Given that a DVD player costs "practically nothing" why are nintendo bitching about the cost as the reason they aren't including playback? I don't want to have to pull cables to play a DVD, or buy a new TV with n+1 HDMI inputs.
Unfortunately, you'll also be dealing with games written by PC coders who can get away with "just buy a bigger video card" or "just add more ram" rather than actually attempting to optimize their code for the platform.
If you're running IE6, you're insecure anyway. If you're running IE7, you should upgrade to IE8 (or even better, IE9), as basically anything that works in 7 works in 8/9.
Fairly sure it even is printed on the box. Apple sell upgrades for the software on apple produced hardware. In any case, relying on such a situation for any sort of serious real world use is just begging to be fucked when something stops working (as in, permanently) and you are without any recourse for support, barring purchase of a new mac or migration to some other supported platform (eg, Windows, or Linux).
Not legally you can't. And also - it only works properly on an extremely limited hardware subset. I've hackintoshed 2 different machines (neither with exotic hardware - just onboard nic, sb x-fi, nvidia) and getting everything working on boot is a pain in the arse.
If you're talking about running on a real mac, certainly.
This is yet another indication (in addition to general stability problems) of hardware vendor's driver quality. Big name quality hardware, even if it has the same actual chip as brand X quite often has far fewer problems with this sort of thing due to the increased level of testing and QA.
Its also why on the mac it "just works" (limited hardware to support), but windows is plagued by problems with dodgy drivers. It can work just fine on Windows as well, but you need to be lucky/careful with hardware (and thus driver support) selection.
Actually, comparing above minimum wage to SLAVERY demonstrates breathtaking ignorance on your part... you're not beaten, imprisoned, hunted down if you attempt to escape, etc. Its basically nothing like slavery at all.
No, i'm suggesting that if you further your education and make yourself a more valuable employee (due to attaining some skills), you'll do a lot better than just bitching about pay and asking for a hand-out.
OK more detailed response: ARTIFICIALLY inflating wages (i'm not talking in spot cases, i'm talking throughout the economy - which is made up of spot cases like this) helps no one. It simply means that instead of scraping by on $x / week, due to more money being in the economy, and increased cost of labor due to the raised wages, the price of everything goes up so you're not in front in any case. Sure you get more $ in your pay packet, but everything costs more. Catch-22.
Also, because your country has artificially raised labor costs, you are less competitive with other nations and the work moves off-shore to china or elsewhere.
And then people lose their jobs anyway.
Unskilled labor will always pay poorly. Whether the bar is raised or not - it will still be "poor" in relation to everything else, and thus, lacking when it comes to you competing with everyone else for available goods and services.
The solution to being on the bones of your arse is not to arbitrarily raise wages for people. Its to up-skill. Either via government initiative, your own initiative or whatever.
Union action or minimum wage mandates help no-one in the long term - except the other countries you are competing with for unskilled labor (it makes their labor market more competitive).
You still have a choice. You may need to find a job doing something you don't want to do - but guess what? If the wages were too low, people wouldn't be queuing up for the job.
Also, unionization = increased wage costs = less competitive manufacturing/service industry compared to say, china and india = jobs move offshore.
If you think the jobs market is bad at the moment, with more unionization, the limited competitiveness the US market currently has (vs china, etc) will be further eroded.
Oh ho ho ho... good joke. You're spouting what unions SAY they're about (in an ideal world) but the reality is very different. And besides, pay increases = increased costs (across the economy as a whole) = no real net win any way.
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It didn't? I thought then, as I do now that its just shitty third rate hardware dressed up with a "revolutionary" controller that isn't.
Given that a DVD player costs "practically nothing" why are nintendo bitching about the cost as the reason they aren't including playback? I don't want to have to pull cables to play a DVD, or buy a new TV with n+1 HDMI inputs.
Unfortunately, you'll also be dealing with games written by PC coders who can get away with "just buy a bigger video card" or "just add more ram" rather than actually attempting to optimize their code for the platform.
/me looks at his dvd/hd-dvd/blu-ray burner.
Sure worked for Sega with the draemcast and GDROM. /rolls eyes. When will they learn.
OK so you would rather apple employ less people then?
If you're running IE6, you're insecure anyway. If you're running IE7, you should upgrade to IE8 (or even better, IE9), as basically anything that works in 7 works in 8/9.
Its not quite instantly - my GF's (yes, i have one) maxxed air 11" boots from cold to desktop in 14 seconds (i've timed it).
Wake from suspend is nearer 2-3 seconds. Which is fast enough - typically by the time you open it then set the thing down its ready to work.
Fairly sure it even is printed on the box. Apple sell upgrades for the software on apple produced hardware. In any case, relying on such a situation for any sort of serious real world use is just begging to be fucked when something stops working (as in, permanently) and you are without any recourse for support, barring purchase of a new mac or migration to some other supported platform (eg, Windows, or Linux).
Oh, and getting Linux suspend/resume working properly is easier than getting a hackintosh working properly. Certainly a lot less legally gray.
And if you read the license, you're not permitted to run it on non-apple hardware.
Conversely, if you need a laptop (and don't need/want an ipad) and want the power savings, this is a good thing.
Not legally you can't. And also - it only works properly on an extremely limited hardware subset. I've hackintoshed 2 different machines (neither with exotic hardware - just onboard nic, sb x-fi, nvidia) and getting everything working on boot is a pain in the arse.
If you're talking about running on a real mac, certainly.
This is yet another indication (in addition to general stability problems) of hardware vendor's driver quality. Big name quality hardware, even if it has the same actual chip as brand X quite often has far fewer problems with this sort of thing due to the increased level of testing and QA.
Its also why on the mac it "just works" (limited hardware to support), but windows is plagued by problems with dodgy drivers. It can work just fine on Windows as well, but you need to be lucky/careful with hardware (and thus driver support) selection.
Actually, comparing above minimum wage to SLAVERY demonstrates breathtaking ignorance on your part... you're not beaten, imprisoned, hunted down if you attempt to escape, etc. Its basically nothing like slavery at all.
Give a man a fish...
No, i'm suggesting that if you further your education and make yourself a more valuable employee (due to attaining some skills), you'll do a lot better than just bitching about pay and asking for a hand-out.
OK more detailed response: ARTIFICIALLY inflating wages (i'm not talking in spot cases, i'm talking throughout the economy - which is made up of spot cases like this) helps no one. It simply means that instead of scraping by on $x / week, due to more money being in the economy, and increased cost of labor due to the raised wages, the price of everything goes up so you're not in front in any case. Sure you get more $ in your pay packet, but everything costs more. Catch-22.
Also, because your country has artificially raised labor costs, you are less competitive with other nations and the work moves off-shore to china or elsewhere.
And then people lose their jobs anyway.
Unskilled labor will always pay poorly. Whether the bar is raised or not - it will still be "poor" in relation to everything else, and thus, lacking when it comes to you competing with everyone else for available goods and services.
The solution to being on the bones of your arse is not to arbitrarily raise wages for people. Its to up-skill. Either via government initiative, your own initiative or whatever.
Union action or minimum wage mandates help no-one in the long term - except the other countries you are competing with for unskilled labor (it makes their labor market more competitive).
Exactly. I learn something else.
Again, if things are so bad, why should the company pay more? They're a business, not a charity.
You still have a choice. You may need to find a job doing something you don't want to do - but guess what? If the wages were too low, people wouldn't be queuing up for the job.
In this "belt tightening economy" what makes you think a pay-rise for no change in work responsibilities is going to fly?
Also, unionization = increased wage costs = less competitive manufacturing/service industry compared to say, china and india = jobs move offshore.
If you think the jobs market is bad at the moment, with more unionization, the limited competitiveness the US market currently has (vs china, etc) will be further eroded.
Oh ho ho ho... good joke. You're spouting what unions SAY they're about (in an ideal world) but the reality is very different. And besides, pay increases = increased costs (across the economy as a whole) = no real net win any way.
Slavery is different. You are free to leave and work somewhere else.