Being a hopelessly addicted computer user, and a college student 147 miles from home, I've often brought everything -- My 15" monitor, keyboard, mouse, and the tower. It's quite a lot to bring, so when I built my new box, portability was the key.
Here's the base unit:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/products/bookpc2.htm
It's small, compact, and fits in the large pocket of my schoolbag nicely. It currently has a 933 Pentium III, 256 mb of memory, and a 40 mb HD. It's dual-booted with Win98 and Mandrake Linux 8.1
I also use a special keyboard:
http://www.dnrtechs.com/foldable.html
I feels a bit strange at first, but it's not all the difficult to et used to -- even for everyday use.
Finally, I have a logitech optical mouse. I don't have a LCD monitor yet, I'm hoping to find a thin 15".
The differences between the computer industry and the console industry make a great deal of difference here. Virtually _all_ new game systems have excessive prices for licensing. Sony needs to make money too, and the console industry is full of so many other systems that died too quickly for all their benefits.
Nintendo still charges outragous fees for each game on it, and likewise controls it's market. They're still around, (of course that may be due to the Pokemon scourge).
Yes, these fees will drop given time. But the PS2 has an ace up it's sleeve: It already plays PS1 games. This I would think make a lot of difference, since you already have a vast library of games to play already.
I also think MS has one thing set against them, they're MS. Many avid console gamers have spoken about how a console can't compare to the computer when you concider the price involved -- not to mention the ease of use. Many of these same people may cast a suspicious eye towards the X-box.
Personally, I (and my friends) will probably end up getting all the new systems that come out, PS2, Gamecube (nintendo), and X-box. Of course they all need a few good RPG's first! "Hacking is your Everyday Thought."
-Aeris the wired
I'm personally familar with this state of hacker. I started programming some five years ago and in that time there's been a total of eight months of nothing. No new ideas, no late nights, zippo. Yes, a lot of this has to do with architechual issues -- as well as my own fears. When I'm stuck, the first this I do is pull out a small, leather covered writing journal and a Shaffer fountain pen. Drawing from my long standing talent of talking to myself, I do the same -- only I write it down. It's a nice ritual for me. Same book (the leather part is just a cover, the inside is a small 5x7 unlined sketchbook), same pen. Isn't it Phycologists (excuse the bad spelling) that say constance is an excellent metal relaxor? After writing some ten pages I usually finish in a better state than I began. Of course, this doesn't actually get me to _write_ any code. For that I have to resort other measures. Techno music is often the first, although latly that hasn't helped me much at all since I listen to it all the time. Telling myself that "I should get this done" never works for me, it often makes things worse. Latly, I've taken to playing videogames for an hour to warm up. I'm between "Legacy of Kain: Soul Rever" and "Final Fantasy VI" right now. In the end, this is what best works for me: 1. Don't prepare. Hacking is supposed to be impromptu. 2. Don't think about it when it's not right in front of you. Call it a little bit of Zen, "Oneness of Thought". 3. Whatever you do, don't worry about it! I find that when I begin to worry about code, I spend all my energy worrying and none of coding. End Rant. "Hacking is your Everyday Thought." "Hacking is your Everyday Thought." -Aeris the wired
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Being a hopelessly addicted computer user, and a college student 147 miles from home, I've often brought everything -- My 15" monitor, keyboard, mouse, and the tower. It's quite a lot to bring, so when I built my new box, portability was the key.
Here's the base unit:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/products/bookpc2.htm
It's small, compact, and fits in the large pocket of my schoolbag nicely. It currently has a 933 Pentium III, 256 mb of memory, and a 40 mb HD. It's dual-booted with Win98 and Mandrake Linux 8.1
I also use a special keyboard:
http://www.dnrtechs.com/foldable.html
I feels a bit strange at first, but it's not all the difficult to et used to -- even for everyday use.
Finally, I have a logitech optical mouse. I don't have a LCD monitor yet, I'm hoping to find a thin 15".
The differences between the computer industry and the console industry make a great deal of difference here. Virtually _all_ new game systems have excessive prices for licensing. Sony needs to make money too, and the console industry is full of so many other systems that died too quickly for all their benefits.
Nintendo still charges outragous fees for each game on it, and likewise controls it's market. They're still around, (of course that may be due to the Pokemon scourge).
Yes, these fees will drop given time. But the PS2 has an ace up it's sleeve: It already plays PS1 games. This I would think make a lot of difference, since you already have a vast library of games to play already.
I also think MS has one thing set against them, they're MS. Many avid console gamers have spoken about how a console can't compare to the computer when you concider the price involved -- not to mention the ease of use. Many of these same people may cast a suspicious eye towards the X-box.
Personally, I (and my friends) will probably end up getting all the new systems that come out, PS2, Gamecube (nintendo), and X-box. Of course they all need a few good RPG's first!
"Hacking is your Everyday Thought."
-Aeris the wired
I'm personally familar with this state of hacker. I started programming some five years ago and in that time there's been a total of eight months of nothing. No new ideas, no late nights, zippo. Yes, a lot of this has to do with architechual issues -- as well as my own fears. When I'm stuck, the first this I do is pull out a small, leather covered writing journal and a Shaffer fountain pen. Drawing from my long standing talent of talking to myself, I do the same -- only I write it down. It's a nice ritual for me. Same book (the leather part is just a cover, the inside is a small 5x7 unlined sketchbook), same pen. Isn't it Phycologists (excuse the bad spelling) that say constance is an excellent metal relaxor? After writing some ten pages I usually finish in a better state than I began. Of course, this doesn't actually get me to _write_ any code. For that I have to resort other measures. Techno music is often the first, although latly that hasn't helped me much at all since I listen to it all the time. Telling myself that "I should get this done" never works for me, it often makes things worse. Latly, I've taken to playing videogames for an hour to warm up. I'm between "Legacy of Kain: Soul Rever" and "Final Fantasy VI" right now. In the end, this is what best works for me: 1. Don't prepare. Hacking is supposed to be impromptu. 2. Don't think about it when it's not right in front of you. Call it a little bit of Zen, "Oneness of Thought". 3. Whatever you do, don't worry about it! I find that when I begin to worry about code, I spend all my energy worrying and none of coding. End Rant. "Hacking is your Everyday Thought."
"Hacking is your Everyday Thought."
-Aeris the wired
Isn't that what computer monitors, big screen tv's, and microwaves are for? ;-)