And SATA2 has already doubled to 300mb, a la 33mb > 66mb > 100mb > 133mb of ATA. That leaves 450mb & 600mb ready for the future, and possibly more (I don't know enough about SATA to specualte).
Short story: the comparison isn't 133mb to 150mb, but 33mb to 150mb (first gen of each).
Again, how SPs are defined is debateable, but one of the sticking points is also that Apple doesn't offer "upgrades" - to the best of my knowledge. You pay full price no matter what you already have - MS does offer discounts for ppl who already own their recent releases.
Depends on how you define a service pack, of course. But MS also releases security updates, for free, same as their SPs. And MS's SPs can, and do provide new features. Witness the security center in XP SP2.
You are inflating the prices a bit. A full, non-OEM version of XP Pro is $300 retail - XP Home is $170 retail. You can get upgrades for less than $100, if you look around. OEM versions need only be sold with hardware, not complete systems.
The issue becomes this: If you bought a Mac a few years back, with Say 10.1, you have to either ration yourself, or pay the $100 for every point-release. That's $400 by the time you're on 10.5 - vs. free Service Packs + $100 for an upgrade in 3-5yrs. It is effectively a subscription service, which everyone seems to agree would be a be thing - but only if coming from MS.
That contest MS is running for the real release date for Vista... I guessed Dec. 11th, while most aimed closer to the November release date announced. Now I'm off a month in the other direction. If it goes to OEMs early, does it count as the real release date? Could I win? I wanna win! Yay me!
Currently, the new Havok FX engine will support SLI physics even for a single NVIDIA GPU. But NVIDIA states that an SLI configuration is still the preferred mode since it allows the second GPU to be dedicated for effects physics processing."
Anything that can return more than you paid for it is potentially an investment. Cars and jewelry can both fall into that category. As could something like insurance, art or starting a company.
The physics of a flying body is no more difficult to compute that the physics of a running body.
Not true, in the sense of a FPS. You only see your weapon/HUD while running, which is essentially static most of the time. When you are blown to bits, most games switch to 3rd person, and you can see your body parts fall asunder. Definitely more intensive computing involved, along with the addition of seeing more of the field due to increase 3rd person POV.
So, in order to bring to light the fact that this crazy piece of legislature was a waste of taxpayer money, ESA wants the tax payers to pay them for fighting the wasted tax payer money?
B) The Office (US) is easily as hilarious as The Office (UK), if not more hilarious. And the first American Idol winner easily surpasses the lisping retard that won Pop Idol the first year.
Last night my firend had a house-warming party. After the BBQ, many of the attending 20-somethings hit the living room for some NES/Mario Bros/Duck Hunt action.
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I think this is the 3rd of 4th time I'll have said it, and still no law suit:
Claria is spyware!
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And SATA2 has already doubled to 300mb, a la 33mb > 66mb > 100mb > 133mb of ATA. That leaves 450mb & 600mb ready for the future, and possibly more (I don't know enough about SATA to specualte).
Short story: the comparison isn't 133mb to 150mb, but 33mb to 150mb (first gen of each).
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I signed up weeks ago, too, and immediately had access.
Didn't realize anyone had to be waitlisted.
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Again, how SPs are defined is debateable, but one of the sticking points is also that Apple doesn't offer "upgrades" - to the best of my knowledge. You pay full price no matter what you already have - MS does offer discounts for ppl who already own their recent releases.
-bZj
Depends on how you define a service pack, of course. But MS also releases security updates, for free, same as their SPs. And MS's SPs can, and do provide new features. Witness the security center in XP SP2.
-bZj
You are inflating the prices a bit. A full, non-OEM version of XP Pro is $300 retail - XP Home is $170 retail. You can get upgrades for less than $100, if you look around. OEM versions need only be sold with hardware, not complete systems.
-bZj
The issue becomes this: If you bought a Mac a few years back, with Say 10.1, you have to either ration yourself, or pay the $100 for every point-release. That's $400 by the time you're on 10.5 - vs. free Service Packs + $100 for an upgrade in 3-5yrs. It is effectively a subscription service, which everyone seems to agree would be a be thing - but only if coming from MS.
-bZj
That contest MS is running for the real release date for Vista... I guessed Dec. 11th, while most aimed closer to the November release date announced. Now I'm off a month in the other direction. If it goes to OEMs early, does it count as the real release date? Could I win? I wanna win! Yay me!
-bZj
Apple may be offering continued features, but they do so at $100 a pop every year - for a point release!
MS is slower to release things, but they don't charge for service packs.
-bZj
You've been scammed, I don't pay to masturbate, or steal from the trash!
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Anything that can return more than you paid for it is potentially an investment. Cars and jewelry can both fall into that category. As could something like insurance, art or starting a company.
-bZj
The physics of a flying body is no more difficult to compute that the physics of a running body.
Not true, in the sense of a FPS. You only see your weapon/HUD while running, which is essentially static most of the time. When you are blown to bits, most games switch to 3rd person, and you can see your body parts fall asunder. Definitely more intensive computing involved, along with the addition of seeing more of the field due to increase 3rd person POV.
-bZj
This would have been a more appropriate link, giving the anser right away.
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Doesn't the intelMac use integrated i945 graphics? Surely there are plenty of drivers for that....
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So, in order to bring to light the fact that this crazy piece of legislature was a waste of taxpayer money, ESA wants the tax payers to pay them for fighting the wasted tax payer money?
Did I get that right? WTF?
-bZj
A) Wallace & Gromit sucks. So did Ab-Fab.
B) The Office (US) is easily as hilarious as The Office (UK), if not more hilarious. And the first American Idol winner easily surpasses the lisping retard that won Pop Idol the first year.
-bZj
Bart never picks up the inanimate carbon rod, he jumps over it on his skateboard.
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Last night my firend had a house-warming party. After the BBQ, many of the attending 20-somethings hit the living room for some NES/Mario Bros/Duck Hunt action.
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B/c absolutely everyone immediately has the best hardware on the market, right?
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Looks like someone was reading JWZ@LJ...
http://jwz.livejournal.com/
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HA! ...over-consumation...
Over-sexing mother earth? Impossible!
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Or maybe it's from wind-turbines, or hydro-electric plants, or solar energy!
The possibilities are endless!
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...the fad that started decades ago?
Suburbans lead back to the '30s, I believe. With the current full-size SUV flavor being launched in the '60s.
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You can tell Gmail to archive mail once it's DLed, so it never goes away. That's what I do.
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