for something that would appear to be quite pricey, surely you wouldn't be buying this before ebooks became even a _little_ bit more mainstream. Even then, wouldn't a software ebook reader suffice?
Personally I think ebooks detract from everything that's good about reading a book. (err, novel that is)
Im posting using a HP OmniBook Xe3, dvd/cdrw combo drive, p3/4, 15 inch monitor at 1024x768, 20gig hdd, integrated ethernet/modem, running win98/mandrake seamlessly, it's been great for me! competitive price too!
With all the conjecture regarding XBox, PS2, GC of late, a new (high priced) release seems an ideal time to question the future of the PC stronghold(?) in the gaming market.
From memory, the new Nvidia card was listed at around $350, and it can be noted that the tests were performed on a high end processor with a healthy serving of ram. Although this concoction transparantly serves as a powerful pc for all your non-gaming needs, does this serve as a warning to building 'game boxes'?
Even against Sony's impressive software library, I would argue that the PC offers the best range of gaming (quaking etc.), but with M$ entering the console market, will this be the case in times to come and is it possible we are dawning on a separation of mainstream pc uses and gaming?
Right from the start I think that the free software movement was geared by geeks toward geeks, and it's become a game of catch up developing quality gui's and moving away from traditional cli's.
Added focus in this area will surely see a boost in gaining mainstream desktop users and subsequently enthusing them with the free software ideal.
Of course a pretty interface is excess baggage and can lead to bloatware, but surely it's imperative to the future of open source?!
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wireless needs some decent encryption schemes before it becomes accepted in the public domain
anyone know of any free software that allows pc to phone dialling?
for something that would appear to be quite pricey, surely you wouldn't be buying this before ebooks became even a _little_ bit more mainstream. Even then, wouldn't a software ebook reader suffice? Personally I think ebooks detract from everything that's good about reading a book. (err, novel that is)
Im posting using a HP OmniBook Xe3, dvd/cdrw combo drive, p3/4, 15 inch monitor at 1024x768, 20gig hdd, integrated ethernet/modem, running win98/mandrake seamlessly, it's been great for me! competitive price too!
With all the conjecture regarding XBox, PS2, GC of late, a new (high priced) release seems an ideal time to question the future of the PC stronghold(?) in the gaming market.
From memory, the new Nvidia card was listed at around $350, and it can be noted that the tests were performed on a high end processor with a healthy serving of ram. Although this concoction transparantly serves as a powerful pc for all your non-gaming needs, does this serve as a warning to building 'game boxes'?
Even against Sony's impressive software library, I would argue that the PC offers the best range of gaming (quaking etc.), but with M$ entering the console market, will this be the case in times to come and is it possible we are dawning on a separation of mainstream pc uses and gaming?
Food for thought anyway.
Right from the start I think that the free software movement was geared by geeks toward geeks, and it's become a game of catch up developing quality gui's and moving away from traditional cli's. Added focus in this area will surely see a boost in gaining mainstream desktop users and subsequently enthusing them with the free software ideal. Of course a pretty interface is excess baggage and can lead to bloatware, but surely it's imperative to the future of open source?!