The other poster already pointed out the Windows side, while I'll point out that those pretty OSX eye candies choke on older hardware (as if this wasn't obvious). Expose is a good example.
The task bar could be attributed to your hard drive. Either it's bad, you let it go into sleep mode, or it's from 1984. It can also be attributed to older AMD's, I believe there was a note about that somewhere. They have trouble running XP.
Watch the nofrag video and be amazed. Some of this stuff is so crazy you wouldn't think to try it because it's too broken for such a highly hyped game.
HL2 took me 3 weeks to finish but that was roughly 20 hours in total. DOOM 3 was the same. Also, the graphicsl in DOOM 3 are much more astonishing, HL2 has that dated look. The lighting is messed up in areas, etc. (For example, look at DOOM 3's light, and then look at HL2's. There are areas that remain completely dark in HL2.) The AI for HL2 has been picked apart alot, so I will only say that it is pretty bad. Hold a paint can and be invincible and invisible to the enemies.
Considering they are just now adding polybump, I'd say they are 2 years behind commercial engines. They are hardly competitive to commercial engines. Also, I have a feeling they wont scale as well, or deliver a solid framerate as a commercial product (Considering the examples they show and their respective framerates).
Why are you scared of such an act? Did you not pay for Windows? MS checking to see if you truly bought a product is sorta like an employer checking your eligability to work in your country. If you are really interested in the goods, a small price is payed to use them.
Elitists who don't buy music? Uninformed people who don't know what they're doing? It's really hard to say, but a few easy to figure out possibilities exist.
it depends on what's falling back. Vertex shaders typically run pretty well in software in my programs because I'm not utilizing much of the cpu for anything else. However, if I needed something like more lights than the video card was capable of that could really mess it up. (Point lights, directional lights are fine in software.)
In D3D, if you didn't have support for say, vertex shader 2.0, you could run it in software. In OpenGL you have to rewrite it completely to be like the old style OpenGL. The same with vertex arrays. The NV specific extensions often stay NV specific, until they are accepted into the ARB, which can take up to a couple years. There are some NV specific things that have been around for many years that are still not in the ARB. This can be seen in the performance of DOOM 3.
Microsoft's product does not actively seek to destroy your network. A third party hijacks the OS and does that.
I think it is more similar to the situation with the old Honda Civics. Thieves loved this car because breaking in was so easy. As far as I could tell they have not been recalled, but the damage is still being done today.
I can install Windows XP without getting bitten too. It's not that hard. You obviously don't keep your machines in check. Perhaps it's time you were replaced.
As an abuser of Linux I would say that is not the case. Incorrect settings often lead to system failure. This is quite easy to do, expecially with older distros as the settings are not always clear.
Linux is no more stable than Windows XP. Just live with it. As long as you don't run junk code (many OSS products for Windows sadly), your system doesn't go down with Windows XP. The same cannot be said if you run Linux on weird hardware that Windows XP would run fine on. That being said, there are some things you can do to Windows that would not take down a Linux based machine, but it's still easy to take down X and that's annoying enough.
Have you tried out Midway's MLB Slugfest? The phsyics are most definitely not true to life modeled. It takes much of the ideas of Blitz and adds some new oddities.
You missed the point like 5 years ago. The service packs contain the fixes that could be done without changing the OS in any large way. You can download these like normal instead of the service pack. Or you can download the service pack which contains all these fixes as well as changes to the OS that are intended to make it more secure and bug free. There is sometimes also extra functionality thrown in to make it more appealing.
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Look, do you want to go back to getting your patches from Sierra's 2.0KB/s peak network or from something like Steam's where you can easily get 400KB/s? I haven't seen anybody raise their hands for that one yet.
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The other poster already pointed out the Windows side, while I'll point out that those pretty OSX eye candies choke on older hardware (as if this wasn't obvious). Expose is a good example.
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It's quite obvious the parent doesn't know anything about the topic and is just trolling.
The task bar could be attributed to your hard drive. Either it's bad, you let it go into sleep mode, or it's from 1984. It can also be attributed to older AMD's, I believe there was a note about that somewhere. They have trouble running XP.
Krikey! He's a big one! Carefull or he'll bite you in the bum. OW, just like that. Just watch as I stick my hand in his mouth....
Don't forget 10 years in prison.
Well, I'm certain now that we all know what you were thinking of using WinFS for.
Watch the nofrag video and be amazed. Some of this stuff is so crazy you wouldn't think to try it because it's too broken for such a highly hyped game.
HL2 took me 3 weeks to finish but that was roughly 20 hours in total. DOOM 3 was the same. Also, the graphicsl in DOOM 3 are much more astonishing, HL2 has that dated look. The lighting is messed up in areas, etc. (For example, look at DOOM 3's light, and then look at HL2's. There are areas that remain completely dark in HL2.) The AI for HL2 has been picked apart alot, so I will only say that it is pretty bad. Hold a paint can and be invincible and invisible to the enemies.
Considering they are just now adding polybump, I'd say they are 2 years behind commercial engines. They are hardly competitive to commercial engines. Also, I have a feeling they wont scale as well, or deliver a solid framerate as a commercial product (Considering the examples they show and their respective framerates).
Why are you scared of such an act? Did you not pay for Windows? MS checking to see if you truly bought a product is sorta like an employer checking your eligability to work in your country. If you are really interested in the goods, a small price is payed to use them.
Elitists who don't buy music? Uninformed people who don't know what they're doing? It's really hard to say, but a few easy to figure out possibilities exist.
I think the poster means if you take an MP3 and recode it as an OGG. In which case it will not sound better than the mp3.
it depends on what's falling back. Vertex shaders typically run pretty well in software in my programs because I'm not utilizing much of the cpu for anything else. However, if I needed something like more lights than the video card was capable of that could really mess it up. (Point lights, directional lights are fine in software.)
In D3D, if you didn't have support for say, vertex shader 2.0, you could run it in software. In OpenGL you have to rewrite it completely to be like the old style OpenGL. The same with vertex arrays. The NV specific extensions often stay NV specific, until they are accepted into the ARB, which can take up to a couple years. There are some NV specific things that have been around for many years that are still not in the ARB. This can be seen in the performance of DOOM 3.
I bet you don't even know pen missile!
Microsoft's product does not actively seek to destroy your network. A third party hijacks the OS and does that.
I think it is more similar to the situation with the old Honda Civics. Thieves loved this car because breaking in was so easy. As far as I could tell they have not been recalled, but the damage is still being done today.
How about the old stand-by, the tin foil hat?
How dare RedHat try to charge for their OS. It's such debauchary!!!!oneoneoneeleven
I can install Windows XP without getting bitten too. It's not that hard. You obviously don't keep your machines in check. Perhaps it's time you were replaced.
The problem here is that Ford does not ask you to install upgrades on your explorer, for free. Your idea is interesting, but does not apply.
As an abuser of Linux I would say that is not the case. Incorrect settings often lead to system failure. This is quite easy to do, expecially with older distros as the settings are not always clear.
Linux is no more stable than Windows XP. Just live with it. As long as you don't run junk code (many OSS products for Windows sadly), your system doesn't go down with Windows XP. The same cannot be said if you run Linux on weird hardware that Windows XP would run fine on. That being said, there are some things you can do to Windows that would not take down a Linux based machine, but it's still easy to take down X and that's annoying enough.
Have you tried out Midway's MLB Slugfest? The phsyics are most definitely not true to life modeled. It takes much of the ideas of Blitz and adds some new oddities.
You missed the point like 5 years ago. The service packs contain the fixes that could be done without changing the OS in any large way. You can download these like normal instead of the service pack. Or you can download the service pack which contains all these fixes as well as changes to the OS that are intended to make it more secure and bug free. There is sometimes also extra functionality thrown in to make it more appealing.
Look, do you want to go back to getting your patches from Sierra's 2.0KB/s peak network or from something like Steam's where you can easily get 400KB/s? I haven't seen anybody raise their hands for that one yet.