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"At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
"Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
"In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd
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I suppose I should feel honoured.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok
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Originally posted by Agathon
What a witty comeback. I can't believe that's the best you can do.
You've made it to my ignore list.
The logic of philosphers.
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GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.
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Remarkable as it may sound, I'm not here to amuse Aggie. But I suppose the way he gets riled up whenever anyone disses Apple is cute.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok
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Originally posted by Whaleboy
Five and a half hours?
Show me a Thinkpad that can top that!"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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The latest T-series ThinkPads have 9 hour battery lives.
The Z-series ThinkPads have 8-8.5 hour battery lives.
The X-series ThinkPads have 10-10.1 hour battery lives.
The 5.5 hours on the new Apple laptops show how far they are behind IBM/Lenovo in terms of efficient design."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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Originally posted by Rasbelin
Wrong. Plus this is a very narrowminded opinion, IMO. First and foremost Nintendo is #1 in terms of handheld game consoles.
That being killing off some sparetime while sitting on a train or so.
There's always... a book. Or ball-in-a-cup, Mexico's favorite children's pasttime for the past 300 years!
Other than that, indeed they've lost ground especially to the Xbox and Xbox 360. Unlike how Sega is gone from the console manufacturing business, I wouldn't expect this to happen with Nintendo. They might be late with the newest wave of consoles, but they have something (Nintendo Revolution) coming up that can hopefully grab some market share. Also you need to remember Nintendo has cash to spend and they have the experience. I don't expect anything magic to happen, but not at least them phasing out from the console business.
Yak yak yak yak. I hear fanboi.
I don't particularly care about console games anymore. In fact, I don't particularly care about the market all that much. I'll say this--HD gaming looks damn pretty, and the fact that the Revolution will a) not have it, and b) not be able to support blu-ray/hd-dvd means that I'm disappointed. That, and I'm not following them on the controller.
But to take this even further, I don't really care. I don't care what Nintendo has in the bank, I don't care what their newest system is going to be. I don't see them being that revolutionary, hardware-wise. I just want to be able to play Metroid on something that's not... crap, on a controller that's not... crap.
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Going back to the original point, I honestly want to see Apple kick out of the hardware business, largely because they're no longer pushing new hardware technologies; the x86 transition merely turns them into the Jaguar of the x86 world (in all senses--I fully expect to see quality issues, and the problem is that now they're on the same basic system... the only difference is hipster design (which I getting fed up with, largely due to hipsters) and the software (which I think has a market outside of the hardware).)
Apple, imho, would do better as a consumer electronics company--sleeker than Sony or Samsung, and being the near-Microsoft of online media distribution... well, you don't quite need a specific type computer for that.B♭3
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Originally posted by Asher
The latest T-series ThinkPads have 9 hour battery lives.
The Z-series ThinkPads have 8-8.5 hour battery lives.
The X-series ThinkPads have 10-10.1 hour battery lives.
The 5.5 hours on the new Apple laptops show how far they are behind IBM/Lenovo in terms of efficient design.
I'm giving you five minutes in the penalty box for your rhetoric-less infraction.B♭3
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Apple, imho, would do better as a consumer electronics company--sleeker than Sony or Samsung, and being the near-Microsoft of online media distribution... well, you don't quite need a specific type computer for that.
As I've said before: it might be nice for Apple to get out of the hardware business, but they aren't going to any time soon. It's ingrained in their culture and it currently doesn't make financial sense for them to do it. In fact it doesn't make sense for them not to continue what they are doing: the stock has been an exceptional investment for long term owners.
Another thing: Apple is somewhat of a relic. Remember Commodore, Atari and Amstrad and all those other computer makers who did "the whole thing". I may be mistaken, but I think Apple is the sole survivor.
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Reliable sources say that a lot of new stuff wasn't demoed at MacWorld because Intel could not supply the chips. That would explain the somewhat lacklustre keynote this year.Only feebs vote.
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They are already doing that. I think Apple is now bigger than Sony... I'm not sure (I remember reading that in a paper somewhere and being sceptical).
Apple Revenue: $13.93B
Market cap doesn't determine how large a company is. Especially when the stock is overvalued."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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Q3... I reckon it is weird that you discount aesthetics when it comes to technology. Do you hate art or something?
Apart from a few disasters, like the Flower Power iMac, Apple's machines in recent years have been wonderful art objects, and OS X is just wonderful to look at. The Cube in particular was an awesome machine. I'd love to get an old one and bang in an upgrade kit.
So what if a house is just to live in. I'd rather have one designed by Frank Lloyd Wright than a prefab (I think that is a pretty good comparison, although Apple's machines are a lot more reliable than Wright's buildings).
Apple's design team just seems to have a lot better taste than say, for example, HP. It's a pretty neat trick to make something both rarefied and minimalist and at the same time friendly and accessible. Not many designers can pull that off.Only feebs vote.
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