I recommend getting IBM xSeries servers off eBay.
Most of the ones you find are returned leases which have been checked out and re-sold.
I've personally purchased three x330 eServers (1U/2xP3 1G+/2GB memroy, etc..) for $100 each and have seen many x345's (2U/2xXeon) for as low as $350.
Well, I certainly don't see it on MSDN. At least not under Operating Systems -> Windows Vista -> English... Nor under Windows Vista Business (Volume License and MSPP) or Windows Vista Enterprise (Volume License)... So, where is it? I'd love to know.
Now as soon as someone figures out how to permanently save those digitally delivered HD movie 'rentals' onto external drives -- then things are really going to get crazy. Unless that was sarcasm, you just countered your own statement. People WANT to keep re-watchable copies of their movies. They don't want to download it (how long did that take, anyway?), watch it then lose it only to be required to download it again. Most storage devices aren't large enough to store every movie you ever want to watch, you'll have to delete one at some point to download another. So why not purchase a "primitive" plastic disk -- with a relatively small footprint -- that already contains the content you wish to view, with the added bonus of being able to retain it for future use?
High-def or not, DVD's (or some other cheap, disposable, mass producible dedicated storage device) is here to stay.
For people like me, this format war matters. I have a DVD collection of over 200 movies, a 1080p HDTV (which doubles as a 61" computer monitor), multiple high def forms of entertainment and yes, I want high def movies too. And I want to own them, watch them when I feel like, show them to friends, play them at parties (pr0n parties are fun!), etc... The sooner a dominant format is decided upon by the masses, the better IMHO.
Perhaps he commented on his own story with some half-baked comment/question hoping to generate even more traffic to his well known ad site, therefore generating even more revenue. This guy has quite the history on slashdot, look into it...
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I recommend getting IBM xSeries servers off eBay. Most of the ones you find are returned leases which have been checked out and re-sold. I've personally purchased three x330 eServers (1U/2xP3 1G+/2GB memroy, etc..) for $100 each and have seen many x345's (2U/2xXeon) for as low as $350.
Dude, you got pwned by JOHN CARMACK!
Well, I certainly don't see it on MSDN.
At least not under Operating Systems -> Windows Vista -> English...
Nor under Windows Vista Business (Volume License and MSPP) or Windows Vista Enterprise (Volume License)...
So, where is it? I'd love to know.
- Fescen9
HD movie 'rentals' onto external drives -- then things are really going to get crazy. Unless that was sarcasm, you just countered your own statement.
People WANT to keep re-watchable copies of their movies.
They don't want to download it (how long did that take, anyway?), watch it then lose it only to be required to download it again.
Most storage devices aren't large enough to store every movie you ever want to watch, you'll have to delete one at some point to download another.
So why not purchase a "primitive" plastic disk -- with a relatively small footprint -- that already contains the content you wish to view, with the added bonus of being able to retain it for future use?
High-def or not, DVD's (or some other cheap, disposable, mass producible dedicated storage device) is here to stay.
For people like me, this format war matters.
I have a DVD collection of over 200 movies, a 1080p HDTV (which doubles as a 61" computer monitor), multiple high def forms of entertainment and yes, I want high def movies too. And I want to own them, watch them when I feel like, show them to friends, play them at parties (pr0n parties are fun!), etc...
The sooner a dominant format is decided upon by the masses, the better IMHO.
- Fescen9
Perhaps he commented on his own story with some half-baked comment/question hoping to generate even more traffic to his well known ad site, therefore generating even more revenue. This guy has quite the history on slashdot, look into it...