blahsucks Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 The previous computer/gaming consoles generally put the computer first, utilizing traditional monitors instead of televisions. People have been talking about convergence. It hasn't happened yet (except for early adopters wanting to get in on it). You can play games on a PC. In the past, we didn't have widespread Internet access and huge hard drives to spawn loads of productivity apps. It's only logical that games were big. There is also the unmentioned Linux alternative: Transgaming's CEDEGA. Basically, this is a Windows API compatibility layer with impressive game support. It includes DirectX and doesn't have much speed tradeoff. It will be ported eventually. There's already a usable Darwine base, and that will make ports much easier. Porting OSX to the PS3 won't help its gaming situation UNLESS it becomes the default OS. That, in itself, would be a fairly big change from standard gaming fare, if Sony wants people to use the OS. If it's just a box on a shelf, it won't be widely used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 ............................................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahsucks Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 If no one's talking about the actual topic, it derails. That's a basic forum guideline. Everyone lost interest in the editorial a while ago. Apple is evil is now "Will apple sell OSx86?" and more recently, "What are the benefits of game consoles with desktop functions?" Besides, this topic had nothing to do with the leaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 The 10.4.2.a build will be obsolete soon enough and a new 10.4.3 build will be around the corner. But until then, we need the basic 10.4.2 build that has a working system updater. Well, I think we are close to a real 10.4.2 leak as Apple may be distributing an unmarked DVD to developers at this time. However, general use of the updater might be a security mistake. But someone should be able to anonymously capture a copy of the 10.4.2A update file and then seed it for manual updates. As far as 10.4.3 goes, there is some speculation that it's delay on the PPC side is part of the reason Apple has yet to update the PowerBook and PowerMac lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmasci Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 UNIX GUI is horrible, even when compared to Windows. Sure, it's ugly, but it's slow and unresponsive, and way too flexible. X11 is too layered. You have X, a DE, and an app. Sounds simple, but you have ninety thousand different toolkits, including Qt and GTK+, which are each used by 40% of Linux users. And Qt is dual-licensed, and there's all this useless politics between X implementations. Which is why I speculate that Apple will get a lot of people from the Linux camp who are attracted to a good looking BSD Unix based Operating system. Once you get used to using a Unix based OS, going back to windows is like a step down. OSX Impresses me -- I get the Unix based OS, along with one of the best GUIs. I love Linux, would use it over Windows any day, but OSX might change all of that -- IF they make it available. I will not buy a Mactel system from Apple. I don't want to get burned again by getting locked into a proprietary closed system like I did with the three Macs I owned from 1995 - 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Which is why I speculate that Apple will get a lot of people from the Linux camp who are attracted to a good looking BSD Unix based Operating system. Once you get used to using a Unix based OS, going back to windows is like a step down. OSX Impresses me -- I get the Unix based OS, along with one of the best GUIs. I love Linux, would use it over Windows any day, but OSX might change all of that -- IF they make it available. I will not buy a Mactel system from Apple. I don't want to get burned again by getting locked into a proprietary closed system like I did with the three Macs I owned from 1995 - 2002 I have a OSx86 partition on my hard drive but I still prefer linux over OS X. OS X's potential as a unix based OS for the masses as a direct competitor to windows is what appeals to me. KDE is my favorite desktop environment and I have found that kubuntu with the ubuntu "human" color scheme is much more asthetically pleasing than the default kde blue. oh sorry for all those typos earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I have a OSx86 partition on my hard drive but I still prefer linux over OS X. OS X's potential as a unix based OS for the masses as a direct competitor to windows is what appeals to me. KDE is my favorite desktop environment and I have found that kubuntu with the ubuntu "human" color scheme is much more asthetically pleasing than the default kde blue. oh sorry for all those typos earlier. Nice one, but imho kde is still miles behind the functionality of X. Good looking is one thing, but try to drag some plain marked MS Word text simply on the desk and see what happens in osx is another one. Plus, you'll still have the advantage of unix. Apple may, in fact, be using the community of enthusiasts to find the bugs in their new OS and crush them, leaving a truly user tested final product which is almost uncrackable. "almost" is enough Security is not a product, it is a process. The standard tpma = product while hacking = a process. So tpma is not security. But it's secure they'll hack it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 ooop.s sorry. wrong thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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