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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=4708 |  McKs (70) Oct 08, 2011 - 01:35 am
| » another perspective
OS's were tied to hardware. The know-how to develop an OS was what kept under-developed countries at bay.
Bill Gates introducing an operating system that wasn't tied to proprietary hardware opened up the market for cheap hardware from especialy asia.
To fulfill the ever growing demand by consumers that computers cost next to nothing, american pc makers and eventually Apple were forced to move there own production there too. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=23072 | McKs (70) Sep 21, 2010 - 11:00 am
| I totally disagree. Excuse the car analogy, but how would you feel about BMW shipping all cars with their twin-turbo 4,4 liter V8, but only letting the cheaper models run on 4 cylinders with no induction to speak of unless you pay for an unlock code.
Does that make sense? They already produced the engine, all the tech to enable the higher performance is already payed for and installed, all they're waiting for is people gullible to actually pay them to unlock what they already own. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=23072 | McKs (70) Sep 20, 2010 - 03:42 pm » Edited on Sep 20, 2010 - 03:46 pm
| » fair enough
I propose they go about this the other way then. Buy the thing at full speed and get a $50,- rebate if you 'deactivate' it with Intel online, to strip it of some of it's more powerful capabilities.
Still sounds like a good deal?
The hardware is there, they already spend the money to produce it and ship it to you. Purposely disabling some of it just to make some more money doesn't sound like a step up from where we are now.
Maybe that's just me. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22609 | McKs (70) Mar 09, 2010 - 01:04 pm
| Got an ATi 4670 + core duo 3.0, so I should be ok. I'm already running most of their stuff in Windows 7 through Bootcamp anyway.
As far as Open GL goes, MS isn't exactly pushing it on Windows either, so that doesn't help.
On Mac, OpenGL receives a fair bit more love from Apple, but on the other hand, I don't think ATi has any game specific optimisations in their OS X drivers. I'm not really that hardcore (insert Mac gamer joke here...;-), I'll trade a few fps for the convenience of not having to dual boot. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22609 | McKs (70) Mar 08, 2010 - 02:09 pm
| » nice
pretty cool, they'll honor your Windows games purchases, so stuff you already bought for Windows you can play on your Mac without requiring a new purchase.
I actually know quite a few people (me included) with dual booting Macs, specifically for Windows games.
It'll be interesting to compare the performance of the Windows and OS X versions on the same machine. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22258 | McKs (70) Nov 01, 2009 - 04:34 am
| » unbelievable
People are atucally getting worked up over this? It's not like you get a black screen in W7. You'll have a perfectly functional driver for your older hardware, you just won't get any optimisations for newer games, which those cards won't run anyway. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21861 | McKs (70) Jul 18, 2009 - 02:30 am
| | I'm with DJ2liveGB, there should be only one version. Or maybe if 7 isn't efficient enough to run on a netbook then you need a starter version, but other than that just ship ultimate. If someone doesn't need a feature, it simply won't get used, no harm done. Sell it for one reasonable price and avoid all this version confusion among the majority of your not so geeky client base. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21808 | McKs (70) Jun 26, 2009 - 11:54 am
| W7 is just an evolutionary step up from Vista. It's biggest draw is that it isn't a cpu and RAM hog. Put it like that and you're talking about a bug fix release. I know W7 is more, but much of this should have been in Vista, so, yes, a lower price would've seemed fair.
Since nobody buys retail anyway, they could've avoided the whole debate without loosing much imo. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21753 | McKs (70) Jun 13, 2009 - 02:43 am » Edited on Jun 13, 2009 - 10:08 am
| It's not the EU that demanded Windows ship without IE (just that it can be removed). This is entirely MS's proposal.
To make the EU happy, MS could have offered to not have windows media pre-installed. Then they could include a bunch of links in IE to wmf, quicktime + firefox/opera/safari etc.
But that isn't in MS interest, so they propose an unworkable solutions like a browserless OS instead. The EU may be overreacting (but at least they do something, right?) but this response from MS is also silly, childish even, and typically, not with the best interest of the customer in mind. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21439 | McKs (70) Mar 25, 2009 - 12:22 am » Edited on Mar 25, 2009 - 12:26 am
| » speed not a problem
we have to keep in mind that the US is still playing catch-up to most of the rest of the world in terms of internet connectivity and speed.
In Europe and especially Asia, reliable speeds ranging from 20 to 120Mbit are widely available and affordable.
This perceived problem will disappear soon enough.
Content will decide its faith, imo, at least when competing with xbox and PS3. It's doesn't seem to have anything on the Wii. A $50,- won't be enough there, I think. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21288 | McKs (70) Feb 16, 2009 - 03:33 pm » Edited on Feb 16, 2009 - 05:00 pm
| I'l prolly get flamed for it, but this made me smile:
Microsoft announced plans to open retail stores, hoping to boost visibility of many of its products and its brand. The move seems to be an effort to mimic the success that Apple has had with its retail stores. The news is just too tempting not to have some fun with. So here are some yet-to-be-officially-revealed details about the Microsoft stores.
1) Instead of Apple's sheer walls of glass, Microsoft's stores will have brushed steel walls dotted with holes -- reminiscent of Windows security.
2) The store will have six different entrances: Starter, Basic, Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate. While all six doors will lead into the same store, the Ultimate door requires a fee of $100 for no apparent reason.
3) Instead of a "Genius Bar" (as Apple provides) Microsoft will offer an Excuse Bar. It will be staffed by Microsofties trained in the art of evading questions, directing you to complicated and obscure fixes, and explaining it's a problem with the hardware -- not a software bug.
4) The Windows Genuine Advantage team will run storefront security, assuming everybody is a thief until they can prove otherwise.
5) Store hours are undetermined. At any given time the store mysteriously shuts down instantaneously for no apparent reason. (No word yet on what happens to customers inside).
6) Stores will be named Microsoft Live Retail Store with PC Services for Digital Lifestyle Enthusiasts.
7) Fashioned after Microsoft's User Account Control (UAC) in Vista, sales personnel will ask you whether you're positive you want to purchase something at least twice.
8) Xbox 360 section of the store will be organized in a ring -- which will inexplicably go red occasionally.
9) DreamWorks will design a scary in-store theme park ride called "blue screen of death."
10) Store emergency exits will be unlocked at all times so people can get in anytime they want even if the front doors are locked.
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article......ple_stores.html Flag this | Edit this post |
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