Honestly I don't get how Anne Nicole Smith is a fun thing to talk about. But then again, most peoples' eyes glaze over when I start going over the latest in game design.
I'm guessing the high end would more for gaming, which apparently has issues under Vista at the moment. Also, could be that they sell more high end stuff to businesses, who usually aren't eager to adopt a "new" technology like Vista.
Driving a stick can be more of a hassle than an automatic. I really hate my stick shift in stop-and-go traffic, and I think that, spread over 5 years, $1000 to avoid the hassle of having to deal with a stick and clutch are a good bargain.
Then again, I feel like driving is a pain altogether. I prefer public transit.
To add to that, Silicon Valley has a lot of qualified computer scientists, software engineers, and programmers partly because of the inertia that it gained back in the 90's. During my job search in 2005, I ran into a couple entrepeneurs that moved their business into the valley. I asked them why they made the move, they said to find more qualified people and to get more capital invested into their businesses.
I actually upgraded from 2k to WinXP for $5 (through my University). I'm not sure if it was worth the $5. I basically got a version of Windows that could apply anti-aliasing to my desktop background.
That being said, Vista is a larger upgrade than Win98->WinME or Win2k->WinXP. But not nearly large enough to justify the price. Businesses don't seem too enthusiastic to switch over either. I imagine Vista will gain market penetration through Dell and its ilk rather than people going out and buying licenses.
I'm not sure how this is offtopic. I totally agree. I recently had to install office on my computer to send out some documents, and paused when considering the version. Should I install 2k7? I ended up going with 2k3 because I was afraid people wouldn't be able to read my documents.
Its not out of the question that people would upgrade just to make sure that they can read the latest Microsoft formats.
Having had access to the Vista RTM for several months through my MSDN subscription, Ive had a decent amount of friends and family asking me if they should upgrade. I always tell them thats its a fairly nice OS but its not worth the money. Take it if its free, but otherwise stick with what you have. There aren't enough feature updates to justify spending $100+.
You know those pictures that basically are a huge pattern of colors but when you cross your eyes a certain way a 3d picture appears? Thats probably what he's referring to.
I tried out Excite Truck and it wasn't my thing, but thanks for the other suggestions. I'll check them out whenever I am able to find a Wii (they still line up outside Best Buy before opening here....).
Except according to the link, Microsoft had nothing to do with the lawsuit.
Microsoft has had no role the charges against Ponosov and had even turned down the opportunity of joining the lawsuit, company spokeswoman Olga Dergunova said in a statement.
"In general, we do not believe that a case of this kind warrants criminal prosecution, given the very small number of computers involved, and the fact that the computers were purchased for use by students," she said in the company's latest statement Monday.
Even Ponosov said he does not blame Microsoft for the prosecutors' attention. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_APFN _Russia_Piracy_Microsoft_CORRECTIVE.html/
But Olga Dergunova, chairman of Microsoft Russia, said: "This case was initiated by Russian authorities under Russian law.
"We did have the option in this case to take up civil action, but decided last year not to do so."
Mr Ponosov told the BBC that Russian prosecutors had brought the case against him and he was unaware of any Microsoft claim against him. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6332441.stm/
Gates couldn't lay off their lawsuit because they didn't have a lawsuit against the man.
Yep, there was a reason developers dropped Nintendo, and it wasn't just because of the cartridges and Square defecting. They're a lot nicer company since they've had some humble beaten into them. In some ways I'd like to see that happen with Sony, as they're getting to be the same way. MS is MS, no more needed to go into that.
PS3 is too expensive for me (and a lot of people) simply because there's one game out that I'd like to play, and one, maybe two, thats actually been announced. Exclusives that is. $500-$600 might not be too much if it had a huge assortment of titles, but as it stands you can buy a $150 and get a lot more for your money. This isn't a diss on the PS3, its just a fact of life for an emerging console.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen much of that going on. Mostly just ports and "hey lets throw a bunch of nifty minigames together!" sort of games. I'm hoping this is a repeat of the DS situation, where developers took a while to get up to speed and really start making good use of the new features.
It doesn't fit. Paid astroturfers are paid to build up a reputation on the board, rather than post anonymously. And his posting style is so frothing-at-the-mouth-fanboy, and his facts so easy to dispute, that its unlikely he's actually helping Sony's position. One would think that marketers would be a little better at this thing.
I'm guessing we just have a regular old fanboy who is so emotionally invested in his game system choice that he has to wear it as his one and only badge of pride.
I know when the Wii came out the attach rate was significantly higher than the PS3. Something between 2 and 3 if I remember correctly. Also, Wii controllers were in very short supply around Illinois for a very long time. I'm not sure what the current situation is to be honest.
I'm really kind of annoyed at the number of "Collection of minigames" games that are comming out for the Wii. Wii sports was fun, dunno about long term staying power though. Thats not a dig on the game, its just my tastes.
But then you get recommendations like Wario Ware and Raving Rabbids. More games of minigames. Theres Elebits and Zelda, and Trauma Center, but what else? Red Steel blows. I'm looking forward to Metroid Prime 3 and Smash Brothers.
I hate to say it, but the one thing Sony Fanboy has been right about is that the lineup of Wii games have been a rather dismal succession of PS2/GC ports and minigames so far.
I won't bother with the rest of your fanboy tantrum.
Why? Because it has less to do with being a fanboy (pot calling kettle black, eh Sony fanboy?) and more to do with reality?
Seriously, how can you honestly keep saying that they're sold out when theres tons of evidence going around that they aren't? I can walk into my Gamestop right now and buy one. Its hard to take you seriously when you don the fanboy goggles and sound like you're about to cream yourself whenever you talk about the PS3.
Their over-the-top commercials making fun of, and completely misrepresenting, UAC? But then again, its marketing, which is usually just a couple steps away from lying.
You should check out the sysinternals tools for monitoring registry and disk access. I was floored by just how much explorer was doing in the background for the simplest operations.
As far as your Vista upgrade question goes, as someone who uses it, not much. It has a prettier GUI. It's more responsive on my computer at home than XP, mainly due to the fact that it uses my video card and dual core better. The UAC stuff (defaulting admin accounts to lower priveledge levels and requiring them to specifically raise priveldges a la sudo) is actually a good idea, despite what Apple and Slashdot want you to think. But most of these are marginal improvements for an already-experienced computer user, and certainly not worth hundreds of dollars in upgrades.
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Additionally, better 64 bit support. This is rather subjective too, but it seems to have better multi-proc support as well.
And accelerating your desktop using the video card actually does help with responsiveness.
Honestly I don't get how Anne Nicole Smith is a fun thing to talk about. But then again, most peoples' eyes glaze over when I start going over the latest in game design.
I'm guessing the high end would more for gaming, which apparently has issues under Vista at the moment. Also, could be that they sell more high end stuff to businesses, who usually aren't eager to adopt a "new" technology like Vista.
Driving a stick can be more of a hassle than an automatic. I really hate my stick shift in stop-and-go traffic, and I think that, spread over 5 years, $1000 to avoid the hassle of having to deal with a stick and clutch are a good bargain.
Then again, I feel like driving is a pain altogether. I prefer public transit.
Yes. Its my mistake, I never really bothered to learn timelines for a lot of tech that I use today, and I wasn't even born in the early 80's.
Forgive me for my lack of accuracy, it was before my time.
To add to that, Silicon Valley has a lot of qualified computer scientists, software engineers, and programmers partly because of the inertia that it gained back in the 90's. During my job search in 2005, I ran into a couple entrepeneurs that moved their business into the valley. I asked them why they made the move, they said to find more qualified people and to get more capital invested into their businesses.
Only because I had a brain fart and forgot you could do so.
I actually upgraded from 2k to WinXP for $5 (through my University). I'm not sure if it was worth the $5. I basically got a version of Windows that could apply anti-aliasing to my desktop background.
That being said, Vista is a larger upgrade than Win98->WinME or Win2k->WinXP. But not nearly large enough to justify the price. Businesses don't seem too enthusiastic to switch over either. I imagine Vista will gain market penetration through Dell and its ilk rather than people going out and buying licenses.
I'm not sure how this is offtopic. I totally agree. I recently had to install office on my computer to send out some documents, and paused when considering the version. Should I install 2k7? I ended up going with 2k3 because I was afraid people wouldn't be able to read my documents.
Its not out of the question that people would upgrade just to make sure that they can read the latest Microsoft formats.
Having had access to the Vista RTM for several months through my MSDN subscription, Ive had a decent amount of friends and family asking me if they should upgrade. I always tell them thats its a fairly nice OS but its not worth the money. Take it if its free, but otherwise stick with what you have. There aren't enough feature updates to justify spending $100+.
Yes, because we all know how well the current conservatives have managed the country. *eye roll*
You know those pictures that basically are a huge pattern of colors but when you cross your eyes a certain way a 3d picture appears? Thats probably what he's referring to.
I tried out Excite Truck and it wasn't my thing, but thanks for the other suggestions. I'll check them out whenever I am able to find a Wii (they still line up outside Best Buy before opening here....).
Microsoft has had no role the charges against Ponosov and had even turned down the opportunity of joining the lawsuit, company spokeswoman Olga Dergunova said in a statement. "In general, we do not believe that a case of this kind warrants criminal prosecution, given the very small number of computers involved, and the fact that the computers were purchased for use by students," she said in the company's latest statement Monday. Even Ponosov said he does not blame Microsoft for the prosecutors' attention.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_APF
But Olga Dergunova, chairman of Microsoft Russia, said: "This case was initiated by Russian authorities under Russian law. "We did have the option in this case to take up civil action, but decided last year not to do so." Mr Ponosov told the BBC that Russian prosecutors had brought the case against him and he was unaware of any Microsoft claim against him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6332441.stm/
Gates couldn't lay off their lawsuit because they didn't have a lawsuit against the man.
Yeah but then they all come back in the end. It was pretty corny.
Yep, there was a reason developers dropped Nintendo, and it wasn't just because of the cartridges and Square defecting. They're a lot nicer company since they've had some humble beaten into them. In some ways I'd like to see that happen with Sony, as they're getting to be the same way. MS is MS, no more needed to go into that.
PS3 is too expensive for me (and a lot of people) simply because there's one game out that I'd like to play, and one, maybe two, thats actually been announced. Exclusives that is. $500-$600 might not be too much if it had a huge assortment of titles, but as it stands you can buy a $150 and get a lot more for your money. This isn't a diss on the PS3, its just a fact of life for an emerging console.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen much of that going on. Mostly just ports and "hey lets throw a bunch of nifty minigames together!" sort of games. I'm hoping this is a repeat of the DS situation, where developers took a while to get up to speed and really start making good use of the new features.
It doesn't fit. Paid astroturfers are paid to build up a reputation on the board, rather than post anonymously. And his posting style is so frothing-at-the-mouth-fanboy, and his facts so easy to dispute, that its unlikely he's actually helping Sony's position. One would think that marketers would be a little better at this thing.
I'm guessing we just have a regular old fanboy who is so emotionally invested in his game system choice that he has to wear it as his one and only badge of pride.
I know when the Wii came out the attach rate was significantly higher than the PS3. Something between 2 and 3 if I remember correctly. Also, Wii controllers were in very short supply around Illinois for a very long time. I'm not sure what the current situation is to be honest.
I'm really kind of annoyed at the number of "Collection of minigames" games that are comming out for the Wii. Wii sports was fun, dunno about long term staying power though. Thats not a dig on the game, its just my tastes.
But then you get recommendations like Wario Ware and Raving Rabbids. More games of minigames. Theres Elebits and Zelda, and Trauma Center, but what else? Red Steel blows. I'm looking forward to Metroid Prime 3 and Smash Brothers.
I hate to say it, but the one thing Sony Fanboy has been right about is that the lineup of Wii games have been a rather dismal succession of PS2/GC ports and minigames so far.
Why? Because it has less to do with being a fanboy (pot calling kettle black, eh Sony fanboy?) and more to do with reality?
Seriously, how can you honestly keep saying that they're sold out when theres tons of evidence going around that they aren't? I can walk into my Gamestop right now and buy one. Its hard to take you seriously when you don the fanboy goggles and sound like you're about to cream yourself whenever you talk about the PS3.
Seriously.
I played games on a 700 MHz Athlon PC back in the day. I used 2k as my OS, so yeah Vista is definately more resource intensive.
Their over-the-top commercials making fun of, and completely misrepresenting, UAC? But then again, its marketing, which is usually just a couple steps away from lying.
You should check out the sysinternals tools for monitoring registry and disk access. I was floored by just how much explorer was doing in the background for the simplest operations.
As far as your Vista upgrade question goes, as someone who uses it, not much. It has a prettier GUI. It's more responsive on my computer at home than XP, mainly due to the fact that it uses my video card and dual core better. The UAC stuff (defaulting admin accounts to lower priveledge levels and requiring them to specifically raise priveldges a la sudo) is actually a good idea, despite what Apple and Slashdot want you to think. But most of these are marginal improvements for an already-experienced computer user, and certainly not worth hundreds of dollars in upgrades.