God, I hate it when the apple-loving mods mod down perfectly fine insightful posts with "troll" because it points out a simple fact, like that Macs are a bit overpriced...
I might think of buying a Mac if they were cheaper. But for 1500 dollars, you get a 1.8Ghz G5, 256MB of RAM (the standard is now 512MB and I would never get less than a gig), an 80GB hard disk, and an FX5200 piece of shit. An equivalent Dell costs 700 dollars. And I can build my own equivalent system for 450-500, assuming that I use Linux instead of Windows. If we dropped the "Apple Tax" on these systems and had them sell for 700 dollars instead of 1500, 2000 instead of 3800, I would think about buying one. But right now anyone who buys a mac is just a sucker IMO.
Thats exactly what I was saying--Athlons benefit not from higher bandwidth but more so from low latency, so for example DDR2 would suck for Athlons. And what I was saying is that P4s seem to be moving towards what Athlons are--chips that benefit more from lower latency than higher bandwidth.
Interestingly enough many, including myself, were expecting quite a leap with 1066mhz FSB, especially considering the huge leap from 533 to 800. However, it seems as if the P4's bottleneck now isn't bandwidth at all, but latency, like the Athlons always have been. In other words, DDR2 (more bandwidth, crappy timings) is going to do shit all for the P4.
Not exactly. Cassini isn't the first mission to use a nuclear power system first of all, and second of all if it did explode there would be no explosion and the radioactivity would be spread so much that it would be lost among Earth's background radiation. Read up before you comment.
CO2 isn't toxic and ultra-radioactive for tens of thousands of years. If it escapes, it simply causes the same global warming that a regular power plant would cause.
Earth and Beyond also had full voice. Its not anything new. However, they were forced to toss it after the beta because of massive funding cuts by EA and the liquidation of Westwood.
This could work out. The reasons why I would NOT get a mac are that they are slower and cost MUCH more than equivalent PCs, but more importantly, can't run Windows. Meaning that they can't run my games. And trust me, Cedega under Linux on PowerPC isn't going to run them much better than a Palm would run Unreal Tournament--I have friends that have tried, and, uh, friends that have failed. But now that Mac OS X is available on the PC (and is fast), perhaps I can use a fast, cheap PC to run OS X. But a problem I see is that... Macs only have a chance vs. PCs because they have very efficient architecture. Apple doesn't have nearly enough money to compete with Intel or AMD, so they use a more efficient architecture. But since they write the OS also, they can take advantage of that. However, OS X applications will run quite slow under Windows machines because they are optimized for PowerPC, not x86. So I expect that OSX will not actually be used for much serious video/image editing... it may end up becoming more of a novelty than an actual useful OS.
Hell no. The only reason OSX works so well is because the hardware is made by, guess who, Apple. If they ported it to x86 it would run like crap, be buggy as hell, and even more incompatible than it already is. I'm happy with my no-crashes-for-2-years Windows XP system dualbooted with my stripped-down Debian install, thank you.
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AO is not in space, lol. But anyways, IMO it is by far the best MMORPG out there, not because its THAT good, but because all the others are lacking.
No its not. I've used both, and here's what I have to say...
1. Opera eats memory almost as bad as Windows XP does.
2. Opera is slow.
3. Opera has that stupid ad.
4. Opera isn't open source.
5. Opera isn't as well-supported as Firefox.
6. Opera is ugly.
7. Opera is annoying to use--Firefox has a much better interface. Simple is good.
IMO Firefox/Safari are by far the best browsers out--I've tried many others and nothing really comes close. Including Opera. In fact, I'd put IE above Opera, simply because Opera is so damn slow, ugly, bloated, and has that stupid ad...
I think it's safe to say that ATi is cutting back on its Linux support in the wake of Xbox2, and Nvidia will be the graphics card of choice for Linux gaming.
If you are *very* lucky. That's because they take out the Mobile Bartons from the batch of regular Bartons, making it much harder to get a lucky Barton. And the mobiles are actually not much more expensive--you can get them for just 60 dollars, and thats not bad for a guaranteed sweet overclocker.
The Mobile Barton is basically the cream of the crop in terms of Bartons. They take the chips that will run the highest speeds on the lowest voltages, and sell them as Mobiles. Of course you can buy one, put it in a desktop PC, and they will often overclock massively--most 2500+s easily hit 2.5Ghz and will often reach 2.6-2.8Ghz... on pretty standard air cooling! The only problem with this is getting RAM that will run that fast... in which case two 256MB sticks of BH-5 running at 2-2-2-5 are your best bet:).
I've never understood what's wrong with Microsoft having WMP in Windows. Any operating system should come with a decent media player, and WMP is one. I mean its not perfect, its not as stripped down as some better ones, but hey, its better than Realplayer, and why in the world would the average user want to have to download a seperate program to simply see a news broadcast? Most Linux distros come with mplayer--is that a monopoly?
It isn't fair to count years with few/no launches:). Plus, most of the money is not going to actual launches--it is going to research, development, safety, testing, corrupt politicians...
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God, I hate it when the apple-loving mods mod down perfectly fine insightful posts with "troll" because it points out a simple fact, like that Macs are a bit overpriced...
I might think of buying a Mac if they were cheaper. But for 1500 dollars, you get a 1.8Ghz G5, 256MB of RAM (the standard is now 512MB and I would never get less than a gig), an 80GB hard disk, and an FX5200 piece of shit. An equivalent Dell costs 700 dollars. And I can build my own equivalent system for 450-500, assuming that I use Linux instead of Windows. If we dropped the "Apple Tax" on these systems and had them sell for 700 dollars instead of 1500, 2000 instead of 3800, I would think about buying one. But right now anyone who buys a mac is just a sucker IMO.
Thats exactly what I was saying--Athlons benefit not from higher bandwidth but more so from low latency, so for example DDR2 would suck for Athlons. And what I was saying is that P4s seem to be moving towards what Athlons are--chips that benefit more from lower latency than higher bandwidth.
Interestingly enough many, including myself, were expecting quite a leap with 1066mhz FSB, especially considering the huge leap from 533 to 800. However, it seems as if the P4's bottleneck now isn't bandwidth at all, but latency, like the Athlons always have been. In other words, DDR2 (more bandwidth, crappy timings) is going to do shit all for the P4.
Has the US government already stated that Linux is "viable," or is their vision still blocked by a large round pig known as Microsoft?
Not exactly. Cassini isn't the first mission to use a nuclear power system first of all, and second of all if it did explode there would be no explosion and the radioactivity would be spread so much that it would be lost among Earth's background radiation. Read up before you comment.
Hmmm... you can get an old PC for 100 dollars off Craigslist for just about 100 dollars--you'll probably get a 500-800mhz P3 too...
I always assumed that Titan's atmosphere (like Venus's) would prevent any view of the surface... look who was wrong :O
CO2 isn't toxic and ultra-radioactive for tens of thousands of years. If it escapes, it simply causes the same global warming that a regular power plant would cause.
Crikey!
Cloning != genetic manipulation. You can also genetically manipulate... without cloning. Cloning is like getting an identical twin, nothing else.
Earth and Beyond also had full voice. Its not anything new. However, they were forced to toss it after the beta because of massive funding cuts by EA and the liquidation of Westwood.
They're RISC. x86 chips are CISC. Want any more massive differences?
This could work out. The reasons why I would NOT get a mac are that they are slower and cost MUCH more than equivalent PCs, but more importantly, can't run Windows. Meaning that they can't run my games. And trust me, Cedega under Linux on PowerPC isn't going to run them much better than a Palm would run Unreal Tournament--I have friends that have tried, and, uh, friends that have failed. But now that Mac OS X is available on the PC (and is fast), perhaps I can use a fast, cheap PC to run OS X. But a problem I see is that... Macs only have a chance vs. PCs because they have very efficient architecture. Apple doesn't have nearly enough money to compete with Intel or AMD, so they use a more efficient architecture. But since they write the OS also, they can take advantage of that. However, OS X applications will run quite slow under Windows machines because they are optimized for PowerPC, not x86. So I expect that OSX will not actually be used for much serious video/image editing... it may end up becoming more of a novelty than an actual useful OS.
Sure I have. They work fine--with mac hardware and PowerPC chips. I wouldn't touch it under x86 with a ten foot pole.
Hell no. The only reason OSX works so well is because the hardware is made by, guess who, Apple. If they ported it to x86 it would run like crap, be buggy as hell, and even more incompatible than it already is. I'm happy with my no-crashes-for-2-years Windows XP system dualbooted with my stripped-down Debian install, thank you.
AO is not in space, lol. But anyways, IMO it is by far the best MMORPG out there, not because its THAT good, but because all the others are lacking.
No its not. I've used both, and here's what I have to say...
1. Opera eats memory almost as bad as Windows XP does.
2. Opera is slow.
3. Opera has that stupid ad.
4. Opera isn't open source.
5. Opera isn't as well-supported as Firefox.
6. Opera is ugly.
7. Opera is annoying to use--Firefox has a much better interface. Simple is good.
IMO Firefox/Safari are by far the best browsers out--I've tried many others and nothing really comes close. Including Opera. In fact, I'd put IE above Opera, simply because Opera is so damn slow, ugly, bloated, and has that stupid ad...
I think it's safe to say that ATi is cutting back on its Linux support in the wake of Xbox2, and Nvidia will be the graphics card of choice for Linux gaming.
Wait... ATI had linux support in the first place?
Lets hope that they take the money and use it to make Windows better instead of using it to fund SCO.
Oh, sorry, I was in a parallel universe for a second there. Won't happen.
Actually, my old 75mhz P1 could barely not play a 128kbs MP3 in real time. But as you said, they're just BSing :)
If you are *very* lucky. That's because they take out the Mobile Bartons from the batch of regular Bartons, making it much harder to get a lucky Barton. And the mobiles are actually not much more expensive--you can get them for just 60 dollars, and thats not bad for a guaranteed sweet overclocker.
The Mobile Barton is basically the cream of the crop in terms of Bartons. They take the chips that will run the highest speeds on the lowest voltages, and sell them as Mobiles. Of course you can buy one, put it in a desktop PC, and they will often overclock massively--most 2500+s easily hit 2.5Ghz and will often reach 2.6-2.8Ghz... on pretty standard air cooling! The only problem with this is getting RAM that will run that fast... in which case two 256MB sticks of BH-5 running at 2-2-2-5 are your best bet :).
I've never understood what's wrong with Microsoft having WMP in Windows. Any operating system should come with a decent media player, and WMP is one. I mean its not perfect, its not as stripped down as some better ones, but hey, its better than Realplayer, and why in the world would the average user want to have to download a seperate program to simply see a news broadcast? Most Linux distros come with mplayer--is that a monopoly?
It isn't fair to count years with few/no launches :). Plus, most of the money is not going to actual launches--it is going to research, development, safety, testing, corrupt politicians...