Or of course he could in fact mean Battlefield 2, which is a) what he said, and b) not available on OSX, so would make sense as an example of a game he could play on a Mac running XP:)
Ok, I didn't do my homework. Maybe we may see Battlefield 2 for the Mac, and if anyone is going to port it will be Aspyr, since they already did Battlefield 1942.
I have a friend who decided to get a Mac, partly because he was fed up with MS-Windows and for him the lack of games was not an issue. He bought himself an X-Box for all his gaming needs. I wonder how many other people are like him, where their games console is the primary gaming system.
Something else that should be mentioned is that while plenty of people lust over MacOS X, there are just as many lusting over the designs of the hardware. They push the hardware, adding new innovations that most companies keep on putting off. Take EFI, USB, and Firewire as examples. Sure they don't always get it right, but they do try pushing the boundary, which is much more than the average computer company.
If you meant Battlefield 1942, then there is a solution to avoid the need to use Boot Camp: Battlefield 1942 for Mac. Aspyr has ported plenty of good games to the Mac. If you have a Mac and play games, then I would recommend supporting these guys, since the do a good job porting the games.
Does anyone know whether we will have to be sponsoring an endless supply of batteries for the controller, or whether it is designed to be recharged somehow?
But if you started doing this wouldn't websites like Google reduce your ranking? They already gave a lesson to BMW, for presenting Google and the web site vistors two different versions.
I think another solution would be to include a keywords section with each article, or a article intro with a different title. Think of what journals do.
Whether or not it was Apple who released a dual boot solution, it would have happened anyhow.
If you really care about the Mac getting its fair share of games ported, then I can only recommend that you avoid booting into Windows, unless you life depends on it and that Mac users pay for their games.
I like to keep my uptime above two weeks, so when I have to install something that requires a reboot I get annoyed, since normally I just put my computer to sleep. Having to reboot into Windows is something I wish to avoid.
Now here is hoping that HL2 will be ported to the Mac <----- dream on;)
At the same time you have to ask yourself whether Sony will use a digit for digit conversion rate or a proper conversion approximate. I have seen many companies sell a $100 item for 100 or even a $100 item for £100:o, despite what the exchange rate might be.
At the end of the day this is the key phrase. Eventually if there is enough people who feel developing malware for then given platform, then someone will work out how to do it. Even if this doesn't end up being true, you need to base you security management solution based on this philosphy.
I would say that the reasons for many of the failed Sony storage solutions include:
- high pricing
- reluctance to license, or make an open standard
- not really offering any reasonable technology advantage over the alternatives
Sounds like Sony storage suffers the same issues as their music and films divisions. So put I could intepret this as greed and paroniac control - hmm, sounds like another company that is not held to high regards on/.
This is not news. I have just found out that the music industry has just abolished DRM (Draconian Rights Management) and the DMCA (Draconian Management of Consumer Assets) has also just been been banned.
Apparently it has been decided that the consumer has been screwed enough and that there are better ways to make money from those people. Also the term consumer has been replaced with the term 'those buying suckers' (TM).
Truth is, with Balmer at the helm of Microsoft and with the incapability to get their next generation OS right, or out of the door in a timely manner, I think Microsoft may be its own worst enemy right now.
Generally, with what I have seen going on I would say they don't in general. On the other hand, patents do encourage people to come up clever alternatives to avoid having to pay money to the patent, that they might have otherwise infinged. Kind of ironic that creativity is not in the patents, but in the avoidence of patents.
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Well, he most have used the OSX dock.
What alternative would you come up with?
Or of course he could in fact mean Battlefield 2, which is a) what he said, and b) not available on OSX, so would make sense as an example of a game he could play on a Mac running XP :)
Ok, I didn't do my homework. Maybe we may see Battlefield 2 for the Mac, and if anyone is going to port it will be Aspyr, since they already did Battlefield 1942.
I have a friend who decided to get a Mac, partly because he was fed up with MS-Windows and for him the lack of games was not an issue. He bought himself an X-Box for all his gaming needs. I wonder how many other people are like him, where their games console is the primary gaming system.
Something else that should be mentioned is that while plenty of people lust over MacOS X, there are just as many lusting over the designs of the hardware. They push the hardware, adding new innovations that most companies keep on putting off. Take EFI, USB, and Firewire as examples. Sure they don't always get it right, but they do try pushing the boundary, which is much more than the average computer company.
If you meant Battlefield 1942, then there is a solution to avoid the need to use Boot Camp: Battlefield 1942 for Mac. Aspyr has ported plenty of good games to the Mac. If you have a Mac and play games, then I would recommend supporting these guys, since the do a good job porting the games.
Does anyone know whether we will have to be sponsoring an endless supply of batteries for the controller, or whether it is designed to be recharged somehow?
But if you started doing this wouldn't websites like Google reduce your ranking? They already gave a lesson to BMW, for presenting Google and the web site vistors two different versions.
I think another solution would be to include a keywords section with each article, or a article intro with a different title. Think of what journals do.
Soooo... How many mHz does it run at?
Just don't tell this to marketing or your boss. They might have brain dump.
Does anyone know offhand when the MPEG2 patent is due for expiration?
Welcome to the other side :)
I think the tools you are looking for are:
- HandBrake (free, but donations welcome)
- Toast ($$)
For your Unix stuff:
- Darwin Ports
- Fink
and for others:
- Version tracker
and mac games:
- Inside Mac Games
Also be sure to check out Adiumx.com, vlc, MPlayer OS X and the software from omnigroup.com
Whether or not it was Apple who released a dual boot solution, it would have happened anyhow.
;)
If you really care about the Mac getting its fair share of games ported, then I can only recommend that you avoid booting into Windows, unless you life depends on it and that Mac users pay for their games.
I like to keep my uptime above two weeks, so when I have to install something that requires a reboot I get annoyed, since normally I just put my computer to sleep. Having to reboot into Windows is something I wish to avoid.
Now here is hoping that HL2 will be ported to the Mac <----- dream on
Non-destructive partition tool? That I don't have to pay some 3rd party for?
I think Madrake Linux included partition magic to do this sort of thing. Not new, but nice to have.
Its the first time I've seen so many Macheads get so excited about running windows (or windows applications).
How many are really Macheads and how many are wannabe Macheads, who have been putting off switching until this?
But then again isn't part of being a nerd the joy of getting the seemingly impossible to happen, no matter what it is.
Stupide slashdot, can't even recognise a Euro sign. That second number is meant to be 100 euros.
At the same time you have to ask yourself whether Sony will use a digit for digit conversion rate or a proper conversion approximate. I have seen many companies sell a $100 item for 100 or even a $100 item for £100 :o, despite what the exchange rate might be.
lesser attention from malware authors
At the end of the day this is the key phrase. Eventually if there is enough people who feel developing malware for then given platform, then someone will work out how to do it. Even if this doesn't end up being true, you need to base you security management solution based on this philosphy.
I would say that the reasons for many of the failed Sony storage solutions include:
/.
- high pricing
- reluctance to license, or make an open standard
- not really offering any reasonable technology advantage over the alternatives
Sounds like Sony storage suffers the same issues as their music and films divisions. So put I could intepret this as greed and paroniac control - hmm, sounds like another company that is not held to high regards on
Revolution is slot loading.
Hence the question. Most Slot loaders don't accept mini-CDs.
Since the Revolution is meant to backwards compatible, is it using the same size disc as in the GameCube, or will you require a disk adaptor?
Until Quicktime lists Ogg Vorbis as one of its supported formats, don't even count on iPod supporting Ogg Vorbis.
Where's the padlock? I mean you aren't really meant to be listening to the music you buy, well not until your ears have DRM attached to them. :)
This is not news. I have just found out that the music industry has just abolished DRM (Draconian Rights Management) and the DMCA (Draconian Management of Consumer Assets) has also just been been banned.
:-)
Apparently it has been decided that the consumer has been screwed enough and that there are better ways to make money from those people. Also the term consumer has been replaced with the term 'those buying suckers' (TM).
This is some day.
Truth is, with Balmer at the helm of Microsoft and with the incapability to get their next generation OS right, or out of the door in a timely manner, I think Microsoft may be its own worst enemy right now.
Looks like the maps just show broken images in Firefox, but shows up find in IE. Certainly an issue of lack of testing.
Nope, it works. My had forgotten I had disabled the 'referrer'.
Looks like the maps just show broken images in Firefox, but shows up find in IE. Certainly an issue of lack of testing.
Generally, with what I have seen going on I would say they don't in general. On the other hand, patents do encourage people to come up clever alternatives to avoid having to pay money to the patent, that they might have otherwise infinged. Kind of ironic that creativity is not in the patents, but in the avoidence of patents.