Even worse, once a piece of hardware gets modded developpers become cautious about releasing to that platform. Especially when there are non-modded alternatives like the ps2, with a larger market share.
And once you lose support of the developpers even if your hardware is solid, you wont last long. Just look at the dreamcast.
If you were to measure the power of a chip by the heat it created then Intel practices would be akin to sticking some big resistors in there and saying "Hey, ours runs hotter than the other guys. Ours must be better!"
Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm already sick
of having to synch up cell phones with PDAs with laptops with my home PC.
I don't think having more simultaneously running OSes is the answer to anybody's needs. If constant internet connectivity is one of the key goals of these embedded OSes, it would seem to me that a bare-bones processor capable of remotely operating a central PC would be a much more convenient approach.
Either way, it still feels like a waste of money to integrate reasonably powerful computers into portable devices when you've got something far more powerful sitting on your desk at home.
If you're looking to an alternative to programming projects, a fun one is having your students build cooling devices for a computer. Although with the public schools the way they are, budgeting it can be a bit of a pain. If you try it, be careful... it can get messy.
Slashdot Mirror
Solution: Only send one guy.
Madhouse: Satirized for your protection.
Is that like Yahoo Serious splitting the beer atom in young einstein?
I wonder how long before someone makes a window that displays a nicer part of town.
Madhouse: Satirized for your protection
That whole spam thing was getting out of hand. Good thing it's finally over!
Madhouse: Satirized for your protection
Even worse, once a piece of hardware gets modded developpers become cautious about releasing to that platform. Especially when there are non-modded alternatives like the ps2, with a larger market share.
And once you lose support of the developpers even if your hardware is solid, you wont last long. Just look at the dreamcast.
If you were to measure the power of a chip by the heat it created then Intel practices would be akin to sticking some big resistors in there and saying "Hey, ours runs hotter than the other guys. Ours must be better!"
Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm already sick of having to synch up cell phones with PDAs with laptops with my home PC.
I don't think having more simultaneously running OSes is the answer to anybody's needs. If constant internet connectivity is one of the key goals of these embedded OSes, it would seem to me that a bare-bones processor capable of remotely operating a central PC would be a much more convenient approach.
Either way, it still feels like a waste of money to integrate reasonably powerful computers into portable devices when you've got something far more powerful sitting on your desk at home.
Madhouse - satirized for your protection.
We're all years behind Finland and Norway... And there's norway we'll finnish ahead of them.
But seriously, we've got nothing on those zany nordic peoples in the wireless department.
Madhouse, satirized for your protection.
If you're looking to an alternative to programming projects, a fun one is having your students build cooling devices for a computer. Although with the public schools the way they are, budgeting it can be a bit of a pain. If you try it, be careful... it can get messy.