Eclipse has no debug mode -- just the Debug perspective you can switch to and from. The main Debug view lists all the programs being run or debugged and lets you debug several prograDebuggingms at the same time, which is a little more difficult to do in Visual Studio.
I forgot to mention... I'm a developer who feels Visual Studio is the vastly superior product. I like to debug. I write lots of tools and have to deal with malformed data all the time, without debugging I'd feel like I was in the stone age. Being able to debug easily is something any IDE should have, expecially after 1995.
While it lived, DirectX was available for the DreamCast. Worms Armageddon used it. DirectX is also available on some Windows Mobile devices. Mostly the PDA's I believe.
It could be a big hassle to backport all that resource management code. Oh and the new driver model it uses. Oh and the new kernel should be pretty easy. It's not like they are a company who is allowed to charge for any of that. We should expect everything to be free updates forever. It's not like XP is nearing the end of its support cycle or anything.
Let's start with the suspense in OpenGL versions. This was caused by a board that was taking too long to arbitrate disputes and pander to everyone. It was full of many companies, all of which who were competing and would stop each other as much as possible. That's why not many OpenGL updates were issued, but plenty of things became vendor specific extensions. Now I've heard that the board has been disolved and a single entity is taking the reigns. This explains why OpenGL has been picking up lately. No disputes, just progress.
For issue number 2, the Vista / OpenGL myth. You are partly correct, Aero will be disabled. Where you are wrong is that it will be disabled while you are using the OpenGL application. I have already tested this myself and it is no biggie. It is also somewhat expected, as OpenGL and Direct3D would fight for the hardware. They work fairly differently and if the OS cannot keep context you end up with missed renders/glitches/etc.
If a plumber installs a toilet, you get one toilet. If you buy a copy of Bioshock, you get one copy of Bioshock. Only one person can use the toilet at a time, much the same with the copy of Bioshock.
That's an awful lot of following what you hear there. Quite a bit of it is incorrect. Vista is compatable with almost as much as XP, minus the 16bit stuff (which you usually needed something like DosBox for anyways).
Seriously, anybody listening to what they read on here for Vista is being spoon fed lies. I believed them for a while, but built a new system and wanted to try it out. I was pretty surprised at how much information about it is wrong.
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It's not like there's some kind of word doc viewer or anything, right? You're required to pay for the most expensive version of Office just to view word files right?
My experience with Windows is that it is sloppily coded, and lots of things cause Windows to need maintenance. For example, the CPU hogging bug in Firefox, which seems to be worse in Firefox version 2.0.0.4, sometimes causes Windows XP Professional SP2 to become unstable and require re-starting the computer. When Firefox hogs the CPU under Linux, it is only necessary to kill Firefox. Linux remains stable.
Or you could say, just kill the process in Windows.
A side benefit of Linux is that it is much more secure, partly because of its design, and partly because students are less likely to know how to tinker with it, I was told.
The whole point of computers in schools is to familiarise students with them. There's always going to be at least one uber-geek able to take down the whole network with a flick of the wrist. Anecdotal evidence does not setup your computer to be
the most secure platform.
Another problem with a Windows system is hiring people who are willing to work with products from a company such as Microsoft that is so abusive. It's tiring to work with abusiveness.
I'm sure it's hard to hire from all those millions of certified people.
This part is incorrect. The music is no more DRM'd than when you got it. If you get it over wireless, yes it has DRM, if you get it from you computer it's whatever it was on there. You can pull songs straight off the Zune just like the iPod.
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Boot Camp is one of MS's greatest allies... A way to get all Mac owners to pay for Windows. Brilliant!
Can you play Blu-Ray or HD-DVD content in Linux? What's that? They want to add a DRM subsystem to allow such things?
"The beauty of option #2 is that it is open source, and the developers actually care about what you have to say (most of the time)."
Right, it's not like they would be more inclined to say: "Most people don't need that, write it yourself."
MOD parent troll/flaimbait. I know everyone jokes about Windows ME, but obviously Vista > ME.
MOD parent way the freak up for factual reprensentation of what is being sensationalised.
Vista does not check DRM on MP3's being played.
Mod parent troll, makes inflammatory remarks without considering that with a 2 year cycle you'd be building on what you had and not starting over.
Live isn't just about blogging and videos. It's also about gaming. Think XBL for Windows.
I forgot to mention... I'm a developer who feels Visual Studio is the vastly superior product. I like to debug. I write lots of tools and have to deal with malformed data all the time, without debugging I'd feel like I was in the stone age. Being able to debug easily is something any IDE should have, expecially after 1995.
There's a plugin for VS that does SVN. That's what plugins are for, don't ya know.
VS2005 has stuff like this. Visual Assist adds it to earlier versions of VS.
While it lived, DirectX was available for the DreamCast. Worms Armageddon used it. DirectX is also available on some Windows Mobile devices. Mostly the PDA's I believe.
The first paragraph conflicts with the rest of your post. You point out interesting and helpfull things but then say that forces adoption of OpenGL.
It could be a big hassle to backport all that resource management code. Oh and the new driver model it uses. Oh and the new kernel should be pretty easy. It's not like they are a company who is allowed to charge for any of that. We should expect everything to be free updates forever. It's not like XP is nearing the end of its support cycle or anything.
You got quite a bit wrong there.
Let's start with the suspense in OpenGL versions. This was caused by a board that was taking too long to arbitrate disputes and pander to everyone. It was full of many companies, all of which who were competing and would stop each other as much as possible. That's why not many OpenGL updates were issued, but plenty of things became vendor specific extensions. Now I've heard that the board has been disolved and a single entity is taking the reigns. This explains why OpenGL has been picking up lately. No disputes, just progress.
For issue number 2, the Vista / OpenGL myth. You are partly correct, Aero will be disabled. Where you are wrong is that it will be disabled while you are using the OpenGL application. I have already tested this myself and it is no biggie. It is also somewhat expected, as OpenGL and Direct3D would fight for the hardware. They work fairly differently and if the OS cannot keep context you end up with missed renders/glitches/etc.
If a plumber installs a toilet, you get one toilet. If you buy a copy of Bioshock, you get one copy of Bioshock. Only one person can use the toilet at a time, much the same with the copy of Bioshock.
This actually points out the true reason the DRM is in the demo. This is also something SecuROM tells it's customers they should do.
That's an awful lot of following what you hear there. Quite a bit of it is incorrect. Vista is compatable with almost as much as XP, minus the 16bit stuff (which you usually needed something like DosBox for anyways).
Seriously, anybody listening to what they read on here for Vista is being spoon fed lies. I believed them for a while, but built a new system and wanted to try it out. I was pretty surprised at how much information about it is wrong.
It's not like there's some kind of word doc viewer or anything, right? You're required to pay for the most expensive version of Office just to view word files right?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925180
I too have all patches installed and have an uninstall button.
Smooth and unified like the clipboard?
At .5MB per song, those are some pretty crappy MP3's.
"live with drm encumbered music"
This part is incorrect. The music is no more DRM'd than when you got it. If you get it over wireless, yes it has DRM, if you get it from you computer it's whatever it was on there. You can pull songs straight off the Zune just like the iPod.