Which is dumb, because Dell and HP could just as easily start pushing their Linux machines further. Advertising and user education is all Linux needs at this point (well, aside from a not-crap audio framework). Microsoft should just keep its mouth shut - by default that puts the strain on their partners.
No. It means nobody noticed this flaw yet. If someone had, then it would have been used against all the servers that support the world's webpages. Wikipedia's Ubuntu servers, for example, or getting deeper, something like Amazon.
Linux is better at hardware support than you might think. Audio is a mess, yes, I agree. the rest has become pretty damn good.
The differences between Mac and Windows are becoming irrelevant. Take my mother, who sees and uses Macs everyday at work. Not nonstop computer work, but at least interaction. Schools have them. Libraries have them. Mac OS X are pretty mainstream, and some of your theoretical issues are, while based on true perspectives, are not as widespread as you make is sound.
I'm no Mac defender (dear lord, please don't make me one), but this is Apple. They can turn the iPod, a featureless, boring little MP3 player into a monster that crushed the rest of the music player industry. Weaknesses don't matter; here, it's all a marketing game that Apple has been playing for a very long time. They know how to change a person's perspective.
Yeah, and am I the only one that's noticed that Windows 7 is actually really, really good?
Yes, you are. It's Vista, but it runs on a machine with less than 1 GB or RAM. Yee haw. If you didn't like Vista (or the general Windows ecosystem) for any other reason, you won't like it here.
I didn't mind it, but it's a hell of a long way from a major step up from anything else Microsoft has ever done.
The difference here is that any old computer on the shelves of Best Buy, no matter what it is running, is potentially a Chrome OS (or any other Linux OS) installation. Imagine that Google pushes their new system, and people can select between Chrome or Windows when they buy from Dell or whoever. That's huge.
The Mac ecosystem prides itself in its closed gated technology and hardware, and that's why it hasn't exploded in popularity. If you could pick between Windows Vista/7 and Mac OS X on any computer out there with negligible price impacts, Windows wouldn't have a chance. Apple's advertising campaigns made sure of that already.
Very true, but it's not like Microsoft isn't trying to fix the issue. They tried to with Falcon chipset, which didn't work, and they just tried the Jasper chipset as well. It will be interesting to see if they ever manage to fix it. It will certainly gather my interest if they do.
You misunderstood him. He's saying that while those might be true, people still go and buy the 360. Funny that you jumped right on his back, there. You're seeing Sony fanboys where there aren't any!
Furthermore, PSN isn't nearly as bad as you suggested (it was at launch, but firmware heals all wounds!), and the Playstation 3 can run Linux very easily.
If the past is any indication, the old fat models' prices will fall while the slim models take their place at the top of the hill. Once the fat models are wiped from the shelves, then the slim slowly drops down to the fat price level.
Not really. They've both sold quite a bit (about 30 million 360's to 24 million PS3's), so it's not like EVERYONE is flocking to one console. you exaggerate.
I for one will not buy an Xbox 360 because they continue to fail and fry themselves. I'll save up for PlayStation 3.
No news as of yet. Unless Sony is bothering the emulate the (pain in the ass that is known as the) GPU inside of the PlayStation 2, they cannot go completely software. That's why the GPU was included inside of the PS3 at launch. They removed it to cut costs.
Seriously! I want to play the exclusives, like inFamous, Uncharted, Resistance, Killzone 2 and Ratchet and Clank. I really want a system. But $400 is way too much, no matter how many wonderful features are inside of it. I'll stick with my old PlayStation 2 until then.
Microsoft plays nice when it benefits them. And if HTML can pull off something to at least level the playing field with Flash, they will jump on board. They, of all people, don't like depending on someone else.
As a company, Microsoft is much too big to be completely, totally evil. Sometimes the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.
Also, the online medias fail to remember that any void they leave behind, the internet will never fail to fill in. Free news isn't all that hard to find.
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Which is dumb, because Dell and HP could just as easily start pushing their Linux machines further. Advertising and user education is all Linux needs at this point (well, aside from a not-crap audio framework). Microsoft should just keep its mouth shut - by default that puts the strain on their partners.
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One vendor isn't enough. system76 is great, but it's just one out of millions.
No. It means nobody noticed this flaw yet. If someone had, then it would have been used against all the servers that support the world's webpages. Wikipedia's Ubuntu servers, for example, or getting deeper, something like Amazon.
That's not good at all.
And ATI's driver still sucks. Funny that.
Linux is better at hardware support than you might think. Audio is a mess, yes, I agree. the rest has become pretty damn good.
The differences between Mac and Windows are becoming irrelevant. Take my mother, who sees and uses Macs everyday at work. Not nonstop computer work, but at least interaction. Schools have them. Libraries have them. Mac OS X are pretty mainstream, and some of your theoretical issues are, while based on true perspectives, are not as widespread as you make is sound.
I'm no Mac defender (dear lord, please don't make me one), but this is Apple. They can turn the iPod, a featureless, boring little MP3 player into a monster that crushed the rest of the music player industry. Weaknesses don't matter; here, it's all a marketing game that Apple has been playing for a very long time. They know how to change a person's perspective.
Yeah, and am I the only one that's noticed that Windows 7 is actually really, really good?
Yes, you are. It's Vista, but it runs on a machine with less than 1 GB or RAM. Yee haw. If you didn't like Vista (or the general Windows ecosystem) for any other reason, you won't like it here.
I didn't mind it, but it's a hell of a long way from a major step up from anything else Microsoft has ever done.
I haven't fiddled with my Ubuntu install since I installed it two years ago. I simply haven't had to.
The difference here is that any old computer on the shelves of Best Buy, no matter what it is running, is potentially a Chrome OS (or any other Linux OS) installation. Imagine that Google pushes their new system, and people can select between Chrome or Windows when they buy from Dell or whoever. That's huge.
The Mac ecosystem prides itself in its closed gated technology and hardware, and that's why it hasn't exploded in popularity. If you could pick between Windows Vista/7 and Mac OS X on any computer out there with negligible price impacts, Windows wouldn't have a chance. Apple's advertising campaigns made sure of that already.
Woosh!
Because they did. They removed a chip from the system that they needed for emulation. It simply cannot play PS2 games.
I replaced my PS3, but it wasn't a fault of the hardware. My daughter just filled the optical drive slot with pennies.
Hilarious. Let me guess; she overheard you saying, "Damn, I wish I could see some change in this machine!"
Very true, but it's not like Microsoft isn't trying to fix the issue. They tried to with Falcon chipset, which didn't work, and they just tried the Jasper chipset as well. It will be interesting to see if they ever manage to fix it. It will certainly gather my interest if they do.
If the price was $250, I would get off my couch and buy one right now.
You misunderstood him. He's saying that while those might be true, people still go and buy the 360. Funny that you jumped right on his back, there. You're seeing Sony fanboys where there aren't any!
Furthermore, PSN isn't nearly as bad as you suggested (it was at launch, but firmware heals all wounds!), and the Playstation 3 can run Linux very easily.
Add to the list: Ratchet and Clank, Resistance 1 and 2, Killzone 2, and inFamous.
If the past is any indication, the old fat models' prices will fall while the slim models take their place at the top of the hill. Once the fat models are wiped from the shelves, then the slim slowly drops down to the fat price level.
Not really. They've both sold quite a bit (about 30 million 360's to 24 million PS3's), so it's not like EVERYONE is flocking to one console. you exaggerate.
I for one will not buy an Xbox 360 because they continue to fail and fry themselves. I'll save up for PlayStation 3.
No news as of yet. Unless Sony is bothering the emulate the (pain in the ass that is known as the) GPU inside of the PlayStation 2, they cannot go completely software. That's why the GPU was included inside of the PS3 at launch. They removed it to cut costs.
Seriously! I want to play the exclusives, like inFamous, Uncharted, Resistance, Killzone 2 and Ratchet and Clank. I really want a system. But $400 is way too much, no matter how many wonderful features are inside of it. I'll stick with my old PlayStation 2 until then.
Political, fanatical reasons? How about, they don't want to put h264 into the video element because it costs money?
Microsoft plays nice when it benefits them. And if HTML can pull off something to at least level the playing field with Flash, they will jump on board. They, of all people, don't like depending on someone else.
As a company, Microsoft is much too big to be completely, totally evil. Sometimes the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.
You should be glad there aren't any members of the fairer sex on Slashdot. You'd get your ass kicked.
We're all friends here, right?
Also, the online medias fail to remember that any void they leave behind, the internet will never fail to fill in. Free news isn't all that hard to find.