The problem I've had Is that AMD chipsets have been buggy in my experience. Well, for the most part it seems like there haven't been actual chipsets made by AMD, they've always been third party like nVidia, VIA or ATi.
This opinion is YEARS out of date! AGP bus? I think I heard my great grandpa talk about that once...
Take another look. Today, 90% of AMD chipsets are produced by AMD and the rest by nVidia (and their share is shrinking by the day)
Until recently the Intel chipsets were ahead of the game vs the AMD chipsets with regards to things like E-SATA, AHCI, and PCI-e.
Nice post, but I'm not sure where Intel chipsets were ever "ahead of the game" with regard to any of these things. Hell, eSATA has nothing to do with a chipset! The others are open standards and I've never known AMD to have issue with any of them (maybe Intel supported PCI-e 2.0 first?)
How can someone with an ID in the 200K's (ie. ~10-year Slashdotter) believe a computer with an Atom CPU has "more power" than a Core 2 Duo system?
These are not remotely in the same ballpark, we are talking different universes (the same goes for GPU power, but admittedly an open source PC must use Intel graphics).
instead of you paying Best Buy to delete trialware from your new PC, Best Buy will get paid by software makers to try to get you to install it
The summary is incorrect. As we learned in the previous Slashdot story, Best Buy's "optimization" service DID NOT delete the trialware for you. They just hid the shortcuts so that the 30-day Norton would still nag you to buy it when the time was up.
If these changes from BB mean trial trash is actually NOT installed, but rather a Best Buy app that links to the trial download, then this is absolutely a step in the right direction - especially if you can get your hands on your parents computer to uninstall the BB app before they try any of the "helpful" suggestions. Bestbuy still gets their software industry kickback to subsidize the system's low price and mom and dad's new PCs don't run like shit.
This secret decoder ring is exactly where Intel has got it all wrong. Who needs to charge them with antitrust violations when the marketing and product departments will run them into the ground anyway
Yes, the problem is that the rank-and-file know exactly which half could be cut. Managers either don't know or refuse to cut employees they know to be loyal to them.
WHOA THERE COWBOY!!! Anyone considering this would do well to note that the product number of the drive you linked and the drive needed for this hack are NOT THE SAME and you will fail if you use the model that ends in BEVT. The BEVS version is no longer produced, hard to find, and has an inflated price as a result of this known procedure.
If you are going to rob a bank anonymously you absolutely need a costumer. The costumer is the person who dresses up the bank robber in his archetypal stripped shirt and handkerchief mask.
Right, but is it the bank or the costumer responsible for the sack with the dollar sign on it?
Come on now, I know RTFA is not in fashion but YOU JUST QUOTED THE ARTICLE minus the commentary that points out this letter IS NVIDIA'S ADMISSION that they are leaving the chipset business!!!
Seconded - I don't know if the model you bought was the Dell Inspiron Mini 9, but I bought this in March/09 and the went EOL shortly after. A contact in the industry (very large national reseller) says there is a concerted effort coming from OEMs and Intel to bump up screen size, features, but most importantly *PRICE* on netbooks and this very much appears to be taking place looking at today's offerings compared to what was available at the start of the year.
Seems the early Atom netbooks (as opposed to the earlier Asus eeePC with a Celeron CPU) did a little *TOO* good a job of providing everything you need for $300 or less.
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OK you've named one valuable feature, but is it really worth the added expense we are talking about here?
Java copies that came very late to the game.
The problem I've had Is that AMD chipsets have been buggy in my experience. Well, for the most part it seems like there haven't been actual chipsets made by AMD, they've always been third party like nVidia, VIA or ATi.
This opinion is YEARS out of date! AGP bus? I think I heard my great grandpa talk about that once...
Take another look. Today, 90% of AMD chipsets are produced by AMD and the rest by nVidia (and their share is shrinking by the day)
Until recently the Intel chipsets were ahead of the game vs the AMD chipsets with regards to things like E-SATA, AHCI, and PCI-e.
Nice post, but I'm not sure where Intel chipsets were ever "ahead of the game" with regard to any of these things. Hell, eSATA has nothing to do with a chipset! The others are open standards and I've never known AMD to have issue with any of them (maybe Intel supported PCI-e 2.0 first?)
How can someone with an ID in the 200K's (ie. ~10-year Slashdotter) believe a computer with an Atom CPU has "more power" than a Core 2 Duo system?
These are not remotely in the same ballpark, we are talking different universes (the same goes for GPU power, but admittedly an open source PC must use Intel graphics).
instead of you paying Best Buy to delete trialware from your new PC, Best Buy will get paid by software makers to try to get you to install it
The summary is incorrect. As we learned in the previous Slashdot story, Best Buy's "optimization" service DID NOT delete the trialware for you. They just hid the shortcuts so that the 30-day Norton would still nag you to buy it when the time was up.
If these changes from BB mean trial trash is actually NOT installed, but rather a Best Buy app that links to the trial download, then this is absolutely a step in the right direction - especially if you can get your hands on your parents computer to uninstall the BB app before they try any of the "helpful" suggestions. Bestbuy still gets their software industry kickback to subsidize the system's low price and mom and dad's new PCs don't run like shit.
This secret decoder ring is exactly where Intel has got it all wrong. Who needs to charge them with antitrust violations when the marketing and product departments will run them into the ground anyway
You've replied twice to the same comment, both defending DRM technologies without addressing any of the OP's points - willfully ignoring them in fact.
"Too much art to take in these days" is a justification for DRM?!
My thought exactly, let me link you to exactly what the OP is asking for for 200 bucks:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103228&Tpk=aspire%20revo
Don't need the hard drive? Who cares??
SOX 404 - Usefulness not found
Why is it not allowed to be a TV? 720p TVs are cheaper than large high-resolution monitors. From this week's Best Buy flyer:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926INGFS10117350&catid=23244&logon=&langid=EN
Is $300 higher than you have in mind? Isn't this exactly what you are asking for?
The answer is completely wrong, and GP should be modded down (of course).
The subject is AFFORDABLE monitors and 30" 2560x1600 monitors cost over $1000US. FAIL
He was using an escape character, you insensitive clod!
The variant from our all-hands meetings:
"Jackie, next slide please"
... you give up and decide to give up TV altogether.
Now THIS is a feature worth advertising in this release!
You do, as I'm sure you respect the accomplishments of Obama and Clinton. The OP's point was that the privileged do not.
Not for a 500GB drive in a fancy shrink-wrapped box (with plenty of useless software) which is what is being referred to.
$3.99 currently (for a caveman/pirate variety)
That's not a Slashdot reader's beard - it's not grey!
Yes, the problem is that the rank-and-file know exactly which half could be cut. Managers either don't know or refuse to cut employees they know to be loyal to them.
WHOA THERE COWBOY!!!
Anyone considering this would do well to note that the product number of the drive you linked and the drive needed for this hack are NOT THE SAME and you will fail if you use the model that ends in BEVT. The BEVS version is no longer produced, hard to find, and has an inflated price as a result of this known procedure.
If you are going to rob a bank anonymously you absolutely need a costumer. The costumer is the person who dresses up the bank robber in his archetypal stripped shirt and handkerchief mask.
Right, but is it the bank or the costumer responsible for the sack with the dollar sign on it?
Come on now, I know RTFA is not in fashion but YOU JUST QUOTED THE ARTICLE minus the commentary that points out this letter IS NVIDIA'S ADMISSION that they are leaving the chipset business!!!
Seconded - I don't know if the model you bought was the Dell Inspiron Mini 9, but I bought this in March/09 and the went EOL shortly after. A contact in the industry (very large national reseller) says there is a concerted effort coming from OEMs and Intel to bump up screen size, features, but most importantly *PRICE* on netbooks and this very much appears to be taking place looking at today's offerings compared to what was available at the start of the year.
Seems the early Atom netbooks (as opposed to the earlier Asus eeePC with a Celeron CPU) did a little *TOO* good a job of providing everything you need for $300 or less.
The difference is not quite so stark at Anandtech, I wonder what the difference is between their tests?
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3619&p=8
It'll be a true rebirth - Dell hasn't used BTX motherboards for quite some time now. I'm not holding my breath however.