I read in some paper or another today that MS is 'finally' bringing the Zune to Canada in June. Weird, two bits of news on the Zune in one day.
If this thing is so dead... why are we getting hit with it just now? =P Oh, the kicker is that the Zune online store won't even be available in Canada until some unknown date.
You forgot the part where the backs of your expansion cards act like cheese graters and shred the backs of your hands into a bloody pulp.
-wonders how much blood he's left inside computers over the years-
Informative my ass. HD!=HD-DVD. Are Microsoft and Apple offering HD-DVD downloads? Or just downloads at a res greater than standard DVD? This little kerfuffle is about HD-DVD vs Blue-Ray, physical media. Still, for fucksake. A standard online format won't matter in terms of whether it's HD-DVD or Blu-Ray until Joe Consumer can download this media and burn it to a physical disc which he can use in his home HD setup, involving a sleek black box with a tray disc loader as opposed to a PC.
I personally have a PC hooked to my HD TV so I really don't care what format I download, as long as I have codecs for it and my video card scales it so it doesn't look like epilepsy central on my TV.
Right now, yes, in terms of projected continued success in physical media, Blu-Ray will have 100% of the market for hi-def DVDs.
And clicking through an install or update without watching everything until the actual files are being downloaded and/or installed is retarded. I mean, seriously, how can anyone not notice when you don't have Safari and something involving Safari pops up on the screen? Take your time, uncheck the box, carry on.
Unless that's classified as 'rocket science', in which case, my apologies, click away.
Ah, well, then, I should just ask Toshiba for the $300 I spent to buy XP again because they dint offer an XP load. How would that fly, do you think? You want to back me up as a witness in court if I sue? Since you implies all PC manufacturers offer an XP alternative load and all. C'mon, it'll be jokes.
You ever played a popular MMORPG? This is the equivalent of one exasperated sigh compared to, say, the reaction if Blizzard takes an hour or so longer to bring the WoW servers back up on patch day. I feel sorry for those poor bastards, both the people who get so worked up about it as to demand Blizzard credit their account for the hour of playtime they lost, and the guys on the other side who get such an amazingly psychotic, giant blast of shit.
It's a gaming laptop, or else yes, I would have taken the easy route. (Hells, it's my gaming computer period. My other machines are an iMac, a MacBook and a Sun Ultra 1 I fart around with Gentoo with)
...where one of the Vista advocates, apparently quite sincere in his belief, stated that Vista was so secure it'd never need to be patched. EVAR.
I bought a laptop with Vista preinstalled recently. After four days I blew three hundred perfectly good dollars that could have gone towards beer on XP Home. A man should not have to be required to make such a sacrifice.
Slackers made a key disc, where, in order to unlock the console you bought from them off eBay you must perform a reasonable facsimile of a scalping maneuver with the nunchuks.
You're right, I'd love to be sitting on unsold PS3s and 360s right now.
I wonder if Sony and Microsoft would be mad if retailers just went ahead and slashed prices to compete with the unavailable Wiis, without their permission.
I dunno, how much do those in-car DVD players go for now, with the little screen? Couple hundred?
I have no kids and no minivan, so I don't keep up on these things much.
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Nah, a WoW player can easily inject $4000 worth of pizzas and Coke into the economy.
I have no mod points, but I give you a +1 funny anyways. Well done. =P
Al Qaeda uses Wiis for IED-construction training. Def to Nintendo.
I read in some paper or another today that MS is 'finally' bringing the Zune to Canada in June. Weird, two bits of news on the Zune in one day.
If this thing is so dead... why are we getting hit with it just now? =P Oh, the kicker is that the Zune online store won't even be available in Canada until some unknown date.
Methinks it's going to be DOA up here.
You don't need to wonder.
You -know- they pulled it out of their ass.
So much choice. -sigh- And so little time. Where do I go to scoop one of these domains. =P
You've never met a MUD/MUX player, have you. Your call of bullshit is bullshit.
I'm sorry, I just made the same sweeping generalisation you did. I apologise.
You forgot the part where the backs of your expansion cards act like cheese graters and shred the backs of your hands into a bloody pulp. -wonders how much blood he's left inside computers over the years-
Of course not, that'd be denying the reactionaries on both sides of all their fun.
Informative my ass. HD!=HD-DVD. Are Microsoft and Apple offering HD-DVD downloads? Or just downloads at a res greater than standard DVD? This little kerfuffle is about HD-DVD vs Blue-Ray, physical media. Still, for fucksake. A standard online format won't matter in terms of whether it's HD-DVD or Blu-Ray until Joe Consumer can download this media and burn it to a physical disc which he can use in his home HD setup, involving a sleek black box with a tray disc loader as opposed to a PC. I personally have a PC hooked to my HD TV so I really don't care what format I download, as long as I have codecs for it and my video card scales it so it doesn't look like epilepsy central on my TV. Right now, yes, in terms of projected continued success in physical media, Blu-Ray will have 100% of the market for hi-def DVDs.
but can I use it in a grow-op?
And clicking through an install or update without watching everything until the actual files are being downloaded and/or installed is retarded. I mean, seriously, how can anyone not notice when you don't have Safari and something involving Safari pops up on the screen? Take your time, uncheck the box, carry on. Unless that's classified as 'rocket science', in which case, my apologies, click away.
That could be really tricky when you're supposed to be willing the LCD projector to show your PowerPoint snoozefest and porn comes up instead.
How long before Dell starts badgering Nintendo to allow Alienware to badge systems with a TRI-FORCE logo, I wonder.
Ah, well, then, I should just ask Toshiba for the $300 I spent to buy XP again because they dint offer an XP load. How would that fly, do you think? You want to back me up as a witness in court if I sue? Since you implies all PC manufacturers offer an XP alternative load and all. C'mon, it'll be jokes.
You ever played a popular MMORPG? This is the equivalent of one exasperated sigh compared to, say, the reaction if Blizzard takes an hour or so longer to bring the WoW servers back up on patch day. I feel sorry for those poor bastards, both the people who get so worked up about it as to demand Blizzard credit their account for the hour of playtime they lost, and the guys on the other side who get such an amazingly psychotic, giant blast of shit.
It's a gaming laptop, or else yes, I would have taken the easy route. (Hells, it's my gaming computer period. My other machines are an iMac, a MacBook and a Sun Ultra 1 I fart around with Gentoo with)
...where one of the Vista advocates, apparently quite sincere in his belief, stated that Vista was so secure it'd never need to be patched. EVAR. I bought a laptop with Vista preinstalled recently. After four days I blew three hundred perfectly good dollars that could have gone towards beer on XP Home. A man should not have to be required to make such a sacrifice.
Slackers made a key disc, where, in order to unlock the console you bought from them off eBay you must perform a reasonable facsimile of a scalping maneuver with the nunchuks.
Just their little bit to gain recognition.
You're right, I'd love to be sitting on unsold PS3s and 360s right now.
I wonder if Sony and Microsoft would be mad if retailers just went ahead and slashed prices to compete with the unavailable Wiis, without their permission.
I dunno, how much do those in-car DVD players go for now, with the little screen? Couple hundred? I have no kids and no minivan, so I don't keep up on these things much.