Imagine, online teamplay gaming without even a possibility of cheating!
To be technical, this is never 100% possible. Given a high-powered enough box running custom software to filter, replace, or alter the packets that come and go through the network, one could even cheat in multiplayer console games. But the cost in time, effort, and equipment is quite prohibitive for such a scheme, so we're very unlikely to see any cheating in Nintendo's console games.
I'm not trying to come down on your post, I just have a habit of being pedantic:). You do list some exciting ideas about Nintendo's next console, and I hope that we're all amazed at what it becomes.
They still do have the bravado and innovation, they just know not to let it get the better of them. They did have more overall public bravado when they were unchallenged in the console market, but heavy competition changed that. This contrasts with the handheld market, where Nintendo still dominates (and is acting with the bravado you speak of by stealing all of Sony's PSP thunder with the DS).
The situation is reversed in the console market, and Nintendo knows they have to play their cards carefully. Look what happened to Sega: they released an innovative console well ahead of Sony, but Sony dissuaded people from purchasing it, making unfulfillable promises about the Playstation 2 (Toy Story in real time, etc.). (This is not to say that Sega didn't screw up either.) Nintendo surely saw this happen, and knows not to make the same mistakes. Sony is the dominating leader in the console market, and Nintendo is wise to plan carefully, and to keep that plan close to the vest.
You can sue them now. And they would still have more powerful lawyers, and more to spend on legal resources. How is the "libertarian system" different again?
Well, they've just completed an SDK for a gaming platform... it makes sense that they would want to test it by using it with a game already known to compile and run properly. That way, if anything goes wrong they can narrow down the variables that could have caused problems.
But, continuing the example of food products, wouldn't we see the unscrupulous companies just put false certifications on their products anyway? Or maybe certify a product, then change the ingredients of that product but put the same certification label on the outside? This already happens with UL certifications. It would seem that the libertarian system is subject to the same pitfalls as the current system.
In total, the equivalent PC (as equivalent as it can be purchased) comes out to $1,458 (including the cost of Windows).
However, this cost is for a bunch of boxes with parts in them, not a computer that's ready to go once you plug it in. How long will it take to get it ready? Assuming you're fairly speedy, it's at least a couple hours removing stuff from boxes and getting it all into the case in a tidy manner. Then add another hour for installing Windows, then another couple for installing drivers / configuring Windows. How much is your time worth?
They affect lots of latitudes and inspirons, really any laptop they made that had up through a pentium 3 processor. Yes, I own one; mine does have USB, and has a cardbus slot, and is much faster than 166mhz. And even if the battery is worthless now, that doesn't mean the rest of the computer is trash.
It's an initialism. It signifies the first letters of the words that form it. It makes much more sense to say those letters (since most initialisms don't form actual words) than it does to try to say them as their own word. You don't say "cuh-pooh" when you're referring to your CPU, do you?
I can't speak too much about the single player part, but I liked the multiplayer a lot. It has some key differences from the standard FPS, most notably that you move pretty slowly, and that you can only carry two weapons. This makes it less of a twitch skill game, and more about planning strategies to hunt down your enemies. I played the PC version for several months with some friends (before they decided it would be more fun to play pistols only with no radar - thanks for removing the strategy bit, guys!) , but I imagine that these differences would be emphasized even more on the Xbox, where the controller would slow movement down even more.
Do you see any other games currently shipping with AMD64 builds? There's currently one, and it's a joint effort by AMD and Atari to sell people on 64-bit gaming, but it fails to make its case.
ATi is the one to blame for their poor support of *nix.
As for sound issues, there were software patent issues with Creative over 3d sound, which might have something to do with it. I don't know about the ALSA vs. OSS thing though.
That's within the standard margin of performance between the 61 and 66 driver versions. I gained at least 5 fps in most games, and I only have a 5600. Wait until the linux drivers catch up, you should get a nice boost with your 6800.
The grappler seems gimmicky and rather pointless, apart from the indoor maps. I get the feeling they made indoor maps just so the grappler would have a purpose to exist.
I agree with you in general though, it's a nice take on the Tribes universe, and I'll be playing this one online a lot.
For those of you who don't like the default head's-up display, this is moddable, just like the original Tribes. I came across this HUD, which is a lot more like Tribes 1. (I play using the "high-res" version, even though I'm running at medium resolution, because doing so makes the map extra big.)
Just for completion's sake, there is another set of product keys, for academic / MSDN distributions, which will not work on the distributions mentioned above.
...[your] best bet is the little extra you spend for the Prescott model.
And the little extra you spend on the massive heatsink you buy to keep it cool in an enclosed space.
A few SFF systems come with their own heatsink, most notably Shuttle XPCs with their proprietary ICE heatsink. I'd go for one of those if using a Prescott.
That system is a computer rendering. And the motherboard they show isn't even a SFF board, and it's not even made by IWill! (It's really a full ATX board, check out this pic.) From the bottom of the IWill page you link to:
Product specification and details may change without notice. Actual products may look different from the photo.
64-bit support is pretty trivial to add, and doesn't cost much silicon. I'm surprised Intel waited for AMD to do it first. (64-bit support is already available on P4 Xeons.)
The P4-m is a seperate chip from the P-M, and yes I agree that the P4-m is terrible.
The P-M is not built on the megahertz myth, and outperforms P4 chips the same way that AMD's chips outperform the P4. The P-M consumes ~24 watts at maximum load, but most of the time it's far below that; at minimum speed, it consumes under 7 watts, which is far thriftier than the C3 (which is 15-ish watts).
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Intel is adapting. They have a huge ace up their sleeve, the Pentium M (processor in Centrino laptops). It's basically picking up the P6 architecture where the Pentium 3 left off, and it's a fantastic performer, as well as being in the same power consumption range as VIA's C3 processors. Intel are going to continue to push the P4's Netburst architecture as long as people keep buying it, and when that takes its eventual nosedive, they'll have the P-M waiting. Intel isn't a company to rest on its laurels.
I've been following this Iwill SFF for some time, as I'm very interested in it. Here are a few of the distinguishing features:
* It has a mini-pci slot on the underside of the motherboard, which is meant for a wireless card, and a removable antenna for said card on top of the case.
* It only has two RAM slots, and lists the maximum RAM as 2GB.
* The RAM is only connected to CPU0, so any data CPU1 requests will have to be requested through CPU0. This does mean there will be a speed hit, but it isn't major.
* The MSRP is $499.
I just hope they offer it in some other color than bright red.
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That's why there are trigger buttons.
Imagine, online teamplay gaming without even a possibility of cheating!
:). You do list some exciting ideas about Nintendo's next console, and I hope that we're all amazed at what it becomes.
To be technical, this is never 100% possible. Given a high-powered enough box running custom software to filter, replace, or alter the packets that come and go through the network, one could even cheat in multiplayer console games. But the cost in time, effort, and equipment is quite prohibitive for such a scheme, so we're very unlikely to see any cheating in Nintendo's console games.
I'm not trying to come down on your post, I just have a habit of being pedantic
They still do have the bravado and innovation, they just know not to let it get the better of them. They did have more overall public bravado when they were unchallenged in the console market, but heavy competition changed that. This contrasts with the handheld market, where Nintendo still dominates (and is acting with the bravado you speak of by stealing all of Sony's PSP thunder with the DS).
The situation is reversed in the console market, and Nintendo knows they have to play their cards carefully. Look what happened to Sega: they released an innovative console well ahead of Sony, but Sony dissuaded people from purchasing it, making unfulfillable promises about the Playstation 2 (Toy Story in real time, etc.). (This is not to say that Sega didn't screw up either.) Nintendo surely saw this happen, and knows not to make the same mistakes. Sony is the dominating leader in the console market, and Nintendo is wise to plan carefully, and to keep that plan close to the vest.
You can sue them now. And they would still have more powerful lawyers, and more to spend on legal resources. How is the "libertarian system" different again?
Well, they've just completed an SDK for a gaming platform... it makes sense that they would want to test it by using it with a game already known to compile and run properly. That way, if anything goes wrong they can narrow down the variables that could have caused problems.
But, continuing the example of food products, wouldn't we see the unscrupulous companies just put false certifications on their products anyway? Or maybe certify a product, then change the ingredients of that product but put the same certification label on the outside? This already happens with UL certifications. It would seem that the libertarian system is subject to the same pitfalls as the current system.
Yeah, I did forget firewire. Airport is only built into the Powerbooks by default, though.
No AAs involved. From here:
Battery: Lithium ion battery delivering six to 10 hours of play on a four-hour charge, depending on use; power-saving sleep mode; AC adapter
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Based on Microsoft Windows technology.
Wrong comparison, you're matching a uniprocessor system to a dual processor system. Here's the above comparison, but corrected for accuracy:
First, let's correct the Mac. Giving it an ATi 9600XT, and subtracting the modem (because you forgot), makes the price $1920.
Now for the PC:
MSI K8T Master2-FAR Dual Opteron motherboard $220
2 x AMD Opteron Model 144 - 1.8 GHz $422
Kingston ValueRAM 184 Pin 256MB(128MBx2) DDR PC-3200 $59
80 GB Serial ATA hard disk $64
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600XT Video Card, 128MB DDR $162
Logitech Deluxe Desktop (Deluxe Keyboard & Mouse) $11
Sony Beige 52X32X52X16 Combo Drive $38
Lian-Li Silver ATX Full Tower Case, Model "PC-V2000A" (much more comparable to the G5 case) $261
Fortron 530W Power Supply $76
Microsoft Windows XP Professional With Service Pack 2 -OEM $145
I'll assume that this will be a Windows machine, but this cost is optional, since there are a number of free operating systems.
In total, the equivalent PC (as equivalent as it can be purchased) comes out to $1,458 (including the cost of Windows).
However, this cost is for a bunch of boxes with parts in them, not a computer that's ready to go once you plug it in. How long will it take to get it ready? Assuming you're fairly speedy, it's at least a couple hours removing stuff from boxes and getting it all into the case in a tidy manner. Then add another hour for installing Windows, then another couple for installing drivers / configuring Windows. How much is your time worth?
They affect lots of latitudes and inspirons, really any laptop they made that had up through a pentium 3 processor. Yes, I own one; mine does have USB, and has a cardbus slot, and is much faster than 166mhz. And even if the battery is worthless now, that doesn't mean the rest of the computer is trash.
It's an initialism. It signifies the first letters of the words that form it. It makes much more sense to say those letters (since most initialisms don't form actual words) than it does to try to say them as their own word. You don't say "cuh-pooh" when you're referring to your CPU, do you?
I can't speak too much about the single player part, but I liked the multiplayer a lot. It has some key differences from the standard FPS, most notably that you move pretty slowly, and that you can only carry two weapons. This makes it less of a twitch skill game, and more about planning strategies to hunt down your enemies. I played the PC version for several months with some friends (before they decided it would be more fun to play pistols only with no radar - thanks for removing the strategy bit, guys!) , but I imagine that these differences would be emphasized even more on the Xbox, where the controller would slow movement down even more.
The reason you don't want to turn off the ignition is that on most cars doing so locks the steering. Much more troublesome than losing power assist.
Do you see any other games currently shipping with AMD64 builds? There's currently one, and it's a joint effort by AMD and Atari to sell people on 64-bit gaming, but it fails to make its case.
ATi is the one to blame for their poor support of *nix.
As for sound issues, there were software patent issues with Creative over 3d sound, which might have something to do with it. I don't know about the ALSA vs. OSS thing though.
That's within the standard margin of performance between the 61 and 66 driver versions. I gained at least 5 fps in most games, and I only have a 5600. Wait until the linux drivers catch up, you should get a nice boost with your 6800.
The grappler seems gimmicky and rather pointless, apart from the indoor maps. I get the feeling they made indoor maps just so the grappler would have a purpose to exist.
I agree with you in general though, it's a nice take on the Tribes universe, and I'll be playing this one online a lot.
For those of you who don't like the default head's-up display, this is moddable, just like the original Tribes. I came across this HUD, which is a lot more like Tribes 1. (I play using the "high-res" version, even though I'm running at medium resolution, because doing so makes the map extra big.)
It's Khan. As in "KHAAAN!"
Just for completion's sake, there is another set of product keys, for academic / MSDN distributions, which will not work on the distributions mentioned above.
...[your] best bet is the little extra you spend for the Prescott model.
And the little extra you spend on the massive heatsink you buy to keep it cool in an enclosed space.
A few SFF systems come with their own heatsink, most notably Shuttle XPCs with their proprietary ICE heatsink. I'd go for one of those if using a Prescott.
That system is a computer rendering. And the motherboard they show isn't even a SFF board, and it's not even made by IWill! (It's really a full ATX board, check out this pic.) From the bottom of the IWill page you link to:
Product specification and details may change without notice. Actual products may look different from the photo.
64-bit support is pretty trivial to add, and doesn't cost much silicon. I'm surprised Intel waited for AMD to do it first. (64-bit support is already available on P4 Xeons.)
The P4-m is a seperate chip from the P-M, and yes I agree that the P4-m is terrible.
The P-M is not built on the megahertz myth, and outperforms P4 chips the same way that AMD's chips outperform the P4. The P-M consumes ~24 watts at maximum load, but most of the time it's far below that; at minimum speed, it consumes under 7 watts, which is far thriftier than the C3 (which is 15-ish watts).
Intel is adapting. They have a huge ace up their sleeve, the Pentium M (processor in Centrino laptops). It's basically picking up the P6 architecture where the Pentium 3 left off, and it's a fantastic performer, as well as being in the same power consumption range as VIA's C3 processors. Intel are going to continue to push the P4's Netburst architecture as long as people keep buying it, and when that takes its eventual nosedive, they'll have the P-M waiting. Intel isn't a company to rest on its laurels.
I've been following this Iwill SFF for some time, as I'm very interested in it. Here are a few of the distinguishing features:
* It has a mini-pci slot on the underside of the motherboard, which is meant for a wireless card, and a removable antenna for said card on top of the case.
* It only has two RAM slots, and lists the maximum RAM as 2GB.
* The RAM is only connected to CPU0, so any data CPU1 requests will have to be requested through CPU0. This does mean there will be a speed hit, but it isn't major.
* The MSRP is $499.
I just hope they offer it in some other color than bright red.