My co-worker was telling me about this earlier this morning. I especially like the vacuum tubes for the audio on the motherboard. Audiophiles will be drooling over that. Do they make mobos now with that on them?
I find it very interesting that they would put tubes on there for the center, satellite and stereo channels. From my experience rec.audio.* groups (sampling of the "high end" users that have computers), those that prefer the tube sound would probably not buy a mobo with that (preferring instead to waste $20k on an amp that would do it for them).
Of course, since a tube just distorts the sound anyway, and you already have a computer, why not just provide a setting for a tube EQ?
This is ignoring the marketing effects of having the tube there: maybe it will work for the novelty factor.
You being the typical./ reader who would build his own. If you buy a system, then you'll be covered by that warranty, and if you're the typical buy at CompUSA and BestBuy you'll get the retail kit (while they all have variations, there's still a way to get the 3 year warranty).
So the people who go online and shop the best price on a drive (and almost always get an OEM drive) will suffer a shorter warranty. If there's not enough demand, maybe the price on this will even go down (hey, I'm an optimist).
If the warranty is that big a deal, buy the retail kit (or the xtended warranty, or whatever.. manufacturer specific).
But is Standardization really a good thing. Isn't product differentiation what different schools are supposed to be about. You'll see curricula based largely upon a critical board-type exam, but aside from that.. that's where the interests (and perhaps the quality) of the professor come into play.
If you think about what you're really paying for at a prestigious university (not why people enroll, but the cost), a large part of it is the research (subsidized by taxpayers of course). So, naturally, a professor at the forefront of a field (at least in his own mind) will usually have you use his book and teach the class differently than someone who doesn't do active research in that area (or at all).
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I find it very interesting that they would put tubes on there for the center, satellite and stereo channels. From my experience rec.audio.* groups (sampling of the "high end" users that have computers), those that prefer the tube sound would probably not buy a mobo with that (preferring instead to waste $20k on an amp that would do it for them).
Of course, since a tube just distorts the sound anyway, and you already have a computer, why not just provide a setting for a tube EQ?
This is ignoring the marketing effects of having the tube there: maybe it will work for the novelty factor.
No, I insist only on the extended warranties that cost as much as the product. A 5 year warranty on a $20 walkman is a beautiful thing.
Why do people point at me and laugh? Why does my back itch.
Oh you kidders and those signs..
You being the typical ./ reader who would build his own. If you buy a system, then you'll be covered by that warranty, and if you're the typical buy at CompUSA and BestBuy you'll get the retail kit (while they all have variations, there's still a way to get the 3 year warranty).
.. manufacturer specific).
So the people who go online and shop the best price on a drive (and almost always get an OEM drive) will suffer a shorter warranty. If there's not enough demand, maybe the price on this will even go down (hey, I'm an optimist).
If the warranty is that big a deal, buy the retail kit (or the xtended warranty, or whatever
So, this only affects images on the screen. Also, it's mad expensive and not portable. So what's the worry? anti-copywright-infringement
But is Standardization really a good thing. Isn't product differentiation what different schools are supposed to be about. You'll see curricula based largely upon a critical board-type exam, but aside from that.. that's where the interests (and perhaps the quality) of the professor come into play.
If you think about what you're really paying for at a prestigious university (not why people enroll, but the cost), a large part of it is the research (subsidized by taxpayers of course). So, naturally, a professor at the forefront of a field (at least in his own mind) will usually have you use his book and teach the class differently than someone who doesn't do active research in that area (or at all).