Anyone who bought a $3,000 computer for gaming is a complete sucker (or can afford Ferraris). An extremely high-end gaming machine can be put together for $1,000 including a 20" monitor and all required peripherals. Beyond that price-point you begin hemhoraging money for practically no gain.
Seven months ago I bought one for 950 euros, with which I happily played through Crysis on high settings at a merry 35-40 FPS. Currently, for that much money I could buy a significantly more powerful computer.
I didn't mean to imply that every part would be okay, just the PSUs. You're quite right; neither would be replaceable with standard parts, and that goes for quite a few of the other components too. For example, the front panel and the soundcard itself also used proprietary connectors.
I don't know about the more modern Dells though. Any better?
It looks like 1 LoC = 70TB. I read that as 'Line of Code' at first, and began to wonder if they stored their source code as screenshots of 72-point font pasted into.doc files...
and their power supplies are barely adequate (and expensive to replace, due to proprietary connectors). They stopped that bullshit with the power supplies several years ago. I got a Dell in 2001 and standard power supplies worked fine with it when I wanted to upgrade a few years later.
Why I should have to type in a serial number and insert the disc, when pirated copies out there don't require either one is really beyond me. Seems to me that software pirates have far better customer service than most of the commercial outfits do. Yeah, seriously. You remember that Bioshock fiasco? The cracked version is the better version - there is no activation, no key, no disc needed in the drive to play, you don't need to be online - nothing. You put the DVD in, install the game, and that's it. The way it should be.
You can talk to a real live Doctor too. I might need to as well, since the first thing that came to mind when I read "real live Doctor" was Doctor Who...
Isn't that the point he was making anyway? If he's not going to buy a motherboard with a TPM then it stands to reason that he won't be buying any games that require it...
Errr, oops, I forgot to mention the relevant part! It was the guy's health insurance that was affected I think, so at least one of the companies must take it into account.
Honest question: Is there discrimination based on BMI? It seems so. BMI is only good for someone totally average, because it doesn't take the actual fat or muscle content of one's body into account; it's just a ratio of height to weight. So you can be 'overweight' according to your BMI if you're of a muscular build, for example. If I recall correctly, someone recently posted a comment detailing this exact situation befouling them.
If we are paying for it, we should be able to know how far it traveled without Google doing a conversion for us. You're right, provided you're talking about education. You really should be able to.
Looking at the power adapter on my wireless router, it says it outputs 500 milliamps at 12 volts. That's 6 watts. Since the device isn't 100% efficient, there's a plethora of other stuff it has to provide with power, and the antennae are omnidirectional: I'd say you'd be lucky to absorb half of a single watt standing just a metre away from it. And the energy falls off with the square of the distance!
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I knew there was something odd about those gay guys...
I think what you meant to ask was, "Will it blend?"
*Hurf* There goes service pack three!
For those that don't get the joke.
Anyone who bought a $3,000 computer for gaming is a complete sucker (or can afford Ferraris). An extremely high-end gaming machine can be put together for $1,000 including a 20" monitor and all required peripherals. Beyond that price-point you begin hemhoraging money for practically no gain.
Seven months ago I bought one for 950 euros, with which I happily played through Crysis on high settings at a merry 35-40 FPS. Currently, for that much money I could buy a significantly more powerful computer.
Pah! Just plug your controllers into the other slot.
Stuff that matters. :)
I didn't mean to imply that every part would be okay, just the PSUs. You're quite right; neither would be replaceable with standard parts, and that goes for quite a few of the other components too. For example, the front panel and the soundcard itself also used proprietary connectors.
I don't know about the more modern Dells though. Any better?
What it doesn't support is multiple processors, which is a non-issue for the market XP Home is intended for.
Isn't that the point he was making anyway? If he's not going to buy a motherboard with a TPM then it stands to reason that he won't be buying any games that require it...
Errr, oops, I forgot to mention the relevant part! It was the guy's health insurance that was affected I think, so at least one of the companies must take it into account.
Your sister needs to lay off the Sunny-D.
I think Project X for the Amiga had the most honest box-art ever: it's basically a screenshot from the third level of the game. Yes, it's awesome.
It would be even nicer if you went and looked for the facts yourself instead of expecting them to be handed to you on a silver platter.
What's the maximum energy Wi-Fi can even produce?
Looking at the power adapter on my wireless router, it says it outputs 500 milliamps at 12 volts. That's 6 watts. Since the device isn't 100% efficient, there's a plethora of other stuff it has to provide with power, and the antennae are omnidirectional: I'd say you'd be lucky to absorb half of a single watt standing just a metre away from it. And the energy falls off with the square of the distance!
And death itself.