From a relatively free Maemo platform to a walled garden is not an improvement.
I'm not going to speak for the parent here, however, going from Maemo to iOS is a huge improvement if you're trying to pay the bills with your work on that particular platform.
I really wish they ran a live version of the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe in place of it.
SG:Atlantis and SG1 were great shows. SGU just lacked any of the wit and fun those shows brought us. I watched SG:A and SG1 because they were fun, last thing I really needed was a giant bummer.
AFAIK, Sandy Bridge includes a GPU on die. So, of course it's going to need more interconnects.
The market for enthusiast boards is pretty small for intel, especially when you consider the sheer volume of low end crap fests OEMs plop out a year. I don't think they're trying to screw their OEM partners as the cost per-unit is probably pretty small.
I'm just curious how this is any better than integrating the GPU into the chipset.
I'm clever enough not to download endless advert shitware that, for example, makes my mobile phone look like a glass of beer when I hold it to my lips and tip it.
What about something that claims to be a task manager or some other benign entity?
And with your last point, maybe if you can't find the time to do something properly, then stop doing it or organise your time better?
I don't bother and I still browse safely and have a pretty good user experience.
I'm just wondering why you think this is a better way for all users? With the car metaphor, we invented the automatic transmission and starter motor. Unless you argue that people are lazy by not having to double clutch or get out front and crank.
Yet, that doesn't keep malware from stinking up the Android market place.
I'd rather not have to juggle around and make sure that my software is coming from trust sources or that I have to clean up my phone. I did tech support jobs when I was younger and the pay wasn't that great. What makes you think doing it for free on my own time is a better alternative?
The GPL just means you're getting software that's free, not software that doesn't suck.
I've had my fair share of iOS software crash, but, I don't think I've ever had a single piece of malware, rootkit, or nastygram come from the App Store. On mobile, I don't care, I don't want to tinker. I want the damn thing to work.
Beatmania hasn't seen a console release since what, Empress?
DDR at home isn't anywhere close to the same experience as in the arcade. More songs, *much* better pad.
Arcades aren't doing well in Japan not because of consoles, but because of the overall economic down turn(eg: no one's doing well right now). Border Break still hasn't seen a home release. Super SF4 saw an arcade release. If times ever get better for Japan, trust me, arcades are going to get a huge boost. The gaming culture there is different.
What killed arcades were lousy games. Japan wasn't exporting the best games, and American companies gave up around the late 80's. There was also the impression that video games and thus arcades, were for kids. This drove serious gaming out of the arcade as well. Faced with shrinking profit margins, arcade operators turned to ticket redemption to drive their coin intake.
PS3 was almost certainly intentionally engineered to be hard to code for. Sony assumed they would dominate again, and wanted to make it hard to port their code to other systems.
I disagree.
The PS3 is the result of the history of the console as a platform. Every console would have a different CPU architecture and that was considered "normal."
The only reason why it got easy was because of the original Xbox. it was an x86 CPU that ran a variant of DirectX making ports pretty dead simple. IIRC, the Xbox 360's SDK is pretty similar, even though it's running on a different CPU architecture.
Google's not dead yet, and as long as they continue to dominate search and a few other niches(Maps, email), they'll be alive.
This would be like asking if Apple's best days are in the past when they were going through their revolving door of CxOs. If asked then, the answer would've been overwhelmingly "yes."
The only things Android would need for tablets are reworked apps and a resolution independent UI API.
If Android hasn't had a good resolution independent UI API since birth, I'm a little afraid given how flexible it's supposed to be. The built in browser, email client, and other system default apps should be rebuilt for larger screen resolutions.
I think GigOm is full of it, and I normally fanboy for Apple.
Yeah, because the GPU is on the CPU itself. nVidia doesn't make an integrated chipset+GPU for Core i series like they did with the Core2Duo. Which means having a discrete nVidia GPU on board. Which means the logicboard has to be a little bigger, which they can't do on the 13" model.
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if OSX was a linux distro,
But it's not. Linux distros often have to be incredibly flexible for a wide variety of use cases.
Linux distros aren't also used by the wider population. Imagine having to do tech support for any given linux distro? It'd be a freaking nightmare.
From a relatively free Maemo platform to a walled garden is not an improvement.
I'm not going to speak for the parent here, however, going from Maemo to iOS is a huge improvement if you're trying to pay the bills with your work on that particular platform.
Let's face it, good scifi doesn't bring in the money. It's expensive to produce and the audience is limited for the budgets demanded.
Hopefully Torchwood US will be watchable, thank god it's on Starz and not Syfy.
SGU was terrible.
I really wish they ran a live version of the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe in place of it.
SG:Atlantis and SG1 were great shows. SGU just lacked any of the wit and fun those shows brought us. I watched SG:A and SG1 because they were fun, last thing I really needed was a giant bummer.
And this is why Apple products are superior!
A Lenovo thinkpad can barely make it 2 microseconds at 220v!
Not to mention Xeons generally dont' have to worry about things like battery life, heat output(well, to the degree Mobile i5/i7 CPUs do), etc.
AFAIK, Sandy Bridge includes a GPU on die. So, of course it's going to need more interconnects.
The market for enthusiast boards is pretty small for intel, especially when you consider the sheer volume of low end crap fests OEMs plop out a year. I don't think they're trying to screw their OEM partners as the cost per-unit is probably pretty small.
I'm just curious how this is any better than integrating the GPU into the chipset.
I think IBM's POWER team and AMD better check their basement for strange looking white trucks...
I'm clever enough not to download endless advert shitware that, for example, makes my mobile phone look like a glass of beer when I hold it to my lips and tip it.
What about something that claims to be a task manager or some other benign entity?
And with your last point, maybe if you can't find the time to do something properly, then stop doing it or organise your time better?
I don't bother and I still browse safely and have a pretty good user experience.
I'm just wondering why you think this is a better way for all users? With the car metaphor, we invented the automatic transmission and starter motor. Unless you argue that people are lazy by not having to double clutch or get out front and crank.
I was a die hard Street Fighter player in the 90's.
Yes, your revenues were great, but, were most of revenues coming from arcades or redemption?
Yet, that doesn't keep malware from stinking up the Android market place.
I'd rather not have to juggle around and make sure that my software is coming from trust sources or that I have to clean up my phone. I did tech support jobs when I was younger and the pay wasn't that great. What makes you think doing it for free on my own time is a better alternative?
The GPL just means you're getting software that's free, not software that doesn't suck.
I've had my fair share of iOS software crash, but, I don't think I've ever had a single piece of malware, rootkit, or nastygram come from the App Store. On mobile, I don't care, I don't want to tinker. I want the damn thing to work.
Err, the MBPro has integrated Intel AND a 330M. not the fastest nVidia chip, but, it's certainly NOT a crappy integrated Intel GPU.
Beatmania hasn't seen a console release since what, Empress?
DDR at home isn't anywhere close to the same experience as in the arcade. More songs, *much* better pad.
Arcades aren't doing well in Japan not because of consoles, but because of the overall economic down turn(eg: no one's doing well right now). Border Break still hasn't seen a home release. Super SF4 saw an arcade release. If times ever get better for Japan, trust me, arcades are going to get a huge boost. The gaming culture there is different.
I'd agree, but I'm trying to find the extinguisher. The firewire port on my MacBook is acting up again.
that's bullshit.
Arcades are still doing well enough in Japan.
What killed arcades were lousy games. Japan wasn't exporting the best games, and American companies gave up around the late 80's. There was also the impression that video games and thus arcades, were for kids. This drove serious gaming out of the arcade as well. Faced with shrinking profit margins, arcade operators turned to ticket redemption to drive their coin intake.
PS3 was almost certainly intentionally engineered to be hard to code for. Sony assumed they would dominate again, and wanted to make it hard to port their code to other systems.
I disagree.
The PS3 is the result of the history of the console as a platform. Every console would have a different CPU architecture and that was considered "normal."
The only reason why it got easy was because of the original Xbox. it was an x86 CPU that ran a variant of DirectX making ports pretty dead simple. IIRC, the Xbox 360's SDK is pretty similar, even though it's running on a different CPU architecture.
The news is that this is an update to make updating easier?
What?
This is the user experience with Windows Phone 7?
Seriously?
Nokia's in serious serious shit.
I hope that Nokia can help iron out problems like this before they launch WP7 devices.
Google's not dead yet, and as long as they continue to dominate search and a few other niches(Maps, email), they'll be alive.
This would be like asking if Apple's best days are in the past when they were going through their revolving door of CxOs. If asked then, the answer would've been overwhelmingly "yes."
The only things Android would need for tablets are reworked apps and a resolution independent UI API.
If Android hasn't had a good resolution independent UI API since birth, I'm a little afraid given how flexible it's supposed to be. The built in browser, email client, and other system default apps should be rebuilt for larger screen resolutions.
I think GigOm is full of it, and I normally fanboy for Apple.
try 4 or so. 2002 -> 2006 = Mini VGA, 2006-2010 = Mini DVI 2010 - ? = Mini displayport.
Seriously. thousand dollars on a laptop and you're bitching about 20 bucks worth of dongles.
It might have been a battery life/heat issue too. The 13" can only fit so much battery into it, the 15 and 17 OTOH...
Yeah, because the GPU is on the CPU itself. nVidia doesn't make an integrated chipset+GPU for Core i series like they did with the Core2Duo. Which means having a discrete nVidia GPU on board. Which means the logicboard has to be a little bigger, which they can't do on the 13" model.
Since the ADB->USB change, there hasn't been this transitional pain. This isn't a yearly affair. If it was, we'd be having a different discussion.