Re:The rest of the launch lineup can go to hell...
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Two Weeks with the Wii
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In the 12/4/06 issue of the New Yorker, James Surowiecki talks about Nintendo being third in market share but making a neat little profit while Sony & Microsoft bloody each other for top dog:
Sony and Microsoft are desperate to be the biggest players in a market that, in their vision, will encompass not just video games but "interactive entertainment" generally. That's why the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 are all-in-one machines, which allow users not just to play video games but also to do things like watch high-definition DVDs and stream digital music. Sony and Microsoft's quest to "control the living room" has locked them in a classic arms race; they have invested billions of dollars in an attempt to surpass each other technologically, building ever-bigger, ever-better, and ever-more-expensive machines.
Nintendo has dropped out of this race. The Wii has few bells and whistles and much less processing power than its "competitors," and it features less impressive graphics. It's really well suited for just one thing: playing games. But this turns out to be an asset. The Wii's simplicity means that Nintendo can make money selling consoles, while Sony is reportedly losing more than two hundred and forty dollars on each PlayStation 3 it sells--even though they are selling for almost six hundred dollars.
from the Apple Support site:
"If you have a MacBook, the Final Cut Studio (Universal) crossgrade Installer does not prohibit you from installing the pro applications, but this configuration does not meet the minimum system requirements for Final Cut Studio.
See the Final Cut Studio system requirements for complete requirements.
Note: The integrated graphics processor in the MacBook does not permit float processing in Motion and will result in degraded performance and other issues in Motion and other Final Cut Studio applications."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303 782
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http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/06
from the Apple Support site: "If you have a MacBook, the Final Cut Studio (Universal) crossgrade Installer does not prohibit you from installing the pro applications, but this configuration does not meet the minimum system requirements for Final Cut Studio. See the Final Cut Studio system requirements for complete requirements. Note: The integrated graphics processor in the MacBook does not permit float processing in Motion and will result in degraded performance and other issues in Motion and other Final Cut Studio applications." http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303 782
Environments have come a long way but animating human characters hasn't. It's repulsive to look at.
I know it's a rumor site but mac os rumors says its 7455. (Please no noogies)