Tell that to the EU then.... They are the ones that want to strip down the largest used OS to their liking. And don't forget to send them some money or they'll just ignore you.
Or you could just, u know, play the PS1 games on your PS3. Pretty sure all models support PS1 through software. Whereas you may or may not get PS2 support.
Wii and PS3 do not use OpenGL. There are wrappers that closely mimick it, but you get such poor performance out of it that any commercial app should be ashamed of itself for using them.
Secondly, you say all those other toolkits are just as nice as the DX toolkits, which they may be from a pure use standpoint, but definitely not a debugging one. When turned on, the DX debug output will often tell you HOW to fix your broken code.
Apple could have used one of the other DRM techniques that were already available then. They didn't need to come up with their own. The others were capable of everything Apple wanted to have available (CD burning, multiple authorised computers, etc). Then you'd be able to move your music across different devices from other manufacturers. So yes, it benefits Apple very much to have their own DRM.
Lock in and fast failures. Buy DRM'd Apple content and you're locked into Apple products. iPod battery fails, hd fails, etc and you have a choice. Lose access to all your Apple content and start over, or buy another Apple product to replace it.
The touch iPods have low capacity and are not in the same market as the Zune (unless you want to pay $500 for 32GB!). My wife has 1G Nano and it crashes every other day for her. (Bad handling of certain music my guess.) I had a 1G Nano for a while and it was neat, but my music would also crash it now and then. Got tired of the small capacity and bought a bigger HD based music player. I looked at the feature sets of several, and decided to get the one with the radio (I like the radio stations here sometimes).
I think the whole debacle with Loki proves this wrong. They thought a small team porting games would be profitable, but it turned out Linux gamers dont want to buy games. http://www.mobygames.com/company/loki-entertainment-software-inc
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Tell that to the EU then.... They are the ones that want to strip down the largest used OS to their liking. And don't forget to send them some money or they'll just ignore you.
How many linux distro CDs do you need to download? 250GB = 357 CDs.
"Hacking" is a violation of the DMCA, so there would be plenty of ammo for sending someone to Federal PITA prison.
That is of course if there was "hacking" involved and not social engineering which is not covered under such laws.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116473
both 32 and 64bit on a single disc.
Or you could just, u know, play the PS1 games on your PS3. Pretty sure all models support PS1 through software. Whereas you may or may not get PS2 support.
Not without hardware acceleration you wont.
You're actually advocating people go back to AIM? Let alone the now bloated ICQ who was bought by AOL?
"use" and "has available" are two seperate things. LibGCM and PSGL
Wii and PS3 do not use OpenGL. There are wrappers that closely mimick it, but you get such poor performance out of it that any commercial app should be ashamed of itself for using them.
Secondly, you say all those other toolkits are just as nice as the DX toolkits, which they may be from a pure use standpoint, but definitely not a debugging one. When turned on, the DX debug output will often tell you HOW to fix your broken code.
Nintendo did not demo apps for iPhone, that would be absurd. It was SEGA, one of the larger third parties these days.
Apple could have used one of the other DRM techniques that were already available then. They didn't need to come up with their own. The others were capable of everything Apple wanted to have available (CD burning, multiple authorised computers, etc). Then you'd be able to move your music across different devices from other manufacturers. So yes, it benefits Apple very much to have their own DRM.
You're streaming everything over? How's that work on the airplane for ya? Or out somewhere away from free wifi? That is what the capacity is for.
Lock in and fast failures. Buy DRM'd Apple content and you're locked into Apple products. iPod battery fails, hd fails, etc and you have a choice. Lose access to all your Apple content and start over, or buy another Apple product to replace it.
The touch iPods have low capacity and are not in the same market as the Zune (unless you want to pay $500 for 32GB!). My wife has 1G Nano and it crashes every other day for her. (Bad handling of certain music my guess.) I had a 1G Nano for a while and it was neat, but my music would also crash it now and then. Got tired of the small capacity and bought a bigger HD based music player. I looked at the feature sets of several, and decided to get the one with the radio (I like the radio stations here sometimes).
1. XB360 with XNA Creator's Club membership (it would be PS3 running Linux, but that doesn't support gamepads).
2. GP32 / GP2X
3. Unlocked HTC Tytn II
What kind of serious work needs gigabit ethernet? Just asking cuz I generally use less than 0.5mb/s most of the time.
I think the whole debacle with Loki proves this wrong. They thought a small team porting games would be profitable, but it turned out Linux gamers dont want to buy games.
http://www.mobygames.com/company/loki-entertainment-software-inc
Let's see you show grandma how to download a web browser when none is installed... Go on, show us! ;)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144080
The power of 20 single layered Blu-Ray discs at half the cost and much faster transfer speeds.
If those were open platforms, then yes. Since we live in reality where they are very closed, then probably not. Or at least not officially.
Your comment makes it seem like you have no knowledge of open source.
http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight
Silverlight is NOT Windows only.
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/downloads.aspx
http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight
Then they should laugh at you, and point out that Silverlight is already on OSX and is being developed for GNU/Linux.
You will find it had more to do with the untested new formats, as well as a shortage of blue laser diodes. Not to mention the cost.
The Blu-Ray spec allows for arbitrary code execution for an extra layer of DRM. Maybe you should do some research first?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-Ray#Digital_rights_management_.28DRM.29