Download burn copy transfer sync or play in any mp3 player you want or with any software.
Rifftrax made a very wise choice going DRM Free. I feel no qualms giving them 3 dollars when I know I can back them all up and save them any way I wish forever and ever.
Think like a geek.
Program global VLC keyboard shortcuts to play pause and advance both players at once.
The program like you are talking about seems like it is still in the works, Sharecrow hypotheticaly does it, but right now it doesnt work very well.
Personaly, (I hated the zune, I ridiculed people who got them) But when someone was going to sell me their brand new one for 70 bucks I couldnt say no. (my ipod was broken at the time)
And relucantly I am starting to admit it isnt that bad.
A quick breakdown of what I am impressed with.
-The audio quality is actualy quite good, much crisper and clearer than my 4th gen ipod.
-Clicky buttons are excellent! I keep it in a little felt sock, and I can turn the volume up, and change tracks all through a layer of clothing, without taking it out of the container.
-Being able to easily set shuffle between artists, albums, genras, etc works really well.
-If you are on the album view, pressing left or right will take you to that artist's other albums, its more convenient than I expected.
-And the locked down interface you have to sync it with... Errors and crashes aside, is very close to drag and drop, (disable auto sync) find your music folder, it finds album art, drag the albums or artists you want onto the zune, click sync, and watch it upload.
-Being able to turn off random with 3 clicks, instead of having to go back to the root menu and go to shuffle, and turn it off, then go back into songs.
The bad is the battery life is... not very good, and it doesnt seem to turn on when I want it, and there is no audible confirmation you turned the beast off. And the sync software, while not as bad as itunes, I wish it were open (or cracked) so I could use whatever I want... Oh and the obvious wifi doesnt really exist. Its worthless in every way.
Personaly I would take a creative any day of the week, but since those are never sold for good prices used, I would sadly and reluctantly take a zune over an ipod, Ipods just do so many annoying things.
The gamecube was just behind the xbox in terms of graphical power, and a solid bit ahead of the ps2.
Just because the ps2 was the most successful, dont think it was graphical power that got them there.
I recomend a DS and an R4DS ($45 but worth it) and DSReader http://www.ds-scene.net/forum/forum.php?topic=3550
It supports truetype fonts and subpixel rendering, it works great. I'm reading The God Delusion on it right now. Very convenient, and folds into your pocket when you are on the go.
Thats exactly the problem! We are tied into one provider just because we want to keep our current email address, I should be able to change providers for aywwts@yahoo.com to gmail, and I want to do this as I ride my motorcycle.
Someone get ted stevens on the phone, the lord of internets should figure this out.
Or for instance How the entire MI6 uses Sony Vaio's, How every single person has a Sony Erikson, all with nice lingering shots framing the logo up perfectly all on a Sony pictures film. Casino Royale was one of the worst I have seen in ages. (I liked it a lot, but the product placement is beyond laughable)
I haven't checked in with it since... 99 or so, But my 8 digit username has been so ingrained in me i use mathematical mashes of it as strings for passwords.
(I checked in to make sure it wasn't deleted, (I wasn't honestly concerned if it was) and I had to laugh, my password was three lowercase letters "bnm" now I use that parts 8 digit number in 16 character passwords. Times have changed.
Its not about frequencies! There is nothing pleasant or desireable about really high freqencies.
Its about the difference between a 192kbps mp3 a 1411.2 kbit/s audio cd and 2.8 Mbps per channel!
Surely you can hear the difference between a compressed mp3 and a audio CD, and even if you will never hear the difference between a audio cd and a SACD, the benefit of surround sound cannot be ignored. for years receivers have shipped with shitty "spacial effects" that simulate a concert hall, now instead of simulation, we can actually hear the music envelope us, bounce off the walls of a concert hall naturally, and stop sounding like we are in a dead void. Thats a benefit anyone can hear.
Hell, just to hear Pink Floyd with all the original surround sound effects is worth it.
All with the added benefit of making audiophiles happy.
We just want one more bump, Honest. Though in my opinion, its not about range, its about bit depth and proper mastering (not running so much compression and the levels above the format standards) and Surround Sound
Hell, you don't even need to be affected by it, SACDs are basically a dual layer disk, where the first layer is a standard, compatible audio CD.
For too long DVD Movies have had better audio than the current audio format.
Sure it can, It just needs to run something older... perhaps windows... er... 98... uh... 95 ummm 3.1....
Wait, I know!
MS-DOS 1.25 (3rd world Learning Edition)
The main issue currently is finding a way to make those nifty holograms cheap enough.
"I expect Nintendo to gut Wii Sports from the Wii package [...] Could throw Wii Play in just for the hell of it. Value added software is always a good consumer enticement." ... I don't really need to say anything here to make my point.
Thanks everyone who replied for the information, This helped a lot, Pointed me in the right direction of a lot of things, I will begin my search for a Buffalo router tomorrow, Should be fun setting this up.
Also, I have been reading their wiki, but I have yet to find something that tells me if its possible to get the second insecure router to be on a different virtual network, or if i can throttle the speeds of that network.
I still want to use file sharing, on my secure network, I would like to share bandwidth with the neighbors, just not also share all my files.
My current router has regular problems after a few hours of chatting it up with fellow bittorrent users, it shuts down.
The only review I have found that seems to even touch on this subject was absolutely worthless, testing 100 connections from one PC to another for 1 minute. Which is absolutely not the conditions of P2P, for his test he didn't even run a p2p application! let alone run it for a couple days. http://news.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/25840 /55/1/4/
The article has such worthless gems as "Peer-to-Peer may be the domain of bootleggers, slackers and cheapskates today, but it probably will play an important part in the legal distribution of video in the not too distant future." "The jury is still out as to whether the problem is in the router itself, or due to ISP bandwidth throttling." Then concludes with the statement, all of the routers can handle your tiny pipes, and anyways, your just going to get sued if your router works too well.
Would the additional IP connections cure this problem? This is reason number one why I am buying a new router, I am sick of having to cycle the power on mine every couple of days. is this router/linux combo up to the task of lots of bittorent for days at a time?
Also, on an unrelated note, Does anyone know if its possible to run two security modes, One that is setup for insecure WEP and only allow my Nintendo DS and Wii on the network, and the other running a more secure network authentication.
Or would it be possible to run a Open access point, with throttled speeds, for my neighbors in my apartment building, and a closed access point with authentication that runs at full speed?
Or would the dual security modes be something I should setup with the two routers I will soon have?
I'm seriously switching over this, as soon as AT&T manages to get my internet setup (Its been weeks) Between the DNS, the Outages, and the ridiculous upstream (20KB/s on average) For 60 bucks a month!
What about the ridiculously more useful and many times more emulated map software, the Google Maps webpage?
Find any business near you using vague searches like "Italian", run it all in a web browser, or hell, run it from a PDA. It completely replaced the yellow pages for me. And it has a free API.
Just throwing him to a wild pack of unfocused tutorials wont help him at all.
While he will certainly be able to make embossed buttons and glossy pages, without a firm grasp of art color theory or design his pages wont look much better than a glossy myspace.
I really recommend starting with color theory, reading some books about user interfaces, and studying what differentiates a good design from a bad one, and the answer certainly isn't glossy buttons.
You and your opinion is why Linux will never become more than what it is today.
The "World" Is filled with incredibly intelligent people, who know all sorts of things you don't even have a clue about, These people use their computers, Lets repeat that, THEY USE THEIR COMPUTERS to do a task, They don't play with their computers, they don't tweak their computers, they don't build computers, they don't program computers. They don't have free time to Waste learning those things, They are busy doing their job, So we don't have to, We cant expect them to do our job, of learning the technical side of computers so we can be lazy.
You gave an example of a VCR Clock, thats an excellent example of a wretched interface, nobody comes away from navigating VCR menus a better person, If your barometer of success is making it as easy as something with such a terrible interface this all sort of makes sense doesn't it?
And yes, They can mess up something like a simple windows installation, because thats a terrible interface too, Yes, Yes, Scroll down, I Agree, Yes, Continue, Yes, No, Yes, Checkbox No, Checkbox No, Checkbox No, Finish. A plethora of useless clicks, and a nice number of completely useless boxes, "Do I want to add this program to the Quicklaunch Bar? The Taskbar? Of course I want it to launch quickly and doesn't every program go to the taskbar?"
Do I want to install (Insert dependency here)? "Well last time I did that it was something called hotbar, and it ruined my computer, But this time it's something called direct X or something else equally fishy... Like java. See, I'm figuring this computer thing out."
But I'm sure you have never actually thought of what a windows installation says, or just how many clicks and prompts there are to do simple things, or how many definitions are needed just to do understand otherwise simple things, or how many things we Know to ignore, because they aren't important, that a new computer user will carefully read every word of, But we have memorized the sequence, so now its an example of a good UI?
Microsoft has failed, Linux is failing, command prompts failed long ago, Your philosophy is outdated and incorrect, You blame the layman when the fault lies on the geeks you feel are above the rest of the world.
Sit down with a new computer user some time, walk them through the process, Try teaching, Go to your local library or community college and see if they need help teaching classes, Maybe teaching someone how to use the mouse, or how to Click on things will open your eyes.
Damn, forgot the breaks, If you want to actualy Read my post, this might be more legible.
Vista will hopefully solve that problem, and 'progress' can continue unabated.;)
But you have excellent points, I would have modded you up but I would rather respond.
Processor makers need to really work on energy efficiency of all their desktops, these speeds were achieved through sheer increases in heat and power consumption, and its really flatly unacceptable (My current desktop heats up my office to a toasty 89 degrees in the middle of winter if I close the door)
Truly computers have become terribly wasteful, Other than environmental impact (less lead and harmful metals) I doubt the $399 computer of today contributes less waste than the $2000 dollar computer of 1990, The only change is my 386 lasted for 7 years, and the 399 dollar computer, isn't very upgradable, comes crippled from the start, and gets thrown out when infested with spyware, because the price point makes it a disposable commodity.
The power saving features built into computers now are great, but its only so good if the processor is just short of having a nuclear powered core.
Not only that, but with your idea hopefully less money can be put into stopgap number increases down dead end roads and make processor manufacturers build their architectures with a little more forethought. Maybe if every 3-5 years there was a responsible and substantial leap in computing power people would upgrade in regular phases, without wasting so much energy, and without so many confusing acronyms and model numbers. Each generation would have a nice leap in power, and a new OS to match, each computer manufacturer would keep models to a minimum, and just slide the prices down during that generation until it hits everyone's sweet spot. Upgrades during the generation can focus on power consumption instead of computing power, programmers can aim and test for certain generations of computers, and system requirements will be simplified greatly, Less confusion, less waste, morestandardized component generations. "This software runs on generation 4 and 5 computing components"
Of course gaming is to blame for this constant demand, So I figure nothing will ever change until we hit that mythical peak in which everyone says "Good enough" and the race to real time photorealism is over.
(And yes, I too am very happy on my 6 year old system, I just wish I could give it a ram upgrade, The only problem being... I mistakenly thought RD-Ram was the future, Check the prices on a gig of that and have a laugh at my expense, In conclusion, sorry for the rambling, Slashdot is my outlet for insomnia)
Vista will hopefully solve that problem, and 'progress' can continue unabated.;)
But you have excellent points, I would have modded you up but I would rather respond.
Processor makers need to really work on energy efficiency of all their desktops, these speeds were achieved through sheer increases in heat and power consumption, and its really flatly unacceptable (My current desktop heats up my office to a toasty 89 degrees in the middle of winter if I close the door)
Truly computers have become terribly wasteful, Other than environmental impact (less lead and harmful metals) I doubt the $399 computer of today contributes less waste than the $2000 dollar computer of 1990, The only change is my 386 lasted for 7 years, and the 399 dollar computer, isn't very upgradable, comes crippled from the start, and gets thrown out when infested with spyware, because the price point makes it a disposable commodity.
The power saving features built into computers now are great, but its only so good if the processor is just short of having a nuclear powered core.
Not only that, but with your idea hopefully less money can be put into stopgap number increases down dead end roads and make processor manufacturers build their architectures with a little more forethought. Maybe if every 3-5 years there was a responsible and substantial leap in computing power people would upgrade in regular phases, without wasting so much energy, and without so many confusing acronyms and model numbers. Each generation would have a nice leap in power, and a new OS to match, each computer manufacturer would keep models to a minimum, and just slide the prices down during that generation until it hits everyone's sweet spot. Upgrades during the generation can focus on power consumption instead of computing power, programmers can aim and test for certain generations of computers, and system requirements will be simplified greatly, Less confusion, less waste, morestandardized component generations. "This software runs on generation 4 and 5 computing components"
Of course gaming is to blame for this constant demand, So I figure nothing will ever change until we hit that mythical peak in which everyone says "Good enough" and the race to real time photorealism is over.
(And yes, I too am very happy on my 6 year old system, I just wish I could give it a ram upgrade, The only problem being... I mistakenly thought RD-Ram was the future, Check the prices on a gig of that and have a laugh at my expense, In conclusion, sorry for the rambling, Slashdot is my outlet for insomnia)
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Download burn copy transfer sync or play in any mp3 player you want or with any software. Rifftrax made a very wise choice going DRM Free. I feel no qualms giving them 3 dollars when I know I can back them all up and save them any way I wish forever and ever.
Think like a geek. Program global VLC keyboard shortcuts to play pause and advance both players at once. The program like you are talking about seems like it is still in the works, Sharecrow hypotheticaly does it, but right now it doesnt work very well.
Personaly, (I hated the zune, I ridiculed people who got them) But when someone was going to sell me their brand new one for 70 bucks I couldnt say no. (my ipod was broken at the time)
And relucantly I am starting to admit it isnt that bad.
A quick breakdown of what I am impressed with.
-The audio quality is actualy quite good, much crisper and clearer than my 4th gen ipod.
-Clicky buttons are excellent! I keep it in a little felt sock, and I can turn the volume up, and change tracks all through a layer of clothing, without taking it out of the container.
-Being able to easily set shuffle between artists, albums, genras, etc works really well.
-If you are on the album view, pressing left or right will take you to that artist's other albums, its more convenient than I expected.
-And the locked down interface you have to sync it with... Errors and crashes aside, is very close to drag and drop, (disable auto sync) find your music folder, it finds album art, drag the albums or artists you want onto the zune, click sync, and watch it upload.
-Being able to turn off random with 3 clicks, instead of having to go back to the root menu and go to shuffle, and turn it off, then go back into songs.
The bad is the battery life is... not very good, and it doesnt seem to turn on when I want it, and there is no audible confirmation you turned the beast off. And the sync software, while not as bad as itunes, I wish it were open (or cracked) so I could use whatever I want... Oh and the obvious wifi doesnt really exist. Its worthless in every way.
Personaly I would take a creative any day of the week, but since those are never sold for good prices used, I would sadly and reluctantly take a zune over an ipod, Ipods just do so many annoying things.
The gamecube was just behind the xbox in terms of graphical power, and a solid bit ahead of the ps2. Just because the ps2 was the most successful, dont think it was graphical power that got them there.
I recomend a DS and an R4DS ($45 but worth it) and DSReader http://www.ds-scene.net/forum/forum.php?topic=3550
It supports truetype fonts and subpixel rendering, it works great. I'm reading The God Delusion on it right now. Very convenient, and folds into your pocket when you are on the go.
Thats exactly the problem! We are tied into one provider just because we want to keep our current email address, I should be able to change providers for aywwts@yahoo.com to gmail, and I want to do this as I ride my motorcycle.
Someone get ted stevens on the phone, the lord of internets should figure this out.
Or for instance How the entire MI6 uses Sony Vaio's, How every single person has a Sony Erikson, all with nice lingering shots framing the logo up perfectly all on a Sony pictures film. Casino Royale was one of the worst I have seen in ages. (I liked it a lot, but the product placement is beyond laughable)
I haven't checked in with it since... 99 or so, But my 8 digit username has been so ingrained in me i use mathematical mashes of it as strings for passwords. (I checked in to make sure it wasn't deleted, (I wasn't honestly concerned if it was) and I had to laugh, my password was three lowercase letters "bnm" now I use that parts 8 digit number in 16 character passwords. Times have changed.
Its not about frequencies! There is nothing pleasant or desireable about really high freqencies. Its about the difference between a 192kbps mp3 a 1411.2 kbit/s audio cd and 2.8 Mbps per channel! Surely you can hear the difference between a compressed mp3 and a audio CD, and even if you will never hear the difference between a audio cd and a SACD, the benefit of surround sound cannot be ignored. for years receivers have shipped with shitty "spacial effects" that simulate a concert hall, now instead of simulation, we can actually hear the music envelope us, bounce off the walls of a concert hall naturally, and stop sounding like we are in a dead void. Thats a benefit anyone can hear. Hell, just to hear Pink Floyd with all the original surround sound effects is worth it. All with the added benefit of making audiophiles happy.
We just want one more bump, Honest. Though in my opinion, its not about range, its about bit depth and proper mastering (not running so much compression and the levels above the format standards) and Surround Sound Hell, you don't even need to be affected by it, SACDs are basically a dual layer disk, where the first layer is a standard, compatible audio CD. For too long DVD Movies have had better audio than the current audio format.
Sure it can, It just needs to run something older... perhaps windows... er... 98... uh... 95 ummm 3.1.... Wait, I know! MS-DOS 1.25 (3rd world Learning Edition) The main issue currently is finding a way to make those nifty holograms cheap enough.
Thanks everyone who replied for the information, This helped a lot, Pointed me in the right direction of a lot of things, I will begin my search for a Buffalo router tomorrow, Should be fun setting this up.
Also, I have been reading their wiki, but I have yet to find something that tells me if its possible to get the second insecure router to be on a different virtual network, or if i can throttle the speeds of that network. I still want to use file sharing, on my secure network, I would like to share bandwidth with the neighbors, just not also share all my files.
A question before I go out and buy one tomorrow.
0 /55/1/4/
The article has such worthless gems as "Peer-to-Peer may be the domain of bootleggers, slackers and cheapskates today, but it probably will play an important part in the legal distribution of video in the not too distant future." "The jury is still out as to whether the problem is in the router itself, or due to ISP bandwidth throttling." Then concludes with the statement, all of the routers can handle your tiny pipes, and anyways, your just going to get sued if your router works too well.
My current router has regular problems after a few hours of chatting it up with fellow bittorrent users, it shuts down.
The only review I have found that seems to even touch on this subject was absolutely worthless, testing 100 connections from one PC to another for 1 minute. Which is absolutely not the conditions of P2P, for his test he didn't even run a p2p application! let alone run it for a couple days.
http://news.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/2584
Would the additional IP connections cure this problem? This is reason number one why I am buying a new router, I am sick of having to cycle the power on mine every couple of days. is this router/linux combo up to the task of lots of bittorent for days at a time?
Also, on an unrelated note, Does anyone know if its possible to run two security modes, One that is setup for insecure WEP and only allow my Nintendo DS and Wii on the network, and the other running a more secure network authentication.
Or would it be possible to run a Open access point, with throttled speeds, for my neighbors in my apartment building, and a closed access point with authentication that runs at full speed?
Or would the dual security modes be something I should setup with the two routers I will soon have?
I'm seriously switching over this, as soon as AT&T manages to get my internet setup (Its been weeks) Between the DNS, the Outages, and the ridiculous upstream (20KB/s on average) For 60 bucks a month!
What about the ridiculously more useful and many times more emulated map software, the Google Maps webpage? Find any business near you using vague searches like "Italian", run it all in a web browser, or hell, run it from a PDA. It completely replaced the yellow pages for me. And it has a free API.
Just throwing him to a wild pack of unfocused tutorials wont help him at all. While he will certainly be able to make embossed buttons and glossy pages, without a firm grasp of art color theory or design his pages wont look much better than a glossy myspace. I really recommend starting with color theory, reading some books about user interfaces, and studying what differentiates a good design from a bad one, and the answer certainly isn't glossy buttons.
You and your opinion is why Linux will never become more than what it is today.
The "World" Is filled with incredibly intelligent people, who know all sorts of things you don't even have a clue about, These people use their computers, Lets repeat that, THEY USE THEIR COMPUTERS to do a task, They don't play with their computers, they don't tweak their computers, they don't build computers, they don't program computers. They don't have free time to Waste learning those things, They are busy doing their job, So we don't have to, We cant expect them to do our job, of learning the technical side of computers so we can be lazy.
You gave an example of a VCR Clock, thats an excellent example of a wretched interface, nobody comes away from navigating VCR menus a better person, If your barometer of success is making it as easy as something with such a terrible interface this all sort of makes sense doesn't it?
And yes, They can mess up something like a simple windows installation, because thats a terrible interface too, Yes, Yes, Scroll down, I Agree, Yes, Continue, Yes, No, Yes, Checkbox No, Checkbox No, Checkbox No, Finish. A plethora of useless clicks, and a nice number of completely useless boxes, "Do I want to add this program to the Quicklaunch Bar? The Taskbar? Of course I want it to launch quickly and doesn't every program go to the taskbar?"
Do I want to install (Insert dependency here)? "Well last time I did that it was something called hotbar, and it ruined my computer, But this time it's something called direct X or something else equally fishy... Like java. See, I'm figuring this computer thing out."
But I'm sure you have never actually thought of what a windows installation says, or just how many clicks and prompts there are to do simple things, or how many definitions are needed just to do understand otherwise simple things, or how many things we Know to ignore, because they aren't important, that a new computer user will carefully read every word of, But we have memorized the sequence, so now its an example of a good UI?
Microsoft has failed, Linux is failing, command prompts failed long ago, Your philosophy is outdated and incorrect, You blame the layman when the fault lies on the geeks you feel are above the rest of the world.
Sit down with a new computer user some time, walk them through the process, Try teaching, Go to your local library or community college and see if they need help teaching classes, Maybe teaching someone how to use the mouse, or how to Click on things will open your eyes.
Yeah, from the look on their website this deffinately looks like a 50 million dollar defence project.
*does the eye rolling thing*
Nerd? Seriously? ...Can that really be construed as an insult around here?
Setup the site, make it Grandma friendly, (40pt font) Perhaps make a killing on google ads for long term life insurance for pennies a day.
Damn, forgot the breaks, If you want to actualy Read my post, this might be more legible.
;)
Vista will hopefully solve that problem, and 'progress' can continue unabated.
But you have excellent points, I would have modded you up but I would rather respond.
Processor makers need to really work on energy efficiency of all their desktops, these speeds were achieved through sheer increases in heat and power consumption, and its really flatly unacceptable (My current desktop heats up my office to a toasty 89 degrees in the middle of winter if I close the door)
Truly computers have become terribly wasteful, Other than environmental impact (less lead and harmful metals) I doubt the $399 computer of today contributes less waste than the $2000 dollar computer of 1990, The only change is my 386 lasted for 7 years, and the 399 dollar computer, isn't very upgradable, comes crippled from the start, and gets thrown out when infested with spyware, because the price point makes it a disposable commodity.
The power saving features built into computers now are great, but its only so good if the processor is just short of having a nuclear powered core.
Not only that, but with your idea hopefully less money can be put into stopgap number increases down dead end roads and make processor manufacturers build their architectures with a little more forethought. Maybe if every 3-5 years there was a responsible and substantial leap in computing power people would upgrade in regular phases, without wasting so much energy, and without so many confusing acronyms and model numbers. Each generation would have a nice leap in power, and a new OS to match, each computer manufacturer would keep models to a minimum, and just slide the prices down during that generation until it hits everyone's sweet spot. Upgrades during the generation can focus on power consumption instead of computing power, programmers can aim and test for certain generations of computers, and system requirements will be simplified greatly, Less confusion, less waste, morestandardized component generations. "This software runs on generation 4 and 5 computing components"
Of course gaming is to blame for this constant demand, So I figure nothing will ever change until we hit that mythical peak in which everyone says "Good enough" and the race to real time photorealism is over.
(And yes, I too am very happy on my 6 year old system, I just wish I could give it a ram upgrade, The only problem being... I mistakenly thought RD-Ram was the future, Check the prices on a gig of that and have a laugh at my expense, In conclusion, sorry for the rambling, Slashdot is my outlet for insomnia)
Vista will hopefully solve that problem, and 'progress' can continue unabated. ;)
But you have excellent points, I would have modded you up but I would rather respond.
Processor makers need to really work on energy efficiency of all their desktops, these speeds were achieved through sheer increases in heat and power consumption, and its really flatly unacceptable (My current desktop heats up my office to a toasty 89 degrees in the middle of winter if I close the door)
Truly computers have become terribly wasteful, Other than environmental impact (less lead and harmful metals) I doubt the $399 computer of today contributes less waste than the $2000 dollar computer of 1990, The only change is my 386 lasted for 7 years, and the 399 dollar computer, isn't very upgradable, comes crippled from the start, and gets thrown out when infested with spyware, because the price point makes it a disposable commodity.
The power saving features built into computers now are great, but its only so good if the processor is just short of having a nuclear powered core.
Not only that, but with your idea hopefully less money can be put into stopgap number increases down dead end roads and make processor manufacturers build their architectures with a little more forethought. Maybe if every 3-5 years there was a responsible and substantial leap in computing power people would upgrade in regular phases, without wasting so much energy, and without so many confusing acronyms and model numbers. Each generation would have a nice leap in power, and a new OS to match, each computer manufacturer would keep models to a minimum, and just slide the prices down during that generation until it hits everyone's sweet spot. Upgrades during the generation can focus on power consumption instead of computing power, programmers can aim and test for certain generations of computers, and system requirements will be simplified greatly, Less confusion, less waste, morestandardized component generations. "This software runs on generation 4 and 5 computing components"
Of course gaming is to blame for this constant demand, So I figure nothing will ever change until we hit that mythical peak in which everyone says "Good enough" and the race to real time photorealism is over.
(And yes, I too am very happy on my 6 year old system, I just wish I could give it a ram upgrade, The only problem being... I mistakenly thought RD-Ram was the future, Check the prices on a gig of that and have a laugh at my expense, In conclusion, sorry for the rambling, Slashdot is my outlet for insomnia)
How do they market to social gamers? Oh I dont know... maybe something like this? http://wii.nintendo.com/images/fea_gamepg_wiisport 3.png