^ Then how would you do a dual drive cache anyway?
These are not all in one hybrid drives you know... You still need two drive bays.
Dell makes some nice XPS 17" laptops that have dual drive bays, I have a 120GB Intel SDD in the boot slot and a 1TB HDD in the second bay. Works very nicely...
Also, a Quad Core i5 isn't out of date, last time I checked.:)
BTW, a pair of 512GB SSDs are no longer crazy expensive, they can be purchased for less than $1,000 total, which is less than many gamers spend on their computers.
I get you about Steam, the solution there is to just run all of Steam off a HDD and run everything else off the SSD.
My Steam folder is way too large to put onto a SSD right now anyway, darn summer sales event!:)
Most games don't care, the only games I run off an SSD are MMOs such as SWTOR, it is large enough and "busy" enough to care, but single player stuff doesn't matter.
Buy Intel SSDs, run Intel's SSD Toolbox, which gives you a running count of the drive life.
BTW, I've had a X25-G2 160GB drive in my machine for 2 years running Windows, this is my daily machine. It still has 97% life left on it.
Flash write lifetime is not an issue for most users.
The few seconds it takes to install new drivers from Windows Update, automatically I might add, is hardly a problem.
Under Windows XP, you almost always had to do it manually, downloading something from the manufacturer web site, or putting in an outdated CD.
If you move ports, yes, it often wants to "install drivers" again, but that takes a few seconds.
I'm not saying Linux is bad, it has its place... But the Linux fanboyism here is just amazing. Out in the "real world", people buy computers that come with Windows, and it works just fine. There is just no clamor for something else. No reason to change.
The few dollars Windows costs is not enough of a reason, and Windows passed "good enough" status years ago.
For whatever flaws it has, for the average person, Windows works well.
^ This...
Linux isn't meant for the average home desktop and it is not likely it ever will.
Everyone here keeps saying "the year of desktop Linux"...
Just not going to happen, for many, many reasons.
Had Microsoft not continued to improve Windows, had many other things happened, perhaps.
This isn't a gaming issue, this is a "no reason to move" issue.
Cost is not the problem with Windows 7. Dell sells a perfectly good Windows 7 machine for $299 with a Core i3 CPU in it, taking Windows 7 out of it reduces the cost perhaps 10%.
I think fewer people "grudgingly tolerate MS platform" than you think...
Windows 7 is wonderful, it does finally what Apple has promised for so many years, "it just works".
Every device, without fail, has worked perfectly in Windows 7. And that comes from having 10 different computers to support, everything from printers to bluetooth headsets to USB printers to USB cameras to SSDs to barcode scanners.
They all just work.
Why would I want to go to Linux? I have exactly zero reason to move, Windows 7 does everything we need it to.
The point of playing is for the story, the enviropment, the world the game is set in.
I didn't find Mass Effect to be a hard game, even on "Hard", but wow, the ending, the experience, the story. It is one of the few games in a long time that after the credits started rolling, left me speechless...
Hard has its place, but sometimes you want an interactive movie, it should be fun, more than anything else.
No, I'd be more inclined to run MS-DOS than Windows 7. At least it isn't a multi-tasking OS and if I have a program running, I'm unlikely to have programs running in the background.
You're not harming the game developer, you're harming all of us, by removing future game developement efforts. If you like a game, pay for it, it is really that simple.
No, making copies doesn't... But if only one person buys the game and makes 10 million free copies, there won't be any more games to play, now will there?
That doesn't help either...
So you'll "garnish" his wages? If I were him, I wouldn't have any further movidation to earn a dime, welfare here I come!!!
Stupid fine...
$90 million is a drop in the bucket to Verizon...
It may be a lot of money to you, and no "accident" to you, but to them, it is a rounding error, so it probably really is a mistake.
Huh? In Windows 7, I have never had to make a TCP port... Just select network printer, it shows the list of network printers, you pick one, and it installs the driver and it is done.
Windows 7 got this one right, couldn't be easier...
+1 to the above...
If a company goes out of business, lots of people have a worse day than me with a video card... How about all the employees out a job to start...
Nice post on the front page of openlabs...
That is how it should be done, hopefully they have the resources to follow through. You can buy some pretty serious customer loyalty by doing a silly simple thing... take care of your customer's problems as if they were your own...
You assume your time has no value in your calculations...
The price of the Intel chips is cheap if you're using that raw power for a living, and you value your time almost anything north of zero.
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These are not all in one hybrid drives you know... You still need two drive bays.
Dell makes some nice XPS 17" laptops that have dual drive bays, I have a 120GB Intel SDD in the boot slot and a 1TB HDD in the second bay. Works very nicely...
Windows 7 Home won't access more than 16GB of RAM, so while I agree with you, to a point... 32GB only helps on Pro or Ultimate.
Just thought I'd mention it.
Also, a Quad Core i5 isn't out of date, last time I checked. :)
BTW, a pair of 512GB SSDs are no longer crazy expensive, they can be purchased for less than $1,000 total, which is less than many gamers spend on their computers.
My Steam folder is way too large to put onto a SSD right now anyway, darn summer sales event! :)
Most games don't care, the only games I run off an SSD are MMOs such as SWTOR, it is large enough and "busy" enough to care, but single player stuff doesn't matter.
Buy Intel SSDs, run Intel's SSD Toolbox, which gives you a running count of the drive life. BTW, I've had a X25-G2 160GB drive in my machine for 2 years running Windows, this is my daily machine. It still has 97% life left on it. Flash write lifetime is not an issue for most users.
The few seconds it takes to install new drivers from Windows Update, automatically I might add, is hardly a problem. Under Windows XP, you almost always had to do it manually, downloading something from the manufacturer web site, or putting in an outdated CD. If you move ports, yes, it often wants to "install drivers" again, but that takes a few seconds. I'm not saying Linux is bad, it has its place... But the Linux fanboyism here is just amazing. Out in the "real world", people buy computers that come with Windows, and it works just fine. There is just no clamor for something else. No reason to change. The few dollars Windows costs is not enough of a reason, and Windows passed "good enough" status years ago. For whatever flaws it has, for the average person, Windows works well.
^ This... Linux isn't meant for the average home desktop and it is not likely it ever will. Everyone here keeps saying "the year of desktop Linux"... Just not going to happen, for many, many reasons. Had Microsoft not continued to improve Windows, had many other things happened, perhaps. This isn't a gaming issue, this is a "no reason to move" issue. Cost is not the problem with Windows 7. Dell sells a perfectly good Windows 7 machine for $299 with a Core i3 CPU in it, taking Windows 7 out of it reduces the cost perhaps 10%.
I think fewer people "grudgingly tolerate MS platform" than you think... Windows 7 is wonderful, it does finally what Apple has promised for so many years, "it just works". Every device, without fail, has worked perfectly in Windows 7. And that comes from having 10 different computers to support, everything from printers to bluetooth headsets to USB printers to USB cameras to SSDs to barcode scanners. They all just work. Why would I want to go to Linux? I have exactly zero reason to move, Windows 7 does everything we need it to.
And that is why Linux isn't really a desktop OS for anyone but a tech head...
Sad that you don't know the answer to that...
The point of playing is for the story, the enviropment, the world the game is set in.
I didn't find Mass Effect to be a hard game, even on "Hard", but wow, the ending, the experience, the story. It is one of the few games in a long time that after the credits started rolling, left me speechless...
Hard has its place, but sometimes you want an interactive movie, it should be fun, more than anything else.
B:AA and ME were that, fun...
Investment products are highly regulated, nothing to do with buying screwdrivers or internet service...
No, I'd be more inclined to run MS-DOS than Windows 7. At least it isn't a multi-tasking OS and if I have a program running, I'm unlikely to have programs running in the background.
Maybe it is broken, but unless you have a bright idea to change it, then it is the system we have to live with.
The question becomes, do you want to play a new game next year? In 5 years? Someone has to pay for them, they won't make themselves.
You're not harming the game developer, you're harming all of us, by removing future game developement efforts. If you like a game, pay for it, it is really that simple.
No, making copies doesn't... But if only one person buys the game and makes 10 million free copies, there won't be any more games to play, now will there?
If you're on a modem on a phone line, maybe Steam isn't right for you then... Steam is meant for broadband, always on Internet...
What is on them, a Core i7 with 12GB of RAM and an SSD?
Me thinks you're overpaying... Dell isn't that expensive, really it isn't...
Clicking "Update System" in the menu is not comparable to those things with a car.
That doesn't help either... So you'll "garnish" his wages? If I were him, I wouldn't have any further movidation to earn a dime, welfare here I come!!! Stupid fine...
In your opinion...
$90 million is a drop in the bucket to Verizon...
It may be a lot of money to you, and no "accident" to you, but to them, it is a rounding error, so it probably really is a mistake.
Huh? In Windows 7, I have never had to make a TCP port... Just select network printer, it shows the list of network printers, you pick one, and it installs the driver and it is done. Windows 7 got this one right, couldn't be easier...
+1 to the above... If a company goes out of business, lots of people have a worse day than me with a video card... How about all the employees out a job to start...
Nice post on the front page of openlabs... That is how it should be done, hopefully they have the resources to follow through. You can buy some pretty serious customer loyalty by doing a silly simple thing... take care of your customer's problems as if they were your own...
You assume your time has no value in your calculations... The price of the Intel chips is cheap if you're using that raw power for a living, and you value your time almost anything north of zero.