I don't really "get" that article, which seems to say "wow, XP is really gonna aid the entertainment-computing Revolution" but "not in a drastic way." The author provides us with such mind-shattering statements as, "...I feel that Windows XP will spur a short upgrading frenzy."
The most anticlimatic statement I can think of: "Overall, I don't see any major revolutions in the future, but instead a series of logical steps leading to a future that is not so much different from the world we live in today."
Um. Yes. Well, yes. Thank you, Nostradamus.
Of course people will continue to add to their computers to improve the quality and quantity of tasks the computer can perform. But they may also differentiate--someone invents a gaming/TV system that works over the Internet and has a huge screen, well yes, maybe I'll put one in my living room...but that doesn't necessarily imply that I'm not going to keep using the computer in my bedroom with a word processing program and a connection to my favorite MUD. It also seems like smaller, handheld or separately functioning computing devices could easily take some of those coveted slots...not replacing, but working in addition to the home computing system.
Interesting to hear you say that...I don't have FFX yet (waiting for American release at the end of this month) but this is one of things I've been wondering about.
I can't imagine why they're heading towards a more linear structure...that's always been one of the reasons I liked the FF series so much, there's a lot of stuff to be discovered, places to go, etc. Can't imagine why they would want to be like everyone else with fake choices and little freedom to move around the world.
Looking forward to FFX all the same.
It does seem fairly odd at first...but really, it's just like an extension on the "African Savanna" exhibit at your local zoo, right? If the "Park" is separate (and I'm quite sure it will be...lions are expensive...can't have them wandering off to Canberra to be hit on the freeway) they shouldn't alter the biosensitivity any more than the Bronx Zoo does.
I do wonder what's being "displaced" in order to make this possible though. Protect endangered African wildlife--Kill Australian Wildlife!!!
I agree, it must be a front for something. A four-acre Meth Lab masquerading as The Lion House? An underground nuclear weapons lab underneath the Giraffes of the World enclosure??
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I don't really "get" that article, which seems to say "wow, XP is really gonna aid the entertainment-computing Revolution" but "not in a drastic way." The author provides us with such mind-shattering statements as, "...I feel that Windows XP will spur a short upgrading frenzy." The most anticlimatic statement I can think of: "Overall, I don't see any major revolutions in the future, but instead a series of logical steps leading to a future that is not so much different from the world we live in today." Um. Yes. Well, yes. Thank you, Nostradamus. Of course people will continue to add to their computers to improve the quality and quantity of tasks the computer can perform. But they may also differentiate--someone invents a gaming/TV system that works over the Internet and has a huge screen, well yes, maybe I'll put one in my living room...but that doesn't necessarily imply that I'm not going to keep using the computer in my bedroom with a word processing program and a connection to my favorite MUD. It also seems like smaller, handheld or separately functioning computing devices could easily take some of those coveted slots...not replacing, but working in addition to the home computing system.
Interesting to hear you say that...I don't have FFX yet (waiting for American release at the end of this month) but this is one of things I've been wondering about. I can't imagine why they're heading towards a more linear structure...that's always been one of the reasons I liked the FF series so much, there's a lot of stuff to be discovered, places to go, etc. Can't imagine why they would want to be like everyone else with fake choices and little freedom to move around the world. Looking forward to FFX all the same.
It does seem fairly odd at first...but really, it's just like an extension on the "African Savanna" exhibit at your local zoo, right? If the "Park" is separate (and I'm quite sure it will be...lions are expensive...can't have them wandering off to Canberra to be hit on the freeway) they shouldn't alter the biosensitivity any more than the Bronx Zoo does. I do wonder what's being "displaced" in order to make this possible though. Protect endangered African wildlife--Kill Australian Wildlife!!! I agree, it must be a front for something. A four-acre Meth Lab masquerading as The Lion House? An underground nuclear weapons lab underneath the Giraffes of the World enclosure??