To be fair the problem came about more after they tied it into the system and made it impossible to get rid of. Nothing forces Chrome on you and it's happy to let you change search engines which I can't say is the same with MS. Perhaps they've changed but in the past one of their updates changed even my Firefox settings to use Bing without my permission. As far as I'm concerned that's an abuse of your position. Defaulting to your own search engine (or browser) isn't an issue if you let people get rid of it when they don't want it and don't actively try to shut out the competition.
IE defaults to Bing and on a few occasions something I've installed in the past (an XP update) changed it back to Bing and in fact changed Firefox to use Bing. Google is happy to leave me using DDG.
The cost initial cost is not the problem. It's the fact games are getting shorter, they're most likely a sequel and then there's a good chance you got to pay to play online and you'll get charged for DLC.
There is very little value in most games this generation. I'm not surprised that anyone would want to save money and buy used.
They should stop selling hardware at a loss too so MS and Sony don't then need to bleed third parties to make up the loss.
I prefer not to have a disk that some kid slobbered all over and scratched. So I buy new. All my used stuff is stuff you an't buy anymore.
If developers are finding it hard then they're just making bad games. If Braben's development is as slow and uncoordinated as his hardware venture then he can't expect to be reeling in the money, imo.
Microsoft can't take money from corporations with their contracts if they're not going to provide longer support. Microsoft also charges hundreds for its OS. Apple charges like £20.99. There is no good reason not to be on a 5 year old operating system unless you're a PPC user and then it's just tough luck because you're on dead hardware.
Technically Java was the target and the malware was cross platform. Of course Java is a big target and probably why Apple would like to do away with Java for good.
They have tits on page 3, within easy access to any child and they thing porn should be censored from the net? Oh yeah, I forgot 9 million people read the sun. That's obviously like 10 times the people that on the internet.
Imo, they're idiots and the thing is, thinks are becoming more environmentally friendly. There is no need for a group like greenpeace and I think they know it so they have to make up stuff to get attention and hopefully donations.
Yes, it initially had some but it died off. Given that the choie was like between meatloaf and madonna when I picked up my MD player in '93 as far as I was concerned there was no choice.;-)
I think the author forgot Apple already bundles multiple applications with one installer (itunes, quicktime and safari) so I'm sure they could consider that but most of their customers are probably the type that would throw an absolute shit fit if anything changed that drastically even if it improved things 200%.
Yes, because Sony, of all brands, is known for it's cheap products. Give me a fucking break...Sony's been charging premium prices for it's shit for decades, the only difference is that once upon a time, it was actually worth it.
I'd say it's still worth it for things they specialise in (ie not computers) and their console is a damn site more solid than an xbox.
I haven't used a music CD, outside of an automobile, in literally years. I haven't actually purchased a music CD since the early 2000's. How long do you think you'll even be able to buy physical CDs? That working CD player is going to look nice stacked on top of the Laserdisc player in the garage, am I right? And Minidisc? Are you kidding? Was that ever a viable format? There's Sony again with their proprietary bullshit. Just like their UMD movies...another hot seller, there. Boy am I glad I didn't invest in any of that stupid shit. As for casettes, who's used one of them in the last decade? What the hell good is a working Walkman when nobody makes tapes anymore?
I didn't say anyone still used cassettes but give the thing out lasted the format I'd say it did its job. I still buy CDs because often it's the same cost as digital files, I get the album art and get to convert it to the format I want and I automatically get a back-up. Compared to last year sales of both CDs and Vinyl increased according to an article on the Register.
Until digital formats give me better options or get cheaper I'll buy CDs as long as they exist and make digital copies the way I want to.
Or as a butt-hurt fanboy with such an empty-life he's become attached to a fucking consumer electronics corporation
How so? Aside from my PS3, I haven't bought Sony hardware for sometime. My TV is Samsung because it was the best quality for the cost which is how I determine what I buy and unlike some angry butt-hurt nerd I don't exclude any brand just because they may have made a proprietary memory stick years ago or some equally stupid reason.
The article is incorrect. Other companies did indeed produce MiniDisc hardware and media. The mini disc was certainly by many for recording whether for personal use or business. The minidisc walkman was only discontinued at the end of 2011 giving it just under a 20 year run. Hell you could easily find mini disc walkmans in shopping centres even a couple years ago. The author of the article should do his research before making such assertions.
A lot of businesses used zip drives and I still see them around. In fact a place I worked at last month had one hanging around and no it wasn't a old stodgy corporation. It was a start-up. Granted it wasn't used much at all but the owner clearly got shit loads of use out of it.
Early CD-R drives could be problematic too. In fact my zip drive gave me zero problems and my first CD-R produced a few duds. In either case the problems weren't wide spread.
zip drives, imo, were better because they were smaller and better protected (thus better for carrying around) but it's main problem was iomega controlled them so prices just weren't going to drop where as CD-R speeds and reliability went up while prices went down. Had the zip disk been an open format it possibly would be around now. It was a good format.
Yeah because businesses would rather open up machines for a 20 meg file rather than plug in an external drive. Let me guess your company let's any old user open up their machine and plug shit into it.
Iomega's Zip drives were awesome. The click of death wasn't some sort of every day occurrence and it filled a gap that needed filling at the time. It certainly was more of a joy using zip discs than early CD-Rs which were also prone to data issues too.
You don't even know what you're talking about. Sony was not the only seller of minidisc players and media. It was an excellent format that is still around. The walkman was only discontinued in 2011. That's almost 20 years for MD walkmans and it had no pre-recorded media so I'm certainly not the only one that was buying them.
JVC, Sharp, Pioneer, Panasonic all made MD players. They were all easy to find in the UK too. Apparently they weren't too popular in the US but I guess that just goes to show that people valued Sony's brand more. That's not their fault or a bad thing (for them).
Aside from Betamax and their memory sticks (which should have died straight away) they don't actually have that many proprietary formats. CDs, blu-ray, DVD, and blu-ray have all been developed with at least Phillips. Along with the hardware, minidisc software produced by numerous companies and the the PS3 uses standard hard drives and USB connections unlike the 360 with its over priced proprietary drives.
Sony has done some stupid things, like every other company but people still talk about shit that's not even that true and the fact people still seem to be so butt-hurt over memory sticks just goes to show there isn't actually that many instances of closed formats to complain about.
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So there is no expectation that businesses will use Windows on ARM? That sounds like they're giving up to Apple.
To be fair the problem came about more after they tied it into the system and made it impossible to get rid of. Nothing forces Chrome on you and it's happy to let you change search engines which I can't say is the same with MS. Perhaps they've changed but in the past one of their updates changed even my Firefox settings to use Bing without my permission. As far as I'm concerned that's an abuse of your position. Defaulting to your own search engine (or browser) isn't an issue if you let people get rid of it when they don't want it and don't actively try to shut out the competition.
IE defaults to Bing and on a few occasions something I've installed in the past (an XP update) changed it back to Bing and in fact changed Firefox to use Bing. Google is happy to leave me using DDG.
It's a game that only a 13 year old would play and it will give him the opportunity to tell everyone he slept with their mother.
The cost initial cost is not the problem. It's the fact games are getting shorter, they're most likely a sequel and then there's a good chance you got to pay to play online and you'll get charged for DLC.
There is very little value in most games this generation. I'm not surprised that anyone would want to save money and buy used.
They should stop selling hardware at a loss too so MS and Sony don't then need to bleed third parties to make up the loss.
I prefer not to have a disk that some kid slobbered all over and scratched. So I buy new. All my used stuff is stuff you an't buy anymore.
If developers are finding it hard then they're just making bad games. If Braben's development is as slow and uncoordinated as his hardware venture then he can't expect to be reeling in the money, imo.
Microsoft can't take money from corporations with their contracts if they're not going to provide longer support. Microsoft also charges hundreds for its OS. Apple charges like £20.99. There is no good reason not to be on a 5 year old operating system unless you're a PPC user and then it's just tough luck because you're on dead hardware.
Technically Java was the target and the malware was cross platform. Of course Java is a big target and probably why Apple would like to do away with Java for good.
They have tits on page 3, within easy access to any child and they thing porn should be censored from the net? Oh yeah, I forgot 9 million people read the sun. That's obviously like 10 times the people that on the internet.
There are very few things in life that are guaranteed. Medicines are not one of those things.
I've had to only just use it because my new employer uses office (I use libre office at home) and no, ribbon is shit.
Imo, they're idiots and the thing is, thinks are becoming more environmentally friendly. There is no need for a group like greenpeace and I think they know it so they have to make up stuff to get attention and hopefully donations.
Incase you hadn't noticed all pre-made computers are loaded full of shit. If you don't build them yourself, you're asking for trouble.
Yes, it initially had some but it died off. Given that the choie was like between meatloaf and madonna when I picked up my MD player in '93 as far as I was concerned there was no choice. ;-)
I think the author forgot Apple already bundles multiple applications with one installer (itunes, quicktime and safari) so I'm sure they could consider that but most of their customers are probably the type that would throw an absolute shit fit if anything changed that drastically even if it improved things 200%.
I rather use rsync.net than trust my data to an advertising company.
Yes, because Sony, of all brands, is known for it's cheap products. Give me a fucking break...Sony's been charging premium prices for it's shit for decades, the only difference is that once upon a time, it was actually worth it.
I'd say it's still worth it for things they specialise in (ie not computers) and their console is a damn site more solid than an xbox.
I haven't used a music CD, outside of an automobile, in literally years. I haven't actually purchased a music CD since the early 2000's. How long do you think you'll even be able to buy physical CDs? That working CD player is going to look nice stacked on top of the Laserdisc player in the garage, am I right? And Minidisc? Are you kidding? Was that ever a viable format? There's Sony again with their proprietary bullshit. Just like their UMD movies...another hot seller, there. Boy am I glad I didn't invest in any of that stupid shit. As for casettes, who's used one of them in the last decade? What the hell good is a working Walkman when nobody makes tapes anymore?
I didn't say anyone still used cassettes but give the thing out lasted the format I'd say it did its job. I still buy CDs because often it's the same cost as digital files, I get the album art and get to convert it to the format I want and I automatically get a back-up. Compared to last year sales of both CDs and Vinyl increased according to an article on the Register.
Until digital formats give me better options or get cheaper I'll buy CDs as long as they exist and make digital copies the way I want to.
Or as a butt-hurt fanboy with such an empty-life he's become attached to a fucking consumer electronics corporation
How so? Aside from my PS3, I haven't bought Sony hardware for sometime. My TV is Samsung because it was the best quality for the cost which is how I determine what I buy and unlike some angry butt-hurt nerd I don't exclude any brand just because they may have made a proprietary memory stick years ago or some equally stupid reason.
Cd, DVD and Blu-ray are all doing quite well. Even Minidisc didn't do bad at all given it had no pre-recorded music for sale.
The article is incorrect. Other companies did indeed produce MiniDisc hardware and media. The mini disc was certainly by many for recording whether for personal use or business. The minidisc walkman was only discontinued at the end of 2011 giving it just under a 20 year run. Hell you could easily find mini disc walkmans in shopping centres even a couple years ago. The author of the article should do his research before making such assertions.
A lot of businesses used zip drives and I still see them around. In fact a place I worked at last month had one hanging around and no it wasn't a old stodgy corporation. It was a start-up. Granted it wasn't used much at all but the owner clearly got shit loads of use out of it.
Early CD-R drives could be problematic too. In fact my zip drive gave me zero problems and my first CD-R produced a few duds. In either case the problems weren't wide spread.
zip drives, imo, were better because they were smaller and better protected (thus better for carrying around) but it's main problem was iomega controlled them so prices just weren't going to drop where as CD-R speeds and reliability went up while prices went down. Had the zip disk been an open format it possibly would be around now. It was a good format.
Yeah because businesses would rather open up machines for a 20 meg file rather than plug in an external drive. Let me guess your company let's any old user open up their machine and plug shit into it.
Iomega's Zip drives were awesome. The click of death wasn't some sort of every day occurrence and it filled a gap that needed filling at the time. It certainly was more of a joy using zip discs than early CD-Rs which were also prone to data issues too.
Sony was certainly involved on DVD. DVRs that use DVD-Rs obviously then use Sony technology too.
You don't even know what you're talking about. Sony was not the only seller of minidisc players and media. It was an excellent format that is still around. The walkman was only discontinued in 2011. That's almost 20 years for MD walkmans and it had no pre-recorded media so I'm certainly not the only one that was buying them.
JVC, Sharp, Pioneer, Panasonic all made MD players. They were all easy to find in the UK too. Apparently they weren't too popular in the US but I guess that just goes to show that people valued Sony's brand more. That's not their fault or a bad thing (for them).
Aside from Betamax and their memory sticks (which should have died straight away) they don't actually have that many proprietary formats. CDs, blu-ray, DVD, and blu-ray have all been developed with at least Phillips. Along with the hardware, minidisc software produced by numerous companies and the the PS3 uses standard hard drives and USB connections unlike the 360 with its over priced proprietary drives.
Sony has done some stupid things, like every other company but people still talk about shit that's not even that true and the fact people still seem to be so butt-hurt over memory sticks just goes to show there isn't actually that many instances of closed formats to complain about.