If you read the parent of your post, you will see that devices containing the FAT filesystem are not included. Devices that can read/write the FAT filesystem are. This means USB flash keys are not included, as the USB device does not handle the file system, it only handles reading and writing of raw data (Much like any drive).
If you believe everything in F911 then you should get your head checked. I don't mean to troll, but it seriously was a hacked together piece of trash. There were quite a few flaws, and even the newspaper headline was made up.
So keeping certain Windows APIs hidden from competing media applications doesn't count?
This is pure FUD. Just check MSDN for information on the apparently "hidden" Windows APIs. You can build a media player with the WMP API's, DirectShow, or even just from scratch (ex WinAmp/FreeAmp). If you use DirectShow or WMP you can even play WMA/WMV.
MSDN has lots of examples and answers to questions as to how to build SuperPad, which is a more complex version of Notepad. Since MSDN has it all in one place, this makes OSS's seeming advantage a disadvantage as you have to scour the internets looking for what you need.
The breaking of apps in SP2 was more related to the NX bit being turned on. It can be turned of, thus rendering those applications useable again. Certain apps written for specific versions of other libraries sometimes break. Such as Blood Omen: Legacy Of Kain. However, someone hacked the exe to disable the check and it runs just fine on WinXP.
Windows 2000/XP have a tab autocomplete for the commandline too. Sometimes it's not on by default, but there's a registry key to turn it on. It's not as complete as the *nix one, but it's still great for filenames.
A soccer game that has a new iteration every year (since 1995!) is not a good comparison against a game that has had only had 4 iterations in that chart which you provided.
That could actually cause more slowdown than just disabling the features in the first place. As many others have stated, however, this is not what it does. It only replaces, not compliments the video card.
I think the point is that you can get an internal floppy drive for $8, why pay $29.99 + tax for ancient hardware you can get cheap if your board supports it. If it doesn't, you can go the Apple route and pay high prices for the "newer" version that might have "super snappy" technology.
With only 4 buttons total, I'm sure looking forward to playing 8 button SNES games on a GP32! And with its incredible 8MB RAM, I'm sure those 16MB GBA games will play quite well./sarcasm
Yes, however Apple charges you $130 because their version requires their new OS version. They aren't giving you anything, they are only taking away. You once had an app that worked on your current version of OS, but now that app is gone and the only way to get a newer version is to upgrade to Apple's newer OS version, at $130.
With such a horribly designed web page, it's hard to tell what the hell Quicksilver is. You didn't describe it at all, so until someone does that point is moot. I see no difference in the OS telling you what to use for tasks than for the OS's company to tell you what to use. Which is apparently the Apple way... If something becomes popular they build a competing version and give it away, squashing the competition.
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If you read the parent of your post, you will see that devices containing the FAT filesystem are not included. Devices that can read/write the FAT filesystem are. This means USB flash keys are not included, as the USB device does not handle the file system, it only handles reading and writing of raw data (Much like any drive).
If you believe everything in F911 then you should get your head checked. I don't mean to troll, but it seriously was a hacked together piece of trash. There were quite a few flaws, and even the newspaper headline was made up.
The copy protect option was disabled by default on all 3 of the computers I use... Perhaps it speaks more volumes of what MS thinks of you.
I'm pretty sure Windows 2003 did this. As it is meant for servers, it kinda makes sense.
"Select-paste still works...."
This means select, replace is broken! The often more usefull version of pasting, at least for code.
How about lame PDF files that don't let you edit and you need to print one to put notes on it.
Not only are GTK apps on Windows ugly, as the other poster mentioned, but they are really slow as far as UI goes.
MSDN has lots of examples and answers to questions as to how to build SuperPad, which is a more complex version of Notepad. Since MSDN has it all in one place, this makes OSS's seeming advantage a disadvantage as you have to scour the internets looking for what you need.
The breaking of apps in SP2 was more related to the NX bit being turned on. It can be turned of, thus rendering those applications useable again. Certain apps written for specific versions of other libraries sometimes break. Such as Blood Omen: Legacy Of Kain. However, someone hacked the exe to disable the check and it runs just fine on WinXP.
Didn't Sony also stop selling the Linux kit a long time ago? I seem to recall something along those lines.
You forgot to mention how people would mention that they aren't going to buy it, but then they turn around and buy multiple copies anyways.
But according to these "guys", Microsoft beats Open Source. I'd be a little leary of them.
Windows 2000/XP have a tab autocomplete for the commandline too. Sometimes it's not on by default, but there's a registry key to turn it on. It's not as complete as the *nix one, but it's still great for filenames.
Here's a link.
In the PC version of Vice City I believe there was an overhead view.
Visual Studio 6 had that for C/C++, Apple was playing catch up too!
A soccer game that has a new iteration every year (since 1995!) is not a good comparison against a game that has had only had 4 iterations in that chart which you provided.
Nothing but FUD here. HD-DVD is 45GB, Blue Ray is 50GB. One Blue Ray disc in no way equations to 4-5 HD-DVDs.
Second, check out the Metal Gear series, which just happens to be made by a Japanese developer. They want to move away from pre-rendered everything.
UT2004 already has a software rasterizer, you insensitive clod! ;)
That could actually cause more slowdown than just disabling the features in the first place. As many others have stated, however, this is not what it does. It only replaces, not compliments the video card.
I think the point is that you can get an internal floppy drive for $8, why pay $29.99 + tax for ancient hardware you can get cheap if your board supports it. If it doesn't, you can go the Apple route and pay high prices for the "newer" version that might have "super snappy" technology.
With only 4 buttons total, I'm sure looking forward to playing 8 button SNES games on a GP32! And with its incredible 8MB RAM, I'm sure those 16MB GBA games will play quite well. /sarcasm
Yes, however Apple charges you $130 because their version requires their new OS version. They aren't giving you anything, they are only taking away. You once had an app that worked on your current version of OS, but now that app is gone and the only way to get a newer version is to upgrade to Apple's newer OS version, at $130.
With such a horribly designed web page, it's hard to tell what the hell Quicksilver is. You didn't describe it at all, so until someone does that point is moot. I see no difference in the OS telling you what to use for tasks than for the OS's company to tell you what to use. Which is apparently the Apple way... If something becomes popular they build a competing version and give it away, squashing the competition.
I meant Enlightenment, not Evolution... that's a whole seperate ordeal.