What? They're not ending support of the 32-bit installer. There's no "abandoning" occurring. It figures the trolls are the ones who read the summary backwards and upside down.
VCR has bigger pixels than Blu-Ray. You should upgrade immediately. We have this VCR in the corner, and I'll give it to you for thie discount price of, oh, seven dollars. But don't tell your friends.
That's exactly the same experience I've had working at both of my retail jobs, neither of which had to do with computers (one was paint, one was grocery). It's a good thing there were competent people out there who helped me learn about paint, because I didn't know a primer from a mineral spirit before I started working there. I can't always say that other employees care as much about learning the routine as I did, though.
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Having installed XP over Linux a few times, I can tell you that it's little more than deleting everything in the installer. It's definitely not more confusing than installing it on a blank slate or an old Windows installation. If they couldn't manage to wipe it and move on, there's something wrong.
I think that you hit on one really important idea there - there's a nice segment of gamers that don't care about the endless graphics hamster wheel. And while that sells consoles and games, this technology is getting so expensive to make that it's not cost effective anymore. That's probably why the consoles are moving to a cycle that's longer that five years - how long can the 360 and PS3 last?
I have a feeling that demographic doesn't really strike a lasting profit, however. Nintendo is slowly falling and has been for a few months - could the Wii's marketing be wearing off? Could the iPod Touch face the same downward curve?
Besides, while the Wii has had phenomenal sales, the other two consoles have still gathered an audience - numbers that most markets would BEG to have. The positive thing about the button mashers is that they're growing (gaming is very mainstream, even in the Xbox/PS3 variety) and they don't stop spending money. I mean, if the Xbox 360 and its failure rate (which may or may not be fixed; who knows) can lead the charge through the High-Definition consoles in this economic decline, what will get those gamers to stop spending money?
Not enough to make a difference. Try a blind listening test sometime. The only reason why AAC "won" (though MP3 is the real winner here) was because of Apple.
I agree with your general sentiment, and that's that "UI usability" is a mostly subjective rating in any case. so saying that the Ribbon interface or Mac OS X's interface is better than another is all pointless bickering.
I, like you, would take a Linux GUI over anything else (I'm not picky - Gnome works). I could care less for Apple's prettiness. They're good at what they do; I'm just not interested.
I know this post will be modded for flamebait, but I think the original article reeks of flamebait.
Stop your damn complaining. If you had taken out the political skewering and generalization then you wouldn't have to whine about flamebait modding in the first place. What you said is Insightful, but your crying makes you look anything but.
You-know-who may not have any relevance to consumers in some products; but does the word itself carry a commercial stigma
Maybe it's a competitive advantage and they don't want to advertise all the details of what lets them produce a device cheaper and faster than their competitors. Really, the you-know-who community needs to stop seeing adversaries around every corner.
We do not speak his name! He-who-must-not-be-named!
We all know that's just sensationalist journalism at its finest. Acting like Sony is out to spite the one-eared music lovers of the world is completely dishonest when only faced with such a ridiculous, Google-surfer-eye-catching quote.
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What? They're not ending support of the 32-bit installer. There's no "abandoning" occurring. It figures the trolls are the ones who read the summary backwards and upside down.
It's almost time for endlessly looping Christmas movies to be played nonstop on TV anyway; no one will notice a difference.
This post is so goddamn right.
Uh, oh, Jack Thompson will sue Slashdot for that comment.
I can run Windows 7 over with my car and it doesn't break. IT'S MAGIC
In fact, forget the jello shots and potato cannons.
Mods, if there's anything this post is baiting, it's NOT flame.
Don't copy that floppy.
I thought it was satire.
VCR has bigger pixels than Blu-Ray. You should upgrade immediately. We have this VCR in the corner, and I'll give it to you for thie discount price of, oh, seven dollars. But don't tell your friends.
When I worked at a bookstore I had a girl come up and ask what the word "Political" meant.
If someone makes a Wii joke, I'm leaving.
That's exactly the same experience I've had working at both of my retail jobs, neither of which had to do with computers (one was paint, one was grocery). It's a good thing there were competent people out there who helped me learn about paint, because I didn't know a primer from a mineral spirit before I started working there. I can't always say that other employees care as much about learning the routine as I did, though.
Having installed XP over Linux a few times, I can tell you that it's little more than deleting everything in the installer. It's definitely not more confusing than installing it on a blank slate or an old Windows installation. If they couldn't manage to wipe it and move on, there's something wrong.
I think that you hit on one really important idea there - there's a nice segment of gamers that don't care about the endless graphics hamster wheel. And while that sells consoles and games, this technology is getting so expensive to make that it's not cost effective anymore. That's probably why the consoles are moving to a cycle that's longer that five years - how long can the 360 and PS3 last?
Heaven forbid Trent Reznor says anything interesting or valid, but his interview with Joystiq discussing the Video Game industry really hits the nail on the head. Several times. The above idea is one of them.
I have a feeling that demographic doesn't really strike a lasting profit, however. Nintendo is slowly falling and has been for a few months - could the Wii's marketing be wearing off? Could the iPod Touch face the same downward curve?
Besides, while the Wii has had phenomenal sales, the other two consoles have still gathered an audience - numbers that most markets would BEG to have. The positive thing about the button mashers is that they're growing (gaming is very mainstream, even in the Xbox/PS3 variety) and they don't stop spending money. I mean, if the Xbox 360 and its failure rate (which may or may not be fixed; who knows) can lead the charge through the High-Definition consoles in this economic decline, what will get those gamers to stop spending money?
Not enough to make a difference. Try a blind listening test sometime. The only reason why AAC "won" (though MP3 is the real winner here) was because of Apple.
You're on the internet.
I know that's no excuse for lazy Slashdot editors, I just thought you might need to be reminded.
And then when people start calling it "perfume" then he says, no, it's GNU/Perfume, you bastards, you ain't got nothin' without RMS' contribution.
And three glowing red lights to boot! The Wii only has ONE!
Nintendo's gonna get their butt kicked this holiday season, mark my words...
I agree with your general sentiment, and that's that "UI usability" is a mostly subjective rating in any case. so saying that the Ribbon interface or Mac OS X's interface is better than another is all pointless bickering.
I, like you, would take a Linux GUI over anything else (I'm not picky - Gnome works). I could care less for Apple's prettiness. They're good at what they do; I'm just not interested.
I know this post will be modded for flamebait, but I think the original article reeks of flamebait.
Stop your damn complaining. If you had taken out the political skewering and generalization then you wouldn't have to whine about flamebait modding in the first place. What you said is Insightful, but your crying makes you look anything but.
Oh, everybody steals from everybody else these days. Nothing new.
Maybe it's a competitive advantage and they don't want to advertise all the details of what lets them produce a device cheaper and faster than their competitors. Really, the you-know-who community needs to stop seeing adversaries around every corner.
We do not speak his name! He-who-must-not-be-named!
We all know that's just sensationalist journalism at its finest. Acting like Sony is out to spite the one-eared music lovers of the world is completely dishonest when only faced with such a ridiculous, Google-surfer-eye-catching quote.