This really sounds like someone saw the Car Jouster, lets hope it's better thou, this was really just dancing about next to each other (you score points by "hitting" a section, not ripping it apeart!)
Why run WINE? So you can run open source windows software? (Wine is not an emulator, and need an X86 to run windows Software, the same will be true to Lindows at a guess).
600Mhz DOES NOT equal a 1.2GHz Intel.
And, yes a better graphics card is importent, ESP for a home user. What does a home user use there computer for, games and office, The dell will come with all the office software your'll need (Office) thats an extra £500 on the mac.
I'd love to own a Mac, but I need a laptop, and the ones avaible from Apple only have the "look good" factor (as I'm vain, I'll prob. still buy one, but most ppl will not, and it's a shame)
Radio 1 The best new music (main stream crap music)
Radio 2 The nation's favourite (Crappy music, talk shows)
Radio 3 Live music and arts (Jazz and other 'wierd' music, talk shows)
Radio 4 Intelligent speech (LOTR Radio Play and the like, talk shows)
Radio 5 Live news - live sport
Radio Worldwide: News in 43 languages
Also, aren't iBooks fairly price-competitive at this point? Alas not really.
A 1.2+Ghz Intel, 128Mb RAM laptop w/ Firewire, DVD/CD-R & GeForce2 (32Mb) from dell will set you back about £1,200
£1,360.85 for a lesser spec'd apple (600Mhz, ATI RAGE 8Mb, but 256Mb)
I don't think these sort of compares mean much either, but the true is that Apple don't really have a "home" system that competes well. You take the above system, the PPC would give the Intel close battle, but an 8Mb g/c? And an extra 128Mb RAM could be picked up for £160 I'm sure.
For the first part (no apps) I think you missed the point a little, the parent was talking about OS Design, not app developers picking up on the OS.
BeOS was very well designed for MM, app developers did not pick up on it. That does not negate that fact it was well designed for the task, it might not oh been that practical usefull (RADAR used it, as did some other companys so it was a little usefully).
If you are developing a game to be XP (Cross platform) then it'll be easy to port to which ever platforms you choose.
If you develop a game for Linux, then port to Windows, your'll have to convert everything from the Linux model, to the windows model. The only area that'll help is the lack of "custom" graphics libs (DX-a-likes) that are Linux only.
James Bond and 007 are code names (this I beleive is in on of the books, after the films changed actors a few times, and the viewing public started asking questions).
People do not complain about AOL free CD's because AOL not a monopoly.
If I go into (insert any major shop) I can pick up a different free 'get online CD' (In the UK it's normally one of the following three, AOL, Yahoo or BT), then you have all the smaller ISP's, add on to that the commercial ISP's. Choose, you have it with ISP's, can you really say the same about the desktop?
As to 'free for home use', hell it virtual is, I know no one who paid for Windows, it comes preinstall on computers. As with Office, what you are suggesting is free upgrades... God bless capitalism...
mlk
But this really is not news... OMG MS are advertising in post offices!? What next, will they have adverts on TV? How will I escape!:)
Hmm... reminds me of Dark Angel.
It's very good. based 10 yrs in the future where a Nuke knocks out all of the US's computer systems. All the monney in US banks held as 1s & 0s, become 0s.
we had something simmalar at Bradford Uni. It was written by the lazyest bastard that ever did live.
I hear it was no more than a list of suspected 'offenders', and a rnd().
You can not download the application from their web site.
It's a bit silly really. You can not download it(from the website), but you can't stop ppl using it... Ahh well
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Sounds like the film Robojox.
Dam that was a cool film.
Hopfully it'll be the presenters from Scrapheap Challenge.
This really sounds like someone saw the Car Jouster, lets hope it's better thou, this was really just dancing about next to each other (you score points by "hitting" a section, not ripping it apeart!)
mlk, looking forward to it.
Why run WINE? So you can run open source windows software? (Wine is not an emulator, and need an X86 to run windows Software, the same will be true to Lindows at a guess).
:)
;-)
Running BOCH would be cool
(as would porting OBOS to it
Why do you need to be 10 yrs younger, just £150 lighter. ;)
mlk (will have to dig out his mindstorms set)
$1 ~= £0.7
600Mhz DOES NOT equal a 1.2GHz Intel.
And, yes a better graphics card is importent, ESP for a home user. What does a home user use there computer for, games and office, The dell will come with all the office software your'll need (Office) thats an extra £500 on the mac.
I'd love to own a Mac, but I need a laptop, and the ones avaible from Apple only have the "look good" factor (as I'm vain, I'll prob. still buy one, but most ppl will not, and it's a shame)
mlk
From http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
Radio 1 The best new music (main stream crap music)
Radio 2 The nation's favourite (Crappy music, talk shows)
Radio 3 Live music and arts (Jazz and other 'wierd' music, talk shows)
Radio 4 Intelligent speech (LOTR Radio Play and the like, talk shows)
Radio 5 Live news - live sport
Radio Worldwide: News in 43 languages
Mlk
well, I don't see many pre-fab x86's (sonys and the like) comming w/ multi-boot options.
BTW You can stick an alt-os on it, from Linux, BSD and NewOS.
mlk (wishes he had £3k)
Also, aren't iBooks fairly price-competitive at this point?
;-)
Alas not really.
A 1.2+Ghz Intel, 128Mb RAM laptop w/ Firewire, DVD/CD-R & GeForce2 (32Mb) from dell will set you back about £1,200
£1,360.85 for a lesser spec'd apple (600Mhz, ATI RAGE 8Mb, but 256Mb)
I don't think these sort of compares mean much either, but the true is that Apple don't really have a "home" system that competes well. You take the above system, the PPC would give the Intel close battle, but an 8Mb g/c? And an extra 128Mb RAM could be picked up for £160 I'm sure.
mlk, would love a duel 1Ghz TiBook
or my day either
cout << "Big Deal\n";
I thought C++ was that dam crappy
out "Big Deal\n";?
For the first part (no apps) I think you missed the point a little, the parent was talking about OS Design, not app developers picking up on the OS.
/etc/XF86Config file.
BeOS was very well designed for MM, app developers did not pick up on it. That does not negate that fact it was well designed for the task, it might not oh been that practical usefull (RADAR used it, as did some other companys so it was a little usefully).
The rest of you comment I aggree with.
Mlk, hiding from the
It does not matter which why you go.
If you are developing a game to be XP (Cross platform) then it'll be easy to port to which ever platforms you choose.
If you develop a game for Linux, then port to Windows, your'll have to convert everything from the Linux model, to the windows model. The only area that'll help is the lack of "custom" graphics libs (DX-a-likes) that are Linux only.
to make a cool looking tshirt with?
Wow, I'm impressed. Are you using the Guiness or Blueberry waffles to power the device?
Do it all in CG!
(eak, not CGI as I orginally typed (yeah for the delete key:) I.J. and the Curse Of Perl!
James Bond and 007 are code names (this I beleive is in on of the books, after the films changed actors a few times, and the viewing public started asking questions).
mlk
anyone in London want to start one up? ;-)
Ironic for someone who has a link to an alternative OS project in his sig, dont you think.
;-)
Well, lets read my sig...
BeOS is dead
Ahh, not really "support" BeOS there am I, ohh also, bang goes an alternative!
Long Live OBOS.
Err... this has yet to really be born. It's still very 'ttle. For developers eyes only...
People do not complain about AOL free CD's because AOL not a monopoly.
:)
If I go into (insert any major shop) I can pick up a different free 'get online CD' (In the UK it's normally one of the following three, AOL, Yahoo or BT), then you have all the smaller ISP's, add on to that the commercial ISP's. Choose, you have it with ISP's, can you really say the same about the desktop?
As to 'free for home use', hell it virtual is, I know no one who paid for Windows, it comes preinstall on computers. As with Office, what you are suggesting is free upgrades... God bless capitalism...
mlk
But this really is not news... OMG MS are advertising in post offices!? What next, will they have adverts on TV? How will I escape!
Hmm... reminds me of Dark Angel.
It's very good. based 10 yrs in the future where a Nuke knocks out all of the US's computer systems. All the monney in US banks held as 1s & 0s, become 0s.
mlk
Vodka is not free in Russia, just very very cheep.
;-)
Which is why I'm heading that way for my hols this year
Bah, I don't like beer....
If it's "free as in vodka" I'm moving!
we had something simmalar at Bradford Uni. It was written by the lazyest bastard that ever did live.
I hear it was no more than a list of suspected 'offenders', and a rnd().
mlk
You stole music, then distubeded it over a P2P network which the lovly, all knowing goverment could not control.
You can not download the application from their web site.
It's a bit silly really. You can not download it(from the website), but you can't stop ppl using it... Ahh well