I should try that, I'll likely have as much luck as I've had on trains. The holy grail (which I haven't found yet) is a working open access point at one of the train stops; I hope to someday encounter one of these elusive beasts.
I thought the same way as you, until I realized how much Soviet Russia/Beowulf Cluster/"In Korea..." crap gets modded up. I then decided that even funny people will have to suffer a bit for the greater good:).
It was a perfectly valid comparison when the Game Gear was released (with its great graphics and battery life of about 30 minutes), and it's still a valid comparison now. If Sony knew they weren't going to get acceptable battery life on the PSP, they should have made it differently.
You did that too? I only decided to buy it after hearing how great it was from people in NA who bought it cheap. I go to the store, and... great. Used version's like 600 yen cheaper than the insanely expensive new version.
There's something wrong here. I'm a native English speaker, and both "..helping Asia use Linux" and "...helping Asia to use Linux" sound fine to me. Which is correct, and which has become so widely used that I can't figure out if it's wrong?
iTunes plays a whole lot of formats, not just iTMS AAC. That's what the grandparent poster was talking about; an MP3 player that works with iTunes, but not necessarily the iTMS.
Thankfully, the funny mod doesn't give karma. I thought this was an unfair idea until I remembered all the beowulf/sovietrussia/etc jokes that some mods think are funny.
I think an ideal solution would to have a user automatically lose karma every time they posted something like that, but there's not much I can do about it.
Yeah, but can the friend start paying the monthly fee so that key doesn't expire? That's what I'm really wondering about, whether or not the friend has to buy their own copy of the game.
Question: does anyone know how the guest pass in the Collector's Edition is supposed to work? As far as I know, Blizzard hasn't released many details, but I'd like to know more about it. How does the "guest" install WoW, do they just borrow the install disc from the owner? After the 10 days, do they have to buy the retail copy or do they just have to start paying the monthly fee?
(Yes, I'm cheap and I want to go halfsies on the collector's edition with a friend. Thanks if you know anything about it!)
Of course there's a lot of obsolete PCs, but I'm talking about Apple's current product lineup. The only real option for gaming in it is the G5s, which will cost you more than a comparative PC for gaming (especially since the only single processor model you can get is the slowest one... not very attractive to gamers).
And how many Mac users can afford recent PowerMacs? Almost every Mac user I know has an iBook/iMac/eMac/Powerbook, and those are all underpowered for gaming in one form or another. iMacs have weak video cards, Powerbooks have a tiny system bus, and the others have both.
Rather than software, I think the real problem is hardware. I can afford a Mac that's recent enough to do everything I want except game, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Sure, the G5s are nice machines, but when it comes down to it they're really overkill (and more than I can afford) for what I want.
Ideal Mac gaming machine:
-Processor and video card upgradable
-Single processor (yeah, some games take advantage of the dual processors... most don't, and it's too expensive to include on a cheap gaming machine)
-Fastest processor available; not like the 1.8 single processor G5
-headless, of course
It could do without a lot of the frills on normal PowerMacs, as it would keep the price down. Currently the only option is to game on a cheap, fast PC or buy an extremely expensive PowerMac. I'm not saying the PowerMacs are overpriced, but they're the only real option for Mac gaming, and are much more expensive than comparative "gaming" PCs.
In my opinion, a gaming Mac like this at an affordable price would do much more for the Mac gaming market. Most Mac users are stuck with either a terrible video card (everything but the Powerbooks and latest Powermacs) or a G4 with a very limited system bus (everything but the iMacs and Powermacs).
This would be a valid point, if it weren't something that simply has to be tied into the OS itself. This is a product that's supposed to integrate into the user's desktop and existing applications, and a big part of that is always fitting in with the OS. I agree with what you're saying, it's a good mantra to go by for most applications, but for things like this you want a "native" feel. Plus, we're talking about Mac users here, arguably the most picky when it comes to UI issues.
They'll probably try to reuse as much as they can, and build the rest of it from the ground up for OS X. This is a very good thing, from the opinion of a Mac user (me).
...and are limited in what video cards you can purchase with them.
I'm sorry, but that is complete FUD. The only difference is that you can buy an ATI FireGL V3100 for the Windows ones, and you can't for the Linux ones. It's not Dell's fault that ATI's drivers aren't very good, and they'd likely catch a lot of flak from their customers if they shipped systems with buggy drivers.
Idea that came to mind after reading the rating of your post: require all moderators to learn the difference between insightful and informative. Apologies for going off-topic, it's just constant these days. Everywhere there's posts like yours that point out something insightful and are rated informative, and vice versa. Time to meta-moderate more, I guess...
I can't vouch for Betamax, but MD is popular in Japan. Practically every cd player/boombox/car stereo has an MD slot, and almost everyone has a portable MD player. I've run into several people who don't understand what my mp3 player is, until I explain that it's "like MD".
Hmm... seriously, does anyone know how many workunits (approximately) this thing could do in a day? I have no idea how to calculate it, but I feel a burning desire for this useless piece of trivia.
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I should try that, I'll likely have as much luck as I've had on trains. The holy grail (which I haven't found yet) is a working open access point at one of the train stops; I hope to someday encounter one of these elusive beasts.
I thought the same way as you, until I realized how much Soviet Russia/Beowulf Cluster/"In Korea..." crap gets modded up. I then decided that even funny people will have to suffer a bit for the greater good :).
You can't compare them like that? Bull.
It was a perfectly valid comparison when the Game Gear was released (with its great graphics and battery life of about 30 minutes), and it's still a valid comparison now. If Sony knew they weren't going to get acceptable battery life on the PSP, they should have made it differently.
So who get's to define the correct english?
:)
Not you
I can't believe you're even trying to manage that many photos with iPhoto. Try something like iView MediaPro, it's excellent.
You did that too? I only decided to buy it after hearing how great it was from people in NA who bought it cheap. I go to the store, and... great. Used version's like 600 yen cheaper than the insanely expensive new version.
:)
Still worth it though.
There's something wrong here. I'm a native English speaker, and both "..helping Asia use Linux" and "...helping Asia to use Linux" sound fine to me. Which is correct, and which has become so widely used that I can't figure out if it's wrong?
That's really interesting, but I can't seem to find any information on it. Do you have any links?
iTunes plays a whole lot of formats, not just iTMS AAC. That's what the grandparent poster was talking about; an MP3 player that works with iTunes, but not necessarily the iTMS.
Of course, nothing to do with them living on the west coast...
Thankfully, the funny mod doesn't give karma. I thought this was an unfair idea until I remembered all the beowulf/sovietrussia/etc jokes that some mods think are funny.
I think an ideal solution would to have a user automatically lose karma every time they posted something like that, but there's not much I can do about it.
Yeah, but can the friend start paying the monthly fee so that key doesn't expire? That's what I'm really wondering about, whether or not the friend has to buy their own copy of the game.
Question: does anyone know how the guest pass in the Collector's Edition is supposed to work? As far as I know, Blizzard hasn't released many details, but I'd like to know more about it. How does the "guest" install WoW, do they just borrow the install disc from the owner? After the 10 days, do they have to buy the retail copy or do they just have to start paying the monthly fee?
(Yes, I'm cheap and I want to go halfsies on the collector's edition with a friend. Thanks if you know anything about it!)
Of course there's a lot of obsolete PCs, but I'm talking about Apple's current product lineup. The only real option for gaming in it is the G5s, which will cost you more than a comparative PC for gaming (especially since the only single processor model you can get is the slowest one... not very attractive to gamers).
My bad, I thought headless referred to not having a monitor built-in. Makes sense if you think about it.
And how many Mac users can afford recent PowerMacs? Almost every Mac user I know has an iBook/iMac/eMac/Powerbook, and those are all underpowered for gaming in one form or another. iMacs have weak video cards, Powerbooks have a tiny system bus, and the others have both.
Agree with what you say, but Mac is a computer type. Apple is the company that makes them.
I have a Mac as well. I usually use it for email and browsing slashdot. Sometimes, I even watch DVDs on it.
(yes, this is about as useful and informative as your post was)
Argh, proofread first... that "latest Powermacs" bit is a typo, the "latest" should be in the part about processors, not videocards.
Rather than software, I think the real problem is hardware. I can afford a Mac that's recent enough to do everything I want except game, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Sure, the G5s are nice machines, but when it comes down to it they're really overkill (and more than I can afford) for what I want.
Ideal Mac gaming machine:
-Processor and video card upgradable
-Single processor (yeah, some games take advantage of the dual processors... most don't, and it's too expensive to include on a cheap gaming machine)
-Fastest processor available; not like the 1.8 single processor G5
-headless, of course
It could do without a lot of the frills on normal PowerMacs, as it would keep the price down. Currently the only option is to game on a cheap, fast PC or buy an extremely expensive PowerMac. I'm not saying the PowerMacs are overpriced, but they're the only real option for Mac gaming, and are much more expensive than comparative "gaming" PCs.
In my opinion, a gaming Mac like this at an affordable price would do much more for the Mac gaming market. Most Mac users are stuck with either a terrible video card (everything but the Powerbooks and latest Powermacs) or a G4 with a very limited system bus (everything but the iMacs and Powermacs).
This would be a valid point, if it weren't something that simply has to be tied into the OS itself. This is a product that's supposed to integrate into the user's desktop and existing applications, and a big part of that is always fitting in with the OS. I agree with what you're saying, it's a good mantra to go by for most applications, but for things like this you want a "native" feel. Plus, we're talking about Mac users here, arguably the most picky when it comes to UI issues.
They'll probably try to reuse as much as they can, and build the rest of it from the ground up for OS X. This is a very good thing, from the opinion of a Mac user (me).
...and are limited in what video cards you can purchase with them.
I'm sorry, but that is complete FUD. The only difference is that you can buy an ATI FireGL V3100 for the Windows ones, and you can't for the Linux ones. It's not Dell's fault that ATI's drivers aren't very good, and they'd likely catch a lot of flak from their customers if they shipped systems with buggy drivers.
Idea that came to mind after reading the rating of your post: require all moderators to learn the difference between insightful and informative. Apologies for going off-topic, it's just constant these days. Everywhere there's posts like yours that point out something insightful and are rated informative, and vice versa. Time to meta-moderate more, I guess...
I can't vouch for Betamax, but MD is popular in Japan. Practically every cd player/boombox/car stereo has an MD slot, and almost everyone has a portable MD player. I've run into several people who don't understand what my mp3 player is, until I explain that it's "like MD".
Hmm... seriously, does anyone know how many workunits (approximately) this thing could do in a day? I have no idea how to calculate it, but I feel a burning desire for this useless piece of trivia.