Well, with Valve... they are a shop who a large chunk of people used to work at Microsoft (including Gabe Newell) so they have a lot of experience with using Microsoft technology for one... in fact I would say that everything they do is just "Knee Deep in the"... Windows API;)
Which sucks cause I'm a recent (~3 years) Mac convert and froth at the idea of having Steam and Half-Life 2 native on the Mac. Valve aren't even touching the PS3 port of Half-Life 2 Orange Box... only the Xbox 360 one where they are still in the DirectX Realm... the PS3 versions is being outsourced.
In terms of speed, I will agree that Safari smokes other browsers in terms of rendering, startup, and overall snappiness for the most part. That said, oh man you bring in some flash or poorly coded JavaScript and it is slowdown city. Just open a YouTube video in Safari and then go to another application and watch the Flash totally crawl and skip frames.
Animated gifs are another big issue. Go to say a web forum with even a small/moderate amount of smilies in the reply page that are animated... pain.
Here's hoping that they iron this out, as well as the abhorrent ram consumption of WebKit... after a day of browsing Safari can get up to 350+ megs easy even with windows closed.
That said, the native widgets, spell check just keep me from going to Firefox although I've danced with Camino on and off for about 3 years now. I really hope they can get further than the "kind of Mac-like" state they seem to be in now.
Well, the fact that as a Mac user there is no way in hell I would ever buy software for the sole purpose in running it in Virtualization - maybe that might be a reason.
I bang my head when this argument (or those like it) come up. Ohh Macs can boot Windows now, who's going to write Mac software! Sorry, but except for games, there is *nothing* that will get me to leave OS X.
I challenge you to build such an amazing piece of software that I would be compelled to buy it for an OS I hate booting, because to me Virtualization is solely a means to test my websites in IE.
I was a big PC gamer, but I now do more with my computer than need to pump out the latest game. Mac OS totally won me over. Yeah, I do the BootCamp thing to get my Half-Life 2 fix, but thats about it. That said, I game regularly on my Mac. Sure a lot of the games might be older, but they are also more competitive because of it. Just cause there isn't a lot, doesn't mean people can't find a balance or niche to play.
I'd love to see more games hit the Mac. I really hope games like Enemy Territory and Spore make it, the faster the better. I hate waiting for a Mac porting house to do the job, and wish that more companies would handle it in house. If this helps them, so the better.
I do a bit of everything on my Mac. To say that we or Linux users aren't "gamers" is just a cop out to excuse the poor support for the platforms. Sure, we might not be the 7 hour a day if I don't have games I can't live gamer (or be that anymore) but the more games = the better EVERY time.
I only hope there isn't a big performance hit for this. As it currently stands, Windows usually gets quite a bit more performance out of its games than Mac or Linux ports (or running in WINE and Cedega)... and that it doesn't feel completely non-native (though it is... I hope that it has some keyboard shortcut maps too...)
I guess I have to disagree. TV sucks way more today than ever before IMO and I'm only 20. TV would be totally irrelevant to me if not for Colbert, Jon Stuart, Battlestar, and Stargate.
I'm glad to see someone mention this. Not only is it one of my favorite games of all time by far, its definitely IMO the scariest to this day. The audio and ambiance are just incredible.
I'd have to agree, at least as a Mac user. I would never advertise to us with the version of OO.o for Mac. Its not even a native App, and is also much slower for it.
Flock has a lot more polish than a mere extension, and as a result a much more seamless operation. Firefox's extensibility is great, but if the features are built in from the start and you use them, they will provide a better user experience over a hack any day.
As for bloat, there is nothing more bloated than an extension-riddled installation of Firefox, I'm betting the built in stuff is also faster in addition to better usability, though I haven't tested.
Flock looks awesome, if it was only a native Mac OS app like Camino I would switch to it very quickly.
What blatant obviousness you miss is that people aren't going to use Flock at all if they don't want the features. They'll stick to Firefox. I'm willing to bet that 90+ % of Flock users are going to use all its goodies.
Thats the great part about Open Source, you can build custom builds to suit your needs. You obviously haven't even tried the thing, so why don't you give me a break?
Flocks RSS reader smokes Firefox's so hard its got emphysema. The photobucket and flickr bar is awesome, and the blogging tool integrates so nicely. It syncs your bookmarks to del.ici.ous instantly.
Its an awesome package. Sure its hyped, but its also very well done.
While I'm also an Xbox/GC person myself, PS2 has some games I wish I had. Metal Gears, Devil May Cry, and GUITAR HERO. Seriously, Guitar Hero is the best game I've played in so long... split the cost with my PS2-capable friend and I go over to play it almost every other day. I really hope that Guitar Hero hits 360 so you can download more songs over time a la Oblivion addons.
Yeah, 360's first party is a little slow but some quality stuff there like Halo 3, PGR 3, Forza 2, Gears of War... then a lot of bummers like what turned out to be Shadow Run, or Perfect Dark.
I don't particularly like Sony or have any interest in a Playstation, but Sony has a pretty damn good 1st party.
Games like Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, Ape Escape, Twisted Metal, Everquest, Syphon Filter, Parappa, Hot Shots Golf, Wipeout, Jak and Daxter, Rachet and Clank, Sly the Racoon - some pretty good properties.
Some like Ico, Shadow, and God of War are particularly good.
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I don't know, I'm still not sold on Wii. The thing is, I'm not convinced 3rd parties will dedicate the time to the machine. For the most part, 3rd party DS games still suck, or are quite a bit lacking compared to Nintendo or some of the other top developers like Sega who are known for their creativity. I'm not sold on the fun of "hiking" the ball in Madden (not that I like Madden... just an example). E3 reports give games like Sonic Wild Fire a mixed bag... they are simple yeah - to the point that some say that the 360 version still feels more of a Sonic game than the thing the Wii is getting.
Another thing, Wii sports.... that is going to be fun for about 15 minutes. As for the FPS... Metroid Prime 3 and Red Steel do not inspire confidence in me for the Wiimote on FPS. The turning speed is absolutely atrocious, and looks very awkward and even less fluid than using dual analogs. Don't even get me started on Zelda... watching them demo Zelda was quite painful, he kept running into the environment and enemies when he never should have... and Zelda controls have been perfect since N64. While at the same time, I like "simple" pick up and play games, I'm still not convinced about the Wii.
I love my DS - I own New Super Mario Brothers, Sonic Rush, Advanced Wars Dual Strike, Castlevania Dawn of Shadow, Metroid Prime Hunters (though it controls pretty crappily on my DS Lite with the lack of thumbstrap), Nanostray, and Mario Kart DS. This has proven its worth time and time again. I still have a lot of hope for the Wii. I think playing games like Pikmin will be great as will other games, but the emphasis on simplicity scares me. I don't know about you, but have you TRIED going back to some of the old games? Many of them are downright archaic and while they were a total blast during their prime, they aren't something you really want to go back to for more than a few nostalgic trips with some exceptions of course.
I dunno, I'm personally very excited about the upcoming 360 Library. I don't have one yet and don't know if I'll get a 360 or Wii (not really into Playstation) but 360 has both the epic games - things that will change our perception of how great a game can be like BioShock or Mass Effect, and then it also has tons of high-quality, simple games on XboxLive Arcade like Geometry Wars or Mutant Storm. Seems like a best of both worlds thing. This past generation I tried supporting an Xbox and GameCube and Windows PC. I got a bit of a gaming overload... tons of great games and not enough time to spend on one before I got a deal on a new one... next gen I am looking to try and stick to one (and I've also gone the Intel Mac route since day one... so not really into Windows gaming anymore except for exceptions like Half-Life 2)
Right now to me, 360 seems to have a nice balance of amazing new properties and epic games, and then a lot of simpler games too. I'm not sold on Wii yet... mainly because my confidence in developers making truly great things on it isn't too high as seen by what is done on DS.... the games that take advantage of it really kick tons of ass, the rest are pretty mediocre.
Another thing, I'm also not sold on Wii's online play - which is a big deal to me. I have a ton of friends I keep in touch with on XboxLive and its awesome. DS's Wifi Connect is an absolute nightmare. Friend-codes are the worst thing I've ever had to deal with for online play, and if the Wii is anything like DS I'm going to be really upset over this. Mario Kart online is great... until you come to the fact you can't communicate with anyone because Nintendo wants "safety first". Then you have to enter a unique code per friend per game... versus one single Gamertag on XboxLive. Thats right, ever game a person gets on DS gives them an extremely long unique # you have to have each friend add per game, so if you and 5 friends play 5 games together, you have to enter 25 of these stupid, annoying codes. Don't take this as anything other than skepticism. I am really looking forward to Wii but I am not on the pretty incredible hype train it seems to have going so far.
I don't know, I'm still not sold on Wii. The thing is, I'm not convinced 3rd parties will dedicate the time to the machine. For the most part, 3rd party DS games still suck, or are quite a bit lacking compared to Nintendo or some of the other top developers like Sega who are known for their creativity.
I'm not sold on the fun of "hiking" the ball in Madden (not that I like Madden... just an example). E3 reports give games like Sonic Wild Fire a mixed bag... they are simple yeah - to the point that some say that the 360 version still feels more of a Sonic game than the thing the Wii is getting.
Another thing, Wii sports.... that is going to be fun for about 15 minutes.
As for the FPS... Metroid Prime 3 and Red Steel do not inspire confidence in me for the Wiimote on FPS. The turning speed is absolutely atrocious, and looks very awkward and even less fluid than using dual analogs. Don't even get me started on Zelda... watching them demo Zelda was quite painful, he kept running into the environment and enemies when he never should have... and Zelda controls have been perfect since N64.
While at the same time, I like "simple" pick up and play games, I'm still not convinced about the Wii. I love my DS - I own New Super Mario Brothers, Sonic Rush, Advanced Wars Dual Strike, Castlevania Dawn of Shadow, Metroid Prime Hunters (though it controls pretty crappily on my DS Lite with the lack of thumbstrap), Nanostray, and Mario Kart DS. This has proven its worth time and time again.
I still have a lot of hope for the Wii. I think playing games like Pikmin will be great as will other games, but the emphasis on simplicity scares me. I don't know about you, but have you TRIED going back to some of the old games? Many of them are downright archaic and while they were a total blast during their prime, they aren't something you really want to go back to for more than a few nostalgic trips with some exceptions of course.
I dunno, I'm personally very excited about the upcoming 360 Library. I don't have one yet and don't know if I'll get a 360 or Wii (not really into Playstation) but 360 has both the epic games - things that will change our perception of how great a game can be like BioShock or Mass Effect, and then it also has tons of high-quality, simple games on XboxLive Arcade like Geometry Wars or Mutant Storm. Seems like a best of both worlds thing.
This past generation I tried supporting an Xbox and GameCube and Windows PC. I got a bit of a gaming overload... tons of great games and not enough time to spend on one before I got a deal on a new one... next gen I am looking to try and stick to one (and I've also gone the Intel Mac route since day one... so not really into Windows gaming anymore except for exceptions like Half-Life 2)
Right now to me, 360 seems to have a nice balance of amazing new properties and epic games, and then a lot of simpler games too. I'm not sold on Wii yet... mainly because my confidence in developers making truly great things on it isn't too high as seen by what is done on DS.... the games that take advantage of it really kick tons of ass, the rest are pretty mediocre.
Another thing, I'm also not sold on Wii's online play - which is a big deal to me. I have a ton of friends I keep in touch with on XboxLive and its awesome. DS's Wifi Connect is an absolute nightmare. Friend-codes are the worst thing I've ever had to deal with for online play, and if the Wii is anything like DS I'm going to be really upset over this. Mario Kart online is great... until you come to the fact you can't communicate with anyone because Nintendo wants "safety first". Then you have to enter a unique code per friend per game... versus one single Gamertag on XboxLive. Thats right, ever game a person gets on DS gives them an extremely long unique # you have to have each friend add per game, so if you and 5 friends play 5 games together, you have to enter 25 of these stupid, annoying codes.
Don't take this as anything other than skepticism. I am really looking forward to Wii but I am not on the pretty incredible hype train it seems to have going so far.
oh no, the "technical merits" card again (needs rolleyes smiley)
Fuck that, iPod is a damn good MP3 player with the best form factor and user interface - the two most important aspects to any portable device.
Sure, someone wearing $500 surround headphones might discern a difference between its audio output and some other clunky device like a Nomad or iRiver, but yeah - I could care less and so could millions of others.
Seriously, it gets tiring to hear people who don't want to pay for something that warrants a premium for doing very important things VERY well.
Its the same as the Mac vs PC argument. The value is in more than just specs.
The problem with that is that you then need Saturn game discs... which are not exactly common for most people, and those who do have them (like me) probably still have a working Saturn...
There is only 512 MB of flash memory in the Revolution, I do not think that Saturn and Dreamcast games would fit whether or not the machine could emulate them.
I do hope they bring Sonic CD over though, that game isn't too big either.
Well, I guess I can answer this as a Mac user and AMD fanboy (or can't?)
This Intel iMac was my first Intel computer ever, I gotta admit it felt a little dirty, but when it came to my computing environment of choice vs my CPU of choice (longtime AMD / Windows user), OS X won out.
And yes, its a *huge* bummer that Apple won't have Opteron PowerMacs or XServes etc... I don't understand the logic in that, but I guess they want to protect their margins the most and I bet Intel's discount is worth it to the. I know that my Core Duo is quite a strong CPU as is, so its not as bad as if I was using a P4...
Its a mixed bag.
Apple has stated they won't be doing anything to block putting Windows on these. They will try to protect OS X from non-Apple hardware, but not block windows.
I'd be more worried about trying to install Windows and having it rewrite your boot record/loader and locking you out of OS X, and I'm not sure if OS X supports multi-boots either.
Its not about players, the actual HD DVD disc can hold a standard DVD layer, so one can buy the HD DVD version of a movie and play it on a regular DVD player... kind of a way to buy a new player when you feel like it and when you do you can access the HD content.
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Well, with Valve... they are a shop who a large chunk of people used to work at Microsoft (including Gabe Newell) so they have a lot of experience with using Microsoft technology for one... in fact I would say that everything they do is just "Knee Deep in the"... Windows API ;)
Which sucks cause I'm a recent (~3 years) Mac convert and froth at the idea of having Steam and Half-Life 2 native on the Mac. Valve aren't even touching the PS3 port of Half-Life 2 Orange Box... only the Xbox 360 one where they are still in the DirectX Realm... the PS3 versions is being outsourced.
Dreamweaver was a "kick-ass", "open", or "lightweight" piece of software? Those are really some dreams you're ... weaving.
In terms of speed, I will agree that Safari smokes other browsers in terms of rendering, startup, and overall snappiness for the most part. That said, oh man you bring in some flash or poorly coded JavaScript and it is slowdown city. Just open a YouTube video in Safari and then go to another application and watch the Flash totally crawl and skip frames.
Animated gifs are another big issue. Go to say a web forum with even a small/moderate amount of smilies in the reply page that are animated... pain.
Here's hoping that they iron this out, as well as the abhorrent ram consumption of WebKit... after a day of browsing Safari can get up to 350+ megs easy even with windows closed.
That said, the native widgets, spell check just keep me from going to Firefox although I've danced with Camino on and off for about 3 years now. I really hope they can get further than the "kind of Mac-like" state they seem to be in now.
Well, the fact that as a Mac user there is no way in hell I would ever buy software for the sole purpose in running it in Virtualization - maybe that might be a reason.
I bang my head when this argument (or those like it) come up. Ohh Macs can boot Windows now, who's going to write Mac software! Sorry, but except for games, there is *nothing* that will get me to leave OS X.
I challenge you to build such an amazing piece of software that I would be compelled to buy it for an OS I hate booting, because to me Virtualization is solely a means to test my websites in IE.
I believe Freescale also will provide CPUs for Nintendo's Wii.
Speak for yourself.
I was a big PC gamer, but I now do more with my computer than need to pump out the latest game. Mac OS totally won me over. Yeah, I do the BootCamp thing to get my Half-Life 2 fix, but thats about it. That said, I game regularly on my Mac. Sure a lot of the games might be older, but they are also more competitive because of it. Just cause there isn't a lot, doesn't mean people can't find a balance or niche to play.
I'd love to see more games hit the Mac. I really hope games like Enemy Territory and Spore make it, the faster the better. I hate waiting for a Mac porting house to do the job, and wish that more companies would handle it in house. If this helps them, so the better.
I do a bit of everything on my Mac. To say that we or Linux users aren't "gamers" is just a cop out to excuse the poor support for the platforms. Sure, we might not be the 7 hour a day if I don't have games I can't live gamer (or be that anymore) but the more games = the better EVERY time.
I only hope there isn't a big performance hit for this. As it currently stands, Windows usually gets quite a bit more performance out of its games than Mac or Linux ports (or running in WINE and Cedega)... and that it doesn't feel completely non-native (though it is... I hope that it has some keyboard shortcut maps too...)
Yeah, I love Futurama, Family Guy, and Simpsons too. I guess great minds think alike!
I guess I have to disagree. TV sucks way more today than ever before IMO and I'm only 20. TV would be totally irrelevant to me if not for Colbert, Jon Stuart, Battlestar, and Stargate.
Nevermind that Apple employs many people responsible for FreeBSD Development too...
I'm glad to see someone mention this. Not only is it one of my favorite games of all time by far, its definitely IMO the scariest to this day. The audio and ambiance are just incredible.
I'd have to agree, at least as a Mac user. I would never advertise to us with the version of OO.o for Mac. Its not even a native App, and is also much slower for it.
Sounds to me... you missed the point entirely!
Flock has a lot more polish than a mere extension, and as a result a much more seamless operation. Firefox's extensibility is great, but if the features are built in from the start and you use them, they will provide a better user experience over a hack any day.
As for bloat, there is nothing more bloated than an extension-riddled installation of Firefox, I'm betting the built in stuff is also faster in addition to better usability, though I haven't tested.
Flock looks awesome, if it was only a native Mac OS app like Camino I would switch to it very quickly.
What blatant obviousness you miss is that people aren't going to use Flock at all if they don't want the features. They'll stick to Firefox. I'm willing to bet that 90+ % of Flock users are going to use all its goodies.
Thats the great part about Open Source, you can build custom builds to suit your needs. You obviously haven't even tried the thing, so why don't you give me a break?
Flocks RSS reader smokes Firefox's so hard its got emphysema. The photobucket and flickr bar is awesome, and the blogging tool integrates so nicely. It syncs your bookmarks to del.ici.ous instantly.
Its an awesome package. Sure its hyped, but its also very well done.
Red Octane was purchased by Activision, and have stated that the property is not exclusive to sony.
Which is why I'm hoping for a 360 version.
And while MS hype can be dangerous (Brute Force?), they really delivered this E3 with a stellar games lineup.
While I'm also an Xbox/GC person myself, PS2 has some games I wish I had. Metal Gears, Devil May Cry, and GUITAR HERO. Seriously, Guitar Hero is the best game I've played in so long... split the cost with my PS2-capable friend and I go over to play it almost every other day. I really hope that Guitar Hero hits 360 so you can download more songs over time a la Oblivion addons.
Yeah, 360's first party is a little slow but some quality stuff there like Halo 3, PGR 3, Forza 2, Gears of War... then a lot of bummers like what turned out to be Shadow Run, or Perfect Dark.
I don't particularly like Sony or have any interest in a Playstation, but Sony has a pretty damn good 1st party.
Games like Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, Ape Escape, Twisted Metal, Everquest, Syphon Filter, Parappa, Hot Shots Golf, Wipeout, Jak and Daxter, Rachet and Clank, Sly the Racoon - some pretty good properties.
Some like Ico, Shadow, and God of War are particularly good.
Yeah, I noticed as soon as I replied... really a pain with no edit post option. I fixed it up and replied again if you want to read what I had to say :)
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I don't know, I'm still not sold on Wii. The thing is, I'm not convinced 3rd parties will dedicate the time to the machine. For the most part, 3rd party DS games still suck, or are quite a bit lacking compared to Nintendo or some of the other top developers like Sega who are known for their creativity. I'm not sold on the fun of "hiking" the ball in Madden (not that I like Madden... just an example). E3 reports give games like Sonic Wild Fire a mixed bag... they are simple yeah - to the point that some say that the 360 version still feels more of a Sonic game than the thing the Wii is getting.
Another thing, Wii sports.... that is going to be fun for about 15 minutes. As for the FPS... Metroid Prime 3 and Red Steel do not inspire confidence in me for the Wiimote on FPS. The turning speed is absolutely atrocious, and looks very awkward and even less fluid than using dual analogs. Don't even get me started on Zelda... watching them demo Zelda was quite painful, he kept running into the environment and enemies when he never should have... and Zelda controls have been perfect since N64. While at the same time, I like "simple" pick up and play games, I'm still not convinced about the Wii.
I love my DS - I own New Super Mario Brothers, Sonic Rush, Advanced Wars Dual Strike, Castlevania Dawn of Shadow, Metroid Prime Hunters (though it controls pretty crappily on my DS Lite with the lack of thumbstrap), Nanostray, and Mario Kart DS. This has proven its worth time and time again. I still have a lot of hope for the Wii. I think playing games like Pikmin will be great as will other games, but the emphasis on simplicity scares me. I don't know about you, but have you TRIED going back to some of the old games? Many of them are downright archaic and while they were a total blast during their prime, they aren't something you really want to go back to for more than a few nostalgic trips with some exceptions of course.
I dunno, I'm personally very excited about the upcoming 360 Library. I don't have one yet and don't know if I'll get a 360 or Wii (not really into Playstation) but 360 has both the epic games - things that will change our perception of how great a game can be like BioShock or Mass Effect, and then it also has tons of high-quality, simple games on XboxLive Arcade like Geometry Wars or Mutant Storm. Seems like a best of both worlds thing. This past generation I tried supporting an Xbox and GameCube and Windows PC. I got a bit of a gaming overload... tons of great games and not enough time to spend on one before I got a deal on a new one... next gen I am looking to try and stick to one (and I've also gone the Intel Mac route since day one... so not really into Windows gaming anymore except for exceptions like Half-Life 2)
Right now to me, 360 seems to have a nice balance of amazing new properties and epic games, and then a lot of simpler games too. I'm not sold on Wii yet... mainly because my confidence in developers making truly great things on it isn't too high as seen by what is done on DS.... the games that take advantage of it really kick tons of ass, the rest are pretty mediocre.
Another thing, I'm also not sold on Wii's online play - which is a big deal to me. I have a ton of friends I keep in touch with on XboxLive and its awesome. DS's Wifi Connect is an absolute nightmare. Friend-codes are the worst thing I've ever had to deal with for online play, and if the Wii is anything like DS I'm going to be really upset over this. Mario Kart online is great... until you come to the fact you can't communicate with anyone because Nintendo wants "safety first". Then you have to enter a unique code per friend per game... versus one single Gamertag on XboxLive. Thats right, ever game a person gets on DS gives them an extremely long unique # you have to have each friend add per game, so if you and 5 friends play 5 games together, you have to enter 25 of these stupid, annoying codes. Don't take this as anything other than skepticism. I am really looking forward to Wii but I am not on the pretty incredible hype train it seems to have going so far.
I don't know, I'm still not sold on Wii. The thing is, I'm not convinced 3rd parties will dedicate the time to the machine. For the most part, 3rd party DS games still suck, or are quite a bit lacking compared to Nintendo or some of the other top developers like Sega who are known for their creativity. I'm not sold on the fun of "hiking" the ball in Madden (not that I like Madden... just an example). E3 reports give games like Sonic Wild Fire a mixed bag... they are simple yeah - to the point that some say that the 360 version still feels more of a Sonic game than the thing the Wii is getting. Another thing, Wii sports.... that is going to be fun for about 15 minutes. As for the FPS... Metroid Prime 3 and Red Steel do not inspire confidence in me for the Wiimote on FPS. The turning speed is absolutely atrocious, and looks very awkward and even less fluid than using dual analogs. Don't even get me started on Zelda... watching them demo Zelda was quite painful, he kept running into the environment and enemies when he never should have... and Zelda controls have been perfect since N64. While at the same time, I like "simple" pick up and play games, I'm still not convinced about the Wii. I love my DS - I own New Super Mario Brothers, Sonic Rush, Advanced Wars Dual Strike, Castlevania Dawn of Shadow, Metroid Prime Hunters (though it controls pretty crappily on my DS Lite with the lack of thumbstrap), Nanostray, and Mario Kart DS. This has proven its worth time and time again. I still have a lot of hope for the Wii. I think playing games like Pikmin will be great as will other games, but the emphasis on simplicity scares me. I don't know about you, but have you TRIED going back to some of the old games? Many of them are downright archaic and while they were a total blast during their prime, they aren't something you really want to go back to for more than a few nostalgic trips with some exceptions of course. I dunno, I'm personally very excited about the upcoming 360 Library. I don't have one yet and don't know if I'll get a 360 or Wii (not really into Playstation) but 360 has both the epic games - things that will change our perception of how great a game can be like BioShock or Mass Effect, and then it also has tons of high-quality, simple games on XboxLive Arcade like Geometry Wars or Mutant Storm. Seems like a best of both worlds thing. This past generation I tried supporting an Xbox and GameCube and Windows PC. I got a bit of a gaming overload... tons of great games and not enough time to spend on one before I got a deal on a new one... next gen I am looking to try and stick to one (and I've also gone the Intel Mac route since day one... so not really into Windows gaming anymore except for exceptions like Half-Life 2) Right now to me, 360 seems to have a nice balance of amazing new properties and epic games, and then a lot of simpler games too. I'm not sold on Wii yet... mainly because my confidence in developers making truly great things on it isn't too high as seen by what is done on DS.... the games that take advantage of it really kick tons of ass, the rest are pretty mediocre. Another thing, I'm also not sold on Wii's online play - which is a big deal to me. I have a ton of friends I keep in touch with on XboxLive and its awesome. DS's Wifi Connect is an absolute nightmare. Friend-codes are the worst thing I've ever had to deal with for online play, and if the Wii is anything like DS I'm going to be really upset over this. Mario Kart online is great... until you come to the fact you can't communicate with anyone because Nintendo wants "safety first". Then you have to enter a unique code per friend per game... versus one single Gamertag on XboxLive. Thats right, ever game a person gets on DS gives them an extremely long unique # you have to have each friend add per game, so if you and 5 friends play 5 games together, you have to enter 25 of these stupid, annoying codes. Don't take this as anything other than skepticism. I am really looking forward to Wii but I am not on the pretty incredible hype train it seems to have going so far.
oh no, the "technical merits" card again (needs rolleyes smiley) Fuck that, iPod is a damn good MP3 player with the best form factor and user interface - the two most important aspects to any portable device. Sure, someone wearing $500 surround headphones might discern a difference between its audio output and some other clunky device like a Nomad or iRiver, but yeah - I could care less and so could millions of others. Seriously, it gets tiring to hear people who don't want to pay for something that warrants a premium for doing very important things VERY well. Its the same as the Mac vs PC argument. The value is in more than just specs.
I think that the changing structure of water when its frozen (expanded) might fuctz your data ;)
The problem with that is that you then need Saturn game discs... which are not exactly common for most people, and those who do have them (like me) probably still have a working Saturn...
There is only 512 MB of flash memory in the Revolution, I do not think that Saturn and Dreamcast games would fit whether or not the machine could emulate them. I do hope they bring Sonic CD over though, that game isn't too big either.
Well, I guess I can answer this as a Mac user and AMD fanboy (or can't?) This Intel iMac was my first Intel computer ever, I gotta admit it felt a little dirty, but when it came to my computing environment of choice vs my CPU of choice (longtime AMD / Windows user), OS X won out. And yes, its a *huge* bummer that Apple won't have Opteron PowerMacs or XServes etc... I don't understand the logic in that, but I guess they want to protect their margins the most and I bet Intel's discount is worth it to the. I know that my Core Duo is quite a strong CPU as is, so its not as bad as if I was using a P4... Its a mixed bag.
Apple has stated they won't be doing anything to block putting Windows on these. They will try to protect OS X from non-Apple hardware, but not block windows.
I'd be more worried about trying to install Windows and having it rewrite your boot record/loader and locking you out of OS X, and I'm not sure if OS X supports multi-boots either.
Its not about players, the actual HD DVD disc can hold a standard DVD layer, so one can buy the HD DVD version of a movie and play it on a regular DVD player... kind of a way to buy a new player when you feel like it and when you do you can access the HD content.