"I work for a Major game co. as a Senior Software Eng. and believe me, in this case, emulation is a no-brainer."
So why would an experienced Senior Software Engineer make the claim for simple and 100% seamless emulation for all games, especially those that stray from the DX framework to access the harware directly?
"Sure enough its not because the hardware is SO different ( Its still a PC )"
Sure enough you don't know much about hardware [i]and[/i] software if you think a seamless emulation of differing platforms is easy. It's not a matter of "incompetence", though I do believe that if they made it a priority instead of an "additional feature" Microsoft could do it.
"We all have fun on our emulators to Emulate any computer/game console ever made."
While we can emulate the hardware, not all the software works on all emulators. Many games that do "tricks" to take advantage of the hardware to its fullest capacity do not work on any emulators. This is less the case with the PS2, but their method of "emulation" works differently than a purely software emulation.
"The not wanting WoW players I mean. I have come to deeply despise WoW players myself as a pure example of the continued dumbing down of the gaming generation. Anything hard is bad, quick returns are good. And forget about any sense of rollplay."
Good, become the polar opposite to the community you hate and become twice as obnoxious as a contrarian.
"SpongeBob -- An editorial Saturday about children's literature and cartoons erroneously stated that James Dobson of Focus on the Family declared that SpongeBob SquarePants is a homosexual sponge. Instead, in a speech last month, Dobson criticized as pro-homosexual a tolerance video featuring SpongeBob, Big Bird and others."
Did you even read the Wiki link you're quoting? Because they didn't misquote him on the "pro-homosexual" conspiracy.
"Because Florida is a total dogturd of a state, only beaten by Texas in repugnancy. Move your company there and you'll only get utter shitbags to work for you."
Ever been to South Florida? It *is* almost exactly how he describes. The GIT R DUNN morons are all north of here, thankfully.
"Good luck finding One (1) laptop with the ability to boot from a USB device. I know I have spent hours in stores restarting most of the major's and some of the minor notebook brands to look in the BIOS for that ability... no luck so far."
I'm going to assume here that you have not considered a USB floppy drive as a potential "fix" for this.
Also, let alone the Intel Pro-Set wireless line. Some may work more strongly than others, but they've never prevented my varied-vendor systems from POSTing.
That's crap, I assume you've tried again to get anyone to send you the component separately, advising that you know full well that the system's out of warranty?
LCD inverter, or power inverter board? LCD inverters are pretty easy to replace, if they'll actually sell them to you. The latter would likely be part of the motherboard itself, so there's not much that can be modularized.
"You could build your own 'laptop' using off the shelf components. I'm currently doing just that; I call it my Frankenputer (after Dr. Frankenstein's creation). It fits into a briefcase and is seriously ugly. It's about four times as thick as any decent modern laptop and is really heavy. Half the weight is the battery but the battery lasts for an honest five hours.
Lots of people build computers to use in their cars and lots of people build computers that fit in things like whisky bottles. My ugly 'laptop' is no different in that respect. www.mini-box.com sells the power supplies that you need to make it run off 12 volts. To conserve current, I'm using a flash card in place of a hard drive. The box runs Damn Small Linux."
That really defeats the purpose to upgrading a *laptop* for greater graphics and processing performance.
"nVidia introduced MXM for that very purpose but it hasn't been taken up too well by the industry. The MXM Upgrade weaves a depressing tale of the general concensus of laptop manufactureres. Although some are using it, most echo the sentiments of ASUS:
'An ASUS representative told us they are dropping the MXM concept, quoting additional costs, niche market and added height. Too bad!'"
Notebook upgrades ARE a niche market. MXM isn't going away, and while it's probably not ever going to be available on your lowest-end Compaq, Emachines, and HP best buy rebate systems, you can find upgradable video cards (MXM or otherwise) on mid-to-higher end systems.
It's just like buying the 200$ Dell desktops, don't be surprised when your lowest-of-the-low end system only comes with a standard PCI connector for "expansion".
"Try replacing the mini-pci wireless card on your laptop with another brand. 10 to 1 says your laptop won't boot unless your manufacturer also offers that exact card (same PCI-ID) with your same laptop model (or one sharing a bios)."
I've never really found that to be the case, at least with the castlenet and wistron-nweb cards I've worked with.
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Dell hasn't changed of note yet, Product Engineers, Marketing, and Support are the same that they were beforehand.
They get little to no income from that target market, so it's not worth addressing.
He said "James Dobson, you know, the guy of Spongebob Squarepants is a conspiracy to turn kids gay fame."
Not "saying that Spongebob Squarepants is gay fame"
So in other words, you're making this shit up out of thin air.
"I work for a Major game co. as a Senior Software Eng. and believe me, in this case, emulation is a no-brainer."
So why would an experienced Senior Software Engineer make the claim for simple and 100% seamless emulation for all games, especially those that stray from the DX framework to access the harware directly?
"Sure enough its not because the hardware is SO different ( Its still a PC )"
Sure enough you don't know much about hardware [i]and[/i] software if you think a seamless emulation of differing platforms is easy. It's not a matter of "incompetence", though I do believe that if they made it a priority instead of an "additional feature" Microsoft could do it.
"We all have fun on our emulators to Emulate any computer/game console ever made."
While we can emulate the hardware, not all the software works on all emulators. Many games that do "tricks" to take advantage of the hardware to its fullest capacity do not work on any emulators. This is less the case with the PS2, but their method of "emulation" works differently than a purely software emulation.
"and it'll be behind the curve in 6 months"
You can upgrade the videocards and processor, so no.
Hey, he doesn't go to MIT so he must know more about the college than anyone else. His hearing things on the news makes him an expert.
Especially with the bottom-barrel "free" power supplies included with most of them.
With the additional explanation, I realize that I misinterpreted your initial post as something of a more psychosomatic origin and humbly apologize.
"That alone has driven up their popularity with the hardcore MMORPG gamers because honestly, very few hardcore people even PLAY WoW to begin with."
That's because there are very few (but mouthy) "hardcore" players to begin with, which is why this will fail.
"The not wanting WoW players I mean. I have come to deeply despise WoW players myself as a pure example of the continued dumbing down of the gaming generation. Anything hard is bad, quick returns are good. And forget about any sense of rollplay."
Good, become the polar opposite to the community you hate and become twice as obnoxious as a contrarian.
"SpongeBob -- An editorial Saturday about children's literature and cartoons erroneously stated that James Dobson of Focus on the Family declared that SpongeBob SquarePants is a homosexual sponge. Instead, in a speech last month, Dobson criticized as pro-homosexual a tolerance video featuring SpongeBob, Big Bird and others."
Did you even read the Wiki link you're quoting? Because they didn't misquote him on the "pro-homosexual" conspiracy.
Yeah, it's a good thing nobody's released them for the Xbox or anything.
"Sure, they interacted with the researcher and they answered a simple question."
Ah, just like Schiavo, I'm sure.
Zero chance of either for the forseeable future.
"Because Florida is a total dogturd of a state, only beaten by Texas in repugnancy. Move your company there and you'll only get utter shitbags to work for you."
Ever been to South Florida? It *is* almost exactly how he describes. The GIT R DUNN morons are all north of here, thankfully.
I know a good many if not most spammers and scam-artists reside here in Florida, where we don't pay taxes either way.
"Good luck finding One (1) laptop with the ability to boot from a USB device. I know I have spent hours in stores restarting most of the major's and some of the minor notebook brands to look in the BIOS for that ability... no luck so far."
I'm going to assume here that you have not considered a USB floppy drive as a potential "fix" for this.
Also, let alone the Intel Pro-Set wireless line. Some may work more strongly than others, but they've never prevented my varied-vendor systems from POSTing.
That's crap, I assume you've tried again to get anyone to send you the component separately, advising that you know full well that the system's out of warranty?
LCD inverter, or power inverter board? LCD inverters are pretty easy to replace, if they'll actually sell them to you. The latter would likely be part of the motherboard itself, so there's not much that can be modularized.
"You could build your own 'laptop' using off the shelf components. I'm currently doing just that; I call it my Frankenputer (after Dr. Frankenstein's creation). It fits into a briefcase and is seriously ugly. It's about four times as thick as any decent modern laptop and is really heavy. Half the weight is the battery but the battery lasts for an honest five hours.
Lots of people build computers to use in their cars and lots of people build computers that fit in things like whisky bottles. My ugly 'laptop' is no different in that respect. www.mini-box.com sells the power supplies that you need to make it run off 12 volts. To conserve current, I'm using a flash card in place of a hard drive. The box runs Damn Small Linux."
That really defeats the purpose to upgrading a *laptop* for greater graphics and processing performance.
"nVidia introduced MXM for that very purpose but it hasn't been taken up too well by the industry. The MXM Upgrade weaves a depressing tale of the general concensus of laptop manufactureres. Although some are using it, most echo the sentiments of ASUS:
'An ASUS representative told us they are dropping the MXM concept, quoting additional costs, niche market and added height. Too bad!'"
Notebook upgrades ARE a niche market. MXM isn't going away, and while it's probably not ever going to be available on your lowest-end Compaq, Emachines, and HP best buy rebate systems, you can find upgradable video cards (MXM or otherwise) on mid-to-higher end systems.
It's just like buying the 200$ Dell desktops, don't be surprised when your lowest-of-the-low end system only comes with a standard PCI connector for "expansion".
"Try replacing the mini-pci wireless card on your laptop with another brand. 10 to 1 says your laptop won't boot unless your manufacturer also offers that exact card (same PCI-ID) with your same laptop model (or one sharing a bios)."
I've never really found that to be the case, at least with the castlenet and wistron-nweb cards I've worked with.
"Hell, I was able to skip the 4 hour line into the Nintendo booth and get a guided tour and I'm no-one."
;)
Consider it this way, since you're a no-one you also had the luxury of playing it