I guess it really depends on the field really. I've been working in the banking industry(IT) for the last 5 years without a CS degree. And at this point i dont see a need to waste time/money on getting a cs degree. I work hard and have moved up the chain quickly (both professionally and financially). And if you think its a small shop its not. I work for a MAJOR german bank, and before this a MAJOR canadian bank. My experience pretty much speaks for itself, without a degree.
Of course for development work it can be entirely different...dunno
I had the same problem with the live. Just go into surround mixer and select the 4.1 or 5.1 setting for the speakers. then do the speaker test(front left, front right, etc..) it should work. Only thing is..you have to do it everytime you turn on the pc. Kinda annoying..
Yes i do remember using terminals at work and yes it was a pain..But please for gods sake dont say that OS's have become bloatware. An install of xp and any linux distro is over a gig, but you have to understand that technology evolves. Features get added and with it the size of software increases. This forces companies to develop newer and faster machines, and thus you have the PC market. Imagine if we were stuck in the VMS days(ok maybe not that far back) we wouldn't have all these wonderful features that modern OS's give us. We would have old/slow hardware just to run our OS on a floppy. I don't want an OS that runs on a floppy..i want a feature rich OS that gives me options and makes my life easier and more productive..all at the same time. So please get off that "i've been around since Xenix days" and realise that technology is about advancement.
You know i really hate it when people post comments like this sometimes. If there wasn't a market for this then they wouldn't sell it right? Maybe for you it wouldn't make sense, but to a huge number of developers/graphic artists/power users it would be a godsend. Theres the point. For me i have 2 pcs, an intel 1 gig which i use for daily tasks, and a dual 1 gig which i use for audio/video creation/editing (read: DivX) The difference in encoding can be HOURS..not just seconds.
Ok guys relax..The ASUS A7M266-D will have that thermal protection they have been talking about. If (BIG IF) the heatsink falls off the mobo shuts down the pc. Actually that has been a feature on some abit motherboards for quite some time..
Hmm..well i've been reading that it costs $580+ to manufacture each system. Thats a big loss, if you sell them for $300. I'm sure your aware that video game companies take losses on the hardware and make money selling the software(as in the ps2..when first released they were $390 to manufacture but they sold them for $300). Consoles do not make these companies money. Not sure if that $580/per is true..but i do think microsoft is losing money on hardware.
Ahh ok...well then if your talking about distributed network computing then why compare your budget home made pc with an xbox? The xbox was designed more for gaming than anything(I would think the graphics end of this machine is the most expensive part, thus the price of the machine), but if hacked could do alot more(hopefully one day).
Of course Microsoft isn't paying retail prices for the hardware, you mentioned pricewatch so i went with that. But you are right, these days you can build a pretty damn fast machine for pennies..
Ok lets be REALISTIC here.. To have a reliable PC for under $300 with the SAME specs as the x-box is almost impossible. Fine if you want to quote pricewatch then lets do it:
*now i can safely assume that a $20 is as cheap in quality as they get, and the X-Box case is alot better
All this adds up to $439 without the case. How is this cheaper than $300? Remember Microsoft is taking a HUGE hit in price here, selling the x-box for 300 bucks. If they figure out how to hack it then its a steal to buy one.
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I second that! uhhh..
I guess it really depends on the field really. I've been working in the banking industry(IT) for the last 5 years without a CS degree. And at this point i dont see a need to waste time/money on getting a cs degree. I work hard and have moved up the chain quickly (both professionally and financially). And if you think its a small shop its not. I work for a MAJOR german bank, and before this a MAJOR canadian bank. My experience pretty much speaks for itself, without a degree. Of course for development work it can be entirely different...dunno
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I had the same problem with the live. Just go into surround mixer and select the 4.1 or 5.1 setting for the speakers. then do the speaker test(front left, front right, etc..) it should work. Only thing is..you have to do it everytime you turn on the pc. Kinda annoying..
Yes i do remember using terminals at work and yes it was a pain..But please for gods sake dont say that OS's have become bloatware. An install of xp and any linux distro is over a gig, but you have to understand that technology evolves. Features get added and with it the size of software increases. This forces companies to develop newer and faster machines, and thus you have the PC market. Imagine if we were stuck in the VMS days(ok maybe not that far back) we wouldn't have all these wonderful features that modern OS's give us. We would have old/slow hardware just to run our OS on a floppy. I don't want an OS that runs on a floppy..i want a feature rich OS that gives me options and makes my life easier and more productive..all at the same time. So please get off that "i've been around since Xenix days" and realise that technology is about advancement.
You know i really hate it when people post comments like this sometimes. If there wasn't a market for this then they wouldn't sell it right? Maybe for you it wouldn't make sense, but to a huge number of developers/graphic artists/power users it would be a godsend. Theres the point. For me i have 2 pcs, an intel 1 gig which i use for daily tasks, and a dual 1 gig which i use for audio/video creation/editing (read: DivX) The difference in encoding can be HOURS..not just seconds.
Ok guys relax..The ASUS A7M266-D will have that thermal protection they have been talking about. If (BIG IF) the heatsink falls off the mobo shuts down the pc. Actually that has been a feature on some abit motherboards for quite some time..
Amen Brother..
Hmm..well i've been reading that it costs $580+ to manufacture each system. Thats a big loss, if you sell them for $300. I'm sure your aware that video game companies take losses on the hardware and make money selling the software(as in the ps2..when first released they were $390 to manufacture but they sold them for $300). Consoles do not make these companies money. Not sure if that $580/per is true..but i do think microsoft is losing money on hardware.
Ahh ok...well then if your talking about distributed network computing then why compare your budget home made pc with an xbox? The xbox was designed more for gaming than anything(I would think the graphics end of this machine is the most expensive part, thus the price of the machine), but if hacked could do alot more(hopefully one day). Of course Microsoft isn't paying retail prices for the hardware, you mentioned pricewatch so i went with that. But you are right, these days you can build a pretty damn fast machine for pennies..
Ok lets be REALISTIC here.. To have a reliable PC for under $300 with the SAME specs as the x-box is almost impossible. Fine if you want to quote pricewatch then lets do it:
Intel 733: $85
Motherboard: Intel $39
GeForce 3: $192
20 Gig HD: $63
DVD Drive: $35
Case: ??*
NIC: 3com 10/100 $25
*now i can safely assume that a $20 is as cheap in quality as they get, and the X-Box case is alot better
All this adds up to $439 without the case. How is this cheaper than $300? Remember Microsoft is taking a HUGE hit in price here, selling the x-box for 300 bucks. If they figure out how to hack it then its a steal to buy one.