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   #3. Posted at 01:10 AM on Apr 29th 2005 Edit   Reply
dragmor
The TNT2 is not ancient you can still buy them new (in a shrink wrapped box) for $70 at the PC store up the street. Best gaming experience available. It says so on the box.
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#3, And I suppose the fastest processor they have is a Pentium I...  :  Tuanies  (#4)  «
#4, No, but they have the TNT2's on the shelf next to the 680...  :  dragmor  (#5)  «
#5, Talk about overpriced.  :  Tuanies  (#6)  «
#6, Sorry Aus $ $1 Aus = $0.78 USA But its all about mark...  :  dragmor  (#8)  «
#5, Now I remember why I shop online...  :  kvndoom  (#7)  «
#7, No kidding, the stores around here usually have mot...  :  Tuanies  (#9)  «
#5, Wouldn't happen to be a Fry's would it? ;) 7 ft ethern...  :  indeego  (#14)  «
#14, Heh, people who buy ANY kind of cable at a big name...  :  5150  (#15)  «
#15, Another place to watch is the locally-owned elec...  :  ludi  (#26)  «
#3, Hey, it's not too bad on a P233 MMX with Linux, mind you! I'v...  :  bhtooefr  (#39)  «

   #24. Posted at 01:47 PM on Apr 29th 2005 Edit   Reply
guises
quick and easy transition? we've been transitioning for the last two years (not quick) and 64 bit windows has been delayed for almost that long (not easy).
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#24, Compare it to the move to a full 32-bit OS and it's VERY eas...  :  derFunkenstein  (#27)  «
#27, i386: 1986 or 1987 Linux 0.0.1: 1991 OS/2 2.0 LA: November ...  :  bhtooefr  (#38)  «
# Some do. Those who build HTPCs with real gaming capacity cho...  :  Darkmage  (#37)  «

   #12. Posted at 03:47 AM on Apr 29th 2005 Edit   Reply
MorgZ
Great article, extremely interesting to read and well written.

That Shuttle Media Center looks sh!t hot if i must say so myself, although im fearing that they will be charging ~ £1000 for it which will make it bit of an extravagent purchase to say the least (specially since i wont even b spending this much on my soon to be purchased LCD tv!).
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#12, A proper HTPC needs to have DD encoding. People will expect ...  :  GodsMadClown  (#16)  «
#16, Dolby Digital ENCODING? What the heck are you talking abo...  :  Zenith  (#30)  «
#30, I'm talking about the ability to encode audio to DD in...  :  GodsMadClown  (#32)  «
#32, Yes, and ONLY soundstorm has it. I know, I'm using ...  :  Zenith  (#33)  «
#33, High Definition Audio solutions have Dolby Digit...  :  Tuanies  (#34)  «
#34, Such as? Gimme some links or something becaus...  :  Zenith  (#35)  «
#35, What is Soundstorm? or... What is Dolby Di...  :  GodsMadClown  (#36)  «

   #21. Posted at 01:05 PM on Apr 29th 2005, Edited at 01:06 PM on Apr 29th 2005 Edit   Reply
derFunkenstein
Heh...of course non-DX9 cards won't be supported by ATi...who's going to shell out for an A64 and cripple it with a Radeon 9000? I mean, gaming performance, come on! OMG TEH SUX0RZ!!!!11111!!!!one!!!eleven11!

On the other hand and all kidding aside, big OEM's might change ATi's tune if they want to put a Radeon 9200 in an Intel box with Win64 to keep costs down...maybe not...they could just use eXXXtreme integrated graphics.

And why is it just eye candy when Apple does it, but it's a big deal when Windows goes the same route, and it's not even available yet?
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#21, Eh I didn't think it was a big deal, throughout the whole ke...  :  Tuanies  (#22)  «
#22, Actually, as far as I can gather, Apple has the same thin...  :  Illissius  (#31)  «

   #25. Posted at 01:49 PM on Apr 29th 2005, Edited at 01:50 PM on Apr 29th 2005 Edit   Reply
ludi
There's something about pronouncing "WinHEC" that seems a bit....odd. Or accurate, maybe.
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#25, like they were trying to be PC. :)  :  eitje  (#29)  «

   #11. Posted at 03:03 AM on Apr 29th 2005 Edit   Reply
Flowboy
One thing concerns me about using 3D in the UI, and that's driver stability. It's going to have to be a hell of a lot better than it is now.
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#11, Nah, I routinely pause a game and leave for as much as a day...  :  Forge  (#23)  «
#23, I knew a guy who crashed his PS2 in GTA: vice city doing ...  :  highlandr  (#28)  «

   #20. Posted at 12:47 PM on Apr 29th 2005 Edit   Reply
madlemming
New gui effects, dymanic icons... I like how it will still take the same amount of time to display a directory on my next computer that it does now.
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   #18. Posted at 12:10 PM on Apr 29th 2005 Edit   Reply
Norphy
What flavours of Windows server are going to be made available in x64? I've just built a few Opteron servers for work and I phoned my favourite MS licencing place asking for x64 media. They told me that only Enterprise Ed. is available in x64 at the moment. Bit of a sod considering its five times the price of Standard...
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#18, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter from what I learned. The...  :  Tuanies  (#19)  «

   #2. Posted at 12:42 AM on Apr 29th 2005 Edit   Reply
house
Yay, vector based GUI in longhorn! This is about 5 yrs overdue.
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#2, The sad thing is that Microsoft BOB had a vector-based GUI!  :  DaveJB  (#13)  «

   #10. Posted at 02:57 AM on Apr 29th 2005 Edit   Reply
Rakhmaninov3
Mm glass windows in windows! Is the taskbar going to be called the "sill" and look like wood, with 3D textures and everything?

lol, sounds like it shall be cool. And my computer is beefy enough still (at almost 3 years old and a few upgrades) to run it.
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   #1. Posted at 12:08 AM on Apr 29th 2005 Edit   Reply
Xplosive
Nice job on the write-up Tuan. Some very good points.
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