So did the PS2 with the FFXI HDD. And this was last generation. Nevermind the 360 and PS3, where patches are practically mandated, with the rushed releases and hardware faults and such (yeah, the PS3 isn't out yet, but I can't imagine it not having lots of problems)...
PC gaming has some advantages to console gaming, but patches is NOT one of them anymore.
In fact, it's kinda debatable as to whether patching is an advantage at all. Patches are perfect for balancing online games, and I welcome them. However, too often I see games that are obviously rushed out to release, and the company releases patch after patch just to get the game playable (see: Battlefield 2). The problems are 1) the game shouldn't have been that damned broken to begin with, and 2) haphazards patches can screw things up, either relating to gameplay or general system stability.
At first, I was happy that the XBox would allow for patches/expansions to be downloaded, but now I'm fearful that the next-gen of consoles is gonna suffer from the same problems as PC gaming, with devs rushing their game to make release, then subsequently releasing many patches just to fix the damned thing.
What, exactly, do you mean by "going to happen"? Vorbis is already being used in plenty of places; various portable audio players support it, I've seen games use Vorbis for sound and music, Wikipedia uses it, Allofmp3 allows you to buy songs encoded as Vorbis (as well as FLAC, IIRC), at least on Internet TV station uses Ogg Vorbis and Theora for broadcasting. I would say Ogg Vorbis is definitely happening.
But the two most popular players on the market, the IPod and the Zen, don't support it.
I love double standards. When a company comes out with a new "IPod killer" or "ITunes killer", everyone goes crazy about how it's destined to fail because it's not compatible with the 800 lb Gorilla that is the IPod/ITunes. However, even though it still isn't supported by the IPod or even the Zen, OGG is somehow on the up-and-up and the ubiquitous MP3 format (which most CARS have a capability of reading from CDs) is somehow doomed.
You seem to conject that, in 4 years, MP3 will be in the public domain, removing the last reason to prefer Vorbis over it. I will offer the prediction that, in 4 years, Vorbis will have improved even further beyond what MP3 can manage, and switching will be even more compelling than it is now.
Let's play the s/$/$ game!
"You seem to conject that, in 4 years, Windows will be more secure, removing the last reason to prefer Linux/OSX over it. I will offer the prediction that, in 4 years, Linux/OSX will have improved even further beyond what Windows can manage, and switching will be even more compelling than it is now."
Firefox is still losing pretty badly to Windows and a cross-platform web browser is nowhere near as restricting as a music format.
But you can believe what you want, just like Linux fanboys can continue to believe that Windows is doomed and Linux is going to make a lot of ground everytime another major Windows flaw is found. The world has shown over and over through time that a market can't and won't just change because something is better, either because 1) most people are too entrenched in what they already use and it's far too established for everyone to change in a matter of a few years or 2) most people simply don't know or care.
But don't let trifles like history, real-world examples and reality cloud your view though. It doesn't stop creationists (blatant association fallacy, I know).
The names are similar, and that's where the confusion is coming in. But OSX Sleep is equivalent to XP Standby, which I've yet to have a major problem with. I close the lid to my laptop to enter standby; open it back up and everything's running again after a few seconds.
XP Hibernate is a whole 'nother beast. I believed Hibernate also killed my old laptop hard-drive, but that laptop was also running WinME, so it may have just committed suicide on its own.
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So did the PS2 with the FFXI HDD. And this was last generation. Nevermind the 360 and PS3, where patches are practically mandated, with the rushed releases and hardware faults and such (yeah, the PS3 isn't out yet, but I can't imagine it not having lots of problems)...
PC gaming has some advantages to console gaming, but patches is NOT one of them anymore.
In fact, it's kinda debatable as to whether patching is an advantage at all. Patches are perfect for balancing online games, and I welcome them. However, too often I see games that are obviously rushed out to release, and the company releases patch after patch just to get the game playable (see: Battlefield 2). The problems are 1) the game shouldn't have been that damned broken to begin with, and 2) haphazards patches can screw things up, either relating to gameplay or general system stability.
At first, I was happy that the XBox would allow for patches/expansions to be downloaded, but now I'm fearful that the next-gen of consoles is gonna suffer from the same problems as PC gaming, with devs rushing their game to make release, then subsequently releasing many patches just to fix the damned thing.
But the two most popular players on the market, the IPod and the Zen, don't support it.
I love double standards. When a company comes out with a new "IPod killer" or "ITunes killer", everyone goes crazy about how it's destined to fail because it's not compatible with the 800 lb Gorilla that is the IPod/ITunes. However, even though it still isn't supported by the IPod or even the Zen, OGG is somehow on the up-and-up and the ubiquitous MP3 format (which most CARS have a capability of reading from CDs) is somehow doomed.
Let's play the s/$/$ game!
"You seem to conject that, in 4 years, Windows will be more secure, removing the last reason to prefer Linux/OSX over it. I will offer the prediction that, in 4 years, Linux/OSX will have improved even further beyond what Windows can manage, and switching will be even more compelling than it is now."
Firefox is still losing pretty badly to Windows and a cross-platform web browser is nowhere near as restricting as a music format.
But you can believe what you want, just like Linux fanboys can continue to believe that Windows is doomed and Linux is going to make a lot of ground everytime another major Windows flaw is found. The world has shown over and over through time that a market can't and won't just change because something is better, either because 1) most people are too entrenched in what they already use and it's far too established for everyone to change in a matter of a few years or 2) most people simply don't know or care.
But don't let trifles like history, real-world examples and reality cloud your view though. It doesn't stop creationists (blatant association fallacy, I know).
The names are similar, and that's where the confusion is coming in. But OSX Sleep is equivalent to XP Standby, which I've yet to have a major problem with. I close the lid to my laptop to enter standby; open it back up and everything's running again after a few seconds.
XP Hibernate is a whole 'nother beast. I believed Hibernate also killed my old laptop hard-drive, but that laptop was also running WinME, so it may have just committed suicide on its own.