"...but you can buy a P4 tower from Dell for $400 [dell.com] these days, or a Tivo/PVR for a few hundred, a DVD player for $99 [vstore.com], you'd have to be really dedicated to mod a perfectly good X-Box (which voids the warranty)
You're kidding, right? Did you actually look at the specs of that Dell? I've used that same setup, and the video is so bad that Warcraft 3 would barely run. Not to mention it only has a 15" monitor in that config.
The things you list total at least $700-$800, and you try to justify it by saying that otherwise, you're voiding the Xbox's warranty. By default, the Xbox only has a 90-day warranty, so you're not risking too much. And if you fuck your Xbox up, you've still only spent a third of what you'd spend with your other config. That's not counting how much you'd recoup by selling the broken Xbox on eBay.
I think I'd rather have one big box hooked to my TV than 2 boxes and a computer, thanks.
... From a potential customer. We paid him a visit, trying to get him to use our consultation services. On the way out he asked if we could dispose of some old puters for him. We said sure.
Brought 'em home and fired them up. Lo and behild, there were all of his Quicken files (no passwords) from the previous fiscal year. You'd think that somebody that takes in half a million in revenue per year would know better...
I already rely way too much on search engines for my computer life, now I'll be able to do it in real life, too? Pretty soon I won't remember anything anymore, I'll just know how to look it up...
If you don't like a violent show, change the channel. The same goes with Xbox Live - if you don't like the swearing, go into another room.
If I get the holeshot in MotoGP, and some dude plows into me, sending me into the dirt, I'm sure as hell going to have some bad words to say. It's just like real life, when I'm racing motocross. Some dude hits me, and I'm all about cursing like a sailor. I don't say it to act tough, or to anger anybody, that's just the way I am. Why should I have to censor myself because you're offended? I didn't owe you anything.
Let's see... I've sold 75% of what was pictured there at one hell of a profit (all on the books), and I've got about 200 new emails as a result of this post. I don't think I'll have any trouble unloading what's left...
You may call it crap, but a lot of people don't need cutting edge computing power. A certain gubernatorial candidate ran most of her campaign on my used hardware, with no problems. No need for a GHZ machine to run email and OpenOffice.
2 words: Battlefront 1942. That game kicks the crap out of my Athlon 1700+.
What do you drive? I'm willing to bet it's not a Geo Metro. But why not? Why do you really need anything faster? I mean, a Metro does the speed limit, right? Do you really need better acceleration and a higher top speed than what a Metro provides?
For those of us that strive for the best, the fastest computer is NEVER fast enough.
Only the main USB ports give out 5v. A USB hub decreases this significantly (dunno how much of the top of my head). It's probably easier to avoid all the support calls from hub users just by sticking a AAA battery into it.
It says I have 30 moderator points! I feel so powerful!
What can I do with that many points? Can I post my own articles?:-)
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...is a gyro mouse like this, but one that attaches to your hand.
The problem I have with this mouse is, you have to constantly pick it up and put it down when you need to use it. Granted, we have to take a hand off the keyboard to operate our current meeses, but sliding a mouse a quarter-inch across the table is somewhat less involved than picking one up, re-orienting it with the screen (after all, once you've picked it up, the cursor has moved), pointing and clicking at what you want, and finally putting it down again.
Why not a small device, mounted to the top of your wrist? When you want to point, hit a hotkey that activates the mouse, raise your hand slightly from the keyboard, point-click, hotkey, back to work. The mouse in this article seems more suited to presentations than personal computing.
If this idea gets patented in the future, can I use my slashdot post as 'prior art'?
Yes it is. A second CPU does not double your performance, it only adds a marginal increase. And yes, Apple 'resorted' to adding a second CPU when their top speed leveled off and there was nothing on the horizon.
First of all, whoever modded this as interesting should be poked in the eye. This statement is full of FUD to the max.
Perhaps a G4 will outperform an x86 of the same caliber, but the high-end P4 CPUs absolutely smoke the high-end G4s. The G4 architecture is so maxed out that Apple had to resort to adding a second CPU, cuz they just couldn't scale the G4 chips any higher.
When the G4 came out, it kicked the arse of all the x86 chips out there. But that was a couple years ago. As things currently stand, the best Apples are barely middle of the pack, performance-wise. Don't worry though, you'll still pay more for a Mac than a fully loaded Dell machine.
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"...but you can buy a P4 tower from Dell for $400 [dell.com] these days, or a Tivo/PVR for a few hundred, a DVD player for $99 [vstore.com], you'd have to be really dedicated to mod a perfectly good X-Box (which voids the warranty)
You're kidding, right? Did you actually look at the specs of that Dell? I've used that same setup, and the video is so bad that Warcraft 3 would barely run. Not to mention it only has a 15" monitor in that config.
The things you list total at least $700-$800, and you try to justify it by saying that otherwise, you're voiding the Xbox's warranty. By default, the Xbox only has a 90-day warranty, so you're not risking too much. And if you fuck your Xbox up, you've still only spent a third of what you'd spend with your other config. That's not counting how much you'd recoup by selling the broken Xbox on eBay.
I think I'd rather have one big box hooked to my TV than 2 boxes and a computer, thanks.
... From a potential customer. We paid him a visit, trying to get him to use our consultation services. On the way out he asked if we could dispose of some old puters for him. We said sure.
Brought 'em home and fired them up. Lo and behild, there were all of his Quicken files (no passwords) from the previous fiscal year. You'd think that somebody that takes in half a million in revenue per year would know better...
Somebody call Trent Reznor!
I still don't know what the hell .net is supposed to be, and I like to think I'm at least a little technical...
Can't give too much away with my NDA nad all, but I can say that the sucessor to the MCi-200, the MC-i250, will be coming out in a few months...
Nice acronym... spend a lot of time on the Ars Techinca boards? ;-)
How much extra did the new mouse cost ya? I guess you can afford it, what with saving all that money by buying a Mac and all...
I already rely way too much on search engines for my computer life, now I'll be able to do it in real life, too? Pretty soon I won't remember anything anymore, I'll just know how to look it up...
If you don't like a violent show, change the channel. The same goes with Xbox Live - if you don't like the swearing, go into another room.
If I get the holeshot in MotoGP, and some dude plows into me, sending me into the dirt, I'm sure as hell going to have some bad words to say. It's just like real life, when I'm racing motocross. Some dude hits me, and I'm all about cursing like a sailor. I don't say it to act tough, or to anger anybody, that's just the way I am. Why should I have to censor myself because you're offended? I didn't owe you anything.
Your sarcasm isn't lost on me, monsterzero2003 :-)
Let's see... I've sold 75% of what was pictured there at one hell of a profit (all on the books), and I've got about 200 new emails as a result of this post. I don't think I'll have any trouble unloading what's left...
You may call it crap, but a lot of people don't need cutting edge computing power. A certain gubernatorial candidate ran most of her campaign on my used hardware, with no problems. No need for a GHZ machine to run email and OpenOffice.
Just a small dick, does that count?
Pah-leeze... when they can compete with my basement, then maybe they can be linked to on slashdot... :-)
2 words: Battlefront 1942. That game kicks the crap out of my Athlon 1700+.
What do you drive? I'm willing to bet it's not a Geo Metro. But why not? Why do you really need anything faster? I mean, a Metro does the speed limit, right? Do you really need better acceleration and a higher top speed than what a Metro provides?
For those of us that strive for the best, the fastest computer is NEVER fast enough.
It'd surprise me if this didn't come with an armband of some sort, either out of the box or as an option.
According to this article, it comes with a "neckstrap" of some sort. Dunno how I feel about strapping something to my neck, though...
Only the main USB ports give out 5v. A USB hub decreases this significantly (dunno how much of the top of my head). It's probably easier to avoid all the support calls from hub users just by sticking a AAA battery into it.
Purchase some of the servers used to render the CGI in the first LOTR movie here.
Own a geeky piece of history!
It says I have 30 moderator points! I feel so powerful!
:-)
What can I do with that many points? Can I post my own articles?
...is a gyro mouse like this, but one that attaches to your hand.
The problem I have with this mouse is, you have to constantly pick it up and put it down when you need to use it. Granted, we have to take a hand off the keyboard to operate our current meeses, but sliding a mouse a quarter-inch across the table is somewhat less involved than picking one up, re-orienting it with the screen (after all, once you've picked it up, the cursor has moved), pointing and clicking at what you want, and finally putting it down again.
Why not a small device, mounted to the top of your wrist? When you want to point, hit a hotkey that activates the mouse, raise your hand slightly from the keyboard, point-click, hotkey, back to work. The mouse in this article seems more suited to presentations than personal computing.
If this idea gets patented in the future, can I use my slashdot post as 'prior art'?
They see the name JerkyChew, and they automatically know that they are dealing with genius. Much like seeing Einstein or Kamen or something :-)
EVAR is a common message board 'fake' typo. It's up there with 'TEH FUNNAY' and 'NO YUO!!!1'
In other words, it was done on purpose.
"Slashdot requires you to wait 20 seconds between hitting 'reply' and submitting a comment."
Yes it is. A second CPU does not double your performance, it only adds a marginal increase. And yes, Apple 'resorted' to adding a second CPU when their top speed leveled off and there was nothing on the horizon.
Good lord, not this argument again.
First of all, whoever modded this as interesting should be poked in the eye. This statement is full of FUD to the max.
Perhaps a G4 will outperform an x86 of the same caliber, but the high-end P4 CPUs absolutely smoke the high-end G4s. The G4 architecture is so maxed out that Apple had to resort to adding a second CPU, cuz they just couldn't scale the G4 chips any higher.
When the G4 came out, it kicked the arse of all the x86 chips out there. But that was a couple years ago. As things currently stand, the best Apples are barely middle of the pack, performance-wise. Don't worry though, you'll still pay more for a Mac than a fully loaded Dell machine.
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