At the same time don't forget that the reason people get so hung up about the graphics, etc is because Sony places such an emphasis on them with each and every press release. You can't blame someone for then being dissapointed by it...
I'm a non-US gamer and our clan of ~30 use it.
It basically acts as an IM but with the ability to "follow" friends into the server they are playing on online. So instead of several of us logging on to team speak to read out an IP address over and over until we've all heard it right we can just click "follow" and xfire launches the appropriate game into the same server as your mate.
It has, however, got a GUI that looks like it was dropped at birth... this was initially the only reason some clan members chose not to use it but they soon came round;)
Personally I would rather spend money on a PC that is probably a more capable at playing games (given the graphics card) than a Mac. Though I wouldn't put myself in the casual gamer category I can't see why a casual gamer would pay more for a Mac if a bit of casual gaming is one of the buying factors...
...I use Suse 10 on my PC but the rest of the office still uses Windows XP (personally I don't have a major preference either way as using Eclipse is the same in Windows as it is in Linux). But I'm sure the rest of my office will continue to use Windows until something else is preinstalled on the new Dell machines the company buys in the future.
Why would anyone want to buy from this store for the same price as the actual DVD? You have to wait a few hours (depending on your internet connection), the user is likely to only be able to play it back on their PC (so unless they have a media center PC they cant even watch it on their TV), and to add insult to injury you have to waste your upload to help cut the distibution costs of WB.
All this is doing is creating a bigger profit for WB with every movie sold. I could understand it if the movie were significantly cheaper but that would require a movie studio to pass their savings onto their viewers and lets face it it'll be a cold day in hell when that happens!
With that logic why spend a small fortune on a PS3 when you can wait until it comes out and pick up a bargin PS2 that will play all of the PS1 and PS2 games?
I really don't see why backwards compatibility is such a big deal, sure its nice to have but there's no way it would be the swaying factor when I choose a console for the reason you have already stated, you can usually pick the previous console up very cheaply!
Does no one else think that the features on this list are in fact copied from someone else?
Do either of these companies have the right to claim that these are their own ideas?
Search: Google's desktop search (not to mention the millions of others) is already available beating both MS and Apple to the post.
Scripting: Linux?
Built-in RSS support: Mozilla Thunderbird, Firefox, etc.
Info-Display Panel: Still not entirely seeing the point of this one it sounds like a souped up version of the old Windows Active Desktop to me!
Integrated Instant Messaging/Video Chat: Both Windows XP and OS X currently include a messenger anyway so is this even worth mentioning?!
64-Bit Support: Its about time! But Windows XP 64 Bit edition is about to launch and OS X Panther already includes some 64bit extensions...
I also get the impression they are integrating a lot of apps into both OS's, correct me if i'm wrong but hasnt MS only just had to remove Media Player from windows?? What makes OS X safe with Quicktime? Both companies seem to be repeating MS's anticompetition "mistakes".
When will we see OS X Reduced Media Edition and Windows Longhorn Reduced RSS/Messenger/Search edition?
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At the same time don't forget that the reason people get so hung up about the graphics, etc is because Sony places such an emphasis on them with each and every press release. You can't blame someone for then being dissapointed by it...
I'm a non-US gamer and our clan of ~30 use it. It basically acts as an IM but with the ability to "follow" friends into the server they are playing on online. So instead of several of us logging on to team speak to read out an IP address over and over until we've all heard it right we can just click "follow" and xfire launches the appropriate game into the same server as your mate. It has, however, got a GUI that looks like it was dropped at birth... this was initially the only reason some clan members chose not to use it but they soon came round ;)
Yeah coz Root-kit-Sony get my vote every time!
Seriously there's no way I'm buying a PS3 just because of that kind of customer abuse.
Personally I would rather spend money on a PC that is probably a more capable at playing games (given the graphics card) than a Mac. Though I wouldn't put myself in the casual gamer category I can't see why a casual gamer would pay more for a Mac if a bit of casual gaming is one of the buying factors...
...I use Suse 10 on my PC but the rest of the office still uses Windows XP (personally I don't have a major preference either way as using Eclipse is the same in Windows as it is in Linux). But I'm sure the rest of my office will continue to use Windows until something else is preinstalled on the new Dell machines the company buys in the future.
How come Apple never get stung with this? Surely they bundle QuickTime with OS X?
...they have already run Duke Nukem Forever?
...getting me some more Firefly episodes and a sequel to Vampire Bloodlines http://www.vampirebloodlines.com/...
Why would anyone want to buy from this store for the same price as the actual DVD? You have to wait a few hours (depending on your internet connection), the user is likely to only be able to play it back on their PC (so unless they have a media center PC they cant even watch it on their TV), and to add insult to injury you have to waste your upload to help cut the distibution costs of WB. All this is doing is creating a bigger profit for WB with every movie sold. I could understand it if the movie were significantly cheaper but that would require a movie studio to pass their savings onto their viewers and lets face it it'll be a cold day in hell when that happens!
With that logic why spend a small fortune on a PS3 when you can wait until it comes out and pick up a bargin PS2 that will play all of the PS1 and PS2 games? I really don't see why backwards compatibility is such a big deal, sure its nice to have but there's no way it would be the swaying factor when I choose a console for the reason you have already stated, you can usually pick the previous console up very cheaply!
...pass my tin foil hat!
But MS are still doing it all again...
Search: Google's desktop search (not to mention the millions of others) is already available beating both MS and Apple to the post.
Scripting: Linux?
Built-in RSS support: Mozilla Thunderbird, Firefox, etc.
Info-Display Panel: Still not entirely seeing the point of this one it sounds like a souped up version of the old Windows Active Desktop to me!
Integrated Instant Messaging/Video Chat: Both Windows XP and OS X currently include a messenger anyway so is this even worth mentioning?!
64-Bit Support: Its about time! But Windows XP 64 Bit edition is about to launch and OS X Panther already includes some 64bit extensions...
I also get the impression they are integrating a lot of apps into both OS's, correct me if i'm wrong but hasnt MS only just had to remove Media Player from windows?? What makes OS X safe with Quicktime? Both companies seem to be repeating MS's anticompetition "mistakes".
When will we see OS X Reduced Media Edition and Windows Longhorn Reduced RSS/Messenger/Search edition?
I have a 4th Gen ipod (the 20Gb version) and it charges off USB!