Ammonator writes, "Let me get this out of the way first. I am not a Microsoft fanboy, I am a fanboy of a cohesive user experience that emphasizes form over function, but not at the expense of the function. I have been using Vista Ultimate for almost two years and eagerly look forward to Windows 7. And when it was finally available I downloaded the Beta, and did a fresh install on my Dell Latitude D630 which has a 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo, 2 GB Ram, 80 GB 7200 RPM HD, and a Quadro NVS 135M GPU. Now that you know a little about my history and what machine I am testing on, let's jump into the Beta preview.
I decided to take the plunge and install the 64-bit version of Windows 7 because I was in an adventurous mood and figured this would allow me to better evaluate how far Microsoft has come with their 64-bit OS. Installation was quick and painless and the initial configuration of the OS was simple. It has been said that first impressions are key when experiencing anything new. And my first impressions with the new Windows OS are quite favorable..."
Darryl Linington from Notebookheck writes: "Keebmon is a crowdfunded foldable workstation concept that combines a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 PC, a 13-inch ultrawide touchscreen, and a low-profile mechanical keyboard in a single aluminum device."
Standard controllers aren’t comfortable for everyone…
As an accessibility option for those that need it im all for it. As the standard control for ps6 helllll noo, touch controller would be the absolute worst.
Reading the patent itself this does seem to be intended with accessibility in mind as it attempts to solve comfort issues that some users have with overall size and placement. Im completely fine with the current layout but its nice to know this option is there. It is intended to allow customers the ability to resize the controller to there liking even those the company may not manufacture that size. So, its cool to see they are thinking like this even though this product may not be for me. I would still love to see it release and see the potential use cases.
This is interesting not only for accessibility reasons, but as a way to give players more control over their in game characters for core gamers.
I remember seeing the Tactus pop up buttons at CES 13 years ago and I was excited for the technology but I am not aware of any devices that used it.
The way gaming controllers are presented today is great, but I will always advocate for innovation in giving players more control and increased immersion.
Terrible idea. For most games, you need to feel the physical buttons because you're not looking at the controller. I hope they aren't serious.
Unless they've worked out a way for tactile feedback so you can feel them. Perhaps little air bladders that could inflate when a button is placed in that position, placed under a flexible screen? Maybe it wouldn't be the best controller for all of us, but I know people who have medical conditions that make holding traditional controllers very uncomfortable with their default button layouts, this could help them.
More accessibility options is never a bad thing, but man I hate that all electronics seem to be pushing touchscreen controls on everything.
They are just garbage
We are at the point in time when touch screen controls are cheaper to make than physical buttons. Just look at modern cars. More and more system controls are moved to the central screen now that all new cars come with screens. It's downright ironic too, considering just not that many years ago, people were warn to not use their phone while driving. Now all controls are moved to the central screen that you can't help but looking at screens while driving.
EXCEPT trying to connect your phone, lol. They make you stop to do that. But the big screen that is every bit as distracting as a phone, it's cool.
GAIME review - The G'AIM'E console is shipping now! MP1st spent some time with it & have our review ready. Is lightgun gaming back for modern displays?
I wonder if this is the Windows release that will move me away from OS X? I loved XP, hate Vista. This OS is getting a lot of critical buzz already, though...
I'm so tired of having a new version of windows every other year (just about).. seriously.. when are they going to get it right? I thought Vista was supposed to be the savior?? lol
I skipped right over Vista. Still using my old Sony Viao from almost 5 years ago. I wonder if I'll skip right over Windows 7 as well? Probably won't start new a OS until I have a new laptop...
Simple Question, Windows 7 or OSX?
i do have to say ive been running windows 7 under vm ware and it runs on vm ware really good its actaully the fastest out of the 3 windows OS'es being Windows XP and Vista i do think Windows 7 will be a much more polish update from XP than the piece of trash vista was. and i am looking forward to snowleopard to being that it will be intel only i think it can be the best out of the mac os'es as well.