We are having a similar problem, I work for a fire department and we have mounted toughbooks in our Fire Engines right over the engine cowling. They all lasted about a year and then the Hard drives started failing at a ridiculous rate. I suspect its a combination of lots of vibration and lots of heat. Nice thing is Panasonic has been replacing them, no questions asks. They show up in 1 day, 2 max. The sales rep even gave us a few drives to keep on hand so we can repair them without having to wait for the replacement part to ship.
Yeah, the character models in DOA4 are only a little bit smoother than the models in SC1, but the DOA characters were always slightly anime-like rather than realistic. But the hair is much more detailed, and I never played SC for the Dreamcast but I'm betting most of the hair moved very little if at all. And the differences in the enviroment is enormous! The textures are much shaper and more detailed, you have a blurred backround effect to simulate depth of field.
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We are having a similar problem, I work for a fire department and we have mounted toughbooks in our Fire Engines right over the engine cowling. They all lasted about a year and then the Hard drives started failing at a ridiculous rate. I suspect its a combination of lots of vibration and lots of heat. Nice thing is Panasonic has been replacing them, no questions asks. They show up in 1 day, 2 max. The sales rep even gave us a few drives to keep on hand so we can repair them without having to wait for the replacement part to ship.
I'm sorry, but how are these two even close?
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Yeah, the character models in DOA4 are only a little bit smoother than the models in SC1, but the DOA characters were always slightly anime-like rather than realistic. But the hair is much more detailed, and I never played SC for the Dreamcast but I'm betting most of the hair moved very little if at all. And the differences in the enviroment is enormous! The textures are much shaper and more detailed, you have a blurred backround effect to simulate depth of field.