I totally agree with you here. Plus, I prefer something I can hold with one hand so I can read it while lying on my side. Books are always awkward when I try to get comfortable reading them because they insist on folding closed and they become weighted funny as I progress through them. =O(
I base my opinion on the games, not meaningless numbers.
Huh? So you're saying the games are better? I thought the Gamecube had the best games of this generation. Such a subjective criterion for "power" is worthless. When speaking of computational power it is better to go with the raw numbers such as CPU speed and RAM, and going by that the PS2 is clearly behind all of the others in this generation.
Or possibly you're saying the games look better. Play Shadow the Hedgehog or any other multi-platform game on a Gamecube and then on a PS2. The PS2 obviously is nowhere near the visual standard of the Gamecube. Unless you think blurry textures are "sexy." =OP
So they can tweak passages at random to include anal sex references? =O( Actually, most of them probably just don't know about Mirrordot. It's really a useful thing, though.
"Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too." - Witty and amusing.
"Oh, and Microsoft is evil like Darth Vader" - Huh? Was Darth Vader even evil? More misguided, I'd say. Even if he was evil, a straight simile isn't really all that clever or amusing.
That's the point. If everyone, even "normal" people contributed a little bit to their favourite projects then it would totally eliminate the requirement for seperate paid programmers in most projects. They wouldn't even have to contribute much thanks to volume.
I'm a Sega fanboy, but even I realize that Nintendo is usually quite creative and original with their new gameplay ideas compared to the likes of Sony and Microsoft. =O\
Having used Macs and PCs over nearly 15 years, the most error prone machines I have developed on were the Macs, and as a developer, I want a dependable system that I dont want to screw around every other day due to failures.
What he's saying is that while the RAM is doubled, the CPU is running at a different multiplier. Different components running at different speeds, while technically still a synchronous design, does seem psuedo-asynchronous if you think in terms of the machine as a whole.
I was going to reply with this link. (Specifically the limitations.) Apparently they've added this since last time I switched back from Linux and it's not even a fully functional feature yet. It still doesn't look like it supports a lot of things I would need for, say, the Sims 2 or Half-Life 2. Maybe someday but not now. Especially considering that also in 5.0 they can't even get the sound to stop studdering on my machine. =O/
I think you misunderstood me. When I said "virtualization," I meant VMWare or any similar package that is available here and now. None of them support 3D hardware for the guest at all. Go try one of them out and check. The current incarnation of virtualization seems to be designed only to virtualize the CPU and instead emulates everything else. A GeForce FX becomes a generic S3 2D-only card under VMWare.
I would be, if virtualization supported 3D applications. Until that time, why bother switching from my PC? I would still be in Windows all the time anyway. To which you replied: No, you wouldn't. That would be a dual-boot system, not OS virtualization.
I'm not sure if you read my original sentence above too quickly, but the meaning of this sentence was to say "I would gladly use Mac OS X if I could run VMWare (or Virtual PC or any other current package,) under it and run Half-Life or whatever inside of it. (I cannot, VMWare does not support 3D hardware as I stated above.) However, since VMWare does not support this I would instead be forced to dual boot which would destroy the point of switching to a Mac as I would then invariably be using Windows constantly anyhow. I'm sorry if this phrasing was not originally clear; I hope it is now.
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Well, I want to be helpful... Don't take this the wrong way but perhaps you would be more suited to console gaming? PC gaming is really just going to be about adjusting the settings optimally unless you have a top of the line PC. Even then, something better will come out and the developers will write their games to take advantage of that and you'll be back where you started. =O/
I have a pretty old machine myself, so I just set the settings to as nice-looking as I feel I can without the machine choking. Sometimes I'll hit spots like you described where the frame rate just dies. It's just something I deal with, because I know the developer really couldn't account for my particular system the way they could for a closed, cookie-cutter, console system. It's just a trade-off for the openness and ability to upgrade that PC's have.
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What's funny is that I haven't even read that yet and I still got it. =OP
I totally agree with you here. Plus, I prefer something I can hold with one hand so I can read it while lying on my side. Books are always awkward when I try to get comfortable reading them because they insist on folding closed and they become weighted funny as I progress through them. =O(
And chances are some fringe group will pickup and attempt to re-implement support for those drives in a series of unofficial patches, too. ;O)
I base my opinion on the games, not meaningless numbers.
Huh? So you're saying the games are better? I thought the Gamecube had the best games of this generation. Such a subjective criterion for "power" is worthless. When speaking of computational power it is better to go with the raw numbers such as CPU speed and RAM, and going by that the PS2 is clearly behind all of the others in this generation.
Or possibly you're saying the games look better. Play Shadow the Hedgehog or any other multi-platform game on a Gamecube and then on a PS2. The PS2 obviously is nowhere near the visual standard of the Gamecube. Unless you think blurry textures are "sexy." =OP
On the other hand, they're raking it in on hardware and services.
Would that make IBM the Apple of Linux?
"I don't like SPAM!"
Maybe they'll change it to MacMac. =O)
That was all Tarkin. Vader just stood by and watched.
So they can tweak passages at random to include anal sex references? =O( Actually, most of them probably just don't know about Mirrordot. It's really a useful thing, though.
"Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too." - Witty and amusing.
"Oh, and Microsoft is evil like Darth Vader" - Huh? Was Darth Vader even evil? More misguided, I'd say. Even if he was evil, a straight simile isn't really all that clever or amusing.
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(why the extension->program associations are placed under "carpet options"????)
Did you mean "Folder options?" =OD
That's the point. If everyone, even "normal" people contributed a little bit to their favourite projects then it would totally eliminate the requirement for seperate paid programmers in most projects. They wouldn't even have to contribute much thanks to volume.
Try replacing "Virtual Boy" with "DS."
The Virtual Boy was a health hazard, and I think they've learned their lesson there.
I'm a Sega fanboy, but even I realize that Nintendo is usually quite creative and original with their new gameplay ideas compared to the likes of Sony and Microsoft. =O\
It had a copy-protect mechanism?
So is goggle.
That still gives us a good six years yet. =OD
Having used Macs and PCs over nearly 15 years, the most error prone machines I have developed on were the Macs, and as a developer, I want a dependable system that I dont want to screw around every other day due to failures.
Huh?
I wish I could mod you up for your cleverly delayed first post, the subtlety of which escapes the other mods. =O\
Was this the bar in Hell's Kitchen in Deus Ex? =OP
I've been thinking of snagging the downloadable Wikipedia and using a bot to download some other sites for this very reason!
What he's saying is that while the RAM is doubled, the CPU is running at a different multiplier. Different components running at different speeds, while technically still a synchronous design, does seem psuedo-asynchronous if you think in terms of the machine as a whole.
I was going to reply with this link. (Specifically the limitations.) Apparently they've added this since last time I switched back from Linux and it's not even a fully functional feature yet. It still doesn't look like it supports a lot of things I would need for, say, the Sims 2 or Half-Life 2. Maybe someday but not now. Especially considering that also in 5.0 they can't even get the sound to stop studdering on my machine. =O/
I think you misunderstood me. When I said "virtualization," I meant VMWare or any similar package that is available here and now. None of them support 3D hardware for the guest at all. Go try one of them out and check. The current incarnation of virtualization seems to be designed only to virtualize the CPU and instead emulates everything else. A GeForce FX becomes a generic S3 2D-only card under VMWare.
I would be, if virtualization supported 3D applications. Until that time, why bother switching from my PC? I would still be in Windows all the time anyway. To which you replied: No, you wouldn't. That would be a dual-boot system, not OS virtualization.
I'm not sure if you read my original sentence above too quickly, but the meaning of this sentence was to say "I would gladly use Mac OS X if I could run VMWare (or Virtual PC or any other current package,) under it and run Half-Life or whatever inside of it. (I cannot, VMWare does not support 3D hardware as I stated above.) However, since VMWare does not support this I would instead be forced to dual boot which would destroy the point of switching to a Mac as I would then invariably be using Windows constantly anyhow. I'm sorry if this phrasing was not originally clear; I hope it is now.
Well, I want to be helpful... Don't take this the wrong way but perhaps you would be more suited to console gaming? PC gaming is really just going to be about adjusting the settings optimally unless you have a top of the line PC. Even then, something better will come out and the developers will write their games to take advantage of that and you'll be back where you started. =O/
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I have a pretty old machine myself, so I just set the settings to as nice-looking as I feel I can without the machine choking. Sometimes I'll hit spots like you described where the frame rate just dies. It's just something I deal with, because I know the developer really couldn't account for my particular system the way they could for a closed, cookie-cutter, console system. It's just a trade-off for the openness and ability to upgrade that PC's have.
I'm sorry if that wasn't helpful.