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What's the point of having a console if you have a Laptop PC?
Surely the future is in Laptops, especially if they become essential school kit.
The only argument I can see against them is the three weeks it takes to rebuild the system after installing a joystick.
Surely the future is in Laptops, especially if they become essential school kit.
The only argument I can see against them is the three weeks it takes to rebuild the system after installing a joystick.
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er-no wrote:
> Yeah its been a rollarcoaster
> ten years for Apple since the VX but their computers and EVERYTHING
> they touch is just expensive
agree
;-)
> Yeah its been a rollarcoaster
> ten years for Apple since the VX but their computers and EVERYTHING
> they touch is just expensive
agree
;-)
Tony wrote:
> er-no wrote:
> Mac's are the future of PC's.
> Especially iBooks and G4 Powerbooks.
>
> When the G5 chip is released, I will not be silenced. :)
>
> This is sadly not the case. Only you and me still use them.
I would send you to that site where its all flashy and calls you an idiot. But you aren't so I will just leave that for Sniper:=
http://www.geocities.com/nokyle/grix.swf
Also Tony, Mac's profits and sales are not huge compared to that of old and what you may be talking about. Yeah its been a rollarcoaster ten years for Apple since the VX but their computers and EVERYTHING they touch is just fantastic!
*strokes his iPod*
> er-no wrote:
> Mac's are the future of PC's.
> Especially iBooks and G4 Powerbooks.
>
> When the G5 chip is released, I will not be silenced. :)
>
> This is sadly not the case. Only you and me still use them.
I would send you to that site where its all flashy and calls you an idiot. But you aren't so I will just leave that for Sniper:=
http://www.geocities.com/nokyle/grix.swf
Also Tony, Mac's profits and sales are not huge compared to that of old and what you may be talking about. Yeah its been a rollarcoaster ten years for Apple since the VX but their computers and EVERYTHING they touch is just fantastic!
*strokes his iPod*
Tony wrote:
> Gerbil Man wrote:
> i find it displeasing the way you all reply to one Tony's post. Is
> it
> more important than any other post? IS IT BECAUSE YOU ALL THINK
> 'OOH,
> TONY! MABEY IF I REPLY TO HIS POST HE MIGHT GIVE ME A FREE GAD!' IS
> THAT IT?! IM SURE IT ISNT, SO WHY!? WHY!?
>
> *runs*
>
> One wonders why Gerbil replied to Tony's post. Is it more important
> than any other post.....????
*dies*
> Gerbil Man wrote:
> i find it displeasing the way you all reply to one Tony's post. Is
> it
> more important than any other post? IS IT BECAUSE YOU ALL THINK
> 'OOH,
> TONY! MABEY IF I REPLY TO HIS POST HE MIGHT GIVE ME A FREE GAD!' IS
> THAT IT?! IM SURE IT ISNT, SO WHY!? WHY!?
>
> *runs*
>
> One wonders why Gerbil replied to Tony's post. Is it more important
> than any other post.....????
*dies*
Tony wrote:
> Gerbil Man wrote:
> i find it displeasing the way you all reply to one Tony's post. Is
> it
> more important than any other post? IS IT BECAUSE YOU ALL THINK
> 'OOH,
> TONY! MABEY IF I REPLY TO HIS POST HE MIGHT GIVE ME A FREE GAD!' IS
> THAT IT?! IM SURE IT ISNT, SO WHY!? WHY!?
>
> *runs*
>
> One wonders why Gerbil replied to Tony's post. Is it more important
> than any other post.....????
Well, Tony obviously thinks he's impotant, he's refering to himself in the 3rd person.
> Gerbil Man wrote:
> i find it displeasing the way you all reply to one Tony's post. Is
> it
> more important than any other post? IS IT BECAUSE YOU ALL THINK
> 'OOH,
> TONY! MABEY IF I REPLY TO HIS POST HE MIGHT GIVE ME A FREE GAD!' IS
> THAT IT?! IM SURE IT ISNT, SO WHY!? WHY!?
>
> *runs*
>
> One wonders why Gerbil replied to Tony's post. Is it more important
> than any other post.....????
Well, Tony obviously thinks he's impotant, he's refering to himself in the 3rd person.
PoSh KiD wrote:
> ...And to answer your initial question, I'm fine thanks!
>
> You?
Lol, great thanks.
> ...And to answer your initial question, I'm fine thanks!
>
> You?
Lol, great thanks.
Processing power isn't really an option and one day probably very irelevant. Software holds most of the tricks and techniques.
I think it may well be possible to see a kind of mutant of them both, Ie a console with similarities to a laptop and vice versa. Within time we will be able to do this.
We have come a long way and have a long long way to go.
I think it may well be possible to see a kind of mutant of them both, Ie a console with similarities to a laptop and vice versa. Within time we will be able to do this.
We have come a long way and have a long long way to go.
*pint wrote:
> Tony, Tony, Tony.
>
> Laptops have got three, very distinctive disadvantages:
>
> 1) They run on batteries. Laptop batteries last what? Two hours?
> And if you say you could plug it in, I'll say why not get a normal
> PC.
>
> 2) They have poor screens. I find conventional PC screens much better
> than flat-panel, LCD and Laptop screens because on those mentioned,
> there is always without a doubt, trails and glare. I hate trails.
>
> 3) Size. Normal PCs will ALWAYS be technologically more advanced than
> laptops. It's the whole size things.
>
> I understand your idea, but the fact is if you want to get a laptop to
> rival PCs spec wise, you're going to have to spent thrice as much.
> It's a rip off, and to be honest IF I'm going to go to a LAN party,
> it's not exactly hard to take my PC with me. And besides, I do the
> majority of my gaming at home anyway.
>
> Obviously though, somebody got a new laptop :-).
1. They plug in too.
2. Screens are excellent
3. True but is processing power still an issue?
4. Keyboards on laptops are rubbish
5. Still very expensive
6. You'll change your big PC for a laptop - I bet.
But hey - we're talking about the FUTURE of gaming.
> Tony, Tony, Tony.
>
> Laptops have got three, very distinctive disadvantages:
>
> 1) They run on batteries. Laptop batteries last what? Two hours?
> And if you say you could plug it in, I'll say why not get a normal
> PC.
>
> 2) They have poor screens. I find conventional PC screens much better
> than flat-panel, LCD and Laptop screens because on those mentioned,
> there is always without a doubt, trails and glare. I hate trails.
>
> 3) Size. Normal PCs will ALWAYS be technologically more advanced than
> laptops. It's the whole size things.
>
> I understand your idea, but the fact is if you want to get a laptop to
> rival PCs spec wise, you're going to have to spent thrice as much.
> It's a rip off, and to be honest IF I'm going to go to a LAN party,
> it's not exactly hard to take my PC with me. And besides, I do the
> majority of my gaming at home anyway.
>
> Obviously though, somebody got a new laptop :-).
1. They plug in too.
2. Screens are excellent
3. True but is processing power still an issue?
4. Keyboards on laptops are rubbish
5. Still very expensive
6. You'll change your big PC for a laptop - I bet.
But hey - we're talking about the FUTURE of gaming.
Tony, Tony, Tony.
Laptops have got three, very distinctive disadvantages:
1) They run on batteries. Laptop batteries last what? Two hours? And if you say you could plug it in, I'll say why not get a normal PC.
2) They have poor screens. I find conventional PC screens much better than flat-panel, LCD and Laptop screens because on those mentioned, there is always without a doubt, trails and glare. I hate trails.
3) Size. Normal PCs will ALWAYS be technologically more advanced than laptops. It's the whole size things.
I understand your idea, but the fact is if you want to get a laptop to rival PCs spec wise, you're going to have to spent thrice as much. It's a rip off, and to be honest IF I'm going to go to a LAN party, it's not exactly hard to take my PC with me. And besides, I do the majority of my gaming at home anyway.
Obviously though, somebody got a new laptop :-).
Laptops have got three, very distinctive disadvantages:
1) They run on batteries. Laptop batteries last what? Two hours? And if you say you could plug it in, I'll say why not get a normal PC.
2) They have poor screens. I find conventional PC screens much better than flat-panel, LCD and Laptop screens because on those mentioned, there is always without a doubt, trails and glare. I hate trails.
3) Size. Normal PCs will ALWAYS be technologically more advanced than laptops. It's the whole size things.
I understand your idea, but the fact is if you want to get a laptop to rival PCs spec wise, you're going to have to spent thrice as much. It's a rip off, and to be honest IF I'm going to go to a LAN party, it's not exactly hard to take my PC with me. And besides, I do the majority of my gaming at home anyway.
Obviously though, somebody got a new laptop :-).
Sibs wrote:
> If Tony likes me I can tell people I have friends (well, A friend
> anyway...) in high places...
>
> ;-)
My office is only on the second floor (any more than that and I wouldn't make it up the stairs.
> If Tony likes me I can tell people I have friends (well, A friend
> anyway...) in high places...
>
> ;-)
My office is only on the second floor (any more than that and I wouldn't make it up the stairs.
Gerbil Man wrote:
> i find it displeasing the way you all reply to one Tony's post. Is it
> more important than any other post? IS IT BECAUSE YOU ALL THINK 'OOH,
> TONY! MABEY IF I REPLY TO HIS POST HE MIGHT GIVE ME A FREE GAD!' IS
> THAT IT?! IM SURE IT ISNT, SO WHY!? WHY!?
>
> *runs*
One wonders why Gerbil replied to Tony's post. Is it more important than any other post.....????
> i find it displeasing the way you all reply to one Tony's post. Is it
> more important than any other post? IS IT BECAUSE YOU ALL THINK 'OOH,
> TONY! MABEY IF I REPLY TO HIS POST HE MIGHT GIVE ME A FREE GAD!' IS
> THAT IT?! IM SURE IT ISNT, SO WHY!? WHY!?
>
> *runs*
One wonders why Gerbil replied to Tony's post. Is it more important than any other post.....????
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