The Nintendo DS sells for 130 dollars, and has built in wifi, touchscreen, color, dual processors, flash card reader, and a DPad. With the appropriate software, the DS can also decode video and music.
The DS is a more powerful machine than laptops of a few years ago. So if Nintendo can sell a mini laptop for 130, I can see that in a few years, that costs will come down enough to sell a 100 dollar laptop.
DVDs are cheaper per gigabyte than CDs. Also info in 10 cds are roughly 1 dual layer dvd. Thus less storage costs. Less need for postage if sending programs and what not. Wifi is cheaper to deploy than a wired classroom. If you had large high school, wiring each room would cost, tens of thousands of dollars. But with wifi, your costs are a lot less. Not sure what people would need bluetooth for, the only thing people I see use it, is to sync their mobile phones.
Apple had a combination TV computer back in the mid 90s, it was called the Macintosh TV. Also in the mid 90s, Apple released the Quadra 630 with a built in AV tuner card slot with ability to watch TV and do video capture. Also Apple had a Video game system first as well, called the Pipin. So there you go.
I see, the warranty period was a lot longer than three months, three years, then I still don't understand why you didn't call up the manufacturer to get warranty service, if it was covered for three years. But I guess I don't expect much of Best Buy, or any other chain store for that matter. They lie about warranty service all the time.
I don't think it was a lie, it was more of an misunderstanding.
When I purchased, I asked, and they assured me that they would repair or replace the monitor with a comparable model EVEN IF they no longer stocked them.
They did replace it with the best monitor they had, to you it may not have been comparable, but to them it was the only choice. I mean if they didn't have it in stock, should they have bought a monitor from another company just to keep you happy, which would've cost more than 600 dollars, give you credit, or give you 600 bucks in cash. I think they upheld their side of deal, at the same time, I hate Best Buy with a passion, and wouldn't buy anything there if I had a choice.
You can compare these digicams with computers. The camera in question does not come with a lense. The biggest difference between that 2900 dollar camera and a 700 dollar Digital Rebel is software and the size of the sensor. These two components relate very well to Moore's Law. 2 MP Kodak Digi Cams used to cost 20-30k with big freakin battery packs. Image quality on a 700 dollar Digi Rebel is probably quite a bit better.
I don't know why everyone is congratulating the GP. He bought a camera and they sent it to him. It was 100 bucks cheaper, he knew that Canon USA would probably provide warranty service and yet he decides to return it, in the mean time he ends up with a free camera and he is proud of it.
They gave you credit for a broken monitor and you are complaining? Its an open box, you got the monitor for on the cheap, used for three months and still came out ahead. I mean, it would've been nice if they could've repaired it for you. But I think store credit is more than fair. You are just mad, you couldn't get a cheap monitor for the specs you wanted.
A lot of kids get their games through parents and the like. So its a big deal. There have been a market for gamers who have money, 3D0, Neo Geo, CDI is that a gaming system?, Turbo Grafx and the like, and they all failed. Why? Because given two options, the gamer will choose the cheaper one even if it is slightly less quality.
You were thinking, Turok is really really going to be fun. In 1996, I think I paid 340 dollars for an N64, an extra controller and Turok. In 1993, my parents paid 2000 bucks to buy a Macintosh Performa 450 computer. It was a great gaming machine, built in 8bit Mono sound, 256 colors, a huge 14 in monitor. Had games like Leisure Suit Larry, Spectre, Escape Velocity, Maelstrom. So things have come a long way. Today, if you were to buy a Mac gaming machine it would cost you a lot less than 2000. Oh wait...
When you have a Cameron Diaz in your movie, then she can go whore herself on late night TV shows about her next project and what not. That alone might be worth millions of dollars of marketing right there. Not saying it is right. If you are making a 100 million dollar special effects video game, paying a little more for Vin Diesel might be worth it, as he can do a lot better job of going on the talk show and tell Barbara Walters, that along with the romantic comedy he is in, he is also doing a FPS shoot em up. That opens up a whole new audience to gaming and maybe, just maybe bring race relations closer.
Everytime I hear Fry, I think of Patty Mayonaise. Best Doug ever.
People that make the show are not necessarily the same ones as the ones broadcasting nor the cable channel that is showing it. So if you can watch shows on demand, they are less likely to sell that Season 2 DVD set of Mythbusters for 100 bucks.
MS had a monopoly long before Office. MS would never had a monopoly on Office without there being a monopoly on Windows which wouldn't have happened if there wasn't a monopoly on Dos.
There is also a statue of Lenin in Fremont, I am wondering perhaps these Redmonders do in fact have a sense of humor. Fremont also used to be headquarters of Aldus, and Abobe still has a presense there as well.
If this theoretical "PSP2" will do everything the PSP will do "and then some," nobody will write any software to take advantage of the "and then some" because not everybody will have it. Witness the Sega CD, the PS2 HDD, etc.
Nintendo had some success in the Gameboy line. The Color Gameboy played regular games along with original gameboy games. Publishers published games that were compatible on both systems. When the DS came out, which does everything the Advance does and them some, people still write DS software along with new Advance software. So done right, products can coexist.
I think the GP was refering that Civil engineers and the like have to pass a test and then admitted to a governing body, and take an oath similar to that of lawyers and doctors. Right now software engineers do not have that sort of requirement.
Steve Jobs was fired in 1985. The original Mac wasn't even sold until 1984. Steve wanted to sell the original Mac at a 1k price point. The problem was ythey did hire a business man, John Sculley, he is the one that made the Mac super expensive, touting TCO. But of all the computer hardware companies that were around in the 1980s, none of the original personal computer companies are around. Even IBM sold off its business.
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That would be a good thing, more demand, would mean better economies of scale and cheaper to produce each subsequent laptop.
English actually has 104 characters it needs to recognize. 26 print, 26 cursive and the upper and lower case versions of those.
The Nintendo DS sells for 130 dollars, and has built in wifi, touchscreen, color, dual processors, flash card reader, and a DPad. With the appropriate software, the DS can also decode video and music.
The DS is a more powerful machine than laptops of a few years ago. So if Nintendo can sell a mini laptop for 130, I can see that in a few years, that costs will come down enough to sell a 100 dollar laptop.
DVDs are cheaper per gigabyte than CDs. Also info in 10 cds are roughly 1 dual layer dvd. Thus less storage costs. Less need for postage if sending programs and what not. Wifi is cheaper to deploy than a wired classroom. If you had large high school, wiring each room would cost, tens of thousands of dollars. But with wifi, your costs are a lot less. Not sure what people would need bluetooth for, the only thing people I see use it, is to sync their mobile phones.
Apple had a combination TV computer back in the mid 90s, it was called the Macintosh TV. Also in the mid 90s, Apple released the Quadra 630 with a built in AV tuner card slot with ability to watch TV and do video capture. Also Apple had a Video game system first as well, called the Pipin. So there you go.
Sure you can, once you find the magic whistle and warp to the boss. Once again Nintendo was ahead of the curve in Mario 3.
I see, the warranty period was a lot longer than three months, three years, then I still don't understand why you didn't call up the manufacturer to get warranty service, if it was covered for three years. But I guess I don't expect much of Best Buy, or any other chain store for that matter. They lie about warranty service all the time.
I don't think it was a lie, it was more of an misunderstanding. When I purchased, I asked, and they assured me that they would repair or replace the monitor with a comparable model EVEN IF they no longer stocked them. They did replace it with the best monitor they had, to you it may not have been comparable, but to them it was the only choice. I mean if they didn't have it in stock, should they have bought a monitor from another company just to keep you happy, which would've cost more than 600 dollars, give you credit, or give you 600 bucks in cash. I think they upheld their side of deal, at the same time, I hate Best Buy with a passion, and wouldn't buy anything there if I had a choice.
You can compare these digicams with computers. The camera in question does not come with a lense. The biggest difference between that 2900 dollar camera and a 700 dollar Digital Rebel is software and the size of the sensor. These two components relate very well to Moore's Law. 2 MP Kodak Digi Cams used to cost 20-30k with big freakin battery packs. Image quality on a 700 dollar Digi Rebel is probably quite a bit better.
I don't know why everyone is congratulating the GP. He bought a camera and they sent it to him. It was 100 bucks cheaper, he knew that Canon USA would probably provide warranty service and yet he decides to return it, in the mean time he ends up with a free camera and he is proud of it.
They gave you credit for a broken monitor and you are complaining? Its an open box, you got the monitor for on the cheap, used for three months and still came out ahead. I mean, it would've been nice if they could've repaired it for you. But I think store credit is more than fair. You are just mad, you couldn't get a cheap monitor for the specs you wanted.
A lot of kids get their games through parents and the like. So its a big deal. There have been a market for gamers who have money, 3D0, Neo Geo, CDI is that a gaming system?, Turbo Grafx and the like, and they all failed. Why? Because given two options, the gamer will choose the cheaper one even if it is slightly less quality.
You were thinking, Turok is really really going to be fun. In 1996, I think I paid 340 dollars for an N64, an extra controller and Turok. In 1993, my parents paid 2000 bucks to buy a Macintosh Performa 450 computer. It was a great gaming machine, built in 8bit Mono sound, 256 colors, a huge 14 in monitor. Had games like Leisure Suit Larry, Spectre, Escape Velocity, Maelstrom. So things have come a long way. Today, if you were to buy a Mac gaming machine it would cost you a lot less than 2000. Oh wait...
When you have a Cameron Diaz in your movie, then she can go whore herself on late night TV shows about her next project and what not. That alone might be worth millions of dollars of marketing right there. Not saying it is right. If you are making a 100 million dollar special effects video game, paying a little more for Vin Diesel might be worth it, as he can do a lot better job of going on the talk show and tell Barbara Walters, that along with the romantic comedy he is in, he is also doing a FPS shoot em up. That opens up a whole new audience to gaming and maybe, just maybe bring race relations closer.
Everytime I hear Fry, I think of Patty Mayonaise. Best Doug ever.
People that make the show are not necessarily the same ones as the ones broadcasting nor the cable channel that is showing it. So if you can watch shows on demand, they are less likely to sell that Season 2 DVD set of Mythbusters for 100 bucks.
MS had a monopoly long before Office. MS would never had a monopoly on Office without there being a monopoly on Windows which wouldn't have happened if there wasn't a monopoly on Dos.
There is also a statue of Lenin in Fremont, I am wondering perhaps these Redmonders do in fact have a sense of humor. Fremont also used to be headquarters of Aldus, and Abobe still has a presense there as well.
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If this theoretical "PSP2" will do everything the PSP will do "and then some," nobody will write any software to take advantage of the "and then some" because not everybody will have it. Witness the Sega CD, the PS2 HDD, etc. Nintendo had some success in the Gameboy line. The Color Gameboy played regular games along with original gameboy games. Publishers published games that were compatible on both systems. When the DS came out, which does everything the Advance does and them some, people still write DS software along with new Advance software. So done right, products can coexist.
I liked Lethal Weapon 4 and Star Wars Episode 4.
Superman also needs to be nerdy as he would need to play Clark Kent. I can't really see The Rock as Clark Kent.
Weren't they using Powermacs for debug/development units and didn't those use liquid cooling. Just a thought.
He does now, that he has optimized his BIOS.
Mr. X told me that Italian and Spanish are in fact the same.
I think the GP was refering that Civil engineers and the like have to pass a test and then admitted to a governing body, and take an oath similar to that of lawyers and doctors. Right now software engineers do not have that sort of requirement.
Steve Jobs was fired in 1985. The original Mac wasn't even sold until 1984. Steve wanted to sell the original Mac at a 1k price point. The problem was ythey did hire a business man, John Sculley, he is the one that made the Mac super expensive, touting TCO. But of all the computer hardware companies that were around in the 1980s, none of the original personal computer companies are around. Even IBM sold off its business.