS3 costs so much. We will see if this camble pays off better for Sony...
of course it will convert 1080p to 1080i... Only "problem" PS3 has is that it doesnt upconvert 480p to higher resolution, but since this is technically upconversion, you dont really gain much. It seems that Sony haters dont like to actually read articles they are writing about.
Actually, High Definition magazines have rated PS3 as currently the best Blu-Ray player, in comparison to Samsung, Panasonic and Pioneer players... so, it really is THAT good. Even without Sony's pledged support to make it even better.
On the other hand, xbox player is a lot simpler and doesnt support advanced sound nor 1080p (actually no current HD player supports 1080p), nor it has HDMI. Unless you have xbox and you want cheap HD-DVD playback, it is simply not an hi-def option.
There is nothing new here - this is what Nintendo has always been doing. They provide simpler games that everyone can enjoy, and focus on gameplay rather than cool graphics. This is what Nintendo is all about.
At the same time, it is exactly opposite of what SONY is all about, and those two have been co-existing peacfully for quite an time now. Only question is where will xbox fit in the global scheme of things.
I have tried to convince myself pretty hard that I should get it for xmas, but after looking over game reviews I might get it only once more true sports games come out, as current lineup is quite weak, with pretty bad graphics. Although they have stated that graphics are "2x better than GameCube", most current games are same level as GC or even worse. Not an RPG fan really either.
Good job Nintendo for creating good interest for Wii, after GameCube... most people also dont know that DS Lite is selling like crazy, and outselling PSP 2x1 everywhere.
Well, only difference between software cost between specialized workstation that runs customized software is Windows license... which for high volume licensing is quite affordable.
Lets assume it is $100 per license (it is probably a lot less for thousands of licenses). If average employee is paid $4000 per month (it is probably double of that), that means that one day of their work is worth $200 (french work less). Which means to make cost of transition affordable, you have to make it so painless that your employees will take less than half of day adjusting to new platform (which would make them really smart).
If you divide the cost over 5-6 years that one workstation should work, extra cost for Windows is very low.
Of course, you still need software, but you are going to pay for it anyway, so there are no differences there. If anything, programming interfaces in Windows is easier than on Linux and you have more people that know how to do it, which means you will pay less for the work.
Now, why are they doing it? They are not stupid, they have done their research. I would think main reason would be to employ French companies, such as Mandriva, that have their own distro, and French government would rather spend their money locally, employing local talent, than sending it back to the USA. I am pretty sure that they understand that cost will be higher in the longer run, but they probably think that using their own software will be more beneficial to them and their economy in the long run.
You need an study to tell you there is an difference between sleep and hibernate? Interesting.
Vista users dont have to care. They just close the lid or hit power button and your computer will go to sleep. After certain amount of time, it will go to hibernate, same as in Windows XP and Mac OS X.
However, what are we discussing here is the power of choice - should you have an option to not use SINGLE setting to turn off your computer. I think we should.
Them being an option has everything to do with everything. They are not displayed by default. You have to click 15 pixel wide button to see additional options. There is an huge difference between that, and giving user 14 options to power off their computer. Study joel refferences has nothing to do with that and can not be applied.
It is pretty weak argument if you consider how Vista has its power button configured. Problem is that I bet you never saw it at all, and you are discussing something you have never seen. Check the screenshot on Joels blog and see it for yourself. Then come back to discuss.
I am not sure where are you disagreeing with me at all. You do have an option to leave - press power button or close lid of your laptop and voila. You suggest that user doest know what will happen when there is only power button - well Joel is suggesting only having one option, how will they know then? It is exactly the same thing.
Both Windows XP and Vista will automatically manage your sleep settings, alternating between sleep and hibernate automatically based on preconfigured defaults, that is not an question here. However, in my personal case, I know that 99% of time, I dont want my laptop to hibernate.
Now explain why 15 pixel button which will show you additional options is an bad thing to have? How can additional options that you do not have to use be an bad thing?
Actually, thats why I dont use Mac - I have perfectly cable brain that has capacity to decide that I dont always want to use reccomended settings.
There is apsolutly nothing wrong with power button in Vista, fact that some joel-schmo thinks that I should not have an option to use software way I want it is ridicilous.
There are times when we should bash MS for doing something wrong (like not supporting their previous DRM in Zune), but bashing them for having 3 options for exiting computer, one power button, another lock and 15 pixel wide additional option button is just laughingly ridicilous.
you are missing something, but there is no way to find out that info from article above... It WOULD make sense to post some kind of top list, if the whole point of article is Ubisoft becoming #2...
with all these limitations coming in GPL 3, I wonder if companies will simply preffer to license Windows enviroment for a lot less annoyances.
Is it really so hard to understand that Tivo makes money of the service and not hardware, hence they dont want customers to buy their boxes (which they lose money on) and then dont use them with Tivo service?
If you are using license as outlined in license agreement, do you really deserve to be bad mouthed by leading GPL advocates? Windows is only $1 away...
Joel obviously has no clue on what he is writing about... Any laptop user will tell you important basic difference between Sleep and Hibernate - Sleep is quick and still uses significant amount of power (yet takes less than 1 sec to power up), while hibernate takes 10-15 seconds to restore but uses very small amount of power. With my laptop I always use sleep, unless I on trip where Hibernate is very useful to squeze last ounce of battery power.
What he is also not understanding is that those are actually options, signified by them being located on option button-arrow which is supposed to provide you more options. It is actually one of the 3 main icons/choices, and is the smallest one - big icon is Power icon which shuts down your computer (60% of screen), lock is next to it and slightly smaller (25% of the screen, while option arrow is smallest (15% of the screen).
So why in the world would you actually want to lower the choices in Additional Options menu? He obviously ignores large power and lock buttons next to it and comes to the same conclusion as MS Devs did in his summarization on what should be there (Lock and Power, which are already there - funny stuff). Article makes no sense, and whoever posted it here also didnt take 10 seconds to actually read it.
Or is he debating on why do we even have options? Maybe when I become an moron, and start writing blog with my real name and picture, I will understand why would anyone be annoyed with developer giving you an option in form of 15 pixels wide button.
you are correct... if anything, latest data shows failure of smart phones. Wimax, skype are just announced for mobile phones, and they still use cells btw.
I dont get it - why pretend? He is an Ipod user that is pro-Apple and obviously went out of his way to show Zune as the most horrible player entering the market. Heck, most of the people around are ipod users, so every other player has to apeal to ipod fans.
Lets face it - zune is not that horrible. Apple has their own DRM which is as bad as anything on the Zune, and wireless feature is promising.
Since your online iTunes purchases are LEGALLY limited to device you use, I dont see anyone who already bought a lot of music on itunes moving to any other player... sure, you can burn them on cd, and then rip them back to mp3 (how intuitive is that?) but still, from legal standpoint, you are very limited in what can you do and how many times can you do it, legally.
Hence they are both Evil. Good ol' cd's rock. Being an fan boy of corporations that do nothing for you but make money is quite ridicilous. I can understand it in certain cases, where there is symbiosis of product and its platform, but Ipod or Zune give nothing special to the artist community who create these artworks for us to enjoy...
you are right bro, i found it quite interesting... So he was about to port application to Windows, but MS statement turned him off. I do hope that he doesnt work for company that has shareholders...
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you seem not to know any details at all...
" BD+ is a dynamic encryption scheme that allows for changing encryption schemes midstream. Should the encryption be cracked, the BDA can update the encryption scheme and put it on all new discs, thus preventing a single crack from opening up the entire BD spec for the duration of its lifetime. "
but hey, dont let little things like facts stop you, please continue...
how many times your xbox crashed, bricked or had to be replaced? Compared to xbox horror stories, PS3 is currently performing as NASA equipment would.
Whatever happened with some pre-production versions running pre-production demos in kiosks, who really knows, but people that have PS3 are not experiencing those issues.
It took futureshop.ca 6 hours to sell 1,000 PS3's yesterday.... 6 hours! Thats terrible failure, Sony is going to call it quits, because there will be one kid that saw 999 left, and will not write an article on his blog, on how PS3's are not selling, and how he chuckled and passed on when he could have purchased one. Mainstream media will pick it up and PS3 will die away in pains... ... or not? PS3 already had more revenues in Japan in last week of sales, than Wii, major failure for more available Wii at their home market.
Reason people saw PS3's at stores, is that Sony managed to ship more PS3's in one day of last week, than in complete November, according to Best Buy, and they continue to ship them.
People think sold out is cool, however it is major failure for any manufacturer of any, but highly niche goods. No availability means no sales, so as soon as Sony can stock 20 PS3's at shelves of every electronics store in the USA, sooner PS3 will be sucess, despite uneducated bloggers who have no clue on how industry works.
Same goes for Wii, which has weird shortages for an system that is basically an old technology, has no exotic components and is not even feature complete yet (no online support in any of current games). Fact that Nintendo tries to maximize profits and isnt shipping them via air, in smaller quantities, doesnt help either. I very much doubt that Nintendo likes their shortages either, despite media thinking it is cool.
Actually it didnt take long at all to completly replace VHS. In 4 years, DVD became more popular than VHS, and in 8 years, VHS tapes stopped production.
Similar things are happening with HDTV adoption, which is going up in great rates and only last year HDTV growth was 150%, and market value exceeds $25 billion already. Analysts predict 25% home in US to have HDTV by Feb 2007.
These are awesome rates, and lowering prices on HDTV's help. Today you can buy cheap LCD's TVs for the price of 32" CRT's only 5-6 years ago.
Now, coming back to the article, "marketing" company when to the forums to see who is liked more. Obviously, HD-DVD was produced and sold before Blu-Ray, even if for few months and has gathered bigger following. With PS3 and its recognition as high-quality Blu-Ray player (in fact, it is rated as the best BD player on the market today by hi-def magazines), things are changing quickly.
It is pretty telling that report came out 2 weeks after PS3 came out and is probably based on situation before it came on market, in order to make an impact before end of holiday season. One might wonder at conclusions made and think that they have been sponsored by big MS media machine.
Fact is that Blu-Ray has industry wide support from both large number of equipment manufacturers (Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic, Samsung, HP, Dell, Apple, Hitachi, TDK, Sun, LG, etc) and 7 out of 8 major movie studios (Fox, Disney, etc), while HD-DVD has a lot smaller number of backers (most Toshiba and Microsoft, and single movie studio).
welcome to the "bash the sony" world... All they did is fixed the priorities so games are shown in native resolution (1080i) and not be downscaled to 720p, which is what people complained about... and now same people are complaining their games are now upscaled. its getting ridicilous.
More important part of the update was:
- support for bluetooth remote
- support for 5-6 different USB steering wheels for PS2
some people reported PS2 games looking better after 1.3...
what, you would rather them not fixing bugs? There are already patches inlcuded in the games, so installation is easy.
I would consider patching both systems and games as huge improvements over previous consoles.
depends on what do you think as adequate - lots of gamers that have gamecube say new Wii games are actually not better graphically than latest Gamecube games. It is pretty obvious that Wii is not about latest graphics.
Maybe Gamecube was more powerful than PS2, however that was an failure - Nintendo trying to compete with Sony in graphics. Otherwise, whenever they played on their true strenghts - they did really well - just check how AWESOME DS Lite is doing, and its graphics are not in the same galaxy as PSP's. So in their basics, Sony and Nintendo cater to apsolutly opposite type of gamer, which is why they have been co-existing for quite an while now.
Nintendo always had such machine, and Sony always has had exact opposite... It has worked for both, realistically.
I doubt anyone would claim "victory" if Sony released PS3 which is PS2 with new controller...
while fun of Wii cant be denied, posts like this make me laugh. Wii is horrible as anything else but games.
... funny. Wii has innovative controller in old package and thats about it...
Pictures? Unless you have SD card, only way to get your pictures to your Wii is by emailing it to your Wii. Music? Is there an media player in Wii?
On the other hand, PS3 has 4 usb ports and likes to work with external hard drives. On the music front, it supports SACD and has best audio and video output. Wii doesnt even play DVD's of any kind.
Sure, it is not its selling point, but claiming such nonsense as Wii having multimedia edge is just
Few points:
:-). While 30,000 HD-DVD players sold since introduction, and then 100,000 xbox addons sold is quite an large number, PS3 outsold those numbers by factor of 3 since it was launched (only 3 weeks ago).
1. 1080i and 1080p are not the same or similar. You can not do 1080p over component, period. Fact that you can do 1080i means almost nothing. With 1080i, you dont get same picture as 1080p, even if your TV output it as such, it actually makes up those pixels that are missing from the source and obviously that never looks as good. You are simply missing half of the pixels from 1080p.
2. Most TV's dont output through VGA correctly (since it was meant for computer input, not movie, most TVs dont show it as full screen), nor will you receive proper and clean signal through VGA. Yes, thats why we all pay more for DVI based LCD's which is common knowledge by now.
3. While HDCP is not used right now, you can be assured that it will be used later on. That means that, to watch full resoultion HD movies, you will need to upgrade to "real" HD player in the future (3-4 years?).
4. Adding HD-DVD drive to the xbox does not make it same as PS3. If you want to have xbox with options same as PS3, you have to shell more than $800, and you are still left with 20 GB hard drive, and you have to pay for live.
But I am not discussing that - simply put, saying that quality hi-def components in xbox and ps3 is the same, when it comes to hi-def experience, is as if you were comparing $50 DVD Home theater system from korean no-name manufacturer to Pioneer $800 system and saying that you cant notice the difference, on your $3,000 TV set. PS3 is hi-def player, while xbox is cheap way to play HD-DVDs. There is an reason that PS3 costs $400 more to manufacture than xbox 360. Home theater crowd is estatic with PS3 (check avsforums.com) while nobody is giving an 2nd thought to xbox as an true HD-DVD player.
It is clear choice for Xbox 360 owners, that I agree completly with you. It is no brainer really. However, when you consider that 111 million buyers purchased PS2, and 7 million buyers purchased xbox 360, statistically there are hundreds of millions of buyers who have yet to get next gen console
I also agree on having both formats is great - it sure is. And who cares if HD-DVD, as an movie format, dies in 2-3 years? It was only $199 right? And by then, you probably got your moneys worth out of it. Main problem with survival of HD-DVD is that most of the film studios are backing Blu-Ray, so 2-3 years from now, if PS3 sales place a lot more Blu-Ray players on the market (and remember - it is hi-def), it is questionable if those same movie studios will feel incentive to spend money of HD-DVD releases...
It is all about future proof technology, which is why PS3 costs so much. We will see if this camble pays off better for Sony...
of course it will convert 1080p to 1080i... Only "problem" PS3 has is that it doesnt upconvert 480p to higher resolution, but since this is technically upconversion, you dont really gain much. It seems that Sony haters dont like to actually read articles they are writing about.
Actually, High Definition magazines have rated PS3 as currently the best Blu-Ray player, in comparison to Samsung, Panasonic and Pioneer players... so, it really is THAT good. Even without Sony's pledged support to make it even better.
On the other hand, xbox player is a lot simpler and doesnt support advanced sound nor 1080p (actually no current HD player supports 1080p), nor it has HDMI. Unless you have xbox and you want cheap HD-DVD playback, it is simply not an hi-def option.
There is nothing new here - this is what Nintendo has always been doing. They provide simpler games that everyone can enjoy, and focus on gameplay rather than cool graphics. This is what Nintendo is all about.
At the same time, it is exactly opposite of what SONY is all about, and those two have been co-existing peacfully for quite an time now. Only question is where will xbox fit in the global scheme of things.
I have tried to convince myself pretty hard that I should get it for xmas, but after looking over game reviews I might get it only once more true sports games come out, as current lineup is quite weak, with pretty bad graphics. Although they have stated that graphics are "2x better than GameCube", most current games are same level as GC or even worse. Not an RPG fan really either.
Good job Nintendo for creating good interest for Wii, after GameCube... most people also dont know that DS Lite is selling like crazy, and outselling PSP 2x1 everywhere.
Well, only difference between software cost between specialized workstation that runs customized software is Windows license... which for high volume licensing is quite affordable.
Lets assume it is $100 per license (it is probably a lot less for thousands of licenses). If average employee is paid $4000 per month (it is probably double of that), that means that one day of their work is worth $200 (french work less). Which means to make cost of transition affordable, you have to make it so painless that your employees will take less than half of day adjusting to new platform (which would make them really smart).
If you divide the cost over 5-6 years that one workstation should work, extra cost for Windows is very low.
Of course, you still need software, but you are going to pay for it anyway, so there are no differences there. If anything, programming interfaces in Windows is easier than on Linux and you have more people that know how to do it, which means you will pay less for the work.
Now, why are they doing it? They are not stupid, they have done their research. I would think main reason would be to employ French companies, such as Mandriva, that have their own distro, and French government would rather spend their money locally, employing local talent, than sending it back to the USA. I am pretty sure that they understand that cost will be higher in the longer run, but they probably think that using their own software will be more beneficial to them and their economy in the long run.
You need an study to tell you there is an difference between sleep and hibernate? Interesting.
Vista users dont have to care. They just close the lid or hit power button and your computer will go to sleep. After certain amount of time, it will go to hibernate, same as in Windows XP and Mac OS X.
However, what are we discussing here is the power of choice - should you have an option to not use SINGLE setting to turn off your computer. I think we should.
Them being an option has everything to do with everything. They are not displayed by default. You have to click 15 pixel wide button to see additional options. There is an huge difference between that, and giving user 14 options to power off their computer. Study joel refferences has nothing to do with that and can not be applied.
It is pretty weak argument if you consider how Vista has its power button configured. Problem is that I bet you never saw it at all, and you are discussing something you have never seen. Check the screenshot on Joels blog and see it for yourself. Then come back to discuss.
I am not sure where are you disagreeing with me at all. You do have an option to leave - press power button or close lid of your laptop and voila. You suggest that user doest know what will happen when there is only power button - well Joel is suggesting only having one option, how will they know then? It is exactly the same thing.
Both Windows XP and Vista will automatically manage your sleep settings, alternating between sleep and hibernate automatically based on preconfigured defaults, that is not an question here. However, in my personal case, I know that 99% of time, I dont want my laptop to hibernate.
Now explain why 15 pixel button which will show you additional options is an bad thing to have? How can additional options that you do not have to use be an bad thing?
Actually, thats why I dont use Mac - I have perfectly cable brain that has capacity to decide that I dont always want to use reccomended settings.
There is apsolutly nothing wrong with power button in Vista, fact that some joel-schmo thinks that I should not have an option to use software way I want it is ridicilous.
There are times when we should bash MS for doing something wrong (like not supporting their previous DRM in Zune), but bashing them for having 3 options for exiting computer, one power button, another lock and 15 pixel wide additional option button is just laughingly ridicilous.
Not only that, but HD means wealthier customers, something that every advertiser craves.
I dont think he is an idiot, he is just trying to make things cheaper for his company by claiming things he knows are not entirely true.
you are missing something, but there is no way to find out that info from article above... It WOULD make sense to post some kind of top list, if the whole point of article is Ubisoft becoming #2...
with all these limitations coming in GPL 3, I wonder if companies will simply preffer to license Windows enviroment for a lot less annoyances.
Is it really so hard to understand that Tivo makes money of the service and not hardware, hence they dont want customers to buy their boxes (which they lose money on) and then dont use them with Tivo service?
If you are using license as outlined in license agreement, do you really deserve to be bad mouthed by leading GPL advocates? Windows is only $1 away...
Joel obviously has no clue on what he is writing about... Any laptop user will tell you important basic difference between Sleep and Hibernate - Sleep is quick and still uses significant amount of power (yet takes less than 1 sec to power up), while hibernate takes 10-15 seconds to restore but uses very small amount of power. With my laptop I always use sleep, unless I on trip where Hibernate is very useful to squeze last ounce of battery power.
What he is also not understanding is that those are actually options, signified by them being located on option button-arrow which is supposed to provide you more options. It is actually one of the 3 main icons/choices, and is the smallest one - big icon is Power icon which shuts down your computer (60% of screen), lock is next to it and slightly smaller (25% of the screen, while option arrow is smallest (15% of the screen).
So why in the world would you actually want to lower the choices in Additional Options menu? He obviously ignores large power and lock buttons next to it and comes to the same conclusion as MS Devs did in his summarization on what should be there (Lock and Power, which are already there - funny stuff). Article makes no sense, and whoever posted it here also didnt take 10 seconds to actually read it.
Or is he debating on why do we even have options? Maybe when I become an moron, and start writing blog with my real name and picture, I will understand why would anyone be annoyed with developer giving you an option in form of 15 pixels wide button.
you are correct... if anything, latest data shows failure of smart phones. Wimax, skype are just announced for mobile phones, and they still use cells btw.
:-).
some headlines make you wonder.
I dont get it - why pretend? He is an Ipod user that is pro-Apple and obviously went out of his way to show Zune as the most horrible player entering the market. Heck, most of the people around are ipod users, so every other player has to apeal to ipod fans.
Lets face it - zune is not that horrible. Apple has their own DRM which is as bad as anything on the Zune, and wireless feature is promising.
Since your online iTunes purchases are LEGALLY limited to device you use, I dont see anyone who already bought a lot of music on itunes moving to any other player... sure, you can burn them on cd, and then rip them back to mp3 (how intuitive is that?) but still, from legal standpoint, you are very limited in what can you do and how many times can you do it, legally.
Hence they are both Evil. Good ol' cd's rock. Being an fan boy of corporations that do nothing for you but make money is quite ridicilous. I can understand it in certain cases, where there is symbiosis of product and its platform, but Ipod or Zune give nothing special to the artist community who create these artworks for us to enjoy...
exactly - they are announcing recall outside warranty period, so you know you will get free replacement outside warranty period.
Obviously if it happened inside the warranty period, you could get it fixed for free anyway, right?
wacky, isnt it? lol.
you are right bro, i found it quite interesting... So he was about to port application to Windows, but MS statement turned him off.
I do hope that he doesnt work for company that has shareholders...
Yeah, it is all the stuff you have to pay extra for... HD, wireless, hard drive, online service, etc, etc...