I use to beg my parents nearly every day for a computer, but computers were too exp. and not functional enofe to be more then just a toy to warent my parents going into debt just so I could play some games. the NES on the other hand was cheap (200$ I think when it first came out then it droped to 100$) had many fun games, and was easyer to use ( my parents still dont know how to use a computer). even after I got the NES I still kept begging for a computer, eventualy getting a job and buying my own
and those of you who think thats all this is about obviously didnt read the message....
its about variable underclocking, with out need a reboot, and last i heard, there werent too many pc or laptops that could drop the clockspeed with out a reboot, let alone 2-4 different variations of clockspeed (crusoe).
I had a toshiba pent200 laptop that could change clock rate on the fly with the push of a button, it was kinda cool, couse I could turn up the speed when I was playing a emulator or quake2
the truth of the matter is, when your not playing a game or highend app (ilustrator for example) your not realy going to notice the difrance between a p200 and p!!! 800 (exsept when loading an app), this is whats realy cool about intels plan, only give you the speed when you need it, insted of waisting Mhz at 500Mhz when posting replys on/. your only going at 300 (and you dont even need neer that much ) so you use less power so you get get exalent batery life, 10-12 hours, and still have the speed to play quake2 at a decent speed
The reson it seems that games keep getting worse is the same resons that our parents dont like the music we listen to, we out-grow games, we still have memories on how much fun we had playing pac-man on the atari 2600, the same way our parents remember how good music was in the 50-60's. new games dont seem fun becouse were too old to play them, most games are made for a spacific age group. give a 13y/o a atari2600 or a NES and see how long the'll play with it, not very long mostlikely ( there are exceptions somegames are just timeless)
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I use to beg my parents nearly every day for a computer, but computers were too exp. and not functional enofe to be more then just a toy to warent my parents going into debt just so I could play some games. the NES on the other hand was cheap (200$ I think when it first came out then it droped to 100$) had many fun games, and was easyer to use ( my parents still dont know how to use a computer). even after I got the NES I still kept begging for a computer, eventualy getting a job and buying my own
and those of you who think thats all this is about obviously didnt read the message.... its about variable underclocking, with out need a reboot, and last i heard, there werent too many pc or laptops that could drop the clockspeed with out a reboot, let alone 2-4 different variations of clockspeed (crusoe). I had a toshiba pent200 laptop that could change clock rate on the fly with the push of a button, it was kinda cool, couse I could turn up the speed when I was playing a emulator or quake2
the truth of the matter is, when your not playing a game or highend app (ilustrator for example) your not realy going to notice the difrance between a p200 and p!!! 800 (exsept when loading an app), this is whats realy cool about intels plan, only give you the speed when you need it, insted of waisting Mhz at 500Mhz when posting replys on /. your only going at 300 (and you dont even need neer that much ) so you use less power so you get get exalent batery life, 10-12 hours, and still have the speed to play quake2 at a decent speed
The reson it seems that games keep getting worse is the same resons that our parents dont like the music we listen to, we out-grow games, we still have memories on how much fun we had playing pac-man on the atari 2600, the same way our parents remember how good music was in the 50-60's. new games dont seem fun becouse were too old to play them, most games are made for a spacific age group. give a 13y/o a atari2600 or a NES and see how long the'll play with it, not very long mostlikely ( there are exceptions somegames are just timeless)