This is such a stupid debate.
The iPad cannot run Office as it's based on the iPhone OS which uses the ARM instruction set. I also find it funny that the iPad's 1GHz Apple A4 is actually based on ARM CortexA8, making it almost identical to the Nexus One's 1GHz Snapdragon.
I'm sure an even smaller PS3 will eventually hit the market, but this 200 gram weight reduction is not it. Most likely we're seeing a new PS3 slim that will now come with the 45nm based RSX, so they'll probably be able to reduce the size of the heat sink.
I would probably include the Atari Jaguar over the 7800, as the 7800 didn't really do anything better than its competition. Sure it had backwards compatibility with the 2600, but the controllers were worse, the game library was worse, heck even the graphics were worse.
I also don't think that the Gamecube should be included in the list as it was still a massive financial success for Nintendo despite being in 2nd / 3rd place last gen.
Or you could just log into Home and use profanity.
Actually, it's not a joke. Long before Darksiders was even announced, members of id software use to talk about how Quake turned out to be nothing like their original plans. It's one of the reasons the game has a lot of medieval themes.
My lack of health insurance keeps the doctor away just fine. ;)
Naughty Dog and Santa Monica's engines are no threat to Unreal 3 as they aren't being licensed to other developers and aren't multi-platform. Frostbyte could be a threat, but I don't really know if DICE is licensing it to other studios yet, or if they plan to.
Has it been confirmed as being 1024x600 on the consoles? I wasn't planning on buying either console version, but if it's actually sub-720p that would be pretty disappointing for PS3 and 360 gamers.
I tried YDL on my PS3 back in 2008, and in my opinion it's not worth using. It's not painfully slow, but a $300 netbook running Ubuntu would likely outperform it since there is no RSX support, no SPE support (for the most part), and you only have 256MB of RAM, some of which is reserved.
In my opinion it was merely a novelty, but it is a shame that Sony feels the need to remove it. If Sony just added a few things to the system OS like MKV support, most of the people who used the ...
Just Cause on the PC is missing a lot of graphical effects that occur in the 360 version. The reason for this is that the PC version is based off the PS2 and Xbox original build of the game, where as the 360 version was actually designed for the 360 hardware.
The PC versions only look worse when the developers do a very poor job porting their games to the PC.
I love how he says PS2 emulation is just a software switch they can "switch on". The 80GB PS3s that had partial PS2 B/C achieved it by emulating the Emotion Engine, but these units still required a physical Graphics Synthesizer chip. Currently the PS2 has never been 100% emulated in software on the PS3.
I'm afraid I have to agree with you guys. As soon as he announced an exploit involving the Other OS feature, I knew Sony would be removing it in the near future. He has no one to blame but himself, as Sony will use whatever means possible to keep the PS3 platform secure.
It's a shame for the people who do use the Other OS feature, but Sony would rather protect the current install base and possible profits than cater to a few hundred users who still run linux on their console.
I don't really feel like the PSP can be saved at this point, but the PS3 has definitely weathered the worst part of the storm and has a bright future for the rest of this generation.
This is more or less what I expected. Sure it is a bit faster than the 5870, but its more expensive, very hot, and uses a lot more power than its competition.
Originally Nvidia planned on having 512 stream processors on the GTX 480, but they had to cut it down to 480 due to manufacturing constraints. Perhaps a future revision (GTX 490?) will come with all 512 stream processors, although I wouldn't expect that to improve performance drastically.
Either way this card i...
I've used a 7200RPM in my PS3 since late 2007 and it has never caused any issues. In fact, the higher quality 7200RPM drives run just as quiet and cool as the 5400RPM drives that come with the system.
I did the reflow process on my YLOD'd PS3 with a heatgun, but it only worked for another few weeks. I'm surprised a hair dryer worked at all for you as the temperature is supposed to be between 600-750°F.
It is kind of funny how many people are trying to deny the YLOD exists. It's actually a fairly widespread issue, but of course nowhere near as widespread as the RROD was during it's prime.
The PS3 doesn't need defending anymore. It's got more than enough great ...
I've had the 5870 since last September, and before that I owned an 8800GTX. To me it appears that Nvidia is currently in the same position ATI was back when they were trying to release the HD 2900XT. They were late to the game with what was ultimately a slower piece of hardware.
ATI currently offers the fastest cards on the market for the best price. Maybe Nvidia will get it right again with the GTX 500 series.
That's interesting as all of the 2.5" 10,000 RPM drives I've seen have heatsinks and a case that actually give it a 3.5" form factor. Removing said case voids the warranty as the hard drive will overheat. It is not designed to be used in a laptop.
Of course, you're probably joking anyway. :)
Assuming the 8th SPE isn't laser cut after manufacturing, enabling it wouldn't increase the RSX's pixel fill rate. The 8 extra ROPs the RSX has on the other hand could enable 1080p gaming if they aren't laser cut and if the agreement with Nvidia allows it.
Realistically though, there is probably a less than 1% chance that Sony can or will unlock disabled SPEs or ROPs.