There's a big difference in the corporate world between working for a.com start up, and being a faceless IT employee in the depths of General Motors or SBC.
K-12 Education is a sector you'd NEVER want to work IT in.
There's more than one reason for buying a PC from the big companies, rather than rolling your own from flavor of the week hardware, and saving MUCH less than what you could in the past.
iD software cranks this bad boy out, hits the XBOX same time as the PC/Mac, and then XBOX people are battling it out online with PC people, downloading levels, etc etc
This will be the killer app and Microsoft's savior!
Broadband support from Xbox: None, and details are unknown (expect something at E3, but the broadband support is suppose be rolled out June 2002.
Broadband support from Sony: Ethernet/Modem kit that allows you to specify how to connect, Linux kit that lets you do just about anything you want (rip/play MP3's, connect to the Internet), Upcoming AOL support (Yes, AOL sucks, but that's still a damn lot of people)
Advantage: Playstation 2
Online games on the Xbox: Halo (need a router hack), Coming? Um...
Online games from Playstation 2: Tony Hawk 3 (needs USB ethernet hack), Final Fantasy XI (will be supported by upcoming ethernet/hard drive kit), Everquest (same), Star Wars Galaxies (same)
Advantage: Playstation 2
DVD Playback:
Xbox: Requires purchase of $20-$30 remote control.
PS2: Remote control optional.
Advantage: PS2
The DVD Playback on an XBOX is much better than the PS2. $30 better.
Broadband/online gaming support? Sorry, it doesn't really exist for either system so you can't compare "Whats supposed to come out" with "Hardware hacks let you..."
Besides the Windows franchise, there are a lot of things that IBM would rather not have repeat themselves. Not buying MS-DOS when it had the chance. Allowing the cloning of PCs.
Had they bought up DOS, someone else would have made an OS and did a better job marketing/monopolizing it. (Microsoft?)
Had they not allowed the cloning of PC's, Apple would still have a chance, or Amiga, or whoever..
IBM's were all over the business market with the XT, but once the clones invaded, they lowered prices, and eliminated all the other competeting architectures.
They basically made Microsoft, at least made their market.
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When Sony has a Minidisc commercial, showing the guy sitting in his apartment, making a 'mix', and then hitting the street jammin' to his tunes?
Every time I'm on there, all I see is 37iTe haX0rs!! There must be THOUSANDS of them!
There's a big difference in the corporate world between working for a
K-12 Education is a sector you'd NEVER want to work IT in.
Yeah, we want them in our IT Shops.
On the other hand, maybe I can get a cushy job with the State this way!
If you're into this stuff, this link is cool.
A couple more samples...
Music created using the game of life
And more importantly, what animal is on the cover?
Now we can populate the sea!
HP has a DE100C out, since November 2001. Smilar product, expensive though!
ZDNet intro article
Slashdot Article #1
Slashdot Article #2
HP's web site
Open Source Info
VBR = Variable Bit Rate, before someone asks...
Answers to more of your MP3 questions
For the last time, that's not true!
There's more than one reason for buying a PC from the big companies, rather than rolling your own from flavor of the week hardware, and saving MUCH less than what you could in the past.
They've got to pay Slashdot's advertising department somehow!
Don't take the number literally. Security, payroll, HR, and other people are in there...
Anyone working for RedHat is working towards the goal, even if it is passively....
This looks reliable!
http://www.eimod.com/overclocking/rob/wc_2_ok/p
Also, look how dusty the case is. This guy must live in a barn!
Just watch
iD software cranks this bad boy out, hits the XBOX same time as the PC/Mac, and then XBOX people are battling it out online with PC people, downloading levels, etc etc
This will be the killer app and Microsoft's savior!
Broadband support from Xbox:
None, and details are unknown (expect something at E3, but the broadband support is suppose be rolled out June 2002.
Broadband support from Sony:
Ethernet/Modem kit that allows you to specify how to connect, Linux kit that lets you do just about anything you want (rip/play MP3's, connect to the Internet), Upcoming AOL support (Yes, AOL sucks, but that's still a damn lot of people)
Advantage: Playstation 2
Online games on the Xbox:
Halo (need a router hack),
Coming? Um...
Online games from Playstation 2:
Tony Hawk 3 (needs USB ethernet hack), Final Fantasy XI (will be supported by upcoming ethernet/hard drive kit), Everquest (same), Star Wars Galaxies (same)
Advantage: Playstation 2
DVD Playback:
Xbox: Requires purchase of $20-$30 remote control.
PS2: Remote control optional.
Advantage: PS2
The DVD Playback on an XBOX is much better than the PS2. $30 better.
Broadband/online gaming support? Sorry, it doesn't really exist for either system so you can't compare "Whats supposed to come out" with "Hardware hacks let you..."
There aren't many games out for the GameCube, thanks to Nintendo NOT GOING WITH A STANDARD DVD
Haven't they learned from their past?
Well, they could have used a cartridge AGAIN...
Honestly...how many orignal Playstation games do you want to play? Can you think of more than 10?
True...if I got $1 from each piece of spam I recieved, I'd be making about 300*365 = $1,096,500 a year.
Besides the Windows franchise, there are a lot of things that IBM would rather not have repeat themselves. Not buying MS-DOS when it had the chance. Allowing the cloning of PCs.
Had they bought up DOS, someone else would have made an OS and did a better job marketing/monopolizing it. (Microsoft?)
Had they not allowed the cloning of PC's, Apple would still have a chance, or Amiga, or whoever..
IBM's were all over the business market with the XT, but once the clones invaded, they lowered prices, and eliminated all the other competeting architectures.
They basically made Microsoft, at least made their market.
The pages are always stuck together...and there's hair on the pages!
Telemarketers call YOU so THEY can make money....
I did just pay $49 for this 4 head VCR over at Circuit City...
There is a port of Linux for ARM systems.....
Honestly, Mozilla isn't going to make/break Linux